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STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> how does the endocrine system differ from the nervous system
Answer: unlike the nervous system, which acts very quickly to effect changes in the body, the
endocrine system works slowly over minutes, hours, weeks, years, etc
>> 3 hormone classes
Answer: amino acids, steroids, eicosanoids
>> cell responses to hormone
Answer: opening or closing of ion channels
>> membrane bound receptors
Answer: most common
>> intracellular receptors
Answer: steroid based hormones
>> down regulation of receptors
Answer: occurs when target cell has been exposed to a hormone for a prolonged period of time, causes
fatigue of receptors on target tissue and causes it to become less responsive
>> up regulation of receptors
Answer: causes more receptors to be synthesized or to open up on the surface of the target cell
>> hormone-receptor interaction depends on
Answer: blood levels of hormone
>> permissiveness
Answer: when one hormone allows another to have an effect
>> synergism
Answer: when the combined effects of two hormones is amplified
>> antagonism
Answer: when one hormone opposes the activity of another
>> negative and positive feedback
, Answer: set point
>> hypophysis location
Answer: located in sella turcica
>> posterior pituitary (name, hormones)
Answer: neurohypophysis (made of nervous tissue)
>> anterior pituitary (name, hormones - 5)
Answer: adenohypophysis (epithelial tissue)
>> hormones secreted by adenohypophysis (2)
Answer: GH, PRL
>> tropic hormones, what are they
Answer: hormones whose targets are other endocrine glands
>> Growth Hormone
Answer: protein
>> prolactin
Answer: protein
>> thyroid stimulating hormone
Answer: protein
>> adrenocorticotropic hormone
Answer: peptide
>> follicle stimulating hormone
Answer: protein
>> luteinizing hormone
Answer: protein
>> antidiuretic hormone
Answer: peptide
>> oxytocin
Answer: peptide
STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> how does the endocrine system differ from the nervous system
Answer: unlike the nervous system, which acts very quickly to effect changes in the body, the
endocrine system works slowly over minutes, hours, weeks, years, etc
>> 3 hormone classes
Answer: amino acids, steroids, eicosanoids
>> cell responses to hormone
Answer: opening or closing of ion channels
>> membrane bound receptors
Answer: most common
>> intracellular receptors
Answer: steroid based hormones
>> down regulation of receptors
Answer: occurs when target cell has been exposed to a hormone for a prolonged period of time, causes
fatigue of receptors on target tissue and causes it to become less responsive
>> up regulation of receptors
Answer: causes more receptors to be synthesized or to open up on the surface of the target cell
>> hormone-receptor interaction depends on
Answer: blood levels of hormone
>> permissiveness
Answer: when one hormone allows another to have an effect
>> synergism
Answer: when the combined effects of two hormones is amplified
>> antagonism
Answer: when one hormone opposes the activity of another
>> negative and positive feedback
, Answer: set point
>> hypophysis location
Answer: located in sella turcica
>> posterior pituitary (name, hormones)
Answer: neurohypophysis (made of nervous tissue)
>> anterior pituitary (name, hormones - 5)
Answer: adenohypophysis (epithelial tissue)
>> hormones secreted by adenohypophysis (2)
Answer: GH, PRL
>> tropic hormones, what are they
Answer: hormones whose targets are other endocrine glands
>> Growth Hormone
Answer: protein
>> prolactin
Answer: protein
>> thyroid stimulating hormone
Answer: protein
>> adrenocorticotropic hormone
Answer: peptide
>> follicle stimulating hormone
Answer: protein
>> luteinizing hormone
Answer: protein
>> antidiuretic hormone
Answer: peptide
>> oxytocin
Answer: peptide
