PHYSIOLOGY NIGHTINGALE COLLEGE WEEK 15 FINAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

PHYSIOLOGY NIGHTINGALE COLLEGE
WEEK 15 FINAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

⩥What is the effect of steroid hormones?
Answer: Enter the cell and have a direct effect on the DNA of the
nucleus.


⩥What is the function of some nonsteroid hormones?
Answer: Serve as protein hormones.


⩥What is the function of protein hormones?
Answer: Stay at the cell surface and act through second messenger.


⩥What is the usual second messenger used by protein hormones?
Answer: Adenosine monophosphate (AMP)


⩥How do hormones affect cell activity?
Answer: Alters the rate of protein synthesis.


⩥Which gland is considered the "master gland"?
Answer: The pituitary gland

,⩥Where is the pituitary gland located?
Answer: Attached to the hypothalamus by a stalk called the
infundibulum.


⩥What are the two major portions of the pituitary gland?
Answer: Anterior lobe-adenohypophysis
Posterior lobe-neurohypophysis


⩥Why are the hormones of the adenohypophysis called *tropic
hormones*?
Answer: Because they act mainly on other endocrine glands.


⩥What are the tropic hormones?
Answer: STH
GH
ACTH
TSH
FSH
LH


⩥What is the STH or GH hormone?

, Answer: Growth Hormone


⩥What is the ACTH hormone?
Answer: Adrenocorticotropic hormone


⩥What is the TSH hormone?
Answer: Thyroid-stimulating hormone


⩥What is the FSH hormone?
Answer: Follicle-stimulating hormone


⩥What is the LH hormone?
Answer: Luteinizing hormone


⩥What hormones are released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary?
Answer: Oxytocin (labor hormone)
ADH-Antidiuretic hormone.


⩥What are some important endocrine glands?
Answer: Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenals