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| What structure produces the hormones that promote the development of the female secondary sexual characteristics at puberty? |
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| What structure is the storehouse for the hormones produced by the hypothalamus of the brain? |
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| What structure produces the hormones that direct the production of the secondary male sex characteristics? |
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| What structures produce steroid hormones and glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids? |
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| What structure produces hormones that are stored in the neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary) organ? |
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| What structure is the size and shape of a pea and produces hormones that stimulate other endocrine glands? |
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| What is the gland that controls the fight-or-flight reaction? |
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| What is the structure that produces hormones that regulate glucose levels in the body? |
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| What is the structure that produces a hormone that controls blood levels of calcium and potassium by their removal from bone tissue? |
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| What is the structure that produces the body's major metabolic hormones? |
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| T/F? The thyroid gland is a large gland that controls metabolic functions throughout the life of an individual. |
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| Normal development of the immune response is due in part to hormones produced by the ___. |
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| What is the hormone that exerts its influence by entering some cells and binding to intracellular receptors within the nuclei? |
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| Sometimes prolonged excessive exposure to high hormone concentrations causes a phenomenon known as ___. |
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| The neurohypophysis or posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is NOT a true endocrine organ because ___. |
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| it is only a hormone storage area that receives hormones from the hypothalamus for a release |
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| When it becomes necessary to enlist the fight-or-flight response, a hormone that is released during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome is ___. |
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| The major targets of growth hormone are ___. |
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| bones and skeletal muscles |
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Which of the following is NOT a steroid-based hormone?
a.) estrogen
b.) aldosterone
c.) epinephrine
d.) cortisone |
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Which organ does NOT have hormone production?
a.) heart
b.) kidney
c.) liver
d.) skin |
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