MEDSURG II ENDOCRINE TEST BANK 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ hormones from hypothalamus. Answer: Corticotropin Releasing
Hormone (CRH)
Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH)
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)
Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GNRH)
Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (Somastatin GHIH)
Prolactin-inhibiting hormone (PIH)
Melanocyte-inhibiting hormone (MIH)
◉ endocrine hormone. Answer: chemical messengers released into
bloodstream
◉ exocrine. Answer: hormones released but through a duct
◉ chain of events of hypothalamus hormones "cold". Answer: brain
(neuro) > hypothalamus (endocrine) > TRH > anterior pituitary > TSH >
thyroid stimulates > t3/t4
,◉ neuro endocrine gland. Answer: hypothalamus
◉ hormones in repro system. Answer: FSH & LH
◉ ACTH stimulates. Answer: adrenal glands (2 ontop of kindneys)
◉ aldosterone. Answer: hormone produced in the adrenal cortex which
increases the reabsorption of sodium ions (pulls water) in the tubules
◉ aldosterone considerations. Answer: blood pressure, Na+, K+
◉ Cortisol. Answer: stress hormone released by the adrenal cortex.
Glucocorticoid.
◉ what does cortisol do? Answer: raises BG levels, increase HR,
increase BP, gluconeogenesis (break down lipids & fats), prepare for
fight or flight, slows inflammation
◉ Androgens. Answer: controls male sex characteristics
◉ What does the adrenal glands release/stimulate? Answer: cortex:
Aldosterone, Cortisol, Androgens
, medulla: Catecholamines
◉ Catecholamines. Answer: epinephrine and norepinephrine
◉ growth hormone considerations. Answer: weight & bone growth
(before or after puberty?)
◉ Thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates release of. Answer: t3 & t4,
calcitonin
◉ T3&T4 is responsible for. Answer: warmth, metabolism, RR
◉ when is calcitonin released? Answer: increase serum calcium (Ca to
the bone)
◉ PTH is released in response to. Answer: low serum calcium (pulls
from bone and puts into blood)
◉ which 2 pituitary hormones have the same precursor? Answer: ACTH
& melanOcytes
◉ FLAGTOP is associated with. Answer: anterior pituitary
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ hormones from hypothalamus. Answer: Corticotropin Releasing
Hormone (CRH)
Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH)
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)
Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GNRH)
Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (Somastatin GHIH)
Prolactin-inhibiting hormone (PIH)
Melanocyte-inhibiting hormone (MIH)
◉ endocrine hormone. Answer: chemical messengers released into
bloodstream
◉ exocrine. Answer: hormones released but through a duct
◉ chain of events of hypothalamus hormones "cold". Answer: brain
(neuro) > hypothalamus (endocrine) > TRH > anterior pituitary > TSH >
thyroid stimulates > t3/t4
,◉ neuro endocrine gland. Answer: hypothalamus
◉ hormones in repro system. Answer: FSH & LH
◉ ACTH stimulates. Answer: adrenal glands (2 ontop of kindneys)
◉ aldosterone. Answer: hormone produced in the adrenal cortex which
increases the reabsorption of sodium ions (pulls water) in the tubules
◉ aldosterone considerations. Answer: blood pressure, Na+, K+
◉ Cortisol. Answer: stress hormone released by the adrenal cortex.
Glucocorticoid.
◉ what does cortisol do? Answer: raises BG levels, increase HR,
increase BP, gluconeogenesis (break down lipids & fats), prepare for
fight or flight, slows inflammation
◉ Androgens. Answer: controls male sex characteristics
◉ What does the adrenal glands release/stimulate? Answer: cortex:
Aldosterone, Cortisol, Androgens
, medulla: Catecholamines
◉ Catecholamines. Answer: epinephrine and norepinephrine
◉ growth hormone considerations. Answer: weight & bone growth
(before or after puberty?)
◉ Thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates release of. Answer: t3 & t4,
calcitonin
◉ T3&T4 is responsible for. Answer: warmth, metabolism, RR
◉ when is calcitonin released? Answer: increase serum calcium (Ca to
the bone)
◉ PTH is released in response to. Answer: low serum calcium (pulls
from bone and puts into blood)
◉ which 2 pituitary hormones have the same precursor? Answer: ACTH
& melanOcytes
◉ FLAGTOP is associated with. Answer: anterior pituitary
