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Endocrine chap 17
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10/23/2014

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NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS ARE?
Definition
NEURONS THAT RELEASE HORMONES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
Term
ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELLS CALLED MAMMOTROPES(LACOTROPES) SECRETE ALL EXCEPT?
Definition
CORTICOSTERONE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES PASS THROUGH THE HYPOTHALAMUS-HYPOPHYSEAL TRACT?
Definition
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES PASS THROUGH THE HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM?
Definition
PROLACTIN-INHIBITING HORMONE
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THE UTERUS IS A TARGET ORGAN OF?
Definition
OXYTOCIN
Term
ALTHOUGH GROWTH HORMONE HAS MANY FUNCTIONS THEY DO NOT INCLUDE PROMOTING?
Definition
THYMIC INVOLUTION
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DESTRUCTION OF BETTA CELLS OF PANCREAS WOULD CAUSE A LOSS OF ? SECRETION?
Definition
GLUCAGON
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CALCIUM METABOLISM IS REGULATED BY ?
Definition
THE PARATHYROID GLANDS
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MOST OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES BIND TO RECEPTORS AT THE CELL SURFACE EXCEPT ? THAT BINDS TO RECEPTORS IN THE NUCLEUS.
Definition
TESTOSTERONE
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A HORMONE IS SAID TO HAVE A ? EFFECT WHEN IT STIMULATES THE TARGET CELL TO DEVELOP RECEPTORS FOR OTHER HORMONES TO FOLLOW.
Definition
PERMISSIVE
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IN ?, TARGET CELLS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RECEPTORS FOR A HORMONE IN RESPONSE TO LONG-TERM OVER STIMULATION?
Definition
DOWN-REGULATION
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GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE IS SECRETED BY?
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THE HYPOTHALAMUS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES HAS THE BROADEST RANGE OF TARGET ORGAN?
Definition
SOMATOTROPIN
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NEURONS CALLED OSMORECEPTORS TRIGGER THE SECRETION OF?
Definition
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK INHIBITION OCCURS WHEN?
Definition
THYROXINE STIMULATES THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY
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INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTORS OR SOMATOMEDINS, ARE SECRETED IN RESPONSE TO?
Definition
GROWTH HORMONE (GH)
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WHAT IS A PARATHYROID HORMONE . ANTAGONIZED BY?
Definition
CALCITONIN
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THE ADRENAL CORTEX SECRETES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES EXCEPT?
Definition
PROGESTERONE
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ALL OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES SUPPRESS SECRETION BY ANTERIOR PITUITARY EXCEPT?
Definition
OXYTOCIN
Term
THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN IS?
Definition
A TRANSPORT PROTEIN IN THE BLOOD PLASMA.
Term
RATHER THAN BEING SYNTHESIZED IN THE CELL LIKE OTHER 2ND MESSENGERS ? ENTERS THE CELL THROUGH THE PLASMA MEMBRANE?
Definition
CALCIUM
Term
SUPPOSE ONE MOLECULE OF HORMONE X ACTIVATED 10 G PROTEINS EACH G PROTEIN ACTIVATED 10 ADENYLATE CYCLASE MOLECULES EACH ADENYLATE CYCLASE MADE 1000 cAMP ACTIVATE 1000 ENZYME MOLECULES , THIS WOULD BE THE CASE OF?
Definition
ENZYME AMPLIFICATION
Term
HYDROPHOBIC HORMONES ARE TRANSPORTED IN THE BLOOD?
Definition
BY BINDING TO HYDROPHILIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS
Term
ONE OF THE ENZYMES THAT SHUTS OFF A HORMONE'S STIMULATORY EFFECT IS?
Definition
PHOSPHODIESTERASE
Term
THE ENDOCRINE GLAND MOST AFFECTED BY STRESS IS?
Definition
THE ADRENAL CORTEX
Term
GROWTH HORMONE (GH) IS NO LONGER SECRETED AFTER THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATES CLOSE AND GROWTH OF LONG BONES CEASES.
Definition
FALSE
Term
HYPOGLYCEMIC HORMONES ARE SECRETED IN RESPONSE TO EXCESSIVELY LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL.
Definition
FALSE
Term
THE PROCESS OF UP-REGULATION MAKES TARGET CELLS MORE SENSITIVE TO A HORMONE
Definition
TRUE
Term
PEPTIDE HORMONES DOES NOT ENTER TARGET CELLS, BUT BIND TO RECEPTORS IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE.
Definition
TRUE
Term
THE PRODUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS IS STIMULATED BY A HORMONE AND SECRETED BY THE BONE MARROW.
Definition
FALSE
Term
THE GONADS, ADRENAL CORTEX AND POST PITUITARY GLAND SECRETE STEROID HORMONES
Definition
FALSE
Term
THE OVARIES CAN INHIBIT HORMONE SECRETION BY ANTERIOR PITUITARY.
Definition
TRUE
Term
THE ADRENAL CORTEX SECRETES ANGTIOTENSIN-II
Definition
FALSE
Term
THE PARATHYROID GLANDS PROMOTE BONE GROWTH BY STIMULATING CALCIUM DEPOSITS
Definition
FALSE
Term
THE TARGET ORGAN FOR THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE,(TRH),IS THE THYROID GLAND
Definition
TRUE
Term
PANCREAS HAS ALPHA, BETA, AND DELTA CELLS THAT SECRETE?
Definition
GLUCAGON, INSULIN, AND SOMATOSTATIN
Term
what is also known as corticotropin, is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.
Definition
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Term
what is the name of a growth hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
Definition
somatotropin
Term
if one hormone makes a target cell more responsive to another hormone that follows later, the first hormone is said to have ? effect.
Definition
permissive
Term
calcitonin
Definition
stimulates bone deposition, mainly in children
Term
melatonin & serotonin
Definition
-mood and sexual maturation.
-synthesizes at night
-a monoamine from serotonin
Term
ACE
Definition
-a compound that occurs throughout the -nervous system, in which it functions -as a neurotransmitter.
Term
CALCITRIOL
Definition
-vitamin D
-one of three hormones produces in kidney
-calcium regulating hormone
Term
glucagon
Definition
-activates G protein
-stimulate the release of glucose
Term
atrial natriuretic peptide
Definition
-hormone that reduces blood pressure and blood volume by inhibin
-nearly all events that promote vasoconstriction, calcium, and water retention
Term
thromboxanes
Definition
-vasoconstrictive
-blood clotting
-an eicosanoid that is produced by blood platelets in injured tissue.
Term
granulosa cells
Definition
-estradiol is converted here
-stratified follicular cells
Term
prostaglandins
Definition
-lipid
-released in injured tissue
-most diverse eiconoids
Term
prostacyclin
Definition
-produced in the walls of the blood vessels.
-it inhibits blood clotting
Term
sustentacular cells
Definition
-blood testes barrier
-nutrients
-waste removal
-growth factor
-secrete inhibin
Term
erythropoietin
Definition
-liver
-hormone secreted by kidneys in response to hypoxemia
-stimulates RBC's by bone marrow
Term
vasopressin (ADH)
Definition
-antidiuretic hormone
-helps prevent dehydration by increasing water retention and lowering urine volume
Term
insulin
Definition
-Betta cells in pancreas release insulin
-stimulates cells to absorb nutrients
-stores and metabolizes insulin
Term
FSH
Definition
-synergistic effect in anterior lobe of pituitary
-secreted by pituitary
-in ovaries/testes
-stimulates sustentacular cells
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