1) Calcium absorption from the intestines requires vitamin D. Vitamin D is obtained from exposure to sunlight or from fortified foods such as milk or orange juice.
The hormone that activates vitamin D to assist with calcium absorption and a function of calcium in the nervous system are, respectively
a) Hormone Function of Calcium
Calcitonin Stimulates synaptic vesicles to fuse with axon membrane
b) Hormone Function of Calcium
Calcitonin Depolarizes the axon membrane
c) Hormone Function of Calcium
Parathyroid hormone Stimulates synaptic vesicles to fuse with axon membrane
d) Hormone Function of Calcium
Parathyroid hormone Depolarizes the axon membrane
2) All of the following are associated with hypothyroidism EXCEPT
Select one:
a. Fatigue and slow heart rate
b. Weight gain and inability tolerate cold
c. Increased secretion of TRH and TSH
d. Decreased secretion of TRH and TSH
3) Select the numbers of the descriptors below that correctly describe the hormone thyroxine.
a) Produced in the parathyroid gland
b) Produced in the thyroid gland
c) Increases the rate of fat, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism
d) Increases the rate of calcium ion absorption
e) Controlled by positive feedback
f) Controlled by negative feedback
g) Insufficiency results in fatigue and weight gain
h) Insufficiency results in excess energy and weight loss
Record your answers in ascending (lowest to highest) order.
4) Grave's Disease can cause an excessive release of thyroxine from the thyroid gland.
The symptom NOT associated with Grave's disease is
Select one:
a. Nervousness and anxiety
b. Bulging eyes
c. Weight loss
d. Feeling cold all the time
5) hGH stimulates the liver to excrete growth factors. In combination with each other, hGH and growth factors affect many body processes.
One role of hGH is to metabolize fats.
Another hormone in the body that has a similar role to hGH and the gland that secretes that hormone are respectively:
a) Hormone Gland
Parathyroid hormone Thyroid gland
b) Hormone Gland
Thyroxine Thyroid gland
c) Hormone Gland
Parathyroid hormone Parathyroid gland
d) Hormone Gland
Thyroxine Parathyroid gland
6) SEE PHOTO ATTACHED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS PLEASE
Match the endocrine glands numbered above with the functions listed below.
Function:
Releases a hormone that increases blood calcium levels ANSWER
Produces a hormone that increases the volume of water in the blood ANSWER
Produces a hormone that causes uterine contractions ANSWER
Releases the hormone that stimulates fat, protein & carbohydrate metabolism ANSWER
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