HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 261 MIDTERM EXAM
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULL PREPARATION RESOURCE
ACCURATE CONTENT GRADED A+
⩥ 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
Pancreas
Gonads (ovaries & testes)
⩥ What materials make up the blood?
Answer: 55% plasma
45% formed elements: erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets.
⩥ Where are all the elements in blood formed?
Answer: Red bone marrow.
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULL PREPARATION RESOURCE
ACCURATE CONTENT GRADED A+
⩥ 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
Pancreas
Gonads (ovaries & testes)
⩥ What materials make up the blood?
Answer: 55% plasma
45% formed elements: erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets.
⩥ Where are all the elements in blood formed?
Answer: Red bone marrow.
