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During an afternoon class, Lisa starts to feel hungry and worries that her blood sugar level may be dropping. Which hormone is helping to prevent a drop in blood sugar level?  

Which of the following hormones controls the release of anterior pituitary gonadotropins?  

As a result of stress, the anterior pituitary releases ________, which stimulates release of hormones from the adrenal cortex that retain sodium and water, increase blood sugar, and begin breaking down fats.  

The prime metabolic effect of cortisol is gluconeogenesis.  

Oxytocin and ADH are produced in the posterior pituitary.  

Upon landing at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Eric feels wide awake even though the local time is 11pm. Which synthetic hormone supplement could he administer to help adjust to the new time zone?  

The beta cells in the pancreatic islets produce insulin.  

One of the least complicated of the endocrine control systems directly responds to changing blood levels of ions and nutrients. Which of the following describes this mechanism?  

Which of the following is NOT a category of endocrine gland stimulus?  

The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis ________.