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What results from adrenal insufficiency
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Addisons Disease
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What are the three adrenocorticoids that the adrenal gland secretes?
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glucocorticoids, mineralcorticoids, adrenal androgens
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What results from a deficiency in ADH?
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Diabetes Insipidus
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SIADH
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Syndrome of inappropriate anti diuretic hormone
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People with SIADH have the inability to secrete what?
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water
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What is another name for cushings
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hypercortisolism
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What disease results from an adrenal excess?
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Cushings
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A person with an adrenal excess has an excess of?
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glucocorticoids
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Name a mineralcorticoid
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aldosterone
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What is pheochromocytoma
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a tumor that results in hyper-activity of the adrenal medulla
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Panhypopituitarism
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both anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary fail to secrete hormones
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What are the hormones secreted by the posterior pituitary
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ADH, Oxytocin
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What does ADH act on?
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kidney
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What does oxytocin act on?
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uterus and breasts
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What are the hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary?
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GH, ACTH, TSH, FSH and LH and prolactin
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What does GH act on?
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Bone and soft tissues
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What does ACTH act on?
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adrenal gland
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What does TSH act on?
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thyroid gland
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What does FSH and LH act on?
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testes and ovaries
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What does prolactin act on?
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breast
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What does the adrenal gland secrete?
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adrenocorticosteroids
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What does the thyroid control?
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metabolic processes
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What does the thyroid gland secrete?
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thyroid hormones
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What do the testes excrete?
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testosterone
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What do the ovaries secrete
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estrogen and progesterone
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What stimulates the pituitary gland?
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hypothalmus
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What controls sleep/wake cycles
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intrinsic rhythms
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what is the functional unit of the thyroid?
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follicular cell
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What is necessary for the synthesis of thyroid hormone?
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iodine
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T4 is
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thyroxine
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T3 =
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triiodothyronine
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What is converted into T3 and T4
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thyroglobulin
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What does the parathyroid gland secrete?
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pth
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What does PTH do?
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regulates serum calcium levels of the blood
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What two electrolytes besides calsium is the PTH affected by
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phosphorus and magnesium
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What does the adrenal medulla secrete?
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catecholamines and Epi
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What is the target organ of ADH
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kidneys
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Target organ of GH
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whole body
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What is TSH controlled by?
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TRH
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if you increase T4 what happens to TSH levels?
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decrease TSH
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if you decrease T4 what happens to TSH levels
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increase TSH
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what is the target organ of TSH
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thyroid gland
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What is the target organ of ACTH
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adrenal cortex gland
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What is calcitonin stimulated by
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increased serum calcium levels
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the alpha cells in the pancreas secrete?
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glucagon
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the beta cells in the pancreas secrete?
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insulin
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what do the delta cells in the pancreas secrete?
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somatostatin
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What is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels
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insulin
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what does glycogen stimulate?
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gluconeogenesis
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What is the target organ of glucagon?
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liver
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What is the natural inhibitor of glucagon?
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somatostatin
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What type of hormone is cortisol
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glucocorticoid
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What type of hormone is aldosterone?
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mineralcorticoid
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what does aldosterone do?
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saves sodium, excretes K+
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PT presents with puple stria, thin skin, moon face, and supraclavicular fat pads
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Cushings syndrome
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pt presents with hyperpigmentation, poor turgor, dry mucous membranes
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adrenal insufficiency
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Pt presents with coarsening facial features, facial puffiness, weight gain, larger hands and feet
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acromegaly
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GH hypersecretion in adults is
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Acromegaly
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Excess GH in a child
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gigantism
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most likely tx of a hypersecretion of a hormone
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surgery
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Pt presents with vomiting, anorexia, anxiety, decreased output, increased urinary sodium
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SIADH
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hypersecretion of adh
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SIADH
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hyposecretionof adh
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diabetes insipidus
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pt presents with polydipsia, polyuria, and dehydration
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diabetes insipidus
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