Indicate Which Characteristics Apply to the Hormones by Using the Answer

question 16

Short Answer

Indicate which characteristics apply to the hormones by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all):
a.epinephrine
b.cortisol
c.aldosterone
d.dehydroepiandrosterone
*____ produced by the zona glomerulosa
*____ produced by the zona fasciculata and zona reticularis
*____ adrenal androgen
*____ enhances K⁺ elimination
*____ stimulates protein degradation
*____ stimulates lipolysis
*____ essential for life
*____ exerts a glucose-sparing effect by inhibiting glucose uptake by many tissues but not the brain
*____ important in the stress response
*____ a catecholamine
*____ a steroid
*____ secretion is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system
*____ stored in chromaffin granules
*____ promotes female sex drive
*____ secretion is stimulated via the renin-angiotensin system
*____ promotes Na⁺ retention
*____ stimulates hepatic gluconeogenesis
*____ stimulates hepatic glycogenolysis
*____ inhibits CRH and ACTH in negative-feedback fashion
*____ secretion is directly stimulated by an increase in plasma K⁺
*____ increases blood glucose levels
*____ increases blood amino acid levels
*____ increases blood fatty acid levels
*____ exerts anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects at pharmacological levels
*____ secretion is largely controlled by ACTH
*____ secreted in excess in Conn's syndrome
*____ secreted in excess in Cushing's syndrome
*____ secreted in excess in adrenogenital syndrome
*____ secreted in excess by a pheochromocytoma
*____ deficient in Addison's disease increases the heart rate

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Definitions:

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