If there is adequate carbohydrate intake, secretion of insulin results in a. lower blood glucose levels,b. increased cell utilization of glucose,c. storage of glycogen,d. all of these.

Parathyroid hormonea. increases bone formation and lowers blood calcium levels,b. increases calcium excretion from the body,c. decreases calcium absorption from the gut,d. demineralizes bone and raises blood calcium levels.

Mary Morgan has just been brought into the emergency room of City General Hospital. She is perspiring profusely and is breathing rapidly and irregularly. Her breath smells like acetone (sweet and fruity), and her blood glucose tests out at 650 mg/100 ml of blood. She is in acidosis. Which hormone drug should be administered, and why?

(a) Describe the body location of each of the following endocrine organs: anterior pituitary, pineal gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, and adrenal glands. (b) List the hormones produced by each organ.

How are the hyperglycemia and lipidemia of insulin deficiency linked?

A hormone not involved in glucose metabolism isa. glucagon,b. cortisone,c. aldosterone,d. insulin.

Name a hormone secreted by a muscle cell and two hormones secreted by neurons.

If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child willa. develop acromegaly,b. become a dwarf but have fairly normal body proportions,c. mature sexually at an earlier than normal age,d. be in constant danger of becoming dehydrated.

The anterior pituitary secretes all buta. antidiuretic hormone,b. growth hormone,c. gonadotropins,d. TSH.