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22 Cards in this Set
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A mediator molecule that is released in one part of the body but regulates cells of another body part.
a. endocrine glands b. hormones c. proteins d. all of the above |
B. hormones
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Sudoriferous, sebaceous, and mucous glands are examples of what?
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Exocrine glands
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Pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands are examples of what?
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Endocrine glands
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How do hormones travel throughout the body?
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In the blood
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What role do protein and glycoprotein play in the influence of the hormone's target cells?
a. distructor b. synergysts c. antagonists d. receptors |
D. receptors
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what are the 2 chemical classes of hormones?
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lipid soluble and water soluble
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What is makes water-soluble hormones different from lipid-soluble hormone?
a. They are bound to transport proteins b. they are drinkable c. they circulate freely in watery blood plasma d. They are cuter |
C. they circulate freely in watery blood plasma
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How is the secretion of hormones regulated?
a. signals from the nervous system b. chemical changes in the blood c. other hormones d. all of the above |
D. all of the above
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Who is the master of the pituitary gland?
a. thymus b. hypophysis c. pineal gland d. hypothalamus |
D. hypothalamus
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What is the hypophysis?
a. the stalk that attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus b. the inferior portion of the hypothalamus c. a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland d. the pituitary gland |
D. the pituitary gland
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What lies in the hypophyseal fossa of the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone?
a. the hypothalamus b. the pituitary gland c. the brain d. the adreanl gland |
B. the pituitary gland
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What attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus?
a. pendulum b. infundibulum c. lactotroph d. suparenalum |
B. infundibulum
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What accounts for 75% of the weight of the pituitary gland?
a. infundibulum b. neurohypophysis c. adenohypophysis d. none of the above |
c. adenohypophysis
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what controls the release of hormones from the adenohypophysis?
a. the pituitary gland b. the neurohypophysis c. the hypothalamus d. gonadotrophs |
C. the hypothalamus
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name the 5 types of anterior pituitary cells
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somatotrophs, thyrotrophs, gonadotrophs, lactotrophs, and corticotrophs
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which is not a type of cell found in the anterior pituitary gland?
a. corticotrophs b. gonadotrophs c. dermatrophs d. somatotrophs |
C. Dermatrophs
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What do somatotrophs secrete?
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HGH-humane growth hormone
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What do thyrotrophs secrete?
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TSH-thyroid-stimulating hormone
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what do gonadotrophs secrete?
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FSH-follicle stimulating hormone and LH-luteinizing hormone
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what do lactotrophs secrete?
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PRL-prolactin
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what do corticotrophs secrete?
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ACTH-adrenocorticotropic hormone and melanocyte-stimulating hormone
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What does ACTH do?
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stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids such as cortisol
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