Exam 15: The Endocrine System

Aldosterone .

is a hormone that has only one known effect: to stimulate milk production by the breasts.

A woman with excessive body hair,a deep voice,and an enlarged clitoris shows the outward symptoms of which hormonal dysfunction?

Oxytocin .

Thyroid hormone a small iodinated amine)enters target cells in a manner similar to _ _.

The gland may influence our day/night cycles and even regulate the onset of sexual maturity.

Mineralocorticoid is to aldosterone as glucocorticoid is to _ .

A person who drinks a lot of alcoholic beverages must urinate frequently.Why?

The largest pure endocrine gland in the body is the .

Eicosanoids do not include .

Why would one not expect to continue increasing in height with age?

Why should the hypothalamus instead of the adenohypophysis be called the "master endocrine gland"?

ADH .

What ion is sometimes used as a second messenger of amino acid-based hormones?

List the four mechanisms involved in the regulation of aldosterone secretion.

Leptin is secreted by .

Which hormone stimulates production of RBCs and which organ or structure produces it?

The major targets of growth hormone are .

Virtually all of the protein or amino acid- based hormones exert their effects through intracellular .

Gonadocorticoids)_ .