“Virtual Rats” projecct

Learning Concepts in Endocrinology Through Studies on “Virtual Rats”
Review Questions: Answer following questions for each hormone axis
1. What is the releasing hormone involved?
A. Where is it produced?
B. What is its function?
2. What is the pituitary hormone involved?
A. What is its target organ?
3. What hormone is stimulated by the pituitary hormone?
A. What are its target organs and what effects does it exert on them?
B. How does it regulate its own secretion?
4. What happens to the secretion of each hormone when one of the other hormones in the pathway are increased or decreased?
5. What physiological changes occur when individual hormones in the pathway are present in high or low concentrations?
6. What changes, if any, would occur in target organ weight when individual hormones in the pathway are present in high or low concentrations?
Testosterone LH
Organ TRH TSH ACTH Corticosterone Intact Castrate Intact Castrate
Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
Thymus
Testes
Prostate
Seminal Vesicles
Body
Weight
Table 1:

Conclusions:
1.) What was the hormone give to Group 2?
Explain your answer:

2.) What was the hormone give to Group 3?
Explain your answer:

3.) What was the hormone give to Group 4?
Explain your answer:

4.) What was the hormone give to Group 5?
Explain your answer:

5.) What was the hormone give to Group 6?
Explain your answer:

6.) What was the hormone give to Group 7?
Explain your answer:

“Virtual Rats” projecct

Learning Concepts in Endocrinology Through Studies on “Virtual Rats”
Review Questions: Answer following questions for each hormone axis
1. What is the releasing hormone involved?
A. Where is it produced?
B. What is its function?
2. What is the pituitary hormone involved?
A. What is its target organ?
3. What hormone is stimulated by the pituitary hormone?
A. What are its target organs and what effects does it exert on them?
B. How does it regulate its own secretion?
4. What happens to the secretion of each hormone when one of the other hormones in the pathway are increased or decreased?
5. What physiological changes occur when individual hormones in the pathway are present in high or low concentrations?
6. What changes, if any, would occur in target organ weight when individual hormones in the pathway are present in high or low concentrations?
Testosterone LH
Organ TRH TSH ACTH Corticosterone Intact Castrate Intact Castrate
Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
Thymus
Testes
Prostate
Seminal Vesicles
Body
Weight
Table 1:

Conclusions:
1.) What was the hormone give to Group 2?
Explain your answer:

2.) What was the hormone give to Group 3?
Explain your answer:

3.) What was the hormone give to Group 4?
Explain your answer:

4.) What was the hormone give to Group 5?
Explain your answer:

5.) What was the hormone give to Group 6?
Explain your answer:

6.) What was the hormone give to Group 7?
Explain your answer: