The gonadotropins regulate functions of the immune response system; regulate glucose, fat, and protein metabolism; and control the anti-inflammatory respinse.

True or False

False

What is the critical deficiency of mineralcorticoids and glucocorticoids?

Adrenal insufficiency

Feedback mechanism is the method by which the body increase the production of hormones?

True or False

False

Vasopressin is contraindicated in pts with liver disease and abnormal bleeding?

True or False

False

What are the two hormones that the  posterior pituitary produces?

ADH (anti-diurectic hormone)

&

Oxytocin

What hormone is also called somatotropic hormone and is secreated by the anterior pituitary?

GH (growth hormone)

Failure of the testes to descend in to the scrotum is called?

Cryptochism

What is a sudden ovarian enlargment with ascites?

Hyperstimulation Syndrome

A disease that results from the failure of the pituitary to secrete vasopressin or from surgical removal of the pituitary is?

Diabetes Insipidus

Glucocorticoid and mineralcorticoid hormones are collectively known as?

Cortico-steriods

Radioactive iodine is used to treat hypothyroidism.

True or False

False

What is one of the severe system reactions to the anti-thyroid drug?

Exfoliative dermatitis

 Why is methimazole and propythiouracil used with extreme caution during pregnancy?

Because they can cause hypothyroidism in the fetus

The normal thyroid state in the body is called thyrotoxicosis state.

True or False

False

What hormone is used to treat Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis?

Thyroid Hormone

A decreased in the amount of thyroid hormones manufactured and secreted is?

Hypothyroidism

A decrease in the number of WBC is called?

Agranulocytosis

What are the 2 hormones manufactured by the thyroid gland?

Thyroxine (T4)

Tri-liothyronine (T3)

A disease caused due to enlargment of a normal thyroid gland is caller?

Euthyroid Goiter

Potassium iodine may be given orally with methimazole or propylthiouracil to prepare for what surgery?

Thyroid surgery

Natural and synthetic progesterones are collectively known as?

Progestins

Esterogen and progestin therapy is contraindicated in pts with?

Breast cancer

The anabolic steriods are synthetic compound drugs that inhibit the conversion of testosterone into the potent androgen 5 alpha dihdrotestosterone.

True or False

False

Adrogen therapy is used as a replacment therapy for?

Hypogonadism

Progesterone is secreted by?

Corpus luteum

Placenta

Adrenal cortex

Testosterone and it's derivatives are collectively know as?

Androgens

The 2 endogenous female hormones are?

Estrogen

&

Progesterone

What produces facial hair, a deepening of the voice, and enlargement of the clitoris in women?

Verilization

The androgens promote tissue building processes know as?

Analbolism

Estrogen is given IM or IV to treat what?

Uterine bleeding caused by hormonal imbalance

What medication is used cautiously in pts with renal or hepatic impairment?

Methylergonovine

Oxytocin is administered orally for starting or improving labor contractions to obtain an early vaginal delivery of the fetus.

True or False

False

Ergonovine and methylergonovine are given during pregnancy to prevent hemorrhage.

True or False

False

A condition of pregancy characterized by HTN, HA, albuminuria, and edema of the lower extremities occuring at or near term is?

Preeclampsia

Magnesium sulfate is contraindicated in pts with?

Eclampsia or severe preeclampsia

A endogenous hormone produced by the posterior pituitary gland is?

Oxytocin

Drugs used to prevent uterine contractions are called?

Tocolytics

An overdosage of ergonovine is known as?

Ergotism

Ergonovine is contraindicated before the delivery of the?

Placenta

Drugs used antepartum to induce uterine contractions similar to those of normal labor are?

Oxytocic

Immune globulins are used for passive, trasient protection from the toxic effects of bites by spiders and snakes.

True or False

False

In passive immunity, special lymphocytes produced circulating anti-bodies to act against a foreign substance.

True or False

False

What provides the individual with ready made anti-bodies from another human or an animal?

Passive immunity

Immunologic agents are used with extreme caution in individuals with?

A Hx of allergies

The most severe reaction to anti-venins is?

Hypersensitivity

An antibody is a globulin (protein) produced by the B lymphocytes as a defense against what?

An antigen

What substance, usually a protein, stimulates the body to produce anti-bodies?

Antigen

What is the poisonous substance produced by some bacteria, such as clostridium tetani (tetanus)?

Toxin

Proteins present in blood serum or plasma that contain anti-bodies are?

Globulin

Results from the activity of many leukocyte actions, reactions, and interactions that range from simple to complex is?

Cell Mediated Immunity

A toxin that is attenuated (weakend) but still capable of stimulating the formation of anti-toxins is called a?

Toxoid

Substances that incorporate themselves into the cellular components during the S phase of cell divsion are?

Anti-metabolite drugs

The spreading of cancer to other sites in a pts body is called palliation.

True or False

False

In the G2 phase of cell growth, deoxyribonucleic acid is made from the components of the G1 phase.

True or False

False

Alopecia is loss of appetite resulting in the inability to eat.

True or False

False

What drug is contraindicated in pts with leukopenia?

Anti-neoplastic

What drugs are designed to attack a cell during the phases of cell division?

Anti-neoplastic

Many anti-neoplastic drugs interfer with the bone marrow's ability to make new cells. This is called?

Myelo Supression

Inflammation of the mouth is called?

Stomatitis

Reduction in the neutrophil type of WBC is called?

Neutrapenia

What occurs as the result of a decreased production of RBC in the bone marrow?

Anemia