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BIOL 252 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS


What are the functions of hormones?
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Messenger molecule |




What is the neuroendocrine system?
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The endocrine and nervous system
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How are hormones circulated throughout the body: local v circulating
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hormones?
Local= act on neighboring cells without entering the bloodstream
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Circulating= enter the bloodstream to act on a far cell
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Define endocrine glands and endocrine tissues.
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,Endocrine glands are specific to the endocrine system and their only
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function is to make hormones
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Endocrine tissues have hormone cells but have other functions
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How does the mechanism of transport differ for lipid v water-soluble
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hormones? How are they transported and what do they require once
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they reach a cell
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>First and second messenger systems
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Lipid soluble requires a transport protein (albumin) to travel and once
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reaching the cell can cross the lipid bilayer
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Water soluble can travel freely in the body but once reaching the cell
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will need a second messenger that is released once iterating with
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receptor




How are hormones regulated (i.e. up and down regulation)? What
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feedback mechanisms take place?
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Up-regulation- increating receptors of a hormone (when it's low)
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,Down-regulation- decreasing receptors of a hormone (when it's too
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high)




Hormone interactions: Permissive
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Permissive- allows for another hormone to act and enhances its effect
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(precursor)




Hormone interactions: synergistic
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Synergistic-produce the same effect as other hormones- resulting in a
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stronger response
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Hormone interactions: antagonist effects
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Antagonistic- are those that try to return the body to homeostatic
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conditions (down-regulation)
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, Identify the hormones secreted by the hypothalamus
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ADH (inc water reab), oxytocin (milk)
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Identify the hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary
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ACTH (regulates cortisol), MSH (melanin), GH (grows bone and muscle),
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TSH




Identify the hormones secreted by the poster pituitary
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Gonadotropins, ADH, prolactin, and oxytocin
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Identify the hormones secreted by the thyroid gland
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T3, T4(metabolism) Calcitonin (decreases calcium)
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