Exam 5: Principles of Endocrinology: The Central Endocrine Glands

The pituitary gland produces melatonin.

____________________ are the bone cell types that form bones.

Peptide hormones are often produced as prohormones.

Match the solubility characteristics, labelled a. and b., with the classes of hormones. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -steroids

Which of the following can influence the effective plasma concentration of a hormone

Which of the following are masculinizing hormones produced from the adrenal gland

Match the solubility characteristics, labelled a. and b., with the classes of hormones. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -thyroid hormone

Match the types of bone cells, labelled a. through c., with their descriptions. -stimulated by growth hormone

Hypothalamic hypophysiotropic hormones cause the release of oxytocin and vasopressin from the posterior pituitary.

Which class of hormones is released by exocytosis upon appropriate stimulation

Match the hormones, labelled a. through d., with the characteristics. -synthesized within colloid

Which of these statements applies to circadian rhythms

Which class of hormones acts by means of a second-messenger system

Match posterior and anterior pituitary, labelled a. through c., with their features. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -neurally connected to the hypothalamus

____________________ are long-range chemical mediators secreted by endocrine glands into the blood, which carries them to distant target organs.

The ____________________hormones are derived from tyrosine.

Lipophilic hormones interact with which of the following prior to gene activation

Which of the following happens in the second-messenger step

Which of these statements describes hormones produced in the anterior pituitary

Which statement does NOT describe vasopressin