A hormonal disorder that develops when pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood is known as:
1. cretinism | 2. gigantism |
3. Conn’s syndrome | 4. acromegaly |
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What would be the result of hypoadrenalism [Addison’s disease]?
1. Decreased blood concentrations of cortisol and aldosterone, and increased concentrations of CRH and ACTH
2. Decreased blood concentrations of epinephrine and norepinephrine, and no change in concentrations of CRH and ACTH
3. Decreased blood concentrations of thyroid hormones, and increased concentrations of TRH and TSH
4. Increased blood concentrations of cortisol and aldosterone, and decreased concentrations of CRH and ACTH
The major portion of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is called as:
1. | pars distalis | 2. | pars nervosa |
3. | pars tuberalis | 4. | Herring body |
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All the following regarding parathyroid glands are true except:
1. | They usually include four small glands. |
2. | They are embedded in the posterior surfaces of the lateral lobes of the thyroid gland. |
3. | They secrete parathyroid hormone and calcitonin. |
4. | They play a critical role in calcium homeostasis. |
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The peptide thyroid hormone that lowers calcium and phosphate ion concentration in the blood is:
1. thyroxine | 2. triiodothyronine |
3. calcitonin | 4. thyroid-stimulating hormone |
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What term/s would describe adrenaline and noradrenaline?
1. neurotransmitter | 2. hormone |
3. neurotransmitter and hormone | 4. steroid hormone |
Identify the hormone:
I. It favours glycogenesis
II. It favours fat synthesis and deposition
III. It favours protein anabolism
1. Cortisol | 2. Insulin |
3. Growth hormone | 4. Adrenaline |
Which of the following is not a feature characteristic of the anterior pituitary?
1. It synthesizes and releases tropic hormones.
2. It is controlled by releasing and inhibiting hormones secreted from the hypothalamus.
3. It serves as the terminal end of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract.
4. Its hormones may influence other endocrine glands, that, in turn, secrete other hormones.
Some hormones can act on their target cells through second messengers. Identify the one that does not:
1. | cortisol | 2. | adrenaline |
3. | FSH | 4. | calcitonin |
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Adenohypophysis is an endocrine gland that secrets all the following except:
1. corticotropin | 2. luteinizing hormone |
3. somatostatin | 4. somatotropin |
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