Which hormone is sometimes given to women to induce labor?
A. glucagon
B. prolactin
C. progesterone
D. oxytocin
E. estrogen
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Question 2) A decrease in blood volume will result in
A. decreased blood pressure.
B. increased ADH (antidiuretic hormone) secretion.
C. decreased urine volume.
D. All of the choices will occur.
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Question 3) An increase in ADH (antidiuretic hormone) secretion will cause
A. the intestines to absorb more water.
B. the kidney tubules to retain more water.
C. a person to drink more water.
D. All of the choices could occur.
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Question 4) ADH (antidiuretic hormone) is secreted in response to
A. overhydration.
B. increased volume of the body fluids.
C. increased osmotic pressure of the body fluids.
D. high blood pressure.
E. increased blood volume.
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Question 5) ADH (antidiuretic hormone) is also called vasopressin because at high concentrations it causes
A. increased urine output.
B. constriction of blood vessels.
C. increased potassium secretion by the kidneys.
D. decreased sodium retention by the kidneys.
E. dilation of blood vessels.
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Question 6) Hormones are released from the posterior pituitary when posterior pituitary cells are stimulated by
A. hypothalamic releasing hormones.
B. hormones from the anterior pituitary.
C. action potentials from hypothalamic neurosecretory neurons.
D. the primary capillary network.
E. the sympathetic nervous system.
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Question 7) Releasing hormones
A. travel through axons to the posterior pituitary.
B. increase anterior pituitary secretion.
C. cause action potentials to be generated by anterior pituitary cells.
D. decrease secretions of the anterior pituitary.
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Question 8) Arrange the following in the sequence in which releasing hormones travel through them. (1) secondary capillary network (2) primary capillary network (3) hypothalamohypophysial portal vessels
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 3, 2, 1
C. 2, 3, 1
D. 3, 1, 2
E. 2, 1, 3
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Question 9) Hormone secretion by the anterior pituitary is controlled by
A. hormones of the thalamus.
B. neurohormones of the hypothalamus.
C. itself (anterior pituitary) because it is the master gland of the body.
D. the overall rate of metabolism.
E. neurons from the hypothalamus.
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Question 10) The hypothalamohypophysial tract connects the hypothalamus to the
A. anterior pituitary.
B. posterior pituitary.
C. adenohypophysis.
D. infundibulum.
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