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Growth Hormone (GH)
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
Prolactin
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Oxytocin
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| What does the thyroid gland produce? |
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| Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) which are responsible for growth throughout childhood and regulation of body metabolism. Also secretes calcitonin. |
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| What does the pineal gland produce? |
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| What does antidiuretic hormone (ADH) do? |
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| Acts on the kidneys to increase the absorption of water |
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| Acts on the uterus to promote contactions during labor and delivery |
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| What does adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) do? |
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| Acts on the adrenal glands to secrete glucocorticoids including cortisol |
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| Acts on the mammory glands to produce milk |
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| What do follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) do? |
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| Reffered to as gonadotropins because they act on the gonads. Causing the ovaries to produce ovum and the testes to produce sperm |
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| What does thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) do? |
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| Affects the growth and functioning of the thyroid gland |
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| What does growth hormone (GH) do? |
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| Promotes the growth of the body structures such as bones. |
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| What does the pituitary gland do? |
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| Controls all the other glands in the body. However, it is controled by the hypothalamus in the brain. |
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| What do the endocrine glands do? |
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| Responsible for sexual maturation and play a role in the body's ability to metabolize food and store energy |
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| What do calcitonin and parathyroid hormone do? |
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| Function opposite of each other yet complimentary to maintain a healthy level of calcium in the blood. |
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| What do the adrenal glands secrete? |
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Epinephrine (adrenaline)
Aldosterone
Cortisol
Androgens |
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| What does epinephrine (adrenaline) do? |
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| Released during the fight or flight response which helps your body cope with stress or trauma. Converts glycogen for quick energy |
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| What does aldosterone do? |
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| Plays a role in regulating and maintaining the body's water, sodium and electrolyte balance |
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| The body's natural steroid and works to decrease inflammation |
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| Responsible for secondary sex characteristics |
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| What is fasting blood glucose (FBG)? |
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| Test if blood glucose levels after a fast of 8-12 hours, used to screen for diabetes |
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| What is a fingerstick blood sugar (fsbs)? |
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| Test f blood glucose from a drop of capillary blood obtained by pricking the finger |
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| What is glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb A1c)? |
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| The reflection of the average blood glucose level over the past 3-4 months |
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| What is the thyroid function test? |
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| The reflection of thyroid function by measuring levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), triidothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) |
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| What is radioactive iodine uptake? |
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| Nuclear medicine study which measures how rapidly radioactive iodine is taken up from the blood after oral or IV administration |
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| Type of hyperpituitarism in which an overactive pituitary gland after adulthood causes abnormal continued growth of bones and tissues of the face and extremities |
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Illness characterized by gradual adrenal gland failure, resulting in insufficient production of steroid hormones and the need for hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Also called hypoadrenalism |
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| What is congenital hypothyrodism? |
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Congenital condition of thyroid hormone deficiency, characterized by arrested physical and mental development.
Formerly called cretinism |
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Disorder caused by hypersecretion of cortisol by the adrenal glands resulting in altered fat distribution and muscle weakness.
Symptoms: emotional disterbance, enlarged sella turcica, moon face, buffalo hump, hypertension, thin wrinkled skin, amenorrhea, obesity, abdominal striae, purpura |
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| What is diabetes insipidus? |
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| Disorder unrelated to diabetes mellitus, characterized by excessive output of dilute urine |
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| What is diabetic ketoacidosis? |
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| Condition of severe hyperglycemia |
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| What is diabetes mellitus? |
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| Chronic metabolic disorder in which the pancreas secrets insufficient amounts of insulin or the body is insulin resistant |
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| Hyposecretion of growth hormone during childhood, resulting in an abnormally small adult |
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| Abnormal protusion of the eyeballs |
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| What is gestational diabetes? |
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| Diabetes that begins during pregnancy due to insulin resistance and altered glucose metabolism |
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| Type of hyperpituitarism that causes hypersecretion of growth hormone during childhood, resulting in an abnormally large adult |
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| An enlarged thyroid gland |
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| Hyperthyroidism caused by an autoimmune response, which may cause exophthalmos |
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| What is Hashimoto Disease? |
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| Chronic, inflammatory condition that leads to the most common type of thyroiditis |
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| Male pattern of body hair development in females |
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| What is hyperaldosteronism? |
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Condition in which adrenal glands release excessive aldosterone.
Also called: Conn syndrome |
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| What is hyperparathyroidism? |
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| Condition in which the parathyroid glands produce an excessive amount of parathyroid hormone (PTH) |
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| What is hypoparathyroidism? |
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| Condition in which the parathyroid glands are hypoactive and as a result the level of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is too low |
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| Sever form of hypothyroidism that develops in the older child or adult, causing nonpitting edema in connective tissue |
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What is nondiabetic hypoglycemia?
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| Condition in which a nondiabetic person experiences mild symptoms associated with low blood sugar |
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| What is panhypopituitarism? |
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Condition resulting from diminished secretion of pituitary hormones.
Also called underactive pituitary gland |
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| What is pheochromocytoma? |
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| Tumor of the adrenal medulla (central part of the adrenal gland) usually benign, but sometimes causing fluctuating of stress hormones like adrenaline |
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| What is pituitary dwarfism? |
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| Type of hypopituitarism in which reduced growth and development occur due to deficiency of growth hormone as a child |
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| (Much) increase urination |
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| What is precocious puberty? |
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| Premature onset of puberty with the apperance of secondary sex characteristics in young children |
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| Disease of the retina, often caused by diabetes |
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| Severe episode of worstening symptoms of hyperthyroidism |
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| Radiographic evaluation of the thyroid after radioactive substance is injected: identifies size, shape, position and function |
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| Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
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| Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
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Triiodothyronine
(thyroid hormone) |
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thyroxine
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| Hormone replacement therapy |
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| Insulin-dependent diabetes melliuts (Type 1) |
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