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Ch 16 Endocrine System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/02/2010

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Your patient has recently developed several spontaneous fractures and kidney stones. What do you suspect
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too much PTH
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What organ has an isthmus?
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Thyroid gland
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where is oxytocin produced?
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hypothalmic nuclei in posterior pituitary
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What hormone targets the epiphyseal plate?
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Growth hormone
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what hormone stimulates osteoblasts?
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calcitonin
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What is the target organ of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone?
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thyroid
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which area of the brain regulates the endocrine system?
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hypothalamus
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The anterior pituitary stimulates other endocrine organs by secreting a group of hormones called?
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tropic hormone
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hypersecretion of what hormone causes acromegaly?
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growth hormone
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Endemic goiter results from a lack of ______ in the diet.
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iodine
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Hypoglycemia is a problem with which hormone?
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insulin
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What causes Cushing's disease?
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hyper secretion cortisol
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Hyper secretion of what hormone results in exopthalmos?
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thyroid hormone
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The islets of Langerhans are found in which endocrine organ?
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pancreas
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how do endocrine glands differ from exocrine glands?
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endocrine secreates directly into blood stream
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You have begun to gain weight, feel tired all the time, are constipated, and your pulse seems slow. what do you expect?
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Hypothyroidism
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An excess of hormones in the blood may cause target organs to decrease the number of receptors for that hormone in a process called.
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down regulation
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