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Endocrine System
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Which of the following statements regarding pituitary hormones is false?
The hypothalamus makes oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone, which are transported the posterior pituitary for storage.
Antidiuretic hormone, released by the posterior pituitary, causes urine volume to increase and blood volume to decrease.
Luteinizing hormone, an anterior pituitary hormone, triggers ovulation of an egg from the ovary and causes the ruptured follicle to produce progesterone and some estrogens.
Hyposecretion of follicle-stimulating hormone or luteinizing hormone leads to sterility in both males and females.
E) (B) and (C)
Androgens are produced by the _______.
Ovaries
Testes
hypothalamus
islets of Langerhans
Calcium level in the blood is regulated by the
Parathyroid and thyroid
Adrenal medulla and pancreas
Testes
Parathyroid and thymus
Most endocrine organs are prodded into action by other hormones; this type of stimulus is called:
Hormonal stimulus
Humoral stimulus
Neural stimulus
Receptor-mediated stimulus
The body’s major metabolic hormone is released from the:
Pituitary
Thyroid
Thymus
Hypothalamus
Most of the endocrine system is regulated by:
negative feedback mechanisms.
positive feedback mechanisms.
hormone-receptor complexes.
hormone-gene complexes.
Nervousness, increased body temperature, and increased blood-pressure are indications of
diabetes mellitus
hypoglycemia
hypothyroidism
hyperthyroidism
The alpha cells of the pancreas secrete _______ which targets the _______.
Glucagon; liver
Melatonin; liver
Glucagon; kidney
Calcitonin; thyroid
The growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland is known as _______.
Somatotropin
Prolactin
Luteinizing hormone
Follicle-stimulating hormone
The secretions from which of these glands differs between males and females?
Adrenal
Parathyroid
Gonadal
Pancreas
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