CC3 Review Questions on Endocrinology– Answers to Quiz

1. Hormone that helps in contracting uterus during delivery.
Oxytocin 
2. Hormone that helps in milk production
Prolactin (PrL or PRL) 
3. Mechanism by which steroid hormones function
Mechanism 2 or internal binding 
4. Mechanism by which peptide hormones function
Mechanism 1 or binding at the cell surface 
5. Another term for hormones
Chemical messengers 
6. 4 types of hormones according to chemical structure
Amino acids, peptide/proteins, steroid, eicosanoids 

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