Endocrine Part 2

1. Which hormone stimulated the secretion of milk from the mammary glands following birth

Prolactin

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Adrenocorticotrophic

2. Where is the thyroid gland found

In the brain

In the kidneys

In the neck

In the digestive tract

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4. The hypothalamus plays what role in homeostasis

Produces insulin

Produces hormones

Neither

5. What do the T3 and T4 refer to

Number of carbon atoms

Number of iodine atoms

Number of oxygen atoms

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7. Where is the pituitary gland located

Above the hypothalamus

In the hypothalamus

Underneath the hypothalamus

8. The thyroid gland produces two hormones T4 and T3 which increase what

Blood Pressure

Basal Metabolic Rate

Appetite

Urination

9. Which hormone initiates the development of oocytes and induces ovarian secretion of oestrogen. In men it simulaes the testes to produce sperm?

Follicle stimulating hormone

Luteinising hormone

Adrenocorticotrophic hormone

10. The anterior pituitary gland is called the

Adenohypophysis

Neurohypophysis

Endohypophysis

11. What hormone stimulates the synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones T3 and T4

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Thyroid releasing hormone

Thyroid growth hormone

12. Which is larger the anterior pituitary or the the posterior pituitary gland?

They are the same size

13. Which feedback controls the thyroid hormone levels

Positive feedback

Negative feedback

Neither

Both

14. The anterior pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus by

Cartilage

Blood vessels

Nerves

Skin

15. What does the human growth hormone (hGH) stimulate

Secretion of insulin like growth factors (IGF's)

Secretion of T3 and T4

Oestrogen and progesterone secretion

Milk from the mammory glands

16. Does the hypothalamus stimulate or inhibit the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland

Stimulate

Inhibit

Both

Neither

17. What hormones stimulates oestrogen and progesterone secretion, triggers ovulation and the development of corpus luteum in women and the stimulates the testes to produce sperm.

Prolactin

Luteinising hormone

Follicle stimulating hormone

Adrenocorticotrophic

18. Together with the pituitary glands the hypothalamus plays a role in which of the following (mark all that apply)

Growth

Metabolism

Homeostasis

Thyroidism

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19. What is the most abundant hormone released by the pituitary gland

IGF's

HGH

FSH

20. When thyroid hormone levels drop in the blood what happens first

Thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormones

Hypothalamus secretes Thyroid releasing hormone

Anterior pituitary gland releases thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

21. What is a stimulus for the secretion Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone from the hypothalamus

Hyperglycemia

Obesity

Hypoglycemia

22. Is it the anterior pituitary gland or the posterior pituitary gland that stores the hormones synthesized by the hypothalamus

Both

23. How are the hormones passed from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland

By blood

By neurons

Neither of these

24. What do IGF's do (click all that apply)

Growth of body cells

Protein synthesis

Tissue repair

Produce testosterone

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25. Thyroid hormone enhance the effects of which of the following (mark all that apply)

Epinephrine

Norepinephrine

Insulin

Glycogen

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26. How many different hormones does the hypothalamus release

5

6

8

9

7

27. What does oxytocin (OT) stimulate Mark all that apply

Milk production

Milk ejection

Uterus contraction

Uterus releasing

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28. When GHRH is released by the hypothalamus and it stimulates the release of hGH from the anterior pituitary gland this stimulates which other body parts to release IGF Insulin Growth Factors (make all that apply)

Liver

Skeletal cells

Muscle cells

None of these

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29. What hormones are synthesised by the posterior pituitary gland

Anti-diuretic hormone ADH

Oxytocing (OT)

Prolactin

It does not synthesise hormones

30. Which of these are hypothalamic hormones (make all that apply)

Growth Hormone Releasing hormone

Growth Hormone inhibiting hormone

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Thyroid releasing hormone

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31. Which of the following is not released from the anterior pituitary gland? click all that apply

Human growth hormone

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Thyroid releasing hormone

Corticotropin releasing hormone

Prolactin

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32. What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland release

Follicle stimulating hormone

Anti-diuretic hormone

Oxtyocin

Proactin

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Endocrine Part 2

1. Which hormone stimulated the secretion of milk from the mammary glands following birth

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Where is the thyroid gland found

3. The hypothalamus is located where

4. The hypothalamus plays what role in homeostasis

5. What do the T3 and T4 refer to

6. Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) increases what

7. Where is the pituitary gland located

8. The thyroid gland produces two hormones T4 and T3 which increase what

9. Which hormone initiates the development of oocytes and induces ovarian secretion of oestrogen. In men it simulaes the testes to produce sperm?

10. The anterior pituitary gland is called the

11. What hormone stimulates the synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones T3 and T4

12. Which is larger the anterior pituitary or the the posterior pituitary gland?

13. Which feedback controls the thyroid hormone levels

14. The anterior pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus by

15. What does the human growth hormone (hGH) stimulate

16. Does the hypothalamus stimulate or inhibit the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland

17. What hormones stimulates oestrogen and progesterone secretion, triggers ovulation and the development of corpus luteum in women and the stimulates the testes to produce sperm.

18. Together with the pituitary glands the hypothalamus plays a role in which of the following (mark all that apply)

19. What is the most abundant hormone released by the pituitary gland

20. When thyroid hormone levels drop in the blood what happens first

21. What is a stimulus for the secretion Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone from the hypothalamus

22. Is it the anterior pituitary gland or the posterior pituitary gland that stores the hormones synthesized by the hypothalamus

23. How are the hormones passed from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland

24. What do IGF's do (click all that apply)

25. Thyroid hormone enhance the effects of which of the following (mark all that apply)

26. How many different hormones does the hypothalamus release

27. What does oxytocin (OT) stimulate Mark all that apply

28. When GHRH is released by the hypothalamus and it stimulates the release of hGH from the anterior pituitary gland this stimulates which other body parts to release IGF Insulin Growth Factors (make all that apply)

29. What hormones are synthesised by the posterior pituitary gland

30. Which of these are hypothalamic hormones (make all that apply)

31. Which of the following is not released from the anterior pituitary gland? click all that apply

32. What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland release