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6. Growth hormone is an ____________ hormone, and has both metabolic and growth promoting actions
7. Leutinizing hormone promotes production of gonadal hormones
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)
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
17. Prolactin inhibitng hormone, aka dopamine, ____________
- Prevents prolactin secretion
- Stimulates prolactin secretion
18. Prolactin is produced by the prolactin cells
19. Ghrelin 'hunger hormone' is thought to also stimulate _________ release
20. Secretion of growth hormone is regulated by _______ hypothalmic hormone(s)