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TOURNAMENT GAME QUESTIONS – ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Name the 3 hormones produced by the placenta.
Problems with the secretion of which hormone cause gigantism and pituitary dwarfism?
Which gland produces insulin and glucagon?
Which gland secretes six different hormones and is called the master gland?
How does a non-steroid hormone have its effect on a cell?
Which gland produces PTH which opposes the action of calcitonin from the thyroid gland?
Which organ is the major producer of female hormones?
Which hormone controls growth and development?
Which hormone regulates electrolytes such as sodium and potassium?
Which gland mobilizes body defenses against stressors?
What mechanism regulates most hormone concentrations?
How does a steroid hormone have its effect on a cell?
Which of the two types of hormones must bind to a receptor on the OUTSIDE of the cell in order to affect the cell?
What is the name of a cell on which a hormone has its effects called?
What must a cell possess in order to be a target cell for a hormone?
Which gland is responsible for maturing T cells of the immune system and decreases in size throughout life?
Which organ produces testosterone?
Which hormone regulates cellular metabolism?
List the 6 anterior pituitary hormones.
List the 2 posterior pituitary hormones.
Which gland produces melatonin?
Which gland produces steroids and catecholamines?
List three general categories of actions that hormones have on cells.
List the 3 types of endocrine gland stimuli.
Which type of endocrine stimulus involves monitoring blood levels of certain ions and nutrients?
Which type of endocrine stimulus involves a chain reaction of hormones?
Which hormone triggers ovulation?
Which hormone causes mammary glands of a new mother to make milk for her baby?
List three effects of oxytocin.
What are the 3 signs of diabetes mellitus?
What do tropic hormones stimulate?
Which hormone is responsible for sperm development?
In which part of the adrenal gland are epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenalines) made?
What element is needed in trace amounts for the correct production of thyroid hormone?
Which hormone opposes the work of PTH?
What happens to the concentrations of sodium and potassium in the blood when aldosterone is secreted? (Address each one.)
List the 2 hormones and the one enzyme we studied in this chapter that affect blood pressure homeostasis.
Why might a doctor prescribe a medication containing glucocorticoids?
Which type of endocrine stimulus involves the brain stimulating the organ to release a hormone?
Which of the 3 categories of hormones made by the adrenal cortex helps the body resist long-term stress?
What does insulin do?
What does melatonin do?
What do home pregnancy tests test for?
What happens to the ovaries when a woman goes through menopause?
What condition would result from hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone?
What is the main function of aldosterone, which is made by the adrenal cortex?
What are the two main differences between the nervous system and the endocrine system?
How are “fight or flight,” epinephrine and norepinephrine, and the adrenal medulla related?
What disease results when the body does not make enough insulin?
What are androgens?
What causes most hypersecretions of endocrine organs?
Which posterior pituitary hormone induces labor in pregnant women?
Which cells are affected by thyroid hormone?
When is the placenta formed?
Which gland is primarily responsible for body metabolism?