Exam 28: Communication and Control 2: the Endocrine System

Which endocrine gland is associated with proper development of certain white blood cells?

Insulin and glucagon are produced by a:

A diabetic friend of yours passes out shortly after taking her insulin injection.She regains consciousness and asks you to give her one of the glucose tablets she carries in her purse.Another friend steps in and says,"Wait! You shouldn't give sugar to a diabetic!" Recalling what you learned about the endocrine system,you give your diabetic friend the glucose tablet she asked for.Why did you trust the request of your diabetic friend for the glucose tablet and not the other friend who thought he was being helpful (but wasn't)?

Which of the following is a peptide hormone?

A friend tells you that his Aunt Jane is being treated for a brain disorder that is causing her to produce too much of the glucocorticoid hormones.Your friend looked up the hormone and (correctly)found it to be produced by the adrenal glands.He says he doesn't understand why a brain disorder should have anything to do with the adrenal glands.What do you tell your friend to help him understand the connection between the two?

As you may have heard before,stress can kill you! Explain the connection between the deleterious effects of stress and the endocrine system.

The hypothalamus makes the hormones that are released from the posterior pituitary.

In order to maintain homeostasis,parathyroid hormone would stimulate what response to low blood calcium levels?

What would be the logical consequences of hormones traveling via the circulatory system as compared to the action-potential-based stimuli of the nervous system? Are these consequences necessarily a disadvantage?

Small amounts of testosterone are made in the ovaries and adrenal glands of females.

The endocrine system helps maintain homeostasis through positive feedback.

Hypothalamic neurons directly control the anterior pituitary with neural stimuli at a synapse.

Human growth hormone is composed of 191 amino acids.This would place it in which class of hormone?

Where are the parathyroid glands located?

Refer to the figure below, and then answer the following question(s). -The endocrine gland indicated by a "1" corresponds to the:

Which organ that is a target of insulin plays the most significant role in regulating sugar levels in circulation?

Peptide hormones generally work by:

Insulin stimulates liver cells to store glucose in the form of glycogen.

A bunch of hormone molecules travel by one cell and have no effect but quickly stimulate the next cell.What did the second cell have that the first did not?