T3 Human A&P 9 Weeks Test

Body system that includes internal organs that secrete hormones

• Endocrine System

• Hormones

• Negative Feedback Mechanism

• Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

A given hormone affects only certain tissue cells or organs

• Target Cells

• Pituitary Gland

• Prolactin

• Adrenal Glands

After childbirth, it stimulates and maintains milk production by mother's breast

• Prolactin

• Oxytocin

• Calcitonin

• Hormones

Triggers ovulation of an egg from the female ovary

• Luteinizing Hormone

• Follicle Stimulating Hormone

• Oxytocin

• Parathyroid Hormone

The most important regulator of calcium ion homeostasis of the blood

• Parathyroid Hormone

• Adrenal Glands

• Pituitary Glands

• Luteinizing Hormone

Most hormones can be chemically classified as

• carbohydrates, lipids, or proteins
• vitamins, minerals, or enzymes
• neurotransmitters, antibodies, or antigens
• steroids or amino-acid based

A hormone NOT involved with sugar metabolism is?

• Glucagon

• Cortisone

• Aldosterone

• Insulin

Hormones control several major processes (Name 2)

Steroids are made from what?

• Cholesterol

• Sodium

• Active lipids

• Protein synthesis

Hormone levels in the blood are maintained by

• negative feedback

• positive feedback

• endocrine glands

• Humoral stimuli