Endocrine system of fish

1.What is the primary function of the endocrine system in

fishes?
Answer: Regulating various physiological functions

2.Which signaling molecules regulate physiological and

behavioral functions in fishes?
Answer: Hormones.

3.The endocrine system in fishes mediates which types of

effects?
Answer: Kinetic, metabolic, morphogenic, and behavioral.

4.Where is the pituitary gland located in fishes?

Answer: Ventral surface of the brain below the optic
chiasma.
5.What are the two parts of the pituitary gland in fishes?
Answer:Adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis.

6.Which hormone influences osmoregulation in salmon

and Gastrosteus?
Answer: Thyroxine.

7.What are the two components of the adrenal gland in

fishes?
Answer: Cortex and medulla.

8.What is the primary function of the adrenal gland in

fishes?
Answer: Promoting utilization of steroid fat.

9.In fishes, what is required for the maturation of

gonopodium?
Answer: Pituitary hormones.
10.What is the main function of the islets of Langerhans
in fishes?
Answer: Carbohydrate metabolism.
11.Where is the thymus observed in actinopterygian
fishes?
Answer: In the medial wall of the branchial cavity.

12.What is the function of the Ultimobranchial bodies?

Answer: Regulates calcium level in blood.

13.What do the intestinal hormones secretin and

pancreozymin regulate?
Answer: Pancreatic secretions.

14.Where are the Corpuscles of Stannius located in

fishes?
Answer: Attached to or embedded in the kidneys of
holosteans and teleosts.

15.What is the secretion of the Pineal gland?

Answer: Melatonin.

16.What is the function of the Urohypophysis in fishes?

Answer: Metabolic regulations.

17.In fishes, which organ has ovarian follicles embedded

in connective tissue?
Answer: Ovary.

18.Which hormone regulates calcium balance in fishes?

Answer: Hypocalcin.

19.What is the origin of the Pineal organ in fishes?

Answer: Posteromid dorsal evagination of the
epithalamus.

20.What does the Urohypophysis secrete in fishes?

Answer: Urotensins.
21.Where does the thyroid gland primarily arise in fishes?
Answer: Floor of the pharynx.

22.What is the function of the thyroid gland in fishes?

Answer: Influences various physiological functions,
including growth and metabolism.

23.Which gland in fishes is responsible for promoting the

utilization of steroid fat?
Answer: Adrenal gland.

24.In fishes, what is the main requirement for the

maturation of gonopodium?
Answer: Presence of sex hormones.

25.How is the testis organized in teleost fishes?

Answer: Made up of lobular units with short and long
tubules.
26.In most fishes, how are the lobules of the testis
organized?
Answer: Complex network of elongated and intergrated
lobules.

27.What is the primary function of primary oocytes in the

ovary?
Answer: Multiply mitotically and transform into non-yolky
primary oocytes.
28.During maturation in fishes, when is the second polar
body released?
Answer: After fertilization.

29.What are Islets of Langerhans also known as?

Answer: Islands of Langerhans.

30.What are the pancreatic islets primarily responsible

for in fishes?
Answer: Insulin secretion and carbohydrate metabolism.
31.In which part of the gut walls are pancreatic islets
located in most bony fishes?
Answer: Hepatopancreas.

32.Where is the thymus observed in actinopterygian

fishes?
Answer: Medial wall of the branchial cavity.

33.What is the function of the Ultimobranchial bodies in

fishes?
Answer: Regulates calcium level in blood.

34.Which organ in fishes produces hormones that

regulate pancreatic secretions?
Answer: Intestinal mucosa.

35.Where are the Corpuscles of Stannius located in

fishes?
Answer: Attached to or embedded in the kidneys of
holosteans and teleosts.
36.What is the secretion of the Pineal gland?
Answer: Melatonin.

38.What is the function of the Urohypophysis in fishes?

Answer: Metabolic regulations.

39.How are the lobules of the testis organized in teleost

fishes?
Answer: They are elongated and intergrated.
40.What are ovarian follicles embedded in within the
ovary in fishes?
Answer: Connective tissue.

41.What is the function of the Corpuscles of Stannius?

Answer: Regulates calcium balance.
42.In fishes, where does the Pineal organ arise
embryologically?
Answer: Posteromid dorsal evagination of the
epithalamus.

43.What hormone is secreted by the Urohypophysis in

fishes?
Answer: Urotensins.

44.What is the primary function of the thyroid gland in

fishes?
Answer: Influences various physiological functions,
including growth and metabolism.

46.Which gland is responsible for promoting the

utilization of steroid fat in fishes?
Answer: Adrenal gland.

47.In fishes, what is the primary requirement for the

maturation of gonopodium?
Answer: Presence of sex hormones.

48.How is the testis organized in teleost fishes?

Answer: Made up of lobular units with short and long
tubules.

49.In most fishes, how are the lobules of the testis

organized?
Answer: Complex network of elongated and intergrated
lobules.

50.What is the primary function of primary oocytes in the

ovary?
Answer: Multiply mitotically and transform into non-yolky
primary oocytes.

51.During maturation in fishes, when is the second polar

body released?
Answer: After fertilization.