Endocrine Mader Questions With Answers Graded A+ Assured Success
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Mader
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Mader
Diseases - Hyperthyroidism - 1. Overactive thyroid gland
2. Too much thyroxine leads to enlargement of gland
3. Symps - consuming large quantities of food but lose weight
4. Goiter - enlargement of gland
5. Exophthalmos - bulging of eyeballs
6. Rs - partial or total removal of gland, drugs to ...
2. Too much thyroxine leads to enlargement of gland
3. Symps - consuming large quantities of food but lose weight
4. Goiter - enlargement of gland
5. Exophthalmos - bulging of eyeballs
6. Rs - partial or total removal of gland, drugs to reduce thyroxine,
radiation
anterior pituitary - "Master gland"; produces and secretes several peptide hormones that regulate
many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction
acromegaly - Characterized (in the adult) by marked enlargement and elongation of the b ones of
the face, jaw and extremities.
ACTH - Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
-made in anterior pituitary
A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
ADH hormone - Anti diurnal hormone, helps to maintain blood pressure over the long term
works on kidney to keep it from releasing excessive water volume
Adrenal glands - located on top of each kidney
alpha cells - Secrete glucagon when blood glucose levels fall below normal levels
Anterior pituitary lobe - a. Growth hormone - GH (somatotropin) responsible for growth
and development
, b. Prolactin - develops breast tissue, stimulates production of
milk after childbirth
c. Thyroid-stimulating hormone - TSH - stimulates thyroxine
d. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - ACTH - stimulates adrenal
cortex
e. Follicle-stimulating hormone - FSH - stimulates growth of
graafian follicle and production of estrogen in females,
sperm in males
f. Luteinizing hormone - LH - stimulates ovulation and
formation of corpus luteum, which produces progesterone in
females
beta cells - Pancreatic endocrine cell that produces insulin
calcitocin - lowers blood levels of calcium and phosphate ions
Peptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland which slightly decreases blood calcium by decreasing
osteoclast activity; calcium goes back IN the bones.
diabetes insipidus - DISORDER MARKED BY EXCESSIVE URINATION DUE TO LACK OF SECRETION OF
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
Diseases - Diabetes Mellitus - 1. Cause - decreased secretion of insulin
3. If not treated, excess glucose in blood (hyperglycemia) and secreted
in urine (glycosuria)
4. If too much insulin given, blood sugar can get too low
(hypoglycemia) and person can develop insulin shock
5. Type II diabetes is not insulin-dependent - most common, usually
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