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17. The use of bovine growth hormone (BGH) to increase milk yield in dairy cows is highly
controversial. What other hormone is regularly added to milk, yet causes little controversy?
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18. What is the primary function of the hormone ADH?
19. What is a primary function of growth hormone?
20. What is a primary function of the hormone calcitonin?
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21. Lampreys completely lack parathyroid glands. Suggest why these glands may be
important for other vertebrates, but not for jawless fish.
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22. Which hormone helps with adaptation to long term stress?
23. Which hormone lowers blood glucose levels?
24. Which hormone raises blood glucose levels?
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25. At the breakfast table, your roommate says, “Oops! I forgot to take my melatonin last
night. I’d better take it now.” How do you respond?
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26. Which hormone sets the body’s basal metabolic rate?
27. The hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine constitute the “alarm” response of the
body to stress. What secretes these hormones?
28. What is an example of a molecule that can act as both a neurotransmitter and a
hormone?
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29. Which of the following is a paracrine regulator that affects almost every organ in the
body?
30. Which of the following hormones exerts its action by interacting with a receptor at the
cell surface?
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cell membrane and thus needs cell-surface receptors to bind to.
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31. Which hormone is NOT produced by the anterior pituitary gland?
32. Why does consumption of alcohol stimulate urination?
33. What hormone stimulates the milk-ejection reflex?
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34. Hormones of the posterior pituitary gland are transported to the hypothalamus by what
unusual route?
35. What hormone stimulates milk production in mammals?
36. Which of the following are examples of gonadotropins?
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37. Nonpolar hormones can pass through the intestinal cell membrane without being
digested, and therefore can be taken orally. Which of the following hormones are available as
pills?
38. Which is NOT an effect of the hormonal products of the adrenal medulla?
39. Which one of the following is a glucocorticoid important in both gluconeogenesis
(glucose produced from amino acids) during starvation and anti-inflammation?
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40. Which of the following hormones is NOT produced by the adrenal gland?
41. Which two hormones interact to maintain normal levels of blood glucose?
42. When the body’s blood glucose level rises above normal, which of the following
hormones is produced?
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43. Which of the following conditions is not associated with diabetes?
44. The right atrium secretes atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH), which stimulates the kidneys
to excrete salt and water into the urine. ANH acts antagonistically to what other hormone?
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45. Which of the following is NOT an example of a sex steroid hormone?
46. Which of the following hormones regulates metamorphosis and molting in insects?
47. Which two systems in the human body are devoted exclusively to the regulation of organ
function?
48. Choose the hormone that is NOT correctly matched with its chemical category.
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49. Which statement below does NOT correctly describe paracrine regulation?
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50. Choose the hormone that is NOT correctly matched with the endocrine gland that secretes
it.
51. The cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland secrete many hormones. From the
following list select the hormone that is NOT secreted from the anterior lobe of the pituitary.
52. Large or polar hormones cannot enter a cell directly. Which of the following molecules
can act as a second messenger for such hormones?