Endocrine

Endocrine gland secrete hormone products

• Indirectly into surrounding intracellular fluid

• Directly into surrounding intracellular fluid

• Directly into surrounding extracellular fluid

• Indirectly into surrounding extracellular fluid

Select some of the important endocrine glands

• Pituitary Gland

• Placenta

• Adrenal Gland

• Sweat Gland

• Salivary Gland

What mediates endocrine function?

• Cholesterol

• Progesterone

• Testosterone

• Hormones

Autocrine function is when (select two answers)

• A secreted hormone acts on the producer cell itself

• A secreted hormone acts on neighboring or identical cells

• A hormone signal acting on a neighboring cell of a different type

• A hormone signal acting on the producer cell itself

Paracrine function is

• When a hormone signal acts on a neighboring cell of a different type

• When a secreted hormone acts on the producer cell

• When a secreted hormone acts on the neighboring identical cell

• When a hormone signal acts on itself

Hormones are classified into the following three categories

• Proteins or Peptides

• Cholesterol Molecules

• Amines or Amino-Acid Derivatives

• Steroids

• Things that make people act whack

What is the MOST major site of hormone degradation and elimination?

• Liver

• Plasma

• Stomach

• Kidneys

• Lungs

True or False. Steroids have a similar structure to cholesterol?

• True

• False

Which of the following areas have some of the most common steroid hormones?

• Adrenal Cortex

• Reproductive Areas

• Carotid Bodies

• Sammy Sosa

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

• Hormone receptors are located either on the surface of cells or inside the cells.

• Every hormone has a specific onset and duration of action.

• Every hormones is structurally similar and can play similar roles when specific hormones are depleted.

• Hormonal effects may be generated in seconds to minutes or several hours to days.