Module 10

Question 1

The most frequent type of congenital chromosomal disorder in males is Klinefelters syndrome (KS).

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In a hormonal panel test, low TSH levels are discovered. An additional test of the ______ maybe be beneficial.

Answer 2

Anterior pituitary

Question 3

In an initial exam a patient is concerned over rather quick and unexplainable weight loss, muscle weakness, and fatigue. A good first test might be to obtain levels of ______ hormone in her system.

Answer 3

Thyroxine

Question 4

Enhancing the social cue hormonal receptors in the ______ of the brain facilitates social recognition behavior.

Answer 4

Hippocampus

Question 5

In female rodents, the coordination of ovulation, receptivity, and the desire to mate is achieved by the hormone ______.

Answer 5

Estradiol

Question 6

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are drugs designed to mimic the natural hormonal steroids and used to treat diseases that cause ______.

Answer 6

Loss of muscle mass

Question 7

One functional difference between steroid and non-steroid hormones is the effect mechanism of ______.

Answer 7

Entering cells

Question 8

In human females in the luteal phase, progesterone levels are ______.

Answer 8

High

Question 9

The sex-determining region Y protein causes the fetus to produce male ______.

Answer 9

Gonads

Question 10

From the research of physiologists Bayless and Starling body secretions that indicate physiologic influences, the scientific term ______ was coined.

Answer 10

Hormone

Question 11

Should fertilization occur in human cycle, high levels of ______ are released to support pregnancy.

Answer 11

Testosterone

Question 12

Women with a genetic disorder called congenital adrenal hyperplasia are equally likely to be heterosexual as women in the general population.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

In studies of reproduction using rodents, the reproductive pattern was such that females mate only during what is known as ______ stages.

Answer 13

Behavioral estrus

Question 14

The motivation to engage in reproductive behavior in male rodents is thought to occur through the release of ______ in the MPOA.

Answer 14

Dopamine

Question 15

The pituitary gland works synergistically with the ______ to control activation or inhibition of hormone release from the pituitary.

Answer 15

Hypothalamus

Question 16

Growth Hormone supplementation or therapy is used on with disease or trauma that affects the ______ or pituitary.

Answer 16

Hypothalamus

Question 17

The human female uterine cycle is driven by steroid hormones produced in the ______.

Answer 17

Menstrual cycle

Question 18

The behavioral, physiological, and morphological traits differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals have been attributed to homosexuals being exposed to atypical amounts of testosterone during development.

Answer 18

Testosterone

Question 19

In a study published in 2007, psychologists Meston and Buss listed the ______reasons for why people have sex besides reproduction.

Answer 19

Top 50

Question 20

The communication pathways of Synaptic signaling via neurotransmitters is the same as endocrine signaling via hormones.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

An initial diagnostic test for ______ would be appropriate for a patient complaining of unexplainable weight gain along with feeling cold all the time, hoarseness, fatigue, and puffy swollen neck.

Answer 21

Hypothyroidism

Question 22

Neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus synthesize oxytocin and vasopressin.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

During birth if a mother’s progression slows down she may be administered a drug that acts the natural hormone ______ to increase contractions.

Answer 23

Oxytocin

Question 24

The peak estrogen level in human females occurs just prior to the ______ cycle.

Answer 24

Ovarian Cycle

Question 25

Hormone that mediates effects within the same cell that synthesized it are ______.

Answer 25

Hypothalamic

Question 26

During birth if a mother’s progression slows down she may be administered a drug that acts the natural hormone ______ to increase contractions.

Answer 26

Oxytocin

Question 27

In humans, parental care is driven by both bottom-up stimuli processes and top-down processes generated by conscious thought, based on information ______.
You Answered

Answer 27

From the sense

Question 28

Luteinizing hormone is a gonadotropic hormone and plays a crucial role in ______.

Answer 28

Reproduction

Question 29

In rodents, MPOA dopamine release and copulatory ability were restored in castrated rats by injections of ______.

Answer 29

Testosterone

Question 30

When vasopressin is released into general circulation, it causes increased ______.

Answer 30

Blood pressure

Question 31

The pituitary gland works synergistically with the ______ to control activation or inhibition of hormone release from the pituitary.

Answer 31

Hypothalamus

Question 32

Paracrine hormones affects cells in the immediate vicinity of the one that released it.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

The anterior pituitary’s thyroid-stimulating hormone maintains ______ and brain development.

Answer 33

Metabolic rate

Question 34

One functional difference between steroid and non-steroid hormones is the effect mechanism of ______.

Answer 34

Entering cells