Exam 3 Hormones

Question 1

Adipose tissue: Major hormone

Answer 1

Leptin

Question 2

Adipose tissue: target organ and effects

Answer 2

hypothalamus, suppresses appetite,

Question 3

Adrenal cortex: Major hormones

Answer 3

Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)

Question 4

Adrenal cortex: target organs and effects

Answer 4

Liver and muscles
Kidney,
Glucocorticoids influence glucose metabolism and mineralocorticoids promot Na+ retention and K+ excretion

Question 5

Adrenal medulla: major hormones

Answer 5

Epinephrine

Question 6

Adrenal medulla: target organ and effect

Answer 6

Heart, bronchioles, blood vessels

Causes adrenergic stimulation

Question 7

Heart: major hormone

Answer 7

atrial natriuretic hormone

Question 8

heart: target organ and effect

Answer 8

kidney

promotes excretion of Na+ and water in the urine

Question 9

Hypothalamus: major hormones

Answer 9

Releaseing and inhibiting hormones

Question 10

hypothalamus: target organs and primary effects

Answer 10

anterior pituitary

regulates secretion of anterior pituitary hormones

Question 11

Pacreatic islet: major hormone

Answer 11

insulin glucagon

Question 12

pancreatic islet: primary target and effects

Answer 12

liver, skeletal muscles, and adipose tissue

insulin promotes cellular uptake of glucose and formation of glycogen and fat; glucagon stimulates hydrolysis of glycogen and fat

Question 13

Kidney: major hormone

Answer 13

erythropoietin

Question 14

kidney: target organ and effects

Answer 14

bone marrow

stimulates red blood cell production

Question 15

ovaries: major hormone

Answer 15

estradiol-17B and progesterone

Question 16

ovaries: target organ and effects

Answer 16

female reproductive tract and mammary glands

mantains structure of reproductive tract and promotes secondary sex characteristis

Question 17

Parathyroid glands: major hormones

Answer 17

parathyroid hormone

Question 18

parathyroid glands: target organ and effects

Answer 18

bone, small intestine, and kidneys

increases Ca2+ concentration in blood

Question 19

Pineal gland: hormone

Answer 19

melatonin

Question 20

pineal gland target and function

Answer 20

hypothalamus and anterior pituitary

affects secretion of gonadotrophic hormones

Question 21

pituitary gland, anterior lobe: hormone

Answer 21

trophic hormones

Question 22

pituitary gland, anterior lobe: target and effects

Answer 22

endocrine glands and other organs

stimulates growth and develoopment of target organds; stimulates secretion of other hormones

Question 23

Pituitary gland, posterior lobe: target

Answer 23

antidiuretic hormone
oxytocin

Question 24

pituitary gland posterior lobe target and effects

Answer 24

kidneys and blood vessels, uterus and mammary glands

antidiuretic hormone promotes water retention and vesoconstriction; oxytocin stimulates contraction of uterus and mammary secretory units, promoting milk ejection

Question 25

Stomach: hormone

Answer 25

gastrin

Question 26

stomach: target and effects

Answer 26

stomach stimulates acid secretions

Question 27

testes: hormone

Answer 27

testosterone

Question 28

testes: target and effects

Answer 28

prostate, seminal vesicles, testes, etc stimulates secondary seual development, spematogenesis, etc

Question 29

thymus: hormone

Answer 29

thymopoietin

Question 30

thymus: target and effects

Answer 30

lymph nodes stimulates white blood cell producion

Question 31

thyroid gland: hormone

Answer 31

thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) and calcitonin

Question 32

thyroid glands target and effects

Answer 32

most organs thyroxine and triiodothyronine promote growth and development and stimulate basal rate of cell respiration; calcitonin may participate in regulation of blood Ca2+ levels