ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Kinaze performs	Phosphorylation
The hormone that may be slowly administered by intravenous drip to accelerate labor and delivery is	oxytoxin
If a patient is administered a powerful glucocorticoid (such as prednisone) to suppress the immune system, what unintended effects might this have on blood chemistry?	both an increase of insulin and an increase in blood glucose
Calcium ions serve as messengers, often in combination with the intracellular protein	Calmodulin
Where does the chemical reaction between thyroglobulin and iodine take place?	In the lumin of the thyroid follicle
Mental and physical sluggishness and low body temperature may be signs of	hypothyroidism
The primary function of ADH is to	decrease the amount of water lost at the kidneys
Parathyroid hormone does all of the following, except that it doesn't	build up bone
Reduction of fluid losses at the kidneys due to the retention of Na+ is the action of	aldosterone
Endocrine cells	release their secretions directly into body fluids.
Each of the following hormones is produced by the pars distalis of the adenohypophysis, except	oxytoxin
A rise in cortisol would cause an increase in each of the following, except	ACTH levels
The functional organization of the nervous system parallels that of the ________ system in many ways.	endocrine
Hormones known as "catecholamines" are	Are derivatives of the amino acid tyrasine
Liver cells respond to growth hormone by releasing hormones called	somatomedins
All of the following are true of steroid hormones, except that they	are produced by the suprarenal medulla.
Which of the following hormones is/are water soluble and therefore bind(s) to extracellular receptors?	insuline and epinephrine
Changes in blood osmotic pressure would most affect the secretion of	ADH
Which of the following elements is necessary for the production of thyroid hormone?	iodine
The C cells of the thyroid gland produce	calcitonin
AFTER BRAIN SURGERY, a patient receiving postoperative care in an intensive care unit began to pass large volumes of very dilute urine. The ICU nurse administered a medicine that mimics one of the following hormones. Which one?	ADH
Before the discovery of these glands, thyroid surgery often led to a rapid drop in blood calcium levels, which triggered muscle contractions and cardiac arrhythmias. What glands are these and which hormone is lacking?	parathyroid gland; parathyroid hormone
Growth hormone does all of the following, except that it	causes fat accumalation within adipcytes
Peptide hormones are	composed of amino acids
A hormone that helps to regulate the sodium ion content of the body is	aldosterone
The zona fasciculata of the suprarenal cortex produces	glucocorotids
The main action of antidiuretic hormone is:	increase water conservation of the kidneys
The pituitary hormone that promotes ovarian secretion of progesterone and testicular secretion of testosterone is	LH
Increased levels of the hormone ________ will lead to increased levels of calcium ion in the blood.	PTH
Increased activity of phosphodiesterase in a target cell would decrease its level of	cAMP
All of the following are true of the nervous system, except that it doesn'	function independantly of the endocrine system
The posterior pituitary gland secretes	ADH
The parathyroid glands produce a hormone that	increase the level of calcium ions in the blood
After a steroid hormone binds to its receptor to form an active complex	gene transcription is initiated
The most complex endocrine responses involve the	hypothalamus
The zona glomerulosa of the suprarenal cortex produces	Mineral corcitoids
The hormone produced by the pars intermedia of the adenohypophysis during early childhood is	MSH
Thyroid hormone contains the element	iodine
TSH plays a key role in the ________ of thyroid hormones.	synthesis and release
Extracellular membrane receptors are used by which of the following types of hormones?	catecholamines, peptide hormones, and eicosanoids
Too little secretion of cortisol and aldosterone causes	Addison disease
The pituitary hormone that triggers the release of thyroid hormone from the thyroid gland is	TSH
The hypothalamus acts as both a neural and a(n) ________ organ.	endocrine
Steroid hormones	bind to receptors in the nucleus of their target cells.
Excess secretion of growth hormone during early development will cause	gigantism
________ are chemical messengers that are released in one tissue and transported in the bloodstream to alter the activities of specific cells in other tissues.	hormones
Thyroxine and calcitonin are secreted by the	thyroid gland
The term used to describe excess production of urine is	polyuria
Which of the following hormones may lead to acromegaly if hypersecreted after closure of the epiphyseal plates?	growth hormone
A hormone that can lower blood levels of calcium ion is	calcitonin
The zona reticularis of the suprarenal cortex produces	androgens
If the adenyl cyclase activity of liver cells were missing, which of these hormones could no longer stimulate release of glucose?	glucagon
The pituitary hormone that causes the kidney to reduce water loss is	ADH
A simple endocrine reflex involves ________ hormone(s).	One
The hormone that plays a pivotal role in setting the metabolic rate and thus impacting body temperature is	thyroxine
Which of the following substances activates protein kinases and thus acts as a second messenger?	cyclic AMP
The two lobes of the pituitary gland together produce how many hormones?	9
Destruction of the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus would have which result?	Loss of ADH secretion
When adenyl cyclase is activated,	ATP is consumed and cAMP is formed.
The pituitary hormone that stimulates milk production by the mammary glands is	Prolactin
When a catecholamine or peptide hormone binds to receptors on the surface of a cell, the	Second messengers appear in cytoplasm
The pituitary hormone that controls the release of glucocorticoids from the suprarenal cortex is	ACTH
The pituitary hormone that stimulates cell growth and replication by accelerating protein synthesis is	somatotropin
Neurons of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus manufacture	ADH and oxytoxin
The link between a first messenger and a second messenger in a cell that responds to peptide hormones is usually	A G protein
If the median eminence of the hypothalamus is destroyed, the hypothalamus would no longer be able to control the secretion of which of the following hormones?	TSH, ACTH, PRL
Damage to cells of the zona fasciculata of the suprarenal cortex would result in	decreased ability to convert amino acids to glucose
Which of the following is not an action of TSH?	inhibits the t3 and t4
Each of the following hormones is an amino acid derivative, except	thyroid stimulating hormones
The hypothalamus controls secretion by the adenohypophysis by	secreting releasing and inhibiting factors into a tiny portal system.
Cells can respond to ________ hormone(s) at the same time.	a few
A hormone that promotes gluconeogenesis in the liver is	cortisol
The hormone that does the opposite of calcitonin is	the parathyroid hormone
All target cells	Have hormone receptors
PRL is to ________ as ACTH is to ________.	prolactin; corticotropin
The suprarenal medulla produces	catecholamines
The suprarenal medulla produces the hormones	epinephrine and nonrepinephrine
The pituitary hormone that promotes egg development in ovaries and sperm development in testes is	FSH
Which of the following cells are target cells for the hormone that causes a decrease in blood-calcium concentration?	osteoclats
The condition known as hirsutism can result from too	much androgen production
The control of calcitonin excretion is an example of direct ________ regulation.	endocrine
The action of thyroid hormone on a target cell involves all these steps except one. Identify the incorrect step.	binding to a hormone receptor in the plasma membrane
Cushing disease results from an excess of	glucocorotids

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