Exam 9: The Endocrine System

Growth hormone promotes the growth of skeletal muscles and long bones of the body.

What is the primary function of thymosin?

Which one of the following is NOT typical of the changes that follow the binding of a hormone to its target cells?

Using Figure 9.1, identify the following: -The glands that produce catecholamines are indicated by ________.

Which of the following hormones decreases blood glucose levels?

Which of these anterior pituitary hormones regulates the endocrine activity of the cortex region of the adrenal gland?

Match each of the following hormones with the endocrine gland or structure that produces it: -Epinephrine

Calcitonin is made by the ________ cells of the thyroid gland.

The body's major metabolic hormone, which is actually two iodine-containing hormones, is called ________.

Using Figure 9.1, identify the following: -The gland that produces oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone is indicated by ________.

Which hormone is produced by the kidneys to stimulation production of red blood cells by the bone marrow?

Using Figure 9.1, identify the following: -The gland that produces insulin and glucagon is indicated by ________.

The "fight-or-flight" response triggers the release of ________.

Summarize the three cardinal signs of diabetes mellitus.

The adrenal glands are similar to the pituitary gland in that they have both glandular and neural tissue.

Hyposecretion of growth hormone during childhood leads to ________.

Match each of the following hormones with the endocrine gland or structure that produces it: -Cortisone

Male sex hormones produced by the adrenal cortex are called ________.

Hormones only affect certain tissue cells or organs known as target cells or target organs.

The ovaries release estrogen and progesterone in response to gonadotropic hormones from the anterior pituitary gland.