Hormones

Question 1

melatonin

Answer 1

pineal gland; brain and other tissues; circadian rhythms, immune function, antioxidant

Question 2

oxytocin

Answer 2

posterior pituitary; breast and uterus; milk ejection, labor and delivery; behaviour

Question 3

vasopressin

Answer 3

posterior pituitary; kidney; water reabsorption

Question 4

prolactin

Answer 4

anterior pituitary; breast; milk production

Question 5

growth hormone (somatotropin)

Answer 5

anterior pituitary; liver and many tissues; growth factor secretion (liver), growth and metabolism (other tissues)

Question 6

corticotropin (acth)

Answer 6

anterior pituitary; adrenal cortex; cortisol release

Question 7

thyrotropin (tsh)

Answer 7

anterior pituitary; thyroid gland; thyroid hormone synthesis

Question 8

follicle-stimulation hormone

Answer 8

anterior pituitary; gonads; egg or sperm production, sex hormone production

Question 9

luteinizing hormone

Answer 9

anterior pituitary; gonads; sex hormone production, egg or sperm production

Question 10

triiodothyronine and thyroxine

Answer 10

thyroid gland; many tissues; metabolism, growth and development

Question 11

calcitonin

Answer 11

thyroid gland; bone; plasma calcium levels (minimal effect in humans)

Question 12

parathyroid hormone

Answer 12

parathyroid gland; bone, kidney; regulates plasma CA2+ levels and phosphate levels

Question 13

thymosin, thymopoietin

Answer 13

thymus gland; lymphocytes; lymphocyte development

Question 14

atrial natriuretic peptide

Answer 14

heart; kidneys; increases NA+ secretion

Question 15

angiotensinogen

Answer 15

liver; adrenal cortex, blood vessels; aldosterone secretion, increases bloop pressure

Question 16

insulin-like growth factors

Answer 16

liver; many tissues; growth

Question 17

gastrin, cholecystokinin, secretin, others

Answer 17

stomach and small intestine; GI tract and pancreas; assist digestion and absorption of nutrients

Question 18

insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide

Answer 18

pancreas; many tissues; metabolism of glucose and other nutrients

Question 19

aldosterone

Answer 19

adrenal cortex; kidney; Na+ and K+ homeostasis

Question 20

cortisol

Answer 20

adrenal cortex; many tissues; stress response

Question 21

androgens

Answer 21

adrenal cortex; many tissues; sex drive in females

Question 22

epinephrine, norepinephrine

Answer 22

adrenal medulla; many tissues; fight or flight response

Question 23

erythropoietin

Answer 23

kidney; bone marrow; red blood cell production

Question 24

1,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D3 (calciferol)

Answer 24

kidney; intestine; increases calcium reabsorption

Question 25

vitamin D3

Answer 25

skin; intermediate form of hormones; precursor of 1,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D3 (calciferol)

Question 26

androgens

Answer 26

testes; many tissues; sperm production, secondary sex characteristics

Question 27

inhibin

Answer 27

testes; anterior pituitary; inhibits FSH secretion

Question 28

estrogen, progesterone

Answer 28

ovaries; many tissues; egg production, secondary sex characteristics

Question 29

inhibin

Answer 29

ovaries; anterior pituitary; inhibits FSH secretion

Question 30

relaxin (pregnancy)

Answer 30

ovaries; uterine muscle; relaxes muscle

Question 31

leptin, adiponectin, resistin

Answer 31

adipose tissue; hypothalamus, other tissue; food intake, metabolism, reproduction

Question 32

estrogen, progesterone (placenta)

Answer 32

placenta; many tissues; fetal, maternal development

Question 33

chorionic somatomammotropin

Answer 33

placenta; many tissues; metabolism

Question 34

chronic gonadotrophin

Answer 34

placenta; corpus luteum; hormone secretion