Chapter 5 questions

Question 1

Cushing’s syndrome has shown to be a result of…

Answer 1

long-term excess of glucocorticoids

Question 2

When is melatonin released?

Answer 2

At night

Question 3

After a meal glucose from the food enters the bloodstream, causing insulin to be released from…

Answer 3

the pancreas

Question 4

The adrenal medulla releases its hormone in response to…

Answer 4

Sympathetic activity

Question 5

In general steroid hormones from the peripheral organs ___ the release of hormones from the pituitary through the process of____ feedback.

Answer 5

inhibit; negative

Question 6

Neurosecretory cells of the hypothalamus release ____ into the bloodstream.

Answer 6

hormones

Question 7

The appropriate technique for measuring the concentration of a hormone in a sample of blood is…

Answer 7

radioimmunoassay

Question 8

Based on what we know about meadow voles , which peptide hormone receptor would you expect to show decreased levels in promiscuous human males in comparison to mongamous human males?

Answer 8

Vasopressin.

Question 9

A cell that releases a hormone that affects the cell nest to it is engaged in ____ communication.

Answer 9

paracrine

Question 10

What hormone is responsible fort he contraction of the uterus during childbirth?

Answer 10

Oxytocin

Question 11

_____hormones affect the secretion of other endocrine glands.

Answer 11

Tropic