2. In what respect is the pituitary gland actually two glands?
3. How do hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones influence secretions of the anterior pituitary?
4. What is the functional importance of the hypothalamus-anterior pituitary gland portal veins?
5. Which target gland hormones suppress secretion of hypothalamic and anterior pituitary hormones by negative feedback?
6. If you drank a liter of water, what effect would this have on the osmotic pressure of your blood, and how would the level of ADH change in your blood?
7. Suppose that two different organs are sensitive to a particular hormone. The cells in both organs have identical receptors for the hormone. However, the hormone produces different effects in the two organs. Explain how this can happen.
1. How could iodine-deficient diet lead to goiter, which is the enlargement of the thyroid gland?
2. The thyroid gland has been removed from a laboratory animal. Explain how blood levels of thyroid hormones, TSH and TRH would change?
3. What are the physiological effects of the thyroid hormones?
4. If a heart transplant patient receives prednisone (a glucocorticoid) to help prevent rejection of the transplanted tissue, will the blood levels of ACTH and CRH be high or low? Explain
5. How is the secretion of adrenal cortex hormones regulated?
6. How is the adrenal medulla related to the autonomic nervous system?
7. Does glycogenolysis increase or decrease blood glucose level?
8. What are the effects of exercise versus eating a carbohydrate- and protein rich meal on secretion of insulin and glucagon?
9. What is the basic difference between the stress response and homeostasis