General Interview Questions - Endocrine system

Concept statements Emphasis in your teaching General importance 1. Hormones are chemical messengers, produced by gland (exocrine and endocrine) cells.  Hormones can alter the metabolism of target cells . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 2. For a hormone to alter a cell's function, that cell must have (express) receptors for the hormone.  Hormone receptors are proteins . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 3. Every cell has a subset of hormone receptors, and every cell responds to a number of different hormones . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 4. Hormones alter cell function by altering the activity of a specific sets of cellular enzymes.  Hormones act through a number of different mechanisms.   They can regulate protein activity or gene expression, or both . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 5. Hormones play major roles in sexual reproduction, energy metabolism, water and electrolyte balance, growth and development, and stress response and immune function . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 6. Hormones generally reach their target cells by transport in the blood and thus affect cells throughout the body . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 7. The storage and utilization of energy substrates  – glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids – are controlled by hormones.  Storage of energy substrates is controlled by insulin; by its actions promoting glucose storage, insulin is the primary regulator of blood glucose concentration.  Utilization of energy is  controlled by glucagons, epinephrine, cortisol and growth hormone . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 8. Reproductive functions – generation of gametes (eggs and sperm) and the production of the sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) – is controlled by hormonal feedback between the hypothalamus (Define?), the anterior pituitary, and the gonads (ovaries and testes) . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 9. Na+ and K+ balance is regulated by the rennin-angiotensin II-aldosterone system acting on the kidneys . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 10. Body fluid osmolarity is regulated by antidiuretic hormone, related from the posterior pituitary, acting to control water readsorption by the kidneys .   Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 11. Reproductive behavior is generated by the interaction of the nervous system (CNS, ANS and hypothalamus) and the endocrine system .  Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 12. Ca2+ balance is regulated by parathyroid hormone and calcitonin .    Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 13. Gametes (sperm and eggs are haploid cells produced in the gonads (testes and ovaries, respectively) under the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal your email for tracking & responding only   Where do you teach? Outside of the USA Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming I do not teach I teach, but not biology I am researcher in the private sector I teach elementary secondary college level biology     I would add the following statement to the list:   jump to top | modified - MK - 26 July 2003 |