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FREE ANATOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ENDOCRINE
SYSTEM EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Name functions of the parathyroid gland/hormones
Answer:
Raises blood calcium levels. Increase activity of osteoclasts
Question 2: Anterior pituitary
Answer:
Receives "releasing" or "inhibiting" control hormones from hypothalamus by blood system
Question 3: Hyperparathyroid
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Excess PTH secretion. Tumor in gland. Causes soft and fragile bones. Increase blood Ca+2. Kidney stones (renal calculi)
Question 4: Thyroid stimulating Hormone (TSH) function and location
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Stimulates production and release of thyroid hormone (anterior pituitary)
Question 5: Erythropoietin (EPO) function
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Sensitive to low oxygen levels in blood coming into kidney. Bleeding or moving to high altitudes can produce this secretion
Question 6: Where is the pituitary gland housed
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The sella turcica of sphenoid bone
Question 7: What are the thyroid hormones called
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Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine (T3 & T4) Question 8: What makes the hormones for the posterior pituitary gland and what hormones
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The Hypothalamus. Oxytocin and Antidieuretic (ADH)
Question 9: Hyperinsulinism
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From excess insulin injection, or pancreatic islet tumor. Causes hypoglycemia, weakness, and hunger.Triggers secretion of epinephrine, GH, and glucagon. (Side effects: anxiety, sweating,)
Question 10: What are the 4 layers from outside to inside of the adrenal gland
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- Fibrous capsule
- Zona glomeruosa
- Zona Fasciculata
- Zona reticularis
Question 11: What hormone stimulates ovarian production of estrogens
Answer:
FSH
Question 12: Diabetes insipidus
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Chronic polyuria (form of hyposecretion)
Question 13: Testosterone
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Stimulate development of male sex organs, secondary sexual characteristics, and sperm production.
Question 14: Adrenogenital syndrome
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Disorder or adrenal glands. Adrenal androgen hyper secretion accompanies Cushing. Enlargement of sexual organs in children. Masculine effects in women.
Question 15: Insulin function
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Secreted after high carb meals. Stimulates glucose and amino acid uptake. Antagonizes glucagon
Question 16: GAS
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General Adaption Syndrome. Stress response is a set of bodily changes.
Question 17: Growth hormone (GH) function and location
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Stimulates growth of bone, cartilage, and muscle, etc. Timing and amount released determines body size (anterior pituitary)
Question 18: Hypersecretion
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Excessive hormone release. Tumors or autoimmune disorders.
Question 19: What are the 3 "poly's" in diabetes mellitus
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Polyuria (increase urine production), Polydipsia (increase thirst), Polyphagia (increase eating)
Question 20: Epinephrine and norepinephrine function
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Fight or flight response. Increase heart rate, increase skeletal muscle blood flow, decrease skin blood flow
Question 21: Myxedema Adult hypothyroidism
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Decrease TH. Low metabolic rate, sluggish, sleepy, weight gain, high BP, tissue swelling
Question 22: Insulin shock
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Uncorrected hyperinsulinism with disorientation, convulsions, or unconsciousness
Question 23: Oxytocin function and location
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Causes uterine contractions in labor, causes milk let down in lactating mothers, feelings of affection (love hormone) (posterior pituitary)
Question 24: What does the medulla secrete
Answer:
Catecholamines: Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
Question 25: Thyroid gland disorder
Answer:
Hyperthyroidism (weight loss, tremors.) Endemic goiter (enlarged thyroid gland.) Graves disease
Question 26: What do the parafollicular (C cells) in the thyroid secrete
Answer:
Calcitonin ("tones your bones")
Question 27: Toxic goiter (graves disease)
Answer:
Antibodies mimic effect of TSH on the thyroid (form of hypersecretion)
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