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What is the functional basis of all life? (26.1) [Hint]
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The difference between neurotransmitters and hormones has become blurred in recent years, but one tends most strongly to classify a chemical as a hormone if it __________. (26.1) [Hint]
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Since water-soluble hormones are unable to pass through the plasma membrane, the cellular action they initiate results from _____. (26.2) [Hint]
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What is the role of relay molecules in hormone action? (26.2) [Hint]
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It takes much longer for sex hormones and other steroids to produce their effects than it takes water-soluble hormones. Why? (26.2) [Hint]
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Which is NOT an accurate statement regarding the difference between steroid and water-soluble hormones? (26.2) [Hint]
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Which one of the following hormones is believed to act at the cellular level by entering the nucleus and interacting with the nuclear genetic material? (26.2) [Hint]
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A hormone often has effects only on certain cells. The reason the message of an "inappropriate" hormone is "ignored" by nontarget cells is that the nontarget cells __________. (26.2) [Hint]
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Which one of the following is an endocrine gland? (26.3) [Hint]
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What hormone does the pineal gland produce to chemically identify day and season length? (Table following Module 26.3) [Hint]
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Which one of the following organs, although it is considered to be an endocrine organ, does NOT actually manufacture hormones but, instead, stores hormones produced elsewhere? (26.4) [Hint]
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Control over the anterior lobe of the pituitary is exerted by the hypothalamus through __________. (26.4) [Hint]
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Which disorder is correctly matched with its cause? (26.4) [Hint]
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Which of the following hormones would be produced by a mother in response to the cry of a hungry infant? (26.4) [Hint]
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The level of which one of the following hormones increases in the blood as a means to conserve water? (26.4) [Hint]
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Milk production begins to occur in response to the hormone _____. (26.4) [Hint]
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Which one of the following best describes how the hypothalamus controls the secretion of growth hormone (GH) from the anterior pituitary? (26.4) [Hint]
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Which one of the following is a hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary? (26.4) [Hint]
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The anterior pituitary gland secretes all of the following EXCEPT __________. (26.4) [Hint]
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Which of the following hormones is sometimes given to strengthen contractions of the uterus during childbirth? (26.4) [Hint]
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A young person suffered a head injury that damaged her pituitary. An injury to the pituitary is particularly serious because of all the functions controlled by this gland. As this person got older, she and her doctors found that all of the following EXCEPT her _____ were affected. (26.4) [Hint]
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Some glands produce hormones that stimulate other endocrine glands. Which of the following hormones specifically acts to trigger secretion of hormones by another endocrine gland? (26.4) [Hint]
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Which is a correct statement about prolactin? (26.4) [Hint]
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Neurosecretory cells can be found in the _____. (26.4) [Hint]
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How is the level of thyroxine in the blood regulated? (26.5) [Hint]
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Because only the _____________ gland uses iodine to make its hormones, radioactive iodine is often used as a treatment for tumors of this gland. (26.5) [Hint]
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Hyperthyroidism, typically characterized by a high metabolic rate and high blood pressure, might be expected when _____. (26.5) [Hint]
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Insufficient thyroid hormone in infants may lead to a condition known as __________. (26.5) [Hint]
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What symptoms would you NOT expect in a person whose diet is chronically low in calcium? (26.6) [Hint]
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) does all of the following EXCEPT _____. (26.6) [Hint]
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The endocrine glands involved in Ca++ homeostasis are __________. (26.6) [Hint]
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Which is a correct statement about the function of the thyroid and parathyroids in blood calcium homeostasis? (26.6) [Hint]
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A hormone from the parathyroid gland works in opposition to a hormone from the _____ to regulate _____. (26.6) [Hint]
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Every time you eat a cookie or candy bar, your blood sugar increases. This triggers an increase in the hormone _____. (26.7) [Hint]
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Which of the following hormones have antagonistic (opposing) effects? (26.7) [Hint]
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Which disease is associated with hyperactive beta cells? (26.8) [Hint]
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Type I diabetes mellitus _____. (26.8) [Hint]
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In response to short-term stress, the medulla of the adrenal glands produces __________ hormones. (26.9) [Hint]
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Which of the following hormones has the broadest range of targets? (26.9) [Hint]
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Which of the following endocrine glands releases steroid hormones? (26.9) [Hint]
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Which is a TRUE statement about the adrenal medulla? (26.9) [Hint]
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Which one of the following is a problem with the long-term use of glucocorticoids, such as cortisone, to treat inflammation? (26.10) [Hint]
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FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone) are secreted by the _____. (26.11) [Hint]
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Which of the following is NOT a steroid sex hormone? (26.11) [Hint]
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