Endocrine Lecture Exam Review A&P 2

Paracrine factors travel ________ distances and act on _________ cells.

• long, the same

• long, different

• short, the same

• short, different

Select all of the characteristics of steroid hormones

• Are considered autocrine factors

• Uses intracellular receptors

• Can freely travel in the blood (unbound)

• Have direct effects on gene transcription

The feedback shown here is an example of

• Short loop negative feedback

• Long loop negative feedback

• Short loop positive feedback

• Long loop positive feedback

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The effect of a given hormone on a cell is determined by the

• What the cell needs

• Hormone type

• Receptor

• Cell type

Which type of hormone acts via a second messenger pathway

• Paracrine factor

• Steroid hormone

• Amino acid based hormone

• Lipid soluble hormone

Which gland is considered the master gland of the endocrine system?

• Pancreas

• Pineal gland

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary gland

How are the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland connected

• By the general circulation

• Hypophyseal tract

• Hypophyseal portal system

• Via the supraoptic nucleus

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Select all of the tropic hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary

• GH

• ACTH

• Oxytocin

• Prolactin

• TSH

What are the two functions of a tropic hormone

• Regulate the size of its target gland

• Have direct metabolic effects on body tissues

• Stimulate the release of a hormone from the target gland

• Direct the release of hormones from the hypothalamus

Select the direct metabolic effects of growth hormone

• Lipolysis

• Gluconeogenesis

• Glycogenolysis

• Glucose sparing for the brain

• Protein catabolism

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