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Endocrinology Review Quiz

1. An endocrine gland is a ductless gland that secretes substances that have effects elsewhere in the body.

2. A hormone is a substance that is released from an endocrine gland and acts as a catalyst.

3. The function of the endocrine system is to integrate body functions over minutes, hours or days.

4. Identify which of the following endocrine glands are located in the head. (select all that apply)

5. Which of the following hormones are proteins or glycoproteins? (select all that apply)

6. Which of the following hormones are steroids?

7. In terms of its activity, HCG is similar to LH and eCG is similar to FSH.

8. Which of the following are functions of testosterone? (select all that apply)

9. Which of the following are functions of estradiol? (select all that apply)

10. Which of the following are functions of progesterone? (select all that apply)

11. Which of the following are functions of PGF2alpha. (select all that apply)

12. A function of HCG in the human is to maintain the CL during pregnancy.

13. The function of eCG in the mare is to cause formation of accessory CL.

14. Placental lactogen causes growth and increased lactation from the mammary gland during the current pregnancy.

15. GnRH is released by the hypothalamus into the blood stream where it travels first to the heart and then back through arteries to the anterior pituitary gland to have its effect.

16. While testosterone is the most common sex steroid in the male, estradiol is also present. Progesterone is not present in the systemic circulation of the male however to any sizeable amount.

17. Inhibin is produced by sertoli cells in the male and granulosa cells in the female. In both sexes, inhibin decreases FSH release from the anterior pituitary without effecting LH.

18. Relaxin is produced by the corpus luteum of pregnancy and causes the relaxation of the pubic ligaments and dilation of the cervix.

19. Which of the following hormones have a cAMP second messenger molecular mechanism of action?

20. Which of the following hormones have a calcium second messenger molecular mechanism of action.

21. Which of the following hormones have a molecular mechanism of action that involves the binding of the hormone to its receptor in the nucleus of the target cell.