Hormone Basics Hormones Secreted by Glands Functions of
Hormone Basics Hormones Secreted by Glands Functions of Hormones Endocrine Disorders Descriptions 10 pt 10 pt 20 pt 20 pt 30 pt 30 pt 40 pt 40 pt 50 pt 50 pt
What type of feedback controls most hormone release?
Negative
What type of hormone stimulates the release of another hormone from a gland?
Tropic
What controls the release of hormones from the pituitary?
The hypothalamas
What type of hormonal stimulus involves monitoring levels of something in the blood?
Humoral
What is a highly reactive lipid hormone that acts locally called?
Prostaglandin
What gland secretes insulin?
The pancreas
What gland secretes thymosin?
Thymus
What gland region of the gland secretes Growth Hormone?
Anterior pituitary
What gland region secretes epinephrine?
Adrenal medulla
What gland region secretes aldosterone?
Adrenal cortex
Which hormone causes the formation of new bone and increases muscle mass?
Growth hormone
What hormone raises blood sugar?
Glucagon
What hormone lowers blood calcium?
Calcitonin
What adrenocortical hormone raises blood pressure by causing the retention of Na+?
aldosterone
What hormone from the heart causes decreased blood pressure?
ANP (atrial natiuretic peptide)
What hormone is low in pituitary dwarfism?
Growth Hormone
What hormone is in excess in hyperthyroidism?
T 4 - thyroxine
What disorder is caused by too little cortisol and aldosterone (or too little ACTH)?
Addison’s Disease
What disease is caused by tumors on the pituitary developing later in life to increase GH?
Acromegaly
What disease may be caused by hyposecretion of calcitonin and estrogen and hypersecretion of PTH?
Osteoporosis
What is it called when a person grows too much throughout life?
Gigantism
What is HCG secreted during?
Pregnancy
What is ?
Menopause
What disorder is caused by iodine deficiency in a pregnant mother or in her young child?
Cretinism
What disorder may be caused by overactivity of the thymus that misprograms antibodies to attack the neuromuscular junction?
Myasthenia gravis
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