SELF EVALUATION - CHAPTER 6
HORMONES
1. Cholesterol and arachidonic acid are the respective precursors of:
a. amino and peptide hormones.
b. steroid and prostaglandin hormones.
c. prostaglandin and steroid hormones.
d. peptide and amine hormones.
2. What is the transmission classification for pheromones?
a. Epicrine
b. Endocrine
c. Paracrine
d. Exocrine
PITUITARY GLAND
3. The anterior pituitary hormone that causes growth of all body tissues that can grow and that also has several metabolic effects is:
a. somatotropic hormone.
b. adrenocorticotropic hormone.
c. thyroid-stimulating hormone.
d. gonadotropic hormone.
4. Which one of the following hormones is a neurosecretion of the posterior pituitary?
a. Adrenocorticotropic hormone
b. Antidiuretic hormone
c. Epinephrine
d. Somatotropic hormone
THYROID GLAND
5. Thyroxine (T4) and T3 are produced in the:
a. thyroid follicle.
b. epithelial cells, which line the thyroid follicles.
c. anterior pituitary.
d. blood after the components have been secreted by the thyroid epithelial cells.
6. Iodine is a part of which one of the following hormones?
a. Growth hormone
b. Hydrocortisone
c. Parathyroid hormone
d. Thyroxine
7. Which one of the following hormones is released in response to cooling of the anterior hypothalamus?
a. Antidiuretic hormone
b. Insulin
c. T4 and T3 (thyroid hormones)
d. Aldosterone
PARATHYROID GLANDS
8. Parathyroid hormone increases the absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract by its action on:
a. intestinal epithelial cells.
b. bone cells.
c. the kidney to activate Vitamin D.
d. cholesterol to form Vitamin D.
9. Plasma [Ca2+] is decreased by:
a. calcitonin.
b. parathyroid hormone.
c. 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol.
d. cortisol.
ADRENAL GLANDS
0.
The action of which one of the following would provide for gluconeogenesis (production of new glucose)?a. Growth hormone
b. Norepinephrine
c. Aldosterone
d. Adrenocorticotropic hormone
11. The hormone that indirectly influences water reabsorption by the kidneys is:
a. oxytocin.
b. aldosterone.
c. antidiuretic hormone.
d. insulin.
2. The mineralocorticoids influence the plasma concentrations of:
a. calcium and phosphorus.
b. sodium and potassium.
c. calcium and sodium.
d. potassium and calcium.
.3. Epinephrine and norepinephrine seem to be continuous secretions of the adrenal medulla with dramatic increases during an emergency.
a. True
b. False
PANCREATIC GLAND
.4. What pancreatic function is associated with the secretion of insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide?
a. Endocrine
b. Exocrine
1.5. Blood glucose concentration is decreased by the secretion of:
a. glucagon.
b. pancreatic polypeptide.
c. insulin.
d. glucocorticoids.
PROSTAGLANDINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
.6. Aspirin use is associated with its ability to be anti-inflammatory and also to inhibit platelet aggregation that enhances blood coagulation. These characteristics are mediated through:
a. specific prostaglandins.
b. glucocorticoids.
c. a thyroid hormone.
d. beta-lipoprotein hormone.