Hormonal secretion can be regulated by
A. the action of a substance other than a hormone.
B. the nervous system.
C. other hormones.
D. All of these choices are correct.
E. None of these choices is correct.
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Question 2) Secretion of one hormone by the action of another hormone is control by _______ stimuli.
A. hormonal
B. neural
C. humoral
D. visceral
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Question 3) Which pattern of hormone secretion, often observed in steroid reproductive hormones, will fluctuate over a monthly cycle?
A. acute hormone secretion
B. episodic hormone secretion
C. long-term hormone secretion
D. chronic hormone secretion
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Question 4) In general, lipid-soluble hormones exhibit which type(s) of hormone secretion pattern(s)?
A. chronic hormone secretion
B. chronic and acute hormone secretion
C. acute and episodic hormone secretion
D. episodic hormone secretion
E. chronic and episodic hormone secretion
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Question 5) Which pattern of hormone secretion, represented by epinephrine, can have dramatic changes in its concentration and circulating levels?
A. chronic hormone secretion
B. long-term hormone secretion
C. episodic hormone secretion
D. acute hormone secretion
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Question 6) Cortisol, a lipid-soluble hormone is released into the blood. Predict what cortisol might do.
A.
can dissolve in the blood as free hormone
B.
needs fenestrated capillaries to move out of the blood stream
C.
readily diffuses through capillary wall
D. rapidly degraded by proteases in the bloodstream
E.
may have carbohydrates attached to give a longer half-life
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Question 7) Which pattern of hormone secretion, exemplified by thyroid hormones, remains relatively constant over long periods of time?
A. acute hormone secretion
B. episodic hormone secretion
C. chronic hormone secretion
D. long-term hormone secretion
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Question 8) How do most water-soluble hormones travel in the bloodstream?
A. attached to proteins
B. attached to carbohydrates
C. attached to amino acids
D. as free hormones
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Question 9) How do hormones and target cells recognize one another?
A. by signs
B. by the location of the target cells
C. by the presence of specific receptor molecules on the target cells
D. by the function of the target cells
E. by the location of the hormones
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Question 10) Once a lipid-soluble hormone is conjugated in the liver
A. its half-life is increased.
B. it can be more quickly eliminated from the body.
C. it can be stored for later use.
D. it is actively transported into cells.
E. it is more slowly eliminated from the body.
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