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Acromegaly
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Giantism: a condition resulting from an increase of GH (growth hormone).
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Addison's Disease
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A disorder resulting from too low levels of cortisol, cortisone.
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Cretinism
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A childhood disorder resulting from the lack of thyroxine
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Cushing's syndrome
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A disorder resulting from the overproduction of cortisol/cortisone.
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Diabetes mellitus
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Disorder resulting from a lack of insulin
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Diabetes insipidus
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Resulting from a lack of ADH
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Dwarfism
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Disorder of the pituary resulting in a lack of GH.
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Thyrotoxicosis
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Overproduction of thyroxine
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Aldosteronism
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Overproduction of the hormone Aldosterone
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Pheochromocytoma
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Overproduction of epinephrine
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Myxedema
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Underproduction of thyroxine
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What hormone causes the thickening and vascularization of the endometrium?
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Progesterone and Estrogen
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What hormone causes the milk ejection from the breast?
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Oxytocin
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What hormone promotes the maturation of the sperm in the seminiferous tubule?
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FSH
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What hormone causes the constriction of the arterioles?
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norepinephrine
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Stimulates glucocorticoid production
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ACTH
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Associated with the closure of the epiphyseal plates
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estrogens and testosterone
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promotes the growth of all body (somatic) cells
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GH
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Stimulates the production and release of thyroxine
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TSH
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This hormone is produced by the C cells
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Calcitonin
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Produced by the cells of Leydig
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Testosterone
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Fallin level of this hormone causes the process of menstruation
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Progesterone
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Stimulates mammary gland development
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estrogens
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Hormone produced by the hypothalamus and stored in the hypophysis
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ADH, oxytocin
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The condition, myxedema is caused by a hyposecretion of this hormone
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Thyroxine
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Hormone that enhances glucose uptake by cells
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Insulin
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Hormone synthesized by the corpus luteum
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Progesterone and Estrogen
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Secreted by adipose tissues throughout the body
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Leptin, resistan
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This hormone is also known as hydrocortisone
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Cortisol
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Produced by the zona glomerulosa
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Aldosterone
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Synthesized by the chief cells of the parathyroid
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PTH
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Produced by both the testes and ovary
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estrogen and testosterone
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Stored in the neurohypophysis
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Oxytocin, ADH
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What is the primary site of production of ADH?
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Hypothalamus
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What is the primary site of production of ACTH?
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Hypophysis
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What is the primary site of production of FSH?
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Hypophysis
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What is the primary site of production of ICSH?
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Hypophysis
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What is the primary site of production of Thyroxine?
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Thyroid
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What is the primary site of production of PTH?
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Parathyroid
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What is the primary site of production of ACTH-RF?
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Hypothalamus
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What is the primary site of production of LH?
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Hypophysis
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What is the primary site of production of Testosterone?
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Testes
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What is the primary site of production of Aldosterone?
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Adrenal cortex
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What is the primary site of production of Cortisone?
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Liver
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What is the primary site of production of TSH-RF?
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Hypothalamus
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What is the primary site of production of the hormone Estradiol?
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Ovary
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What is the primary site of production of the hormone Calcitonin?
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Thyroid
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone Calcitonin?
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Bone, Kidney
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone Aldosterone?
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Kidney
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone ADH?
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Kidney
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone PTH?
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Bone, Kidney
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone ICSH?
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Testes
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone TSH-RF?
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Adenohypophysis
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone ACTH?
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Adrenal Cortex
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone Hydrocortisone?
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Liver
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What is the primary site of function of the hormone TSH?
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Thyroid
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Is the hypothalamus located in a skull depression known as the sella turcica?
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Yes
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Is the supra-optic nuclei in the neurohypophysis?
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No
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Are there numerous kinds of cells that comprise the adrenohypophysis?
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Yes
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Is the posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) located directly below the thalamus?
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No
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Do nuclei of the hypothalamus monitor micro-quantities of material in general circulation?
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Yes
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Is the hypothalamus the site of ADH production?
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Yes
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Is the neurohypophysis the site of ADH storage?
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Yes
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Does ADH aids, at the level of the kidney, in the retention of water?
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Yes
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Is ADH a large macromolecular protein?
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No
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Is there a portal ciculatory system that exists between the hypothalamus and the adrenohypophysis?
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Yes, the hypothalamohypophysial
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Is there any TSH-RF in general circulation?
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No
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Is iodine utilized in the sythesis of the thyroid hormone thyroxine?
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Yes
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Are there receptor cells in the kidney and thyroid for TSH?
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No, just the thyroid
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Does ACTH travel form the surpa-optic nuclei of the hypothalamus to the adenohypophysis via portal circulation?
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No
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Where are TSH-RF and ACTH-RF synthesized?
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Hypothalamus
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Where are FSH, ACTH, and TSH sythesized?
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Adenohypophysis
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How do ADH and oxytocin pass from their area of sythesis to their area of storage?
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micro droplets along nerve fiber
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Can all tissues in the body monitor and make decisions?
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No
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Do we inherit the ability to sythesize the various hormones?
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Yes
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