Ch. 16 The Endocrine System
Chapter 15, Problem 8
If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child will a. develop acromegaly, b. become a dwarf but have fairly normal body proportions, c. mature sexually at an earlier than normal age, d. be in constant danger of becoming dehydrated.
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Textbook Question
Choose from the following key to identify the hormones described.
Key:
a. aldosterone
b. antidiuretic hormone
c. growth hormone
d. luteinizing hormone
e. oxytocin
f. prolactin
g. T₄ and T₃
h. TSH
______ (1) important anabolic hormone; many of its effects mediated by IGFs
______ (2) cause the kidneys to conserve water and/or salt (two choices)
______ (3) stimulates milk production
______ (4) tropic hormone that stimulates the gonads to secrete sex hormones
______ (5) increases uterine contractions during birth
______ (6) major metabolic hormone(s) of the body
______ (7) causes reabsorption of sodium ions by the kidneys
______ (8) tropic hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormone
______ (9) secreted by the posterior pituitary (two choices)
______(10) the only steroid hormone in the list
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Textbook Question
A hypodermic injection of epinephrine would
a. increase heart rate, increase blood pressure, dilate the bronchioles of the lungs, and increase digestive activity,
b. decrease heart rate, decrease blood pressure, constrict the bronchioles, and increase digestive activity,
c. decrease heart rate, increase blood pressure, constrict the bronchioles, and decrease digestive activituy,
d. increase heart rate, increase blood pressure, dilate the bronchioles, and decrease digestive activity.
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Textbook Question
Testosterone is to the male as which hormone is to the female?
a. luteinizing hormone,
b. progesterone,
c. estrogen,
d. prolactin.
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Textbook Question
If there is adequate carbohydrate intake, secretion of insulin results in
a. lower blood glucose levels,
b. increased cell utilization of glucose,
c. storage of glycogen,
d. all of these.
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Textbook Question
Hormones
a. are produced by exocrine glands,
b. are carried to all parts of the body in blood,
c. remain at constant concentration in the blood,
d. affect only non-hormone-producing organs.
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Textbook Question
Some hormones act by
a. increasing the synthesis of enzymes,
b. converting an inactive enzyme into an active enzyme,
c. affecting only specific target organs,
d. all of these.
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