Exam 11: Endocrine Glands: Secretion and Action of Hormones

What does the release of TSH from the anterior pituitary cause?

In the phospholipase C mechanism,most of the increased intracellular calcium comes from

cAMP activates ______ that activates other enzymes in the cell.

Skin wound healing would be slowed due to a lack of ____________ growth factors.

What is the protein found in the colloid of a thyroid follicle?

Many growth factors use

An individual with bulging eyes may

The stomach and small intestines release hormones to help coordinate activities with the autonomic nervous system for digestion.

What hormone(s)is/are released when blood glucose levels decrease?

What amino acid of the protein colloid in thryoid follicles does iodine bind to?

The zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex secretes the mineralocorticoids.

Testosterone receptors would be ____________ in response to anabolic steroid abuse

What is the function of prolactin in males?

The same prostaglandin may produce different effects in different tissues.

The vascular link between the hypothalamus and the __________ is called the hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal system.

The hypersecretion of corticosteroids results in

Calcitonin and PTH are antagonistic hormones.

To induce full cellular effects,thyroid hormones also require the actions of

Elevated secretion of ACTH,as in Addison's disease,causes a darkening of the skin because ACTH is related to MSH which causes production of the pigment melanin.

Binding of epinephrine to beta-adrenergic receptors in the plasma membrane will activate the ______ second messenger system.