Highi TMI

Question 1

What does calcitonin target?

Answer 1

osteoclasts

Question 2

What does PTH bind to? What does this cause the release of?

Answer 2

osteoblasts; osteoclast stimulating factor

Question 3

What are oxyphils rich in?

Answer 3

mitochondria

Question 4

Chromaffin cells of the medulla have these

Answer 4

ectopic sites

Question 5

Zona fasciulata has cells that contain these

Answer 5

lipid droplets

Question 6

Zona reticularis often has these

Answer 6

lipofuscin granules

Question 7

Which zone is the regenerative zone?

Answer 7

zona glomerulosa

Question 8

In the pineal gland, what covers and invades the gland during development to form connective tissue septa?

Answer 8

meninges

Question 9

What is the nerve input to the pineal gland?

Answer 9

postganglionic sympathetic fibers from superior cervical ganglion

Question 10

What suppresses axon growth in chromaffin cells?

Answer 10

glucocorticoids

Question 11

Chromaffin cells store these

Answer 11

opioid peptides like enkephalins

Question 12

Does epinephrine raise BP? Does norepi?

Answer 12

no; yes

Question 13

three glycoproteins of the zona pellucida

Answer 13

ZP1, ZP2, ZP3