Hormones
The hormone that increases heart rate and slows peristalsis is
What is epinephrine?
When the effects of a hormone decrease the stimulus for secretion of that hormone, this sequence of events is called a
What is negative feedback mechanism?
FSH promotes growth of the corpus luteum. (true or false)
False
The hormone that directly increases the reabsorption of water by the kidneys is
What is ADH?
The direct stimulus for the secretion of aldosterone is
What is low blood sodium?
Increased secretion of ADH will have this effect on urinary output
What is decrease it?
A negative feedback mechanism contains its own _____ or shutoff mechanism.
What is brake?
The hormone that causes the release of milk from the mammary gland is
What is oxytocin?
The hormone that causes strong contractions of the uterus for delivery of a baby is
What is oxytocin?
The direct stimulus for the secretion of PTH is
What is hypocalcemia?
Steroid hormones are believed to exert their effects on cells by activating certain ____ within a cell.
What is genes?
A positive feedback mechanism requires an ______ _____ to slow it.
What is an external brake?
The hormone that initiates sperm production
What is FSH?
What is the target organ of calcitonin?
What are bones?
The hormone that increases the excretion of potassium by the kidneys is
What is aldosterone?
The hormone that increases the use of all three food types for energy is ______ produced by the thyroid gland.
What is thyroxine?
The hormone that has an anti-inflammatory effect is
What is cortisol?
In men, the function of LH is to increase the secretion of
What is testosterone?
The hormone that stimulates secretion of thyroxine is
What is TSH?
The endocrine parts of the pancreas are called
What is islets of Langerhans?
The hormone that stimulates secretion of cortisol is
What is ACTH?
Iodine is necessary for the production of
What is thyroxine by the thyroid gland?
In women these two hormones that are secreted by the corpus luteum are
What is estrogen and progesterone?
PTH is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. (true or false)
What is False?
The secretion of the hormones of the anterior pituitary gland is regulated by releasing hormones that are produced by the
What is the hypothalamus?