Exam 26: Endocrine Glands

Match each hormone with its corresponding description. -Also known as prolactin

Aldosterone influences the kidney tubules to retain sodium and potassium ions.

Match each hormone with its corresponding description. -Secreted by the corpus luteum

Which of the following is a function of glucagon?

The two lobes of the thyroid are connected by the infundibulum.

What role does the hypophyseal portal system play in the control of secretions in the adenohypophysis?

Mineralocorticoids are released from which part of the adrenal gland?

Which is not part of the pituitary gland?

Calcitonin inhibits the functioning of osteoblasts.

Testosterone is produced by the seminiferous tubules of the testes.

Unlike thyroid hormone, calcitonin is said to have a "general" target.

The parathyroid glands are located on the posterior surface of the thymus gland.

Glucagon, produced by alpha cells, tends to promote the movement of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids out of the blood and into tissue cells.

What are the three regions of the adrenal cortex, and what types of hormones are produced by each region?

Which of the following statements is not true of the thyroid gland?

Besides the cells of the kidney, target cells of ADH include muscle cells of the walls of the arteries.

Some of the effects of aldosterone are water retention and increased blood pressure.

The center of the adrenal gland is the cortex.

The pituitary is attached to the hypothalamus by a stalk termed the pars intermedia.

Gonadocorticoids are released by which part of the adrenal gland?