BIO 211 CHAPTER 17 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CCTC UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

BIO 211 CHAPTER 17 ENDOCRINE
SYSTEM CCTC UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ENDOCRINE GLAND - CORRECT ANSWER - DUMPS PRODUCTS DIRECTLY
INTO CAPILLARIES


EXOCRINE GLANDS - CORRECT ANSWER - GOES OUTSIDE THE BODY
EXAMPLE: SWEAT, SALIVA


AUTOCRINE - CORRECT ANSWER - CHEMICALS THAT WORK ON THE SAME
CELL.


WHAT DO HORMONES DO?? - CORRECT ANSWER - REGULATE METABOLIC
FUNCTION
HAVE RANGING LAG TIMES
HAVE PROLONGED EFFECTS
AMINO-ACID BASED HORMONES OR STEROID HORMONES


AMINO ACIDS ARE MADE UP OF? - CORRECT ANSWER - PROTIENS


WHAT ARE STEROIDS, AND WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF - CORRECT
ANSWER - LIPIDS, MADE FROM CHOLESTEROL.


WHAT MESSENGER SYSTEM DO AMINO ACIDS (PROTEINS) USE? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2ND MESSENGER SYSTEM. EXAMPLE: THYROXINE, AMINE,
PROTEINS.


WHAT DOES DIRECT GENE ACTIVATION DO? - CORRECT ANSWER - TURNS
SOMETHING ON OR OFF, OR TURNS SOMETHING UP MORE.

, WHAT ARE SECOND MESSENGERS? - CORRECT ANSWER - AMINO ACID
BASED HORMONES. EXAMPLE: PROTEINS, AMINES, THYROXINE


WHAT IS UP REGULATION? - CORRECT ANSWER - TARGET CELLS FORM
MORE RECEPTORS.


WHAT IS DOWN REGULATION? - CORRECT ANSWER - TARGET CELLS LOSE
RECEPTORS.


WHAT IS PERMISSIVENESS? - CORRECT ANSWER - ONE HORMONE CANT
WORK WITHOUT ANOTHER HORMONE BEING PRESENT. EXAMPLE: THYROID
HORMONE (TH) AND GROWTH HORMONE (GH).


WHAT IS SYNERGISM DO? - CORRECT ANSWER - PRODUCES THE SAME
EFFECTS ON A TARGET CELL. EXAMPLE: GLUCAGON AND
EPINEPHERINE/CORTISOL.


ANTAGONISM - CORRECT ANSWER - ONE IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE OTHER.
EXAMPLE:INSULIN /GLUCAGON
PARATHYROID/ CALCITONIN
GHRH/ GHIH


NEURAL STIMULI - CORRECT ANSWER - NERVOUS SYSTEM TRIGGER



ADENOHYPOPHYSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - ANTERIOR PITUITARY



HORMONAL STIMULI - CORRECT ANSWER - A HORMONE THAT IS THE
TRIGGER CHEMICAL IN THE BLOOD..