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Endocrine pre-test
pre-test for endocrine system
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/28/2010

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Term
produces the hormones that promote the development of the female secondary sex char at puberty
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ovaries
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Storehouse for the hormones produced by the hypothalamus of the brain
Definition
pituitary (mostly the anterior)
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Produces the hormones that direct the production of the secondary male sex characteristics
Definition
Testes
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produce steroid hormones glucocorticoids and mineral locorticoids
Definition
adrenal glands
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produces hormones and is considered a neuroendocrine organ
Definition
posterior pituitary
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growth hormone-releasing hormone, ______ is its target
Definition
bones and muscle
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gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), its target is ____-
Definition
testes or ovaries
Term
Prolactin-releasing hormone (PRH) its target is ______
Definition
mammary glands
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corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)
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adrenal cortex
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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), its target is _____
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thyroid
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An autoimmune problem involving the thyroid gland
Definition
Grave's disease
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Hyposecretion of growth hormone
Definition
pituitary dwarfism
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hyposecretion of the pancreas
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Diabetes mellitus
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hypersecretion of growth hormones
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acromegaly
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hyposecretion of the thyroid in adults
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myxedema
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hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex
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Cushings
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Hypersecretion of growth hormone
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acromegaly
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hyposecretion of the thyroid in infants
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cretinism
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the gland that controls the figh-or-flight reaction
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adrenal medulla
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produces hormones that regulate glucose levels in the body
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pancreas
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produces a hormone that controls blood levels of calcium and potassium by their removal from bone tissue
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parathyroid
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produces the body's major metabolic hormones
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thyroid
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this part of the adrenal gland produces glucocorticoids
Definition
zona fasciculata
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this part of the adrenal cortex/medulla produces epinephrine
Definition
adrenal medulla
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this part of the adrenal cortex/medulla produces aldosterone
Definition
zona glomerulosa
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excess hormone levels result in cushing syndrome
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zona glomerulosa
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hormones mimic sympathetic nervous system neurotransmitters
Definition
adrenal medulla
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produces androgens
Definition
zona reticularus
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T OR F, IN HUMANS MELATONIN MAY INHIBIT SEUXAL MATURATION
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TRUE
Term
THE ANTAGONISTIC HORMONES THAT REGULATE THE BLOOD CA LEVEL ARE CALCITONIN-PARAHORMONE
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TRUE
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THE HORMONE THAT RAISES BLOOD SUGAR LEVES IS INSULIN
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FALSE
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ADDISON'S DISEASE IS DUE TO A DEFICIT OUTPUT OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS ONLY
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FALSE
Term
BOTH TURN ON FACTORS (HORMONAL, HUMORAL, AND NEURAL STIMULI) AND TURN OFF FACTORS (FEEDBACK INHIBITION AND OTHERS) MAY BE MODULATED BY THE ACTIVITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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TRUE
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ACTH SIMULATES THE ADRENAL CORTEX TO RELEASE CORTICOSTEROID HORMONES
Definition
TRUE
Term
ACTH STIMULATES THE ADRENAL CORTEX TO RELEASE CORTICOSTEROID HORMONES
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TRUE
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LH IS REFERRED TO AS A GONADOTROPIN
Definition
TRUE
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WITHAGE, CR=HRONIC STRESS INCREASES BLOOD LEVELS OF CORTISOL AND APPEARS TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEMORY DETERIORATION
Definition
TRUE
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OXYTOCIN IS A STRONG STIMULANT OF UTERINE CONTRACTIONS
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TRUE
Term
