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Update 2025 / 2026) Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

Question:

what stimulates adrenocorticotropic hormone?

Answer:

corticotropin releasing hormone

Question:

What is the target tissue of adrenocorticotropic hormone

Answer:

adrenal cortex

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Question:

what is the effect does adrenocorticotropic hormone?

Answer:

controls hormone secretion from the adrenal cortex, mainly cortisol

Question:

what stimulates melanocyte stimulating hormone?

Answer:

corticotropin releasing hormone

Question:

what is the target tissue of melanocyte-stimulating hormone?

Answer:

brain

Question:

What are the three parts of the brain stem?

Answer:

midbrains, pons, medulla

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Question:

what is the effects of melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Answer:

exact role in humans unknown but may influence brain activity, when in excess will darken skin

Question:

what are the hormones in the posterior pituitary gland?

Answer:

Oxytocin and Antidiuretic hormone

Question:

What stimulates Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)?

Answer:

drop in blood pressure; elevated osmotic pressure; dehydration

Question:

What is the target tissue of ADH?

Answer:

Distal convoluted tubule and collecting ducts of the renal nephron 3 / 4

Question:

What is the effect of ADH?

Answer:

Conserves body water by decreasing urine volume; decreases water loss through perspiration; raises blood pressure by constricting arterioles

Question:

What stimulates T3 (Triiodothyronine)?

Answer:

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone; low metabolic rate; cold; pregnancy; high altitudes

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What is the target tissue of T3?

Answer:

Many cells in the body

Question:

What is the effect of T3?

Answer:

Increases rate of metabolism

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