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| What is a group of glands secreting substances into the body without ducts? |
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| What are chemicals produced by glands that regulate growth, metabolism, fluid and chemical balance? |
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| Chemical with a "target organ" or gland that causes a chance |
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| How many target organs are there per hormone? |
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| Does exocrine have ducts? |
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| Does endocrine have ducts? |
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| Do some glands have both ducts and no ducts? |
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| What is the "master gland" that makes many hormones and has many important hormones located here? |
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| Where is the pituitary gland located? |
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| Base of brain/skull; sella turcica of skull |
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| How big is the pituitary gland? |
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| What are some examples of organs that make hormones and aren't classified as glands? |
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| Kidney, Stomach, Duodenum, Brain, Eyes |
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| Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
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| What is FSH and where is it located? |
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| Follicle Stimulating Hormone; ovaries and testes |
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| What hormone induces labor and causes contraction of the uterus? |
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| What does the pancreas do? |
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| Makes insulin-glucose into cells and makes glucagon-causes liver to release glucose |
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| Where is the pancreas located? |
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| In the abdomen near the stomach |
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| What is the normal range of insulin? |
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| What is it called when you have glucose over 110 mg/dl? |
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| What is it called when you have glucose under 70 mg/dl? |
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| When the pancreas is worn out and sugar levels are high |
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| What are cells that make insulin? |
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| Where are the adrenal glands? |
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| What do the adrenal glands do? |
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| Release adrenaline or nor epinephrine, cortisone, estrogens, and androgens |
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| (Juvenile) insulin dependent |
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| What are long term side effects of diabetes? |
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| Lose feeling, circulation, poor healing resulting in amputations and blindness, heart problems |
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| When are the effects of type 1 diabetes avoidable? |
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| If glucose is 70-110 mg/dl |
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| What are signs of diabetes? |
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| Thirst, high blood glucose, glucose in urine, acidemia can cause a coma and death |
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| You can inherit a weakness or not and get a viral trigger to destroy your Islets as an autoimmune response |
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| What does type 1 diabetes usually require? |
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| What does type 2 diabetes not require all the time? |
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| What are treatments for type 2 diabetes? |
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| What is the only way there is a cure for type 2 diabetes? |
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| Where are the parathyroid glands? |
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| What do the parathyroids do? |
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| Regulate calcium and phosphorus |
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| Where is the pineal body located? |
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| Back of third ventricle of the brain |
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| What does the pineal body do? |
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| Releases melatonin; linked to biological clock |
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| What does the placenta do? |
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| Secretes estrogen, HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) and progesterone |
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| Why does the placenta secrete its secretions? |
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| A tissue that links the fetus to a woman for gas, waste, and nutrition exchange |
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| What are the hormones of the testes? |
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| What are the hormones of the thyroid gland? |
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| Throxin,triiodothyