FREE ANATOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ENDOCRINE

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FREE ANATOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ENDOCRINE

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-Guarantee passing score -89 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation

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

Answer:

Excess PTH secretion. Tumor in gland. Causes soft and fragile bones. Increase blood C 2. Kidney stones (renal calculi)

Question 4: Thyroid stimulating Hormone (TSH) function and location

Answer:

Stimulates production and release of thyroid hormone (anterior pituitary)

Question 5: Erythropoietin (EPO) function

Answer:

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

Answer:

The sella turcica of sphenoid bone

Question 7: What are the thyroid hormones called

Answer:

Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine (T3 & T4) Question 8: What makes the hormones for the posterior pituitary gland and what hormones

Answer:

The Hypothalamus. Oxytocin and Antidieuretic (ADH)

Question 9: Hyperinsulinism

Answer:

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

Answer:

• Fibrous capsule

• Zona glomeruosa

• Zona Fasciculata

• Zona reticularis

Question 11: What hormone stimulates ovarian production of estrogens

Answer:

FSH

Question 12: Diabetes insipidus

Answer:

Chronic polyuria (form of hyposecretion)

Question 13: Testosterone

Answer:

Stimulate development of male sex organs, secondary sexual characteristics, and sperm production.

Question 14: Adrenogenital syndrome

Answer:

Disorder or adrenal glands. Adrenal androgen hyper secretion accompanies Cushing. Enlargement of sexual organs in children. Masculine effects in women.

Question 15: Insulin function

Answer:

Secreted after high carb meals. Stimulates glucose and amino acid uptake. Antagonizes glucagon

Question 16: GAS

Answer:

General Adaption Syndrome. Stress response is a set of bodily changes.

Question 17: Growth hormone (GH) function and location

Answer:

Stimulates growth of bone, cartilage, and muscle, etc. Timing and amount released determines body size (anterior pituitary)

Question 18: Hypersecretion

Answer:

Excessive hormone release. Tumors or autoimmune disorders.

Question 19: What are the 3 "poly's" in diabetes mellitus

Answer:

Polyuria (increase urine production), Polydipsia (increase thirst), Polyphagia (increase eating)

Question 20: Epinephrine and norepinephrine function

Answer:

Fight or flight response. Increase heart rate, increase skeletal muscle blood flow, decrease skin blood flow

Question 21: Myxedema Adult hypothyroidism

Answer:

Decrease TH. Low metabolic rate, sluggish, sleepy, weight gain, high BP, tissue swelling

Question 22: Insulin shock

Answer:

Uncorrected hyperinsulinism with disorientation, convulsions, or unconsciousness

Question 23: Oxytocin function and location

Answer:

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)