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Endocrine System

Disorders

Question: Acromegaly occurs during which period of the patient's life?
Answer: Adulthood.

Question: hypofunctioning of the pituitary gland during childhood leads to pituitary __________.
Answer: dwarfism

Question: Hyperthyroidism is due to the over activity of the _______ gland.
Answer: thyroid

Question: ________ _________ results from the hypersecretion of the glucocorticoid hormones from the adrenal cortex.
Answer: Cushing's syndrome

Question: Polyuria, polysypsia, weight loss, blurred vision, and possible diabetic comas are symptoms of what disorder?
Answer: Type 1 diabetes.

Thyroid Gland

Question: Where is the thyroid located?
Answer: In front of the larynx (in the neck).

Question: What hormone stimulates the thyroid gland?
Answer: TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone).

Question: What four glands are the back of the thyroid gland?
Answer: The parathyroid glands.

Question: What does calcitonin do?
Answer: It lowers the amount of calcium in the bloodstream.

Question: What does thyroxin do?
Answer: Controls the body's metabolism.

Reproductive Glands

Question: Vasopressin converts to what?
Answer: ADH (antidiuretic hormone)

Question: What hormone is produced by the graafian follicle cells of the ovaries?
Answer: Estrogen.

Question: Testosterone is produced by the ___________ cells.
Answer: Interstitial

Question: Name a few changes that testosterone influences in the male body.
Answer: Deepening of the voice, growth of a beard and other body hair, increase in musculature, production of sperm.

Question: The development of reproductive organs, including the breast, and secondary sex characteristics such as pubic and axillary hair are stimulated by what hormone?
Answer: Estrogen.

Adrenal Glands

Question: Where are the adrenal glands located in the body?
Answer: Above the kidneys.

Question: What are the different parts of the adrenal glands?
Answer: The medulla and the cortex.

Question: What does the medulla do?
Answer: It secretes epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine.

Question: What does the cortex do?
Answer: It produces mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and androgens.

Question: What does the adrenal medulla respond to?
Answer: The sympathetic nervous system. The hormones produced are referred to the "fight or flight" hormones.

Pituitary Gland

Question: Name two of the hormones produced by the posterior pituitary lobe.
Answer: Vasopressin and Oxytocin.

Question: What is the job of Vasopressin?
Answer: The job of Vasopressin is to maintain a healthy level of water in the bloodstream.

Question: What is the job of Oxytocin?
Answer: It causes contractions of the uterus during childbirth.

Question: What cavity is the pituitary gland located in?
Answer: The cranial cavity.

Question: What does the hormone prolactin do for the body?
Answer: It produces milk after childbirth and develops breasts.