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the study of drug effects on biorhythms (best time to give meds) |
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| growth hormone is also called |
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| somatotropin or somatotropic hormone |
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| posterior pituitary gland secretes |
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the adrenal cortical insufficiency also caused a hypersecreation of MSH casuing the person to appear bronze pt may develop life-threatening adrenal shock if untreated |
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| the synthesis of T3 and T4 requires what |
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| most of the iodine in the blood is actively pumped into |
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| the follicular cells of the thyroid gland |
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| the thyroid gland is located |
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| the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland secrete a hormone called |
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| epinephrine and norepinephrine are classified as |
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| the adrenal medulla is the |
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| inner region of the adrenal gland and is considered and extension of the SNS |
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| the adrenal cortex secretes what hormone |
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| a deficiency of thyroid hormone during fetal development, causing physical and mental developmental delay |
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| excess secreation of adrenal cortical hormones... also present in pts who take steroids |
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an enlargment of the thyroid gland there is toxic and non-toxic |
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graves disease is caused by |
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| a form of hperthyroidism-the hypersecretion of thyroid hormone, T3 and T4 causes an increase in metabolism |
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| a defiency of thyroid hormone in adults, causes a decrease in metabolism |
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the horomes of the anterior pituitary glands are |
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| growth hormone, prolactin, TSH, ACTH, Gondadotropic hormones such as FSH and LH |
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Hormones of the Thyroid and parathyroid gland is |
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T3 and T4, Calcitoninm PTH |
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| Hormones of the adrenal gland are |
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| sex hormones, aldosterone, steroids-coritsol, catecholamines-epinephrine and norepinephrine |
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| hormones of the pancreas are |
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| estrogens and progesterone, testosterone, thymosins, meatonin, MSH |
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| What is the function of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) |
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| stimulates the secreation of melanin, causing darkening of the skin |
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| what is the function of melatonin |
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| secreated by the pineal galnd and helps set the biorhythms |
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What is the function of thymosins |
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| stimulates the maturation of the T-lymphocytes |
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The functions of testosterone |
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| secreted by the testes, stimulates the development of sperm and the secondary sex characteristics in the male |
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| the function of estrogens and progesterone |
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| secreted by the ovaries, stimulate the development of the ova and of the secondary sex characteristics of the female |
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| what is the function of glucagon |
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| secreted by the alpha cells of the islets of langerhans, raises blood glucose |
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| what is the function of insulin |
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| secreted by the beta cells of the islets of langerhans, helps regulate the metabolism of carbs, proteins and fats, lowers blood glucose |
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| what is the function of sex hormones |
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helps develop the secondary sex characteristics in the female and male |
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what is the function of aldosterone |
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| causes the kidneys to reabsorb sodium and water and to excrete K+ helps regulate fluid and electrolyte balance |
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| what is the function of cortisol |
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helps regulate glucose, fat, and protein metabolism is part of the stress response |
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| What is the function of: Catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine) |
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| stimulates fight or flight response |
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| what is the function of PTH |
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| secreted by the parathyroid glands, increase plasma calcium |
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| what is the function of calcitonin |
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| secreted by the thyroid gland, decrease plasma levels of calcium |
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what is the function of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) |
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| T3 and T4 are secreted by the thyroid gland, controls metabolic rate and regulate growth and development |
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| what is the function of oxytocin |
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| contracts uterine muscle during labor, release milk from the mammary glands (breastfeeding) |
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| What is the function of ADH |
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| stimulates water reabsorption by the kidney. also constricts blood vessels |
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| What is the function of Growth hormone |
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| stimulates the growth of bone and soft tissue, stimulates the synthesis of glucose during periods of fasting |
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| production of sperm and the secretion of the male hormone |
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| what happens in the epididymis |
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| the sperm mature becoming motile and fertile |
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what encircles the upper urethra just below the bladder, secretes a milky alkaline substance |
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| the three parts of the uterus |
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| most of the testosterone is secreted by the |
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| interstitial cells of the testes |
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| hormone that releases testostorone |
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| Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is secreted by and whats its effects |
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| secreted by: embryonic cells(trophoblasts) during implantation effects:maintains the function of the corpus luteum; forms the basis of the pregnancy test |
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estrogen and progesterone is secreted by and the effects are |
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secreted by: corpus luteum during the first 2months placenta after 2months effects: stimulates the development of the uterine lining and mammary glands |
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| the effects of estrogen are |
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| relaxation of the pelvie joints, sensitizes the myometrium to oxytocin |
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| the effects of progesterone are |
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| inhibits uterine contractions druing precnany |
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prolactin is secreted by and the effects are |
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secreted by: the anterior pituitary gland effects: prolactin stimulates the breat to secrete milk |
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| oxytocin is secreted by and the effects are |
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secreted by: posterior pituitary gland effects: causes the release of milk from the breast(let down effect), uterine contractions |
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| prostaglandins are secreted by and the effects are |
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secreted by the placenta effects are: prostaglandins stimulate uterine contractions |
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| aldosterone is secreted by and the effects are |
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secreted by the adrenal cortex effects: expands blood volume |
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| the growth hormone is secreted when |
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| at night and when you exercise |
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| a thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| the thyroid stimulating hormone secretes |
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| ACTH and gonadrotropic (FSH, LH) |
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