PHARM II ENDOCRINE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Endocrine system - main function
Maintain homeostasis; too much/too little gland activity disrupts
homeostasis and affects other glands
Neuroendocrine system
Endocrine + nervous systems working together to maintain internal
homeostasis and respond to environment
Endocrine glands definition
Organized groups of specialized cells that produce hormones
Hormones definition
Chemicals transported in body fluids that act on specific target cells
Hormones - general features
Produced in small amounts; secreted into bloodstream; travel to
receptors; increase/decrease normal metabolic cellular processes
Hormone classes by structure
Protein/polypeptide (most prominent), steroid, amine
Hormone receptors - cell surface mechanism
Acts via G proteins or enzyme systems on cell surface receptors
Hormone receptors - inside cell mechanism
, PHARM II ENDOCRINE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Lipid-soluble hormones enter cell; bind cytoplasm/nucleus receptors;
complex can bind DNA regulatory sequences
Hypothalamus role
Master gland coordinating nervous/endocrine responses; monitors
homeostasis; integrates autonomic/endocrine/nervous responses
Hypothalamus → anterior pituitary connection
Vascular capillary network carries releasing factors directly to anterior
pituitary
Hypothalamus → posterior pituitary connection
Neural network delivers ADH & oxytocin to posterior pituitary for
storage/release
Hypothalamic releasing factors (stimulate)
GHRH, TRH, GnRH, CRH, PRH
Hypothalamic inhibiting factors
Somatostatin (GH-inhibiting), PIF (prolactin-inhibiting)
Two other hypothalamic hormones
ADH and oxytocin
Pituitary gland lobes
Anterior, posterior, intermediate
ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Endocrine system - main function
Maintain homeostasis; too much/too little gland activity disrupts
homeostasis and affects other glands
Neuroendocrine system
Endocrine + nervous systems working together to maintain internal
homeostasis and respond to environment
Endocrine glands definition
Organized groups of specialized cells that produce hormones
Hormones definition
Chemicals transported in body fluids that act on specific target cells
Hormones - general features
Produced in small amounts; secreted into bloodstream; travel to
receptors; increase/decrease normal metabolic cellular processes
Hormone classes by structure
Protein/polypeptide (most prominent), steroid, amine
Hormone receptors - cell surface mechanism
Acts via G proteins or enzyme systems on cell surface receptors
Hormone receptors - inside cell mechanism
, PHARM II ENDOCRINE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Lipid-soluble hormones enter cell; bind cytoplasm/nucleus receptors;
complex can bind DNA regulatory sequences
Hypothalamus role
Master gland coordinating nervous/endocrine responses; monitors
homeostasis; integrates autonomic/endocrine/nervous responses
Hypothalamus → anterior pituitary connection
Vascular capillary network carries releasing factors directly to anterior
pituitary
Hypothalamus → posterior pituitary connection
Neural network delivers ADH & oxytocin to posterior pituitary for
storage/release
Hypothalamic releasing factors (stimulate)
GHRH, TRH, GnRH, CRH, PRH
Hypothalamic inhibiting factors
Somatostatin (GH-inhibiting), PIF (prolactin-inhibiting)
Two other hypothalamic hormones
ADH and oxytocin
Pituitary gland lobes
Anterior, posterior, intermediate
