Endocrine Physiology

Question 1

What is a hormone?

Answer 1

chemical substance produced by a ductless endocrine gland that has specific regulatory effect on a target cell or organ

Question 2

What are the water soluble hormones?

Answer 2

all amino acid based hormones

Question 3

What are the lipid soluble hormone?

Answer 3

Steroid and thyroid hormones

Question 4

What is the infundibulum?

Answer 4

A stalk of attachments to the hypothalmus

Question 5

What is the posterior pituitary

Answer 5

Made of neural tissue and infundibulum that receives, stores, and releases hormones

Question 6

What is the anterior pituitary?

Answer 6

Made up of glandular tissue that synthesizes and secretes a number of hormones

Question 7

What is the hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract?

Answer 7

Tract arises from neurons in paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in hypothalmus

Question 8

What does oxytocin do?

Answer 8

Letdown reflex, promote nurturing, stimulates uterine contractions

Question 9

A deficiency in ADH can cause what?

Answer 9

Diabetes insipidus