12. Name ONE HORMONE secreted by this endocrine gland. 12

4. Explain the three most common types of endocrine pathologies.

1. How does the endocrine system transmit its messages? What functions do the pituitary gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, and gonads (testes or ovaries) perform?

5. A 23-year-old man was admitted to a hospital for a planned surgical operation. When performing the surgical operation to remove a tumor from the upper section of the anterior pituitary, an isthmus of the posterior pituitary was 552 Chapter 9. Molecular endocrinology affected. In the postoperative period, in the patient polyuria developed. How to explain the patient symptom? For answer: a) name the hormones synthesized in the hypothalamus and secreted from the posterior lobe of the pituitary; b) draw a schematic mechanism of this hormone signal transduction; c) name the hormone effects.