BIOS 252 EXAM 3 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II WITH LAB EXAM 3 | CORRECTLY ANSWERED & RATED A+ | 2025 GUIDE

BIOS 252 EXAM 3 | ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY II WITH LAB EXAM 3 |
CORRECTLY ANSWERED & RATED A+ |
2025 GUIDE


What hormones are produced from the parathyroid gland?

- Correct Answer - Parathyroid hormone



Parathyroid hormone

- Correct Answer - A hormone of the parathyroid gland that increases
calcium removal from storage in bone, produces the active form of
vitamin D in the kidney, increase absorption of calcium by intestines,
increases blood Ca2+ levels



Where is the adrenal gland located?

- Correct Answer - Sits on top of kidneys




Pancreatic Islets

- Correct Answer - Glucagon and insulin

,Glucagon

- Correct Answer - Secreted by pancreas --> increases sugar levels in
blood: glycogenolysis



Insulin

- Correct Answer - secreted by pancreas; controls blood glucose:
glycogenesis



Where is the pancreas located?

- Correct Answer - posterior to the stomach




What two hormones from the ovaries help prepare for pregnancy?

- Correct Answer - Estrogen and progesterone



Estrogen

- Correct Answer - Regulates female reproductive cycle, maintain
pregnancy, promote maintenance of female secondary sex
characteristics

, Progesterone

- Correct Answer - Maintain endometrial thickness and proper conditions
for pregnancy



Testosterone

- Correct Answer - Increase production of sperm, develop and maintain
secondary sex characteristics, libido



Relaxin

- Correct Answer - Increases flexibility in the pubic symphysis during
pregnancy and helps dilate the the cervix during labor and delivery



Inhibin

- Correct Answer - Inhibits the secretion of FSH from anterior pituitary



Autocrine

- Correct Answer - term for hormones that act on same cells that secrete
them



paracrine

- Correct Answer - Referring to a secreted molecule that acts on a
neighboring cell.