Endocrine II

Question 1

Posterior pituitary
(derived from)

Answer 1

derived from neural tissue

Question 2

Anterior pituitary

Answer 2

Derived from non neural tissue

Question 3

Where are pituitary gland hormones produced?

Answer 3

hypothalmus

Question 4

what hormones are released by posterior pituitary

Answer 4

Oxytocin and Vasopressin

Question 5

Vasopressin function

Answer 5

blood vessel contraction, water retention, maintains blood volume

Question 6

Oxytocin

Answer 6

stimulates smooth muscle contraction

also helps drive labor and milk secretion

Question 7

Anterior pituitary hormone secretion

Answer 7

made in anterior however secretion controlled by hypothalamus

Question 8

What types of hormones do anterior pituitary secret

Answer 8

regulators and non regulators of endocrine organs

Question 9

hypothalamus hormones are either all ___ or ____

Answer 9

releasing or inhibiting

Question 10

how are hormones controlled and not diluted

Answer 10

when hypothalamus hormones are secreted they enter portal vessels and are carried to anterior pituitary

Question 11

cortisol function

Answer 11

Anti inflammatory and immune suppressant

also participates in metabolic homeostasis