bio 117 final

Question 1

signals that act on the same cell that secrets them

Answer 1

autocrine signals

Question 2

signals that diffuse locally and act on neighboring cells

Answer 2

paracrine signals

Question 3

hormones carried between cells by blood or other body fluids

Answer 3

endocrine signals

Question 4

signals that are released from neurons but are carried by blood or other body fluids and act on distance cells

Answer 4

neurocendocrine signals

Question 5

what type of regulation do hormones use?

Answer 5

feedback inhibition

Question 6

stores neuroendocrine signals

Answer 6

posterior pituitary

Question 7

secretes regulatory hormones

Answer 7

anterior pituitary

Question 8

most common hormone families

Answer 8

peptides and polypeptides, amino acid derivatives, steroids

Question 9

lipid insoluble hormones

Answer 9

polypeptides, peptides and amino acid derivatives

- bind to a receptor in the cell membrane

Question 10

lipid soluble hormones

Answer 10

steroids

- bind to receptors inside the cell

Question 11

what does insulin do?

Answer 11

body takes up more glucose

Question 12

budding

Answer 12

the offspring forms within or on the parent

Question 13

fission

Answer 13

an individual splits into two or more descendants

Question 14

parthenogenesis

Answer 14

the female produces an offspring without any genetic contribution from male

Question 15

spermatogonium produces…

Answer 15

4 sperm cells

Question 16

oogonium produces…

Answer 16

1 egg cell and 3 polar bodies