Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
Hormones and Endocrine System Practice Exam
LATEST UPDATE 2025
GRADED A+
What Hormones are made by the Hypothalamus?
- oxytocin
- ADH and vasopressin
- releasing and inhibiting factors
What do releasing and inhibiting factors do?
- regulate the activity of the anterior pituitary
What Hormones are made by the Anterior Pituitary?
- growth hormone (GH)
- Prolactin
- Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
- Adrenocrotiotripic Hormone (ACTH)
- Luetenizing Hormone (LH)
- Follicle Stimualting Hormone (FSH)
What does the growth hormone do?
- increase bone growth
- increase muscle growth
- increase cell turnover rate
,- peptide hormone
What does prolactin do?
- influences the mammary gland to make milk
- peptide hormone
What does TSH do?
- influences the thyroid to make and release thyroid hormone
- peptide hormone
What does ACTH do?
- increases the growth and secretory activity of the adrenal cortex
- peptide hormone
What does LH do?
- causes either the ovaries to go into ovulation, or the testes to begin testosterone synthesis
- peptide hormone
What does FSH do?
- causes either the ovaries to increase follicle development or the testes to begin forming sperm
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Posterior Pituitary?
- antidiuretic hormone (ADH/Vasopressin)
- oxytocin
, What does ADH/Vasporessin do?
- attack the kindey to regulate water retention
- peptide hormone
What does oxytocin do?
- it interacts with the breasts to allow milk letdown
- it interacts with the uterus to begin contractions
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Thyroid?
- thyroid hormone (TH, thryoxine)
- Calcitonin
What does TH/Thryoxine do?
- in children, necessary for physical and mental development
- in adults, increases metabolic rate and temperature
What does Calcitonin do?
- interacts with bone and kidney to lower serum [Ca2+]
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Parathyroids?
- parathyroid hormone (PTH)
What does PTH do?
Hormones and Endocrine System Practice Exam
LATEST UPDATE 2025
GRADED A+
What Hormones are made by the Hypothalamus?
- oxytocin
- ADH and vasopressin
- releasing and inhibiting factors
What do releasing and inhibiting factors do?
- regulate the activity of the anterior pituitary
What Hormones are made by the Anterior Pituitary?
- growth hormone (GH)
- Prolactin
- Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
- Adrenocrotiotripic Hormone (ACTH)
- Luetenizing Hormone (LH)
- Follicle Stimualting Hormone (FSH)
What does the growth hormone do?
- increase bone growth
- increase muscle growth
- increase cell turnover rate
,- peptide hormone
What does prolactin do?
- influences the mammary gland to make milk
- peptide hormone
What does TSH do?
- influences the thyroid to make and release thyroid hormone
- peptide hormone
What does ACTH do?
- increases the growth and secretory activity of the adrenal cortex
- peptide hormone
What does LH do?
- causes either the ovaries to go into ovulation, or the testes to begin testosterone synthesis
- peptide hormone
What does FSH do?
- causes either the ovaries to increase follicle development or the testes to begin forming sperm
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Posterior Pituitary?
- antidiuretic hormone (ADH/Vasopressin)
- oxytocin
, What does ADH/Vasporessin do?
- attack the kindey to regulate water retention
- peptide hormone
What does oxytocin do?
- it interacts with the breasts to allow milk letdown
- it interacts with the uterus to begin contractions
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Thyroid?
- thyroid hormone (TH, thryoxine)
- Calcitonin
What does TH/Thryoxine do?
- in children, necessary for physical and mental development
- in adults, increases metabolic rate and temperature
What does Calcitonin do?
- interacts with bone and kidney to lower serum [Ca2+]
- peptide hormone
What Hormones are made by the Parathyroids?
- parathyroid hormone (PTH)
What does PTH do?
