Bios 224 Smart Book - physiological responses in cells of another dis...

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Bios 224 Smart Book

• What is a chemical messenger that is transported by the bloodstream and alters

physiological responses in cells of another distant tissue or organ.–Answer

• Hormone
• Which glands secrete their product by way of a duct directly onto an epithelial surface

–Answer Exocrine Glands

• Organs that have receptors for a specific hormone are referred to as which of the following

–Answer Target organs

• Hypothalamic releasing hormones stimulate which glands to release hor- mones.

–Answer Pituitary gland

• Which can cell to cell communication be accomplished. (Principal avenues of

communication from cell to cell –Answer Gap junctions Neurotransmitt ers Hormones Paracrine's

• Which glands secrete their product into interstitial fluid or blood.

–Answer Endocrine

• Similar to neurotransmitters, hormones exert their action only in cells that have specific

that the hormones bind to –Answer receptors

• Which endocrine gland is housed in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone 1 / 2

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–Answer Pituitary gland

• The hormones of the hypothalamus that stimulate the anterior pituitary to release hormones

are called –Answer Release hormones

• Gap Junctions, neurotransmitters, paracrine, and hormones are all mech- anisms by which

cells do what?–Answer Communicate

• The hormone called -stimulating hormone stimulates the secretion of ovarian sex

hormones and the development of the ovarian follicles –Answer Folli- cle-stimulating hormone

• Which glands secrete their product by way of a duct directly onto an epithelial surface

–Answer Exocrine

• What is the function of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

–Answer It increases water reten- tion by the kidneys

• Circulating testosterone is relatively inactive. How does testosterone be- come more active

–Answer Its target cells have an enzyme that converts it to an active form

• During pregnancy, the hypothalamus causes secretion so a woman

will be prepared to lactate after giving birth –Answer Prolactin

• Hypothalamic inhibiting hormones inhibit the release of hormones from the anterior gland

–Answer Pituitary Gland

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