Exam 15: The Endocrine System

Gluconeogenesis occurs in the liver due to the action of ________.

The hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract ________.

Several hormones are synthesized in the hypothalamus and transported to the anterior pituitary gland. The mechanism of transportation from hypothalamus to anterior pituitary gland is through the ________.

The ________ gland is especially large in early childhood, then declines in size and function with age.

Figure 15.1 Using Figure 15.1, match the following: -Storehouse for the hormones produced by the hypothalamus of the brain.

All peptide hormone synthesis requires gene activation that produces mRNA.

Which hormones are synthesized from cholesterol?

Alpha islet cells produce ________, an extremely potent hyperglycemic hormone.

Hypersecretion of growth hormone after epiphyseal plate closure can result in a condition called ________.

Which of the following is not a change typically produced by a hormonal stimulus?

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

The major targets of growth hormone are ________.

Explain how antidiuretic hormone can help regulate an abnormal increase in solute concentration in the extracellular fluid.

Aldosterone is the most potent mineralocorticoid produced in the adrenals but the least abundant.