Chapter 16 A&P2

Question 1

What hormone stimulates the cortex of the adrenal gland to produce its hormones?

Answer 1

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

Question 2

What gland produces TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH,GH, and PRL?

Answer 2

Adenohypophysis

Question 3

What gland produces epinephrine and norepinephrine?

Answer 3

Adrenal Medulla

Question 4

What hormone raises levels of sodium in the blood?

Answer 4

Aldosterone

Question 5

What hormone causes the kidneys to conserve water by putting it back into the blood?

Answer 5

Antidiuretic hormone

Question 6

What hormone lowers the level of calcium in the blood?

Answer 6

Calcitonin

Question 7

What hormone controls the body’s long term response to stress?

Answer 7

Cortisol

Question 8

What hormone stimulates the fight or flight response?

Answer 8

Epinephrine

Question 9

What hormone controls the maturation of the oocyte into an egg cell?

Answer 9

Estrogen

Question 10

The zona ____ of the adrenal cortex produces cortisol.

Answer 10

Fasciculata

Question 11

What pituitary gland hormone stimulates the gonads to produce gametes?

Answer 11

Follicle stimulating hormone

Question 12

The zona ____ of the adrenal cortex produces aldosterone.

Answer 12

Glomerulosa

Question 13

What hormone raises blood glucose levels?

Answer 13

Glucagon

Question 14

The process of making glucose form non-carbohydrate such as amino acids and fatty acids is ____.

Answer 14

Gluconeogenesis

Question 15

The process of breaking down of glycogen in the liver in order to release glucose into the blood is ____.

Answer 15

Glycogenolysis

Question 16

What hormone stimulates mitosis in bone and muscle especially during childhood?

Answer 16

Growth hormone

Question 17

The stimulus for production of thyroid hormone is ____ stimulation.

Answer 17

Hormonal

Question 18

The stimulus for production of parathyroid hormone is ____ stimulation.

Answer 18

Humoral

Question 19

What is the source of the releasing hormones that stimulate the adenohypophysis to release its hormones

Answer 19

Hypothalamus

Question 20

What hormone lowers blood glucose levels?

Answer 20

Insulin

Question 21

What hormone causes the gonads to produce sex hormones?

Answer 21

Luteinizing hormone

Question 22

The stimulus for the release of ADH, oxytocin, and epinephrine is ____ stimulation.

Answer 22

Neural

Question 23

What gland produces ADH and oxytocin?

Answer 23

Neurohypophysis

Question 24

What hormone stimulates uterine smooth muscle contraction during labor?

Answer 24

Oxytocin

Question 25

What gland produces insulin and glucagon?

Answer 25

Pancreas

Question 26

What gland produces the hormone that raises blood calcium levels?

Answer 26

Parathyroid

Question 27

What hormone raises the levels of calcium in the blood?

Answer 27

Parathyroid hormone

Question 28

What hormone stimulates milk production by the mammary glands?

Answer 28

Prolactin

Question 29

The zona ____ of the adrenal cortex produces small amounts of testosterone.

Answer 29

Reticularis

Question 30

What hormone controls the development of sperm cells?

Answer 30

Testosterone

Question 31

What gland produces T3/T4 and calcitonin?

Answer 31

Thyroid

Question 32

What is the body’s major metabolic hormone?

Answer 32

Thyroid hormone

Question 33

What hormone stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormone?

Answer 33

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Question 34

What is the chemical name of the T4 version of thyroid hormone?

Answer 34

Thyroxine

Question 35

What is the chemical name of the T3 version of thyroid hormone?

Answer 35

Triiodothyronine