Chapter nine Test

Question 0

second messenger hypothesis

Answer 0

explanation for hormone organ recognition

Question 1

Negative Feedback

Answer 1

specialized homeostatic mechanism that regulates release of hormones

Question 2

Target organs

Answer 2

repond to a particular hormone

Question 3

Endocrine system

Answer 3

system that conrtols the checks and balances of the body similar to the nervous sytem but throuhg slower long lasting control

Question 4

hormones

Answer 4

chemical messengers secreted by endocrine glands

Question 5

Hypoglycemia

Answer 5

hypersecretion of insulin

Question 6

cortocoid

Answer 6

hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex

Question 7

gluconeogenesis

Answer 7

converts amino acids to glucose

Question 8

diabetes mellitus

Answer 8

hypersecretion os islands of langerhans

Question 9

Tropic hormone

Answer 9

hormone that stimulates another endocrine gland to grow and secrete its hormones

Question 10

Hypersecretion

Answer 10

production of too much hormone by a diseased gland

Question 11

hyposecretion

Answer 11

production of to little hormoen produced by a gland

Question 12

Prostaglandins

Answer 12

tissue hormones

Question 13

Adenohypophysis

Answer 13

anterior pituitary gland

Question 14

Neuropophysis

Answer 14

posterior pituitary gland

Question 15

Diabetes insipidus

Answer 15

hyposecretion of adh resulting large volumes of urine

Question 16

Aldoesterone

Answer 16

the main mineral cortocoids hormone

Question 17

Androgens

Answer 17

male sex hormones

Question 18

corpus luteum

Answer 18

secretes the femal sex hormones

Question 19

Cyclic amp

Answer 19

second messenger that sends signals inside a cell to regulate that cell’s activity