When a hormone is present in excessive levels, the number of target-cell receptors may decrease. This is called _____
A type of hormone that acts on neighboring cells without entering the bloodstream
both 1 and 2 (local hormone and paracrine)
Which of the following is an eicosanoid:
Both 1 and 2
Which of the following statements correctly compares water-soluble hormones with lipid-soluble hormones?
Only water-soluble hormones use second messengers
Which of the following is not a common method of stimulating hormone secretion from an endocrine cell?
Mechanical stretching of the endocrine cell
What controls hormone release from the anterior pituitary gland?
Hormones released from the hypothalamus
Which of the following anterior pituitary hormones stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete cortisol?
Which of the following anterior pituitary hormones stimulates the gonads to secrete progesterone and/or testosterone?
Which of the following pairs of hormones are secreted by the posterior pituitary gland?
oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone
The amount of ADH that is secreted by the posterior pituitary glands varies with
blood osmotic pressure
Which of the following statements does not describe a step in the synthesis and secretion of T3 and T4?
Synthesis of calcitonin
Parathyroid hormone is the major regulator of the plasma concentration of which of the following ions?
Which of the following is not a common effect of glucocorticoid stimulation?
Increased production of all types of blood cells
Which of the following hormones are released in response to decreases in blood glucose concentration?
Which of the following hormones play key regulatory roles in the body's long-term response to stress?
cortisol hGH, thyroid hormone
Which of the following is not a common response of the body to long-term stress?
Increased digestive activities
Which hormonal influence on the muscular system is correctly described?
Epinephrine helps increase blood flow to exercising muscle
Which of the following is a protein hormone produced by the testes that inhibits secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone by the anterior pituitary gland?
Which of the following hormones commonly increases in the plasma of older individuals due to an inadequate dietary intake of calcium?
All of the following hormones are produced and secreted by the ovaries except:
Which of the following is an example of a hormone that is secreted from an endocrine gland in response to a chemical change in the blood?
All. (parathyroid hormone release from pth gland
insulin release from pancreas
glucagon release from pancreas
ADH release from the posterior pituitary gland
Since insulin released from the pancreas is carried in the bloodstream to distant target cells, it is considered to be a(n)
Which of the following is not a common characteristic of an exocrine gland?
Its secretory products are carried in body fluids to distant target cells
Which of the following germ layers does the adrenal medulla develop from during embryonic development?
Which of the following germ layers does the thyroid gland develop from during embryonic development?
Which of the following layers does the anterior pituitary gland develop from during embryonic development?