Chemical Connections Lipids 2-E

Question 1

is the principal male sex hormone. It has masculinizing (androgenic) effects and muscle-building (anabolic) effects.

Answer 1

steroid hormone testosterone

Question 2

are responsible for the muscle development that boys experience at puberty.

Answer 2

Testosterone’s anabolic effects

Question 3

can be used to correct hormonal imbalances in the body.

Answer 3

Androgenic steroids

Question 4

can be used to prevent the withering of muscle in persons recovering from major surgery or serious injuries.

Answer 4

Anabolic steroids

Question 5

Anabolic steroid use by athletes in competitive sports is now referred to as “_______” and is banned by all major sporting organizations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), National Football League (NFL).

Answer 5

doping

Question 6

Testosterone can be viewed as the
“_________” structure from which many synthetic variations (analogs) have been “designed.”

Answer 6

template

Question 7

Two of the most publicized anabolic steroids that athletes have used illegally are “____” and “______”.

Answer 7

“andro” and “THG”.

Question 8

“_____” which is short for androstenedione, was the steroid used during the 1990s and early part of the following decade in Major League Baseball. It was initially developed for use as a dietary supplement.

Answer 8

“Andro.”

Question 9

THG, short for tetrahydrogestrinone, is a “designer”* steroid. Its molecular structure was designed so that drug testing procedures of the time could not detect the drug.

Answer 9

THG, short for tetrahydrogestrinone