Rest Of Hormones

Question 1

What sysnthesizes insulin in the body?

Answer 1

Beta cells of the pancreas

Question 2

What is the function of insulin?

Answer 2

Insulin lowers blood sugar by bringing glucose into the cells, stimulating glycogenesis, and equalky inhibits protein and fat breakdown

Question 3

How does insulin bring glsucose into the cell?

Answer 3

By means of changing the membrane characteristics when bound ti a cellular receptor

Question 4

What is tye only homrone in the human body that reduces bloos sugar?

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

How is insulin regulated?

Answer 5

By serum blood glucose.

Question 6

Insulin is released in

Answer 6

Hyperglycemic states or in the presence if glucagon or gastrin

Question 7

Insukin is inhibted in

Answer 7

Hypoglycemic states or some therapeutic drugs

Question 8

What tyoe of hormone is leptin?

Answer 8

Glycoprotein hormone

Question 9

What tyoe of hormone is insulin?

Answer 9

Protein hormone

Question 10

What hormone balances appetite and energy?

Answer 10

Leptin

Question 11

Leptin is synthesized in the body by

Answer 11

White adipocytes (fat cells)

Question 12

Lewhat are white adipocytes?

Answer 12

These are cells of fat tissue (white adipose tissue)

Question 13

This tissue’s cells produce leptin

Answer 13

White Adipose tissue

Question 14

Leptin is released when stimulated by certain factors produced in the

Answer 14

Brain

Question 15

List the functions of leptin

Answer 15

Targets the hypothalamus 
Sateity hormone
Inhibits appetite
Stimulates metabolism
Induces production of TNF and cell-death protein

Question 16

Melatonin is produced by what tissue in the body?

Answer 16

Pineal gland of the brain

Question 17

Leptin and ,elatonin are hormones that target the

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

What are the functions of melatonin?

Answer 18

Induces sleep, decreases attentive state, used as sleeping aid
Imhibits secretion of gonadotropins from pituitary
Decease cortisol levels

Question 19

Why are cortisol levels decreased at night?

Answer 19

Because at night, melatoninnlevels rise tomake us sleep

Question 20

Release of melatonin is induced by

Answer 20

Darkness

Question 21

Release if melatonin is inhibuted by

Answer 21

Light

Question 22

What direct connection in two areas regukate melatonin?

Answer 22

Direct connection between the retina and pineal gland

Question 23

Human chorionic gonadotropin is released by

Answer 23

The chorion and placenta

Question 24

The outer memebrane surrounding a developing embryo is called the

Answer 24

Chorion

Question 25

What are the functions of hCG?

Answer 25

Stimulates and maintains progesterone production by the corpus luteum until placenta forms, stimulates development of fetal gonads.

Question 26

Thisnhormone stimulates and sustains progesterone production by the corpus luteum until placenta forms

Answer 26

hCG

Question 27

What are the clinical uses of hCG?

Answer 27

• Determine pregnancy
• Predict abortion/miscarriage
• Can detect multiple embryos
• DetecthCG producing tumors

Question 28

When is hCG synthesized by the chorion?

Answer 28

1-2 days after fertilized egg implants into the endometrium

Question 29

The human placental lactogen is synthesized by the

Answer 29

Placenta

Question 30

What are the functions of HPL?

Answer 30

• Works with hCG to stimulate progesterone production by CL
• Anti-isulin, by raising blood sugar to ensure fetal nutruition/metabolism needs are met
• Stimulates development of mammary glands and lactation in third trimester

Question 31

Why are pregnant women susceptible to diabetes?

Answer 31

Because the human placental hormone increases blood sugar so that fetal nutrition and metabolism needs are met

Question 32

What are the clinical uses of HPL?

Answer 32

Monitor placental function during pregnancy with maternal hypertension
Monitor intrauterine fetal growth