Endocrine System

Question 1

water soluble hormones communicate with cells how?

Answer 1

Cannot cross the plasma membrane.

Instead act on receptors in the membrane which then trigger cell response.

Question 2

lipid soluble hormones communicate with cells how?

Answer 2

enter the cell and acts on receptors inside the cell to trigger a response.

Question 3

insulin is released as a response to increased blood glucose. This is known as a _ stimulus?

Answer 3

humoral stimuli
(response to changing levels of a substance within blood)

Question 4

What does neural stimuli do?

Answer 4

nerve fibres stimulate hormone release.

sympathetic nervous system stimulates adrenal medulla to release norepinephrine and epinephrine

Question 5

What does hormonal stimulus do?

Answer 5

hormones released from one gland trigger another gland to release hormones.

Question 6

Which part of the pituitary gland makes and secretes hormones?

Answer 6

anterior pituitary lobe

Question 7

Where are hormones made by the hypothalamus stored?

Answer 7

posterior pituitary lobe

Question 8

where is oxytocin stored and what is it’s function?

Answer 8

Posterior pituitary gland
Stimulated by stretching of cervic
Action: childbirth contractions

Question 9

When you are dehydrated the posterior pituitary gland releases this hormone to target kidneys and increase water reabsorption in the blood

Answer 9

antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

Question 10

anterior pituitary gland stores which hormones?

Answer 10

Growth hormone (GH)
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Luteinising Hormone (LH)
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Prolactin (PRL)