Adrenal cortex

In your answer, explain the function of the hormone aldosterone. The increase in salt load will cause the patient’s blood-aldosterone level to reduced aldosterone secretion. Aldosterone is a steroid hormone secreted by Zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. It mostly bound to plasma proteins and its function is to facilitate increase of renal Na+ reabsorption and potassium…

Neuroscience and Depression Jessica Hess Southern Connecticut State University Depression is an affective mood disorder, which is a psychiatric disorder that involves a change of mood and emotion (Pinel, J, 2014). There are several different categories of depression. Major depression is a very familiar term and is the most well known form of depression. This is characterized by symptoms such as loss of interest and an inability to enjoy life and the cause remains unidentified. Another…

44. There is a recently discovered hormone known as Ghrelin. 1) Please explain the role this hormone is thought to play in the weight loss that occurs after stomach-reduction surgery. 2) Please analyze and decide for yourself whether it plays a decisive role, or not. (6pts) After stomach reduction surgery, the stomach would “stretch” even with a small amount of food, and therefore signal the release of the leptin hormone, which counters the ghrelin hormone, that stimulated the…

1. Definition of Asthma: Asthma is one of the most common type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A COPD is a type of disease or disorder to which the airway is affected and causes breathing to be slowed or forced. Asthma is a type of COPD that causes the airway to become inflamed and to be hypertensive (increased pressures in the blood vessels in the airway) due to any internal or external stimuli. The system that is closely associated with asthma is the respiratory system. The…

run from lower parts of the brain to other organs. The ANS is predominantly controlled by the hypothalamus and is supposed to help regulate normal bodily functions. This activation of the sympathetic branch then stimulates the adrenal medulla. This is located on the adrenal gland’s inner core. This causes it to release the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. These hormones regulate metabolic change. In the sympathetic response, they enable the mobilisation of fats and carbohydrates which…

Pathophysiology In metabolic syndrome many organs are affected due to malnutrition, stress and inactivity. With all these factors playing a part the body has different ways of trying to protect it self, that in turn can cause more harm than good. Abdominal obesity, insulin resistant, hypertension, and chronic cortisol release are results of the factors which contribute to metabolic syndrome. Abdominal Obesity A high consumption of calorie dense food and lack of physical activity are…

Depression, a dark cloud of emotions. A sense of drowning. Depression, a feeling of being completely alone even when surrounded by people. It is something that is felt by so many people, yet isn’t as recognizable as many other disorders of today. You always hear about the people who are suffering from the physical illness but not the mental illnesses. Someone we love or who we see everyday could be suffering from this dreadful disorder and you wouldn’t know. It’s a feeling that can be…

The glands included in this system are the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries in females, and testicles in males (Zimmermann, 2016). These glands are ductless and release their products into the blood or lymph. These products are hormones which come in three classes: steroid glands that secrete these hormones in the testes, ovaries, and adrenal cortex, proteins, and catecholamine. With the endocrine system being made up of multiple glands there…

To better understand the human response to fear, it helps to understand the body’s response. When a stimulus that triggers fear is encountered, impulses are sent from sympathetic nervous system to glands and smooth muscle. These impulses alert the adrenal medulla to release epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) into the blood stream. These hormones, often referred to as “stress hormones” cause an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Then corticotrophin-releasing…

and environmentally precipitated. In Addison’s disease the major autoantibody identified is 21-hydroxylase the finding of this hallmark autoantibody is indicative of adrenal failure. Addison’s disease despite the finding of the autoantibody continues to have a murky pathophysiology. As numerous theories about how the adrenal cortex is attacked also shows up in people without Addisons making the pathogenesis hard to research. Current research suggests there is some dysfunction in the CD4+ and…