Exam 21: Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation

A person wants to know if eating only plant-based foods is advisable as a way to cut cholesterol to near-zero levels. What response by the health care professional is best?

Which hormone triggers uterine contractions?

What effect does hyperphosphatemia have on other electrolytes?

Which of these is a lipid-soluble hormone?

When insulin binds its receptors on muscle cells, an increase in glucose uptake by the muscle cells is the result. This is an example of what type of effect by a hormone?

A patient is in severe shock and is receiving vasopressin. A student asks the health care professional to explain the rationale for this treatment. What response by the professional is most accurate?

Most protein hormones are transported in the bloodstream and are what?

Where are target cells for parathyroid hormone located?

A person who has experienced physiologic stresses will have increased levels of which hormone?

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is released to stimulate thyroid hormone (TH) and is inhibited when plasma levels of TH are adequate. What is this an example of?

What is the target tissue for prolactin-releasing factor?