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Hormones Quiz: Paracrines and Steroid Hormones

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What are paracrines?

The receptors for steroid hormones

Circulating hormones that are never broken down

Local hormones that act on the cells that produced them

Local hormones that act on neighboring cells (correct)

When a steroid hormone binds to its target cell receptor, what does it do?

Is converted into cholesterol, which acts as a second messenger

Turns specific genes of the nuclear DNA on or off (correct)

Causes the formation of releasing hormones

Causes the formation of cyclic AMP

Which of the following is NOT a steroid?

Cortisone

Testosterone

Insulin (correct)

Estrogen

What does the hypophyseal portal system drain?

Anterior pituitary (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is an important stimulus for the release of oxytocin?

Suckling (C) Signup and view all the answers

Hormones from the posterior pituitary are released in response to?

Nerve impulses from the hypothalamus (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main target for ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?

Kidney (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary effect of calcitonin?

Increase excretion of calcium ions in urine (C) Signup and view all the answers

Where are hormones secreted from the posterior pituitary gland synthesized?

Hypothalamus (A) Signup and view all the answers

In the formation of thyroxin, iodine is added to which amino acid?

Tyrosine (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the stimulus for the release of parathyroid hormone?

Low levels of calcium ions in the blood (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary target for glucagon?

Liver (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of somatostatin from the pancreas?

Inhibit secretion of insulin and glucagon (B) Signup and view all the answers