Endocrine Exam Study Guide Answers 2024/2025

Endocrine Exam Study Guide Answers
2024/2025

, Compare EXOcrine and ENDOcrine glands - VERIFIED ANSWERSEXOcrine
glands secrete nonhormones, using ducts

ENDOcrine glands secrete Hormones inside body, NO DUCTS

What gland, hormone, target cell or organ controls BLOOD GLUCOSE? -
VERIFIED ANSWERSPancreas,

glucagon and insulin,

What gland, hormone, target cell or organ controls BLOOD CALCIUM? -
VERIFIED ANSWERSParathyroid, PTH,

What gland, hormone, target cell or organ controls BLOOD PRESSURE? -
VERIFIED ANSWERSRAAS or renin angiotensin aldosterone system stabilizes
blood pressure via

kidneys, liver, and adrenal cortex

How do Amino Acid based hormones and Steroid hormones differ in lipid
solubility? - VERIFIED ANSWERSSteroids are all lipid soluble. Lipid-soluble
hormones act on intracellular receptors, directly activating genes and stimulating
synthesis of specific proteins.

Water-soluble hormones ac ton receptors in the plasma membrane coupled most
often via regulatory molecules called G proteins to intracellular second
messengers.