FOLLICLE CELLS OF THE THYROID GLAND PRODUCE THYROGLOBULIN, WHILE FOLLICLE CELLS OF THE PARATHYROID PRODUCE CALCITONIN
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FALSE
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TYPE 2 DIABETES MAY REFLECT DECLINING RECEPTOR SENSIIVITY TO INSULIN RATHER THAN DECREASESD INSULIN PRODUCTION
Definition
TRUE
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THE PRIME METABOLIC EFFECT OF CORTISOL IS GLUCONEOGENESIS
Definition
TRUE
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TE BETA CELLS ARE THE PANCREATIC ISLET CELLS THAT PRODUCE INSULIN
Definition
TRUE
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MOST TYPE 2 DIABETICS DO NOT PRODUCE INSULIN
Definition
FALSE
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ALDOSTERONE IS THE MOST POTENT MINERALOCORTICOID PRODUCED IN THE ADRENALS BUT THE LEAST ABUNDANT
Definition
FALSE
Term
ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IS A HORMONE THAT CONTROLS THE BP IN PART BY INCREASING THE URINARY EXCRETION OF SODIUM
Definition
TRUE
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ALTHOUGH GLUCAGON IS A SMALL POLYPEPTIDE IT IS NEVERTHELESS VERY POTENT IN ITS REGULATORY EFFECTS
Definition
TRUE
Term
THE THYROID GLAND IS A LG GLAND THAT CONTROLS METABOIC FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
Definition
TRUE
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MANHY HORMONES SYNTHESIZED IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT ARE CHEMICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE BRAIN NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Definition
TRUE
Term
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES ARE SECRETED BY THE ADENOHYPOPHSIS: ACTH, FSH AND LH
Definition
TRUE
Term
iODINE IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT REQUIRED FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF THYROXINE
Definition
TRUE
Term
THE ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT IS PROBABLY MALFUNCTIONING IF A PERSON HAS A HIGH METABOLIC RATE IS THE PARATHYROID
Definition
FALSE
Term
GH ALWAYS EXERTS ITS INFLUENCE BY TARGETING OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS TO PRODUCE
Definition
FALSE
Term
GLUCOCORTICOIDS ARE STEROID HORMONES THAT USUALALY ENHANCE THE IMMUNE RESPONSES WHEN SUFFERING FROM SEVERE STRESS
Definition
FALSE
Term
DIRECT GENE ACTIVATION INVOLVES A 2ND MESSANGER
Definition
FALSE
Term
ALL PEPTIDE HORMONE SYNTHESIS REQUIRES GENE ACTIVATION THAT PRODUCES mRNA
Definition
TRUE
Term
ALL ADENOHYPOPHYSEAL HORMONES EXCEPT GH AFFECT THEIR TARGET CELLS VIA A cAMP 2 ND MESSANGER
Definition
TRUE
Term
GLUCONEOGENESIS OCCURS IN THE LIVER DUE TO THE ACTION OF ____
Definition
CORTISOL
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NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IS DUE IN PART TO HORMONES PRODUCED BY THE ______
Definition
THYMUS GLAND
Term
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE PROTEIN OR AMINO ACID[BASED HORMONES EXERT THEIR EFFECTS THROUGH INTRACELLULAR _____
Definition
SECOND MESSANGERS
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WHAT ARE THE CATEGORY OF ENDOCRINE GLAND STIMULUS, ________
Definition
HUMORAL, NEURAL, HORMONAL
Term
CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES SECRETED BY CELLS INMTO THE EXTRACELLULAR FLUIDS AND THAT REGULATE THE METABOLIC FUNCTIONN OF THE OTHER CELLS IN THE BODY ARE CALLED
Definition
HORMONES
Term
THE HYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL TRACT IS PARTIALLY CONTAINED IN THE _____
Definition
INFUNDIBULUM
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CARDINAL SIGN OF DIABETES MELLITUS, POLYRURIA,POLYDIPSIA, POLYPHAGIA
Definition
ALL OF THESE ARE SIGNS
Term
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS REQUIRED FOR TARGET CELL ACTIVATION BY HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION_________
Definition
TYPE OF HORMONE
Term
OXYTOCIN RELEASE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ____ FEEDBACK CONTROL MECHANISM
Definition
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
Term
ADH IS INHIBITED BY _______
Definition
ALCOHOL, THUS THE HANGOVER EFFECT
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THYROID HORMONE EXERTS ITS INFLUENCE BY
Definition
ENTERING THE CELL AND BINDING TO INTRAELLULAR RECEPTORS WITHIN THE NUCLEI
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GONADOCORTICOID PRODUCTION BY THE _____ IS INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO SEX HORMONE RELEASE FROM THE GONADS LATE PUBERTY
Definition
ADRENAL GLAND
Term
SOMETIMES PROLONGED EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO HIGH HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS CAUSE A PHENOMENON KNOWN AS_______
Definition
DOWN REGULATION
Term
NAME SOME OF THE CHANGES CAUSED BY HORMONAL STIMULUS
Definition
CHANGE IN MEM POTENTIAL, STIMULATION OF GENETIC EVENT RESULTING IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
Term
THE ABILITY OF A SPECIFIC TISSUE OR ORGAN TO RESPOND TO THE PRESENCE OF A HORMONE IS DEPENDANT ON____-
Definition
PRESENCE OF THE APPROPRIATE RECEPTORS ON THE CELLS OF THE TARGET TISSUE OR ORGAN
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SEVERAL HORMONES ARE SYNTHESIZED IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ANTERIOR PIT GLAND. THE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE HYPOTHALAMUS TO ANT PIT GLAND IS THEROUGH THE ?
Definition
HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM
Term
THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIS OR POSTERIOR LOB OF THE PITUITARY GLAND IS NOT A TRUE ENDOCRINE GLAND BECAUSE?
Definition
IT IS ONLY A HORMONE STARAGE AREA, RECEIVES HORMONES FROM THE HYPOTHALAMUS
Term
STEROID HORMONES EXERT THEIR ACTION BY
Definition
ENTERING THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL AND INITIATING OR ALTERING THE EXPRESSION OF A GENE
Term
THE SECOND-MESSANGER MECHANISM OF HORMONE ACTION OPERATES BY
Definition
BINDING TO THE SPECIFIC RECEPTORS AND EMPOLOYING THE SERVICES OF G PROTEINS AND cAMP
Term
HORMONES OFTEN CAUSE A CELL TO ELICIT MULTIPLE RESPONSES, THIS IS BECAUSE
Definition
PROTEIN KINAASE ACTIVATION, ENZYMES PHOSPHORYLATE MANY OTHER ENZYMES
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