Hormones

Question 1

Stimulates bone and muscle growth

Answer 1

Growth Hormone

Question 2

Stimulates milk production

Answer 2

Prolactin

Question 3

Stimulates milk secretion during lactation

Answer 3

Oxytocin

Question 4

Responsible for female secondary sex characteristics

Answer 4

Estrogen

Question 5

Stimulates metabolic activty

Answer 5

Thyroid hormone

Question 6

Increases blood glucose level and decreases protein synthesis

Answer 6

Glucocorticoids

Question 7

Responsible for male secondary sex characteristics

Answer 7

Testosterone

Question 8

Prepares endometrium for implantation/maintenance of pregnancy

Answer 8

Progesterone

Question 9

Stimulates adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete cortisol

Answer 9

ACTH

Question 10

Stimulates follicle maturation in females and spermatogenesis in males

Answer 10

FSH

Question 11

Increases plasma calcium, increases bone resorption

Answer 11

PTH

Question 12

Decreases plasma calcium, increases bone formation

Answer 12

Calcitonin

Question 13

Stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males

Answer 13

LH

Question 14

Stimulates thyroid to produce TH and uptake iodine

Answer 14

TSH

Question 15

Growth hormone

Answer 15

Anterior pituitary

Question 16

Thyroid hormone

Answer 16

Thyroid

Question 17

Glucocorticoids (Cortisol)

Answer 17

Adrenal cortex (zona fasiculata)

Question 18

Progesterone

Answer 18

Ovaries (and placenta during pregnancy)

Question 19

Prolactin

Answer 19

Anterior pituitary

Question 20

Oxytocin

Answer 20

Hypothalamus (paraventricular nucleus)

Question 21

Atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH)

Answer 21

Atria of heart

Question 22

Glucagon

Answer 22

Alpha cells of pancreas

Question 23

Testosterone

Answer 23

Testes (men) and ovaries (women)

Question 24

Follicle stimulating hormone

Answer 24

Anterior pituitary

Question 25

Vasopressin (ADH)

Answer 25

Hypothalamus (supraoptic nucleus)

Question 26

Calcitonin

Answer 26

Parafollicular cells of the thyroid

Question 27

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

Answer 27

Anterior pituitary

Question 28

Epinephrine and norepinephrine

Answer 28

Adrenal medulla (chromaffin cells)

Question 29

Insulin

Answer 29

Beta cells of the pancreas

Question 30

Estradiol

Answer 30

Ovaries

Question 31

Estriol

Answer 31

Placenta

Question 32

Estrone

Answer 32

Fat cells

Question 33

Estrogen in males

Answer 33

Testes

Question 34

Parathyroid hormone

Answer 34

Parathyroid glands

Question 35

Somatostain

Answer 35

Delta cells of pancreas

Question 36

Luteinizing hormone

Answer 36

Anterior pituitary

Question 37

Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)

Answer 37

Zona glomerulosa

Question 38

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

Answer 38

Anterior pituitary