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Water-soluble hormones, such as proteins and peptide hormones, activate target cells using ____. - correct answer the second-messenger system Which system produces chemical messengers known as hormones? - correct answer en...

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Anatomy and Physiology Ch. 9
Endocrine System

Water-soluble hormones, such as proteins and peptide hormones, activate target cells using ____. -
correct answer the second-messenger system



Which system produces chemical messengers known as hormones? - correct answer
endocrine system



Prostaglandins are ____ - correct answer lipid hormones manufactured in the
plasma membranes of cells



The most common stimulus for prodding endocrine glands into action is _____ - correct answer
hormonal



Most endocrine organs are prodded into action by other hormones; this type of stimulus is called ____. -
correct answer hormonal stimulus



Hormones control what major processes? - correct answer 1. Reproduction

2. Growth and Development

3. Mobilization of body defenses

4. Maintenance of homeostasis

5. Regulation of Metabolism



hormones are produced by ______ - correct answer specialized cells



What transfers hormones to target sites - correct answer blood

, the scientific study of hormones and the endocrine system - correct answer
endocrinology



amino acid-based hormones - correct answer proteins, peptides, amines



sex hormones made from cholesterol - correct answer steroids



______ must have specific protein receptors - correct answer target cells



Lipid soluble mechanism - correct answer direct gene activation (steroid hormone
action)



water soluble mechanism - correct answer second-messenger system (non-steroid
hormone action)



maintains hormone levels in the blood - correct answer negative feedback



changing blood levels of certain ions and nutrients stimulate hormone release - correct answer
humoral stimuli



nerve impulses stimulate hormone release - correct answer neural stimuli



The gland that is primarily responsible for regulating metabolism is _____ - correct answer
thyroid



Which one of the following is NOT typical of the changes that follow the binding of a hormone to its
target cells? - correct answer cellular mutations occur



Being lipid soluble, steroids can do all the following EXCEPT ____ - correct answer
catalyze cyclic AMP

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