T/F: Hormone is Greek for for "to arouse activity".

T/F: Cortisol evokes gluconeogenesis.

T/F: The placenta is a structure temporarily formed in the uterus of pregnant males.

T/F: The ovaries produce testosterone.

T/F: Amino-acid based molecules include steroids and prostaglandins.

T/F: The thymus is made up of two lobes, connected by a central mass known as the isthmus.

T/F: Testosterone is responsible for sex drive in both men and women.

T/F: The functions of the endocrine system include: being made up of glands that produce and secrete chemical messengers, maintains homeostasis, responds to stress and injury, and regulates growth, metabolism, and sexual development.

T/F: The hypothalamus is connected the to the thymus.

T/F: Osteoclasts are responsible for the break down of bones.

This gland is located at the base of the throat, inferior to the Adam's apple.

What is NOT a mechanism of hormone action?

This hormone works with estrogen and progesterone in preparing the breast for milk production and can be found within the placenta.

The thymus produces what two hormone products?

An increase of melatonin occurs when:

Calcitonin is responsible for:

Secretes melatonin:

Dwarfism is brought on by:

What is NOT a hormone released by the anterior pituitary?

The scientific study of hormones and endocrine organs

The hormone's release is inhibited by alcohol, causing copious urine output.

Endocrine gland that is made up of a center medulla and bordering cortex.

What kind of hormone can diffuse into the cell easily, without binding to a receptor to affect its target cell?

What type of bone cell is responsible for breaking down bone, in order for calcium resorption in the blood to occur?

This hormone is released from the stomach and stimulates the stomach to release hydrochloric acid (HCl).

Hormone that plays a role in sexual arousal and satisfaction in males and nonlactating females.

Which endocrine gland stimulus is described: changing blood levels of certain ions and nutrients to stimulate hormone response.

Which endocrine gland stimulus is described: endocrine organs activated by other hormones

Which endocrine gland stimulus is described: occurs when nerve fibers stimulate hormone release.

This gland has two lobes, an anterior and posterior, found hanging from the surface of the hypothalamus.

Hyposecretion of insulin causes:

What pancreatic islet cell produces insulin?

What is the antagonist of PTH?

Testosterone is a kind of:

How many types of hormones are there+

What is the scientific name for "adrenaline"?

What does TSH stand for?

Glucagon allows for what organ to release stored sugar in the blood?

Sex glands are known as:

The adrenal cortex synthesizes and releases which kind of hormones?

Located on the posterior side of the thyroid, this endocrine gland produces a hormone that regulates calcium homeostasis in the blood.

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

Which of the following is NOT an effect of epinephrine?

This hormone is produced in the pancreas and helps regulate blood sugar levels.

What is NOT a job of the thyroid?

produces hormones that promote development of the female secondary sexual characteristics

Storehouse for the hormones produced by the hypothalamus of the brain.

Produces hormones that direct the secondary male sex characteristics.

Produces hormones and responsible for responding to stress.

Produce mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and gonadocorticoids.

Which of the following is NOT an endocrine gland?

What gland is labeled C?

What gland is labeled E?

What gland is labeled B?

"tropic" means:

In men, this hormone stimulates testosterone production

Osmoreceptors in the blood help this hormone to know whether to be secreted or activated.