MCAT Hormones Current Questions with Latest Correct Answers GRADED A+

MCAT Hormones Current Questions
with Latest 2025-2026 Correct
Answers GRADED A+

1. Releasing and Inhibiting Factors
- ANS - HYPOTHALAMUS -> ANTERIOR PITUITARY: modifies
activities



2. Growth Hormone (GH)
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY: increases bone and muscle growth,
increases cell turnover rate



3. Prolactin
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY -> MAMMARY GLAND: milk production



4. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY -> THYROID: increases synthesis and
release of thyroid hormone (tropic)



5. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY -> ADRENAL GLAND: increases growth
and secretory activity of adrenal cortex

, 6. Luteinizing hormone
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY -> OVARY/ TESTES: ovulation or
testosterone synthesis



7. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
- ANS - ANTERIOR PITUITARY -> OVARY / TESTES: follicle
development or spermatogenesis



8. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin)
- ANS - POSTERIOR PITUITARY -> KIDNEY: water retention



9. Oxytocin
- ANS - POSTERIOR PITUITARY -> BREAST & UTERUS: milk letdown
and uteral contractions



10. Thyroid hormone (TH, thyroxine)
- ANS - THYROID: in the child it is necessary for physical and
mental development; in the adult, it increases metabolic rate and
temperature



11. Calcitonin
- ANS - THYROID C CELLS -> BONE, KIDNEY, SMALL INTESTINE:
lowers serum [Ca2+]



12. Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
- ANS - PARATHYROIDS -> BONE, KIDNEY, SMALL INTESTINE: raises
serum [Ca2+]