NSG530 EXAM 4 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
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Endocrine System - ANS complex messaging/control system, uses hormones secreted by
glands throughout the body, hormones are classified by action, source, or chemical structure
2 main categories of endocrine hormones - ANS steroids/lipids, protein or polypeptides
What orgran metabolizes hormones? - ANS liver
Pituitary Gland - ANS size of a pea, base of the brain, 2 parts
What organ secretes hormones? - ANS Kidney
Posterior pituitary secretes - ANS anti-diuretic hormone, oxytocin
Anterior pituitary secrets several hormones - ANS FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, prolactin, endorphins,
GH (FLAT PEG)
Growth Hormone - ANS stimulates cell growth/fat break down. Targets muscles/bone-
stimulates amino acid uptake & protein synthesis
TSH - ANS stimulates release of thyroxine and triiodothyronine
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, MSH - ANS stimulates milk produvtion by the breast, function is unknown in humans
What does ADH stimulate in the kidneys? - ANS Water reabsorption by nephrons
What effect does ADH have on the breasts? - ANS Stimulates release of milk
What role does ADH play during birth? - ANS Stimulates uterine contractions
What gland is essential to hormonal function of the body? - ANS pituitary gland
Where is the hypothalamus located? - ANS Below the thalamus
What does the hypothalamus regulate? - ANS The pituitary gland
What two systems does the hypothalamus connect? - ANS The nervous and endocrine
systems
What type of receptors does the hypothalamus contain? - ANS Receptors that stimulate the
hypothalamus to secrete releasing and inhibiting hormones
The hypthalmus signals what gland? - ANS anterior pituitary
the brain controls which pituitary gland? - ANS the posterior
the pancreas - ANS has exocrine and endocrine functions
where is the pancreas - ANS under the stomach between the 2 kidneys in the
retroperitoneum
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Endocrine System - ANS complex messaging/control system, uses hormones secreted by
glands throughout the body, hormones are classified by action, source, or chemical structure
2 main categories of endocrine hormones - ANS steroids/lipids, protein or polypeptides
What orgran metabolizes hormones? - ANS liver
Pituitary Gland - ANS size of a pea, base of the brain, 2 parts
What organ secretes hormones? - ANS Kidney
Posterior pituitary secretes - ANS anti-diuretic hormone, oxytocin
Anterior pituitary secrets several hormones - ANS FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, prolactin, endorphins,
GH (FLAT PEG)
Growth Hormone - ANS stimulates cell growth/fat break down. Targets muscles/bone-
stimulates amino acid uptake & protein synthesis
TSH - ANS stimulates release of thyroxine and triiodothyronine
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, MSH - ANS stimulates milk produvtion by the breast, function is unknown in humans
What does ADH stimulate in the kidneys? - ANS Water reabsorption by nephrons
What effect does ADH have on the breasts? - ANS Stimulates release of milk
What role does ADH play during birth? - ANS Stimulates uterine contractions
What gland is essential to hormonal function of the body? - ANS pituitary gland
Where is the hypothalamus located? - ANS Below the thalamus
What does the hypothalamus regulate? - ANS The pituitary gland
What two systems does the hypothalamus connect? - ANS The nervous and endocrine
systems
What type of receptors does the hypothalamus contain? - ANS Receptors that stimulate the
hypothalamus to secrete releasing and inhibiting hormones
The hypthalmus signals what gland? - ANS anterior pituitary
the brain controls which pituitary gland? - ANS the posterior
the pancreas - ANS has exocrine and endocrine functions
where is the pancreas - ANS under the stomach between the 2 kidneys in the
retroperitoneum
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