1. WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF ENDOCRINE GLANDS?

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BIOS 254 TEST 1

1. WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF ENDOCRINE GLANDS?

–Answer

DRAIN LYMPHAT- ICALLY

DRAIN VASCULARLY PRODUCE HORMONS

2. WHAT ARE SOME ENDOCRINE GLANDS?

–Answer

THYROID PITUITARY

ADRENAL

3. HORMONES THAT REGULATE THE SECRETORY ACTION OF OTHER EN-

DOCRINE GLANDS ARE CALLED?

–Answer

TROPINS

4. WHICH HORMONE STIMULATES THAT ADRENAL CORTEX TO RELEASE

GLUCOCORTICOIDS THAT HELP THE BODY TO RESIST STRESSORS?

–Answer

- ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE

5. WHAT HORMONE MAINLY SERVES TO STIMULATE MILK PRODUCTION BY THE

BREASTS?

–Answer

PROLACTION

6. WHAT HORMONE HELPS THE BODY AVOID DEHYDRATION AND WATER

OVERLOAD?

–Answer

ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE

7. WHAT GLAND IS FOUND ATOP THE KIDNEYS?

–Answer

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8. DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH GLUCOSE LEVELS, LOSSES IN MUS- CLES

AND BONE PROTEIN, WATER AND SALT RETENTION, LEADING TO

HYPERTENSION AND EDEMA?

–Answer

CUSHING'S SYNDROME

9. HORMONES ARE LONG-DISTANCE CHEMICAL SIGNALS THAT TRAVEL IN

BLOOD OR LYMPH THROUGHOUT THE BODY. T or F –Answer TRUE

• Major hormones circulate to virtually all tissues. T OR F

–Answer TRUE

11. THE HYPOTHALAMUS ID KNOWN TO CONTROL THE ACTIVITY OF THE

ANTERIOR PITUITARY, WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN CALLED THE

"MASTER ENDOCRINE GLAND". T OR F –Answer TRUE

• The anatomical effects of acromegaly can usually be reversed by surgically removing the

tumor from the anterior pituitary. T OR F –Answer FALSE

13. HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IS A RARE CONDITION WHERE THE BONES SOFTEN

AND DEFORM, T OR F

–Answer TRUE

14. OXYTOCIN RELEASE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POSITIVE FEEDBACK CON- TROL

MECHENISM. T OR F

–Answer TRUE

15. WHAT HORMONE IS INHIBITED BY ALCOHOL?

–Answer

ANTIDIURECTIC HOR- MONE 2 / 3

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• The major targets of growth hormone are .

–Answer bones and skeletal muscles

• LH is also referred to as a gonadotropin. T OR F

–Answer TRUE

18. THYROID HORMONE EXERTS IT INFLUENCE BY ENTERING SOME CELLS AND

BINDING TO THE INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS WITHIN THE NUCLEI. T OR F

–Answer TRUE

19. WHAT ORGAN IS AFFECTED BY THYROID HORMONE IN ADULTS?

–Answer LIVER

• The thyroid gland is a large gland that controls metabolic functions throughout the life of

an individual. T OR F –Answer TRUE

21. THE ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT IS PROBABLY MALFUNCTIONING IF A PERSON

HAS A HIGH METABOLIC RATE IS THE PARATHYROID. T OR F

–Answer

- FALSE

• The antagonistic hormones that regulate the blood calcium level are cal- citonin and

parathyroid hormone. T OR F –Answer TRUE

23. GONADOCORTICOIDS

–Answer production by the adrenal gland is insignificant com- pared with sex hormone release from the gonads during late puberty

24. HOW TO GLUCOCORTICOIDS ENABLE THE BODY TO DEAL APPROPRI- ATELY

WITH STRESS?

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