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6. Growth hormone is an ____________ hormone, and has both metabolic and growth promoting actions

  • Anabolic
  • Catabolic

7. Leutinizing hormone promotes production of gonadal hormones

  • True
  • False

8. Growth hormone is produced by ________

  • Leuitinizing hormone
  • Somatotropic cells
  • Supraoptic nucleus neurons

9. _________ immobilizes fats increasing blood levels, conserves glucose, encourages glycogen breakdown and release of glucose 'anti insulin effect'

  • Growth hormone
  • Oxytocin
  • Anti diuretic hormone
  • Growth hormone releasing hormone

10. A tropic hormone that stimulates normal development and secretory activity of the thyroid gland

  • Thyroid stimulating hormone
  • Growth hormone
  • ADH

11. Adrenocorticotropic hormone is secreted by the ___________

  • Supraoptic nucleus
  • Corticotropic cells
  • Somatrotropic cells
  • Paraventricular nucleus

12. Hyposecretion (low) of _________ causes cretinism in kids and myxederma in adults

  • Thyroid stimulating hormone
  • Growth hormone
  • Oxytocin
  • ADH

13. __________ stimulate actions required for growth (uptake of nutrients, formation of collagen and deposition in bone matrix)

  • IKBs
  • IGFs
  • IKKs

14. __________ and __________ are referred to as gonadotropins

  • Follicle-stimulating hormone, and leutinizing hormone
  • Growth hormone and prolactin
  • Growth hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone

15. Growth hormone releasing hormone releases growth hormone, whilst ___________________ inhibits its release

  • Growth hormone inhibiting hormone
  • Prolactin

16. Follicle stimulating hormone stimulates production of gametes

  • True
  • False

17. Prolactin inhibitng hormone, aka dopamine, ____________

  • Prevents prolactin secretion
  • Stimulates prolactin secretion

18. Prolactin is produced by the prolactin cells

  • True
  • False

19. Ghrelin 'hunger hormone' is thought to also stimulate _________ release

  • Growth hormone
  • Oxytocin

20. Secretion of growth hormone is regulated by _______ hypothalmic hormone(s)

  • 1
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4