Hormones Questions Set 2

1. The most important effect of aldosterone is to :

2. Catecholamine hormones are synthesized in the :

3. The defect in adrenal cortex responsible
for lack of glucocorticoids and mineralcorticoids is :

4. In the biosynthesis of cortiols, the sequence of enzymes involved is :

5. Melanogenesis is stimulated by :

6. Epinephrine is rapidly metabolized by :

7. The hormone required for uterine muscle
contraction for child birth is :

8. In the rennin-angiotensin system the
primary hormone is :

9. Vasopressin and oxytocin circulate unbound to proteins and have very short
plasma half lives, on the order of :

10. ADH :

11. Aldosterone release is stimulated by :

12. For Catecholamine biosynthesis the rate
limiting enzyme is :

13. The sequential steps in the conversion of
tyrosine to epinephrine are :

14. The plasma level of epinephrine is less than :

15. In the resting state plasma concentration of cortisol is :

16. An increase in the osmolality of extracellular compartment will :

17. 3-β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and
∆5,4 isomerase catalyse the conversion of
the weak androgen DHEA to :

18. A hormone which cannot cross the blood brain barrier is :

19. Pheochromocytomas are tumours of :

20. Catecholamine hormones are :

21. Increased reabsorption of water from the
kidney is the major consequence of the
secretion of the hormone :

22. The number of amino acids in antidiuretic hormone is :

23. In the synthesis of Angiotensin I, rennin
acts on Angiotensinogen and cleaves the :

24. The number of amino acids in the hormone oxytocin is  :

25. One of the potent stimulators of aldosterone secretion is :