Exam 10: The Endocrine System

George is 16 years old and really wants to make the high school basketball team.Although he is skilled,he is only 5'10" tall.What advice would you give him about taking human growth hormone?

Maria has been in labor for 12 hours and her obstetrician thinks that it is time to artificially induce birth.What hormone will the physician inject?

When a woman breast-feeds,oxytocin causes the milk to move from the mammary glands toward the nipples.What other organ might also react when a woman breast-feeds right after giving birth?

Govingee,35 years old,has recently become lethargic and his skin feels very cool but puffy to the touch.When you take his pulse,you note that it seems abnormally low.What condition might Govingee have?

Hormones responsible for the fight-or-flight response are produced in the ________.

When the concentration of sodium in the blood becomes too high,hormonal mechanisms come into play to counteract this dangerous condition.This type of response is called ________.

When the result of two hormones working at the same time is greater than that of either alone,we say that they work ________.

Eric was working very hard in the dry,hot boiler room and sweating a lot.Under these conditions,which of the following might Eric be experiencing?

If Mary were lost in the Sahara desert in the summer,why should she not drink alcohol?

Prostaglandins may act as local signaling molecules in the uterus,causing ________.

What are the possible effects of stress on the body?

Match each definition in the first column to the correct term in the second column. -A group of disorders characterized by problems in insulin production or function.

In the past,oxygen uptake in a patient was measured as a means of determining whether a certain endocrine gland was working properly.Which of the following glands was this method most likely assessing?

Someone who has diabetes insipidus has a deficiency of ________.

The ________ gland lies in the center of the brain and contains secretory cells that produce melatonin.

Eating a lot of shrimp would tend to decrease the incidence of which of the following conditions?

The connection between the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary is ________.

Which is the hormone that stimulates growth by increasing cell size or rate of cell division?

Anton has to take insulin for his type 1 diabetes but his sister Maryam has another health issue and takes a pill.Anton knows that insulin is a protein but wants to know why he can't have a pill instead of all those nasty shots.Can you explain it to him?

Sue has begun to lactate but she has not recently given birth.Which of the following might be causing this abnormality?