Question 1

What was the main finding of the first hormonal experiment that removed gonads from roosters

Accepted Answer

Chemicals flow through the bloodstream, as opposed to through nerves

Question 2

Chemicals secreted by cells in one part of the body that travel through the bloodstream and act on targets in other parts of the body

Accepted Answer

Hormones

Question 3

Which type of steroid can have a nongenomic effect?

Accepted Answer

Estradiol

Question 4

The enzyme produced by the brain that converts testosterone into estrogens

Accepted Answer

Aromatase

Question 5

How does the hypothalamus help to regulate hormones?

Accepted Answer

directs hormone release from endocrine glands

Question 6

What does Oxytocin do for the body?

Accepted Answer

involved in reproductive and parenting behavior, uterine contraction

Question 7

Where are the Adrenal glands located?

Accepted Answer

located on top of each kidney

Question 8

What hormone contains Iodine?

Accepted Answer

Thyroid Hormone

Question 9

What hormones are in the Anterior Pituitary

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

What produces sex steroids?

Accepted Answer

Gonads

Question 11

The description: “Released by one species to affect the behavior of another species”, applies to which form of chemical communication?

Accepted Answer

Allamone

Question 12

Which of the following tropic hormones stimulates egg-containing follicles in ovaries or sperm production?

Accepted Answer

Follicle-stimulating hormone

Question 13

What hormone is derived from cholesterol, has four rings of carbon atoms, and is lipid soluble?

Accepted Answer

Steroid hormones

Question 14

Negative feedback goes to both the pituitary and the hypothalamus

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The two Amine hormones that are released by the Adrenal Medulla are?

Accepted Answer

Epinephrine + Norepinephrine

Question 16

What gland sits on top of the Brainstem, and secretes melatonin almost exclusively at night?

Accepted Answer

Pineal Gland

Question 17

The Testes secretes what hormone?

Accepted Answer

Androgens

Question 18

Which of the following is a symptom of Hypothyroidism?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

The Endocrine Structure that releases the Arginine Vasopressin hormone

Accepted Answer

Posterior Pituitary

Question 20

Which of the following is characterized by a long term excess of Glucocorticoids and symptoms of fatigue and depression is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Cushing's Disease

Question 21

Neurons that are responsible for releasing hormones into the blood

Accepted Answer

Neurosecretory Cells

Question 22

Which of the following is not true regarding differences between hormones and neurotransmitters

Accepted Answer

Neural messages are slower, hormonal messages are rapid

Question 23

The steroid-receptor complex binds to DNA and acts as a transcription factor– controlling gene expression.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

Steroid Hormone Action

Question 25

What does this diagram show?

Accepted Answer

Target Cell Feedback

Question 26

Early thyroid deficiency can result in

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 27

Which type of gland uses ducts to secrete fluids such as tears and sweats outside of the body?

Accepted Answer

Exocrine Glands

Chapter 5; Hormones

2) Chemicals secreted by cells in one part of the body that travel through the bloodstream and act on targets in other parts of the body

3) Which type of steroid can have a nongenomic effect?

4) The enzyme produced by the brain that converts testosterone into estrogens

5) How does the hypothalamus help to regulate hormones?

6) What does Oxytocin do for the body?

7) Where are the Adrenal glands located?

8) What hormone contains Iodine?

9) What hormones are in the Anterior Pituitary

10) What produces sex steroids?

11) The description: “Released by one species to affect the behavior of another species”, applies to which form of chemical communication?

12) Which of the following tropic hormones stimulates egg-containing follicles in ovaries or sperm production?

13) What hormone is derived from cholesterol, has four rings of carbon atoms, and is lipid soluble?

14) Negative feedback goes to both the pituitary and the hypothalamus

15) The two Amine hormones that are released by the Adrenal Medulla are?

16) What gland sits on top of the Brainstem, and secretes melatonin almost exclusively at night?

17) The Testes secretes what hormone?

18) Which of the following is a symptom of Hypothyroidism?

19) The Endocrine Structure that releases the Arginine Vasopressin hormone

20) Which of the following is characterized by a long term excess of Glucocorticoids and symptoms of fatigue and depression is which of the following?

21) Neurons that are responsible for releasing hormones into the blood

22) Which of the following is not true regarding differences between hormones and neurotransmitters

23) The steroid-receptor complex binds to DNA and acts as a transcription factor– controlling gene expression.

24) What does this picture show?

25) What does this diagram show?

26) Early thyroid deficiency can result in

27) Which type of gland uses ducts to secrete fluids such as tears and sweats outside of the body?