Final Exam Review Bio 173 Test Questions and Answers.

What hormones are secreted from the anterior pituitary? - Answer Prolactin FSH TSH LH Gonadotropin ACTH Growth Hormone What hormones are secreted by the posterior pituitary? - Answer ADH Oxytocin What hormones does the adrenal cortex secrete (and in response to what)? - Answer Secreted in response to ACTH Aldosterone, Cortisol, Androgens/sex hormones What does ADH do? - Answer Causes increased resorption of water from the collecting duct (ADH --> more concentrated urine --> more water back to the body) What does aldosterone do? - Answer Increases resorption of sodium into the blood Water follows, causing increase in blood pressure and volume What organ secretes GnRH? - Answer The hypothalamus What do eosinophils do? - Answer Active in allergies & parasitic infections What is this leukocyte? (Look up one on the internet) - Answer (varies depending on the leukocyte shown) Describe the erythrocyte - Answer No nucleus Bags of hemoglobin - carry O2 Hemoglobin has 4 chains, each with a heme and iron in the middle