Exam 31: Endocrine Control

Match each hormone to its correct description. -This hormone is released in the "fight or flight" response.

The secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary requires ____.

Which commonly used group of chemicals suppresses testosterone secretion?

Excess glucose is converted into glycogen in the ____.

Glucagon is produced by the ____.

Which specialized type of neuron responds to an action potential by releasing a hormone into the blood?

Changes in melatonin secretion pattern can trigger ____ in many animals.

Match each endocrine gland to its correct description. -This gland helps regulate the salt-water balance in the body.

Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common source. Select the exception.

Ongoing use of the drug cortisone may cause ____.

The anterior pituitary gland produces hormones that are released into the bloodstream when a signal arrives from the ____.

A friend tells you that her husband has been feeling anxious and stressed for the past month. During this same time interval, he has had several infections, bouts of forgetfulness, and erectile dysfunction. Doctors have already checked for ulcers, cancer, blood pressure changes, and other blood irregularities, but these apparently are normal. You are an endocrinologist, so you suggest that he be tested for the most likely endocrine malfunction, which would be altered ____ levels in the blood.

The adrenal glands are positioned closest to what organ(s)?

Which hormones are made in the ovaries?

Specialized islet cells that secrete hormones are found scattered throughout the ____.

Hormones are distributed throughout the body by the ____.

Steroid hormones do not interact with plasma membrane receptors on target cells because they ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are true of hyperthyroidism. Select the exception.

Four of the five answers listed below are produced by the same lobe of the pituitary gland. Select the exception.

The adrenal medulla produces ____.