Endocrine System 2

Question 1

A small gland connected to the hypothalamus by an infundulum

Answer 1

Pituitary gland

Question 2

Derived from neural brain tissue

Answer 2

Posterior pituitary gland

Question 3

Derived from ectodermal tissue in the roof of the embryonic mouth

Answer 3

Anterior pituitary gland

Question 4

Connects to hypothalamus by hypophyseal tract

Answer 4

Posterior pituitary gland

Question 5

What hormones are secreted by the Posterior Pituitary Gland?

Answer 5

Oxytocin & ADH

Question 6

Where are Oxytocin & ADH made?

Answer 6

Hypothalamus

Question 7

Connects to hypothalamus by hypophyseal portal blood vessels

Answer 7

Anterior pituitary gland

Question 8

What hormones are made and secreted by the Anterior Pituitary Gland?

Answer 8

“FLAT PeG”: FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, Prolactin, GH

Question 9

This hormone targets the kidneys, sweat glands & blood arterioles

Answer 9

ADH

Question 10

This hormone causes the kidneys & sweat glands to conserve water to increase blood volume

Answer 10

ADH

Question 11

This hormone causes vasoconstriction of arterioles to increase blood pressure

Answer 11

ADH

Question 12

These hormones are polypeptides of 9 amino acids each

Answer 12

ADH & Oxytocin

Question 13

This hormone targets the smooth muscles of the reproductive system of both sexes

Answer 13

Oxytocin

Question 14

What are the 3 actions of Oxytocin?

Answer 14

Contraction during ejaculation, Uterine contractions, milk letdown

Question 15

What hormones do somatotropes make & release?

Answer 15

hGH

Question 16

What hormones do corticotropes make & release?

Answer 16

ACTH

Question 17

What hormones do thyrotropes make & release?

Answer 17

TSH

Question 18

What hormones do lactotropes make & release?

Answer 18

Prolactin

Question 19

What hormones do gonadotropes make & release?

Answer 19

FSH & LH

Question 20

What hormone targets all cells, especially skeletal & muscle tissue?

Answer 20

hGH

Question 21

Which hormone directly stimulates stem cell division & differentiation?

Answer 21

hGH

Question 22

Somatomedins indirectly mediate this hormone by increasing cell division & differentiation?

Answer 22

hGH

Question 23

What is Pituitary Dwarfism caused by?

Answer 23

Hyposecretion of GH in children & adolescents

Question 24

What is Gigantism caused by?

Answer 24

Hypersecretion of GH in children & adolescents

Question 25

What is Acromegaly caused by?

Answer 25

Hypersecretion of GH in adults -> distorted facial feautures

Question 26

What hormone targets the mammary glands?

Answer 26

Prolactin

Question 27

What hormone stimulates milk production in the mammary glands along with other hormones?

Answer 27

Prolactin

Question 28

Which hormones target the ovaries & testes?

Answer 28

FSH & LH

Question 29

Which hormones control male & female reproductive physiology?

Answer 29

FSH & LH

Question 30

Which hormones targets the adrenal cortex?

Answer 30

ACTH

Question 31

Which hormone stimulates secretion of adrenal cortex hormones?

Answer 31

ACTH

Question 32

Which hormone targets the thyroid gland & stimulates secretion of thyroid hormones?

Answer 32

TSH

Question 33

Secretion of anterior pituitary hormones is stimulated by?

Answer 33

Releasing hormones from the hypothalamus through hypophyseal portal blood vessels

Question 34

Secretion of anterior pituitary hormones is suppressed by?

Answer 34

Inhibiting hormones from the hypothalamus through hypophyseal portal blood vessels

Question 35

What are all hypothalamic & pituitary hormones controlled by?

Answer 35

Negative feedback from peripheral endocrine gland hormones

Question 36

This gland is located in the mediastinum superior to the heart and between the apexes of both lungs & undergoes involution after puberty (larger in children)

Answer 36

Thymus gland

Question 37

This gland secretes thymopoietin & thymosin hormones

Answer 37

Thymus gland

Question 38

These hormones regulate the regulation & development of T-lymphocytes

Answer 38

Thymopoietin & Thymosin

Question 39

This gland is located in the roof of the third ventricle and undergoes involution in adults (large in children)

Answer 39

Pineal gland

Question 40

This gland secretes serotonin by day and melatonin by night

Answer 40

Pineal gland

Question 41

This gland regulates animal seasonal breeding & human puberty time

Answer 41

Pineal gland