4.2 Steroid Hormones TLC

Question 1

the chief estrogenic hormone is_________ and secreted by the ____________?

Answer 1

estradiol, ovaries

Question 2

the chief androgenic hormone is _________ secreted by the_________?

Answer 2

testosterone, testes

Question 3

dehydroepiandrosterone is what kind of a hormone? what gland secretes it?

Answer 3

androgenic, adrenal glands

Question 4

Name two different endocrine glands that secrete progesterone?

Answer 4

ovaries, placenta

Question 5

the major mineralocorticoid is _________? it is secreted by the____________ of the _____________?

Answer 5

aldosterone, zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex.

Question 6

the major glucocorticoid in humans is ____________ another name for this hormone is _____________ it is secreted by the __________ of the ____________?

Answer 6

cortisol, hydrocortisone, zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex.

Question 7

what is an eighteen carbon sex steroid?

Answer 7

estrogen

Question 8

what is a nineteen carbon sex steroid?

Answer 8

testosterone

Question 9

what is a twenty one carbon sex steroid?

Answer 9

progesterone