bio 227 chap 16

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

Normal development of the immune response is due in part to hormones produced by the _____.

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

Which of the following is not a category of endocrine gland stimulus?

Chemical substances secreted by cells into the extracellular fluids and that regulate the metabolic function of other cells in the body are called ____.

The hypothalalmic-hypophyseal tract ___.

Which of the following is not a cardinal sign of diabetes mellitus?

which of the choices below is not a factor required for target cell activation by hormone receptor interaction?

Oxytocin ___.

ADH ___.

Which of the following is not a type of hormone interaction?

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

Which of the following hormones suppresses appetite and increase energy expenditure?

Which of the following is not a change that may be caused by hormonal stimulus?

The ability of a specific tissue or organ to respond to the presence of a hormone is dependent on ____.

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 neurohypophysis or posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is not a true endocrine gland because _____.

Steroid hormones exert their action by ____.

The second-messenger mechanism of hormone action operates by ____.

Hormones often cause a cell to elicit multiple responses; this is because ___.

Cells that respond to peptide hormones usually do so through a sequence of biochemical reactions involving receptor and kinase activation. In order for cells to respond, it is necessary for first and second messengers to communicate. This is possible because ___.

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

When it becomes necessary to enlist the fight or flight response, a hormone that is released during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome is ____.

One of the leas complicated of the endocrine control systems directly responds to changing blood levels of ion and nutrients. Which of the following describes this mechanism?

The major targets of growth hormone are ___.

Which of the following is not a parathyroid gland mechanism to maintain adequate levels of blood calcium?

which organ is responsible for synthesizing ANP?

Mineralocorticoid is to aldosterone as glucocorticoid is to _____.

Leptin is secreted by ___.

The most important mineralcorticoid regulator of electrocyte concentrations in extracellular fluids is ____.

Which of the following is not a steroid-based hormone?

The single most important regulator of calcium levels in the blood is ___.

Cellular responses to hormones that initiate second-messenger system include ___.

Regulating hormones from the hypothalamus  ____.

ACTH ____.

Aldosterone _____.

Which organ does not produce hormones?

In circumstances where the body requires prolonged or increased levels of a hormone, the DNA of target cells will specify the synthesis of more receptors on the surface of the cells of the target organ. This is known as ____.

Eicosanoids do not include _____.

A man has been told that he is not synthesizing enough follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and for this reason he may be unable to father a child. Choose the correct statement to explain this problem.

Thyroxine is a peptide hormone, but its mechanism is different from other peptide hormones. Which of the following statements is true concerning this difference?

How do glucocorticoids enable the body to deal appropriately with stress/

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