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Endocrinology |
study of hormones and endocrine organs |
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What does the endocrine system control and integrate? |
-reproduction -growth and development -maintenance of electrolyte,water, and nutrient balance of blood -regulation of cellular metabolism and energy balance -mobilization of body defenses |
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What has exocrine and endocrine functions? |
placenta,pancreas, gonads |
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Target Cells |
tissues with receptors for specific hormones |
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Oxytosin |
-strong stimulant of uterine childbirth -released during child birth -hormonal trigger is for milk ejection -acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain |
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ADH |
-inhibits or prevents urine formation -regulates water balance |
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Hypersection |
- in children results in gigantism -in adults results in acromegaly |
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Hyposection |
-in children results in pituitary dwarfism |
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Thyroid stimulating hormone |
-stimulates normal development and secretory activity of thyroid -inhibited by raising blood levels of thyroid hormones that act on pituitary and hypothalamus |
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Thyroid Gland |
-Thyroid glands are composed of follicles that produce gycoprotein thyroglobulin -Prarafollicular cells produce the hormone called calcitonin |
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Thyroid Hormone |
-increases the metabolic rate and heat production -regulates tissue growth and development - maintains the blood pressure
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Hyperparathyroidsm |
is due from a tumor |
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Hypoparathyroidism |
is followed by gland trauma or removal or dietary magnesium deficiency |
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polyuria |
huge urine output |
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polydipsia |
excessive thirst |
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polyphagia |
excessive hunger and food consumption |
