Kinn's Medical Assisting
Fundamentals Chapter 14 Test Bank
Questions and Actual Detailed
Answers.
Adrenal Medulla - Answer Inner body
Adrenal Cortex - Answer Outer layer
Oxytocin - Answer Stimulates the uterine muscles to contract during delivery. Also stimulates
the muscles surrounding the mammary ducts to contract, releasing milk.
Prolactin (PRL) - Answer Stimulates breast development during pregnancy and milk production
after delivery.
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) - Answer Stimulates the thyroid to release T3 and T4.
Hormones - Answer Chemical messengers that travel through the body transferring
information from one group of cells to another.
Parathyroid Glands - Answer Four small glands located on the back surface of the thyroid
gland that secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH) in response to low levels of calcium in the blood.
Thyroid Gland - Answer Single organ located in the front of the neck, right below the Adam's
apple. When it is stimulated by TSH, the thyroid produces two hormones that regulate the
metabolism of the body and its normal growth and development. It can also produce a
hormone that helps to regulate the amount of calcium (Ca) deposited in the bone.
Thymus Gland - Answer In the mediastinum above the heart. It releases a hormone called
thymosin. This hormone stimulates the production of T cells in the bone marrow from stem
cells.Also helps T cells mature and become active in the immune system.
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) also called vasopressin - Answer Stimulates the kidneys to
Fundamentals Chapter 14 Test Bank
Questions and Actual Detailed
Answers.
Adrenal Medulla - Answer Inner body
Adrenal Cortex - Answer Outer layer
Oxytocin - Answer Stimulates the uterine muscles to contract during delivery. Also stimulates
the muscles surrounding the mammary ducts to contract, releasing milk.
Prolactin (PRL) - Answer Stimulates breast development during pregnancy and milk production
after delivery.
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) - Answer Stimulates the thyroid to release T3 and T4.
Hormones - Answer Chemical messengers that travel through the body transferring
information from one group of cells to another.
Parathyroid Glands - Answer Four small glands located on the back surface of the thyroid
gland that secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH) in response to low levels of calcium in the blood.
Thyroid Gland - Answer Single organ located in the front of the neck, right below the Adam's
apple. When it is stimulated by TSH, the thyroid produces two hormones that regulate the
metabolism of the body and its normal growth and development. It can also produce a
hormone that helps to regulate the amount of calcium (Ca) deposited in the bone.
Thymus Gland - Answer In the mediastinum above the heart. It releases a hormone called
thymosin. This hormone stimulates the production of T cells in the bone marrow from stem
cells.Also helps T cells mature and become active in the immune system.
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) also called vasopressin - Answer Stimulates the kidneys to
