Exam 10: The Endocrine System

The hormone that causes vasodilation in skeletal muscle and vasoconstriction in the viscera is ____________________.

The secretion of hormones of the anterior pituitary is regulated by ____________________ produced by the ____________________.

The hormone that decreases the blood calcium level is:

Growth hormone stimulates the transport of ____________________ into cells, to be used for the synthesis of ____________________.

The primary function of ADH is to increase ____________________ by the ____________________.

In men, LH stimulates secretion of ____________________ by the ____________________.

Cortisol is secreted by the adrenal ____________________, which is the ____________________ portion of this gland.

The effect of oxytocin on the uterus is to cause ____________________ for ____________________.

Protein hormones are believed to exert their effects by activating certain ____ within a cell.

When blood pressure decreases, secretion of aldosterone is stimulated by the ____________________ mechanism.

The direct stimulus for secretion of PTH is ____________________.

The direct stimulus for the secretion of estrogen is ____________________.

Which of these is NOT a target organ of PTH?

Which statement is NOT true of the anti-inflammatory effect of cortisol?

Which statement is NOT true of the pancreas?

The pancreatic hormone that increases the conversion of glycogen to glucose by the liver is ____________________.

Which of these is NOT an effect of epinephrine?

The adrenal hormone that has the secondary effects of increasing blood volume and blood pressure is ____________________.

The function of aldosterone is to increase the reabsorption of ____ ions and excretion of ____ ions by the kidneys.

The effect of epinephrine on the liver is to increase the conversion of ____________________.