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HSP 102 EXAM questions with verifiedsolutions (updated to pass)
Paracrine hormones - correct answer ✔✔Act on their neighboring cells
Autocrine hormones - correct answer ✔✔Act on themselves.
Name the PPPAT glands and what is significant about them. - correct answer ✔✔Pineal, Pituitary,
Parathyroid, Adrenal, Thyroid. They ONLY produce hormones. Exclusively endocrine.
Define hormones. - correct answer ✔✔chemical messengers secreted by endocrine glands into the
blood and transported to specific target cells. Bind to receptors and are secreted in short bursts.
GI TRACT: Gastrin. - correct answer ✔✔Promotes secreted of gastric juices.
GI TRACT: Secretin. - correct answer ✔✔secretion of bile.
GI tract: GIP - correct answer ✔✔Stimulates secretion of insulin by pancreatic beta cells.
GI Tract: CCK- Cholecystokinin - correct answer ✔✔targets the pancreas and liver - stimulates the release
of digestive enzymes and regulation of bile - feeling of fullness.
KIDNEYS: Renin - correct answer ✔✔A hormone that regulates blood pressure by retaining or removing
salt and water, and vasoconstriction.
KIDNEYS: Calcitriol - correct answer ✔✔aids in absorption of dietary calcium and phosphorus.
What is the function of the adrenal cortex of the adrenal gland. - correct answer ✔✔Secretes
aldosterone, helping to regulate sodium and potassium homeostasis.
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