HORMONES & THEIR DESCRIPTIONS

Question 1

tryptophan-derived and induces sleep

Answer 1

Melatonin

Question 2

hypothalamic secretion also referred to as somastostain

Answer 2

GHIH

Question 3

responsible for the maturation of ovarian follicles

Answer 3

FSH

Question 4

increases the blood levels of prolactin

Answer 4

PRF

Question 5

hyperglycemic glycogenolytic factor from the pancreas

Answer 5

Glucagon

Question 6

major hormone derived from proopiomelanocortin gene

Answer 6

ACTH

Question 7

derived from mammotrophs

Answer 7

PRL

Question 8

principal hormone in the maintenance of corpus luteum

Answer 8

LH

Question 9

stimulates the production of pituitary FSH & LH

Answer 9

GnRH

Question 10

stimulates the release of thyroid hormones

Answer 10

TSH

Question 11

decreases the level of the blood MSH

Answer 11

MIF

Question 12

source of urinary 5’-hydroxyindole acetic acid

Answer 12

Serotonin

Question 13

another name is somatotropin

Answer 13

GH

Question 14

peptide hormone for milk ejection and uterine contraction

Answer 14

Oxytoxin

Question 15

directly regulates the production of aquaporins in collecting due

Answer 15

ADH

Question 16

stimulates production of thyroid-stimulating hormne

Answer 16

TRH

Question 17

cardiac peptide that decreases blood sodium

Answer 17

ANF

Question 18

otherwise known as somatocrinin

Answer 18

GHRH

Question 19

believed as a dopamine-like inhibitor of prolactin

Answer 19

PIF

Question 20

stimulates the production of beta-endorphins

Answer 20

CRH