APPLIED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 3RD EDITION BRAUN WITH ANSWER KEY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED ANSWERS

APPLIED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY A
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE
MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 3RD EDITION
BRAUN WITH ANSWER KEY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED
ANSWERS

⩥ What is the function of some nonsteroid hormones?
Answer: Serve as protein hormones.


⩥ What is the function of protein hormones?
Answer: Stay at the cell surface and act through second messenger.


⩥ 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