NR 507 EDAPT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
EDAPT EXAMPREP UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● endocrinology
Answer: study of the endocrine system
●● endocrinologists
Answer: physician that practices endocrinology
●● endo-
Answer: within
●● crin/o
Answer: to secrete
●● -ology
Answer: the study of
●● hormones
Answer: chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine
glands, travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues
,●● neurotransmitters
Answer: chemical messengers that cross the synaptic clefts between
neurons
●● specific hormones
Answer: target cells can only respond to ___
●● autocrine
Answer: hormones that act on the same cells that secrete them
●● paracrine
Answer: a secreted molecule that acts on a neighboring cell
●● IL-1 (interleukin-1)
Answer: inflammatory response
●● prostaglandins
Answer: not stored in cells, synthesized before release, regulate cellular
response to hormones, control cAMP production
●● corticotropin releasing hormone
Answer: CRH (hypothalamus)
, ●● gonadotropin releasing hormone
Answer: GnRH (hypothalamus)
●● somatostatin
Answer: SS (hypothalamus) (pancreas)
●● growth hormone - releasing hormone
Answer: GHRH
●● prolactin release - inhibiting hormone
Answer: PIH (hypothalamus)
●● prolactin - releasing factor
Answer: PRF* (hypothalamus)
●● thyrotropin - releasing hormone
Answer: TRH (hypothalamus)
●● adrenocorticotropic hormone
Answer: ACTH (anterior pituitary)
EDAPT EXAMPREP UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● endocrinology
Answer: study of the endocrine system
●● endocrinologists
Answer: physician that practices endocrinology
●● endo-
Answer: within
●● crin/o
Answer: to secrete
●● -ology
Answer: the study of
●● hormones
Answer: chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine
glands, travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues
,●● neurotransmitters
Answer: chemical messengers that cross the synaptic clefts between
neurons
●● specific hormones
Answer: target cells can only respond to ___
●● autocrine
Answer: hormones that act on the same cells that secrete them
●● paracrine
Answer: a secreted molecule that acts on a neighboring cell
●● IL-1 (interleukin-1)
Answer: inflammatory response
●● prostaglandins
Answer: not stored in cells, synthesized before release, regulate cellular
response to hormones, control cAMP production
●● corticotropin releasing hormone
Answer: CRH (hypothalamus)
, ●● gonadotropin releasing hormone
Answer: GnRH (hypothalamus)
●● somatostatin
Answer: SS (hypothalamus) (pancreas)
●● growth hormone - releasing hormone
Answer: GHRH
●● prolactin release - inhibiting hormone
Answer: PIH (hypothalamus)
●● prolactin - releasing factor
Answer: PRF* (hypothalamus)
●● thyrotropin - releasing hormone
Answer: TRH (hypothalamus)
●● adrenocorticotropic hormone
Answer: ACTH (anterior pituitary)