pituitary/adrenal gland

Question 1

homeostasis

Answer 1

role of hormones in systemic homeostatic mechanisms

Question 2

chemical classification of hormones

Answer 2

amine
peptide
steroid

Question 3

solubility/polarity classifications of hormones

Answer 3

lipophilic
hydrophilic

Question 4

classifications of homrones
insulin:
estrogen/androgens/cortisol:
epinephrine/norepinephrine (catechol):
thyroxine(T4) and triiodoithyrine(T3):

Answer 4

insulin:
hydrophilic and peptide

estrogen/androgens/cortisol:
lipophilic and steriod

epinephrine/norepinephrine:
hydrophilic and amine

thyroxine(T4) and triiodoithyrine(T3):
lipophilic and amine

Question 5

catecholamines

Answer 5

epinephrine
norepinephrine

Question 6

steroid and thyroid hormones have ____ receptors

Answer 6

intracellular receptors
*lipophilic

Question 7

peptide and catecholamines have ____ receptors

Answer 7

extracellular receptors
*hydrophilic

Question 8

lipophilic hormones have ____ receptors
hydrophilic hormones have ___ receptors

Answer 8

lipophilic hormones have intracellular receptos

hydrophilic hormones have extracellular receptors

Question 9

cAMP is a ____ messenger

Answer 9

secondary

Question 10

HPA axis

Answer 10

stress response

hypothalamus (CRH), pituitary (ACTH), adrenal (cortisol)

Question 11

ADH is produced in the

Answer 11

hypothalamus

Question 12

ADH is secreted by the

Answer 12

posterior pituitary gland

Question 13

ADH causes water to

Answer 13

reabsorb into the blood (decrease urine volume)

Question 14

four methods of hormonal communication

Answer 14

neurocrine
endocrine
paracrine
autocrine

Question 15

neurocrine:
endocrine:
paracrine:
autocrine:

Answer 15

neurocrine: secretion of hormones into bloodstream by neurons

endocrine: secretion of hormones into bloodstream by endocrine glands

paracrine: hormone molecule secreted by one cell affects adjacent cells

autocrine: hormone molecule secreted by a cell affects the secretory cell

Question 16

anterior pituitary hormones

Answer 16

TSH, FSH, ACTH, GH, MSH, endorphins

Question 17

posterior pituitary hormones

Answer 17

ADH and oxytocin

Question 18

three classes of adrenocortical hormones

Answer 18

mineralcorticoids
glucocorticoids
adrenal androgens

Question 19

mineralcorticoids: zona
glucocorticoids: zona
adrenal androgens: zona

Answer 19

mineralcorticoids: zona glomerulosa
glucocorticoids: zona fasciculata
adrenal androgens: zona reticularis

Question 20

mineralcorticoids: example
glucocorticoids: example
adrenal androgens: example

Answer 20

mineralcorticoids: aldosterone
glucocorticoids: cortisol
adrenal androgens: DHFA

Question 21

Cushing’s syndrome

Answer 21

increased ACTH because of increased cortisol

Question 22

gigantism (acromegaly)

Answer 22

children with increased GH