Exam 5: Principles of Endocrinology: The Central Endocrine Glands

Match posterior and anterior pituitary, labelled a. through c., with their features. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -Its release of hormones is directly controlled by hypothalamic hypophysiotropic hormones.

Match the hormones, labelled a. through d., with the characteristics. -synthesized by enzymatic modification of cholesterol

____________________ consist of a chain of specific amino acids of varying length.

Prolactin is the only anterior pituitary hormone that does not exert a tropic action.

Match posterior and anterior pituitary, labelled a. through c., with their features. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -composed of nervous tissue

The primary means of eliminating hormones and their metabolites from the blood is ____________________.

Match the hormones, labelled a. through f., with their activities. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -stimulates cortisol secretion by the adrenal cortex

Vasopressin and ____________________ are produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland.

Which class of hormones is synthesized by the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi complex mechanism

Which of these statements does NOT apply to peptide hormones

Match posterior and anterior pituitary, labelled a. through c., with their features. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -also known as neurohypophysis

Which of these statements applies to steroids

Which of the following is NOT an effect of GH

Which of the following is the action of melatonin

Light is a crucial factor in regulating circadian rhythms.

Which of these structures has a direct anatomical connection to the hypothalamus

Hyposecretion of an endocrine gland may have a genetic basis.

Which of these statements describes control of hormone secretion

Insulin-like growth factors are produced in most tissues, but primarily in the liver.

Which of these glands produces melatonin