Exam 12: The Endocrine System

Someone who has diabetes insipidus has not enough ________.

Govingee, 35 years old, has recently become lethargic, and his face feels very cool but puffy to the touch. When you take his pulse, you note that it seems abnormally low. What condition might Govingee have?

In the past, oxygen uptake in a patient was measured as a means of determining whether a certain endocrine gland was working properly. Which of the following glands was this method most likely assessing?

Sue has begun to lactate, but she has not recently given birth. Which of the following might be causing this abnormality?

Sandhu has type 1 diabetes, so he must frequently inject himself with insulin. He has to be careful not to inject himself too often or with too much of the hormone because this vital chemical will virtually disappear from his bloodstream.

In males, the primary source of estrogens is the ________.

Mamadou has started to experience severe pain due to kidney stones, which he has developed for the first time in his life. A bone scan shows that his bones are losing calcium at an alarming rate and becoming weakened. Based on the information in this chapter, predict what his physician is most likely to look for.

Which hormones produced by the adrenal gland might help to offset some of the symptoms of menopause?

Civil defense officials usually stock large supplies of nonradioactive iodine, which would be distributed in the event of a release of radioactive iodine. Please explain why.

Sometimes postmenopausal women are given a prescription for which of the following to help them maintain their bone calcium?

Which of the following substances functions in the body's inflammatory response to prevent blood clots, regulate body temperature, and open airways to the lungs?

Maria has been in labor for 12 hours, and her obstetrician thinks that it is time to artificially induce birth. What hormone will the physician inject?

Cancer cells often fail to respond to certain hormones because they lack these cell membrane features important in binding with those specific hormones.

Inflammatory processes can be painful and even dangerous if they continue inappropriately. Which of the following would control those processes?

If Mary were lost in the Sahara desert in the summer, why should she not drink alcohol?

When a woman breast-feeds, oxytocin causes the milk to move from the mammary glands toward the nipples. What other organ might also react when a woman breast-feeds right after giving birth?

________ is a very common second messenger in the action of water-soluble hormones on the target cells

Amy just gave birth by cesarean section to a beautiful baby girl. All through her pregnancy, her mammary glands enlarged to prepare for milk production. However, in the day or two following the birth of her baby, Amy cannot eject a drop of the milk that is so obviously present in her breasts. What hormone is probably missing?

Hormones responsible for the fight-or-flight response are produced in the ________.

Which of the following hormones may take part in one or more of these functions: daily rhythms, long periods of sleep, and depression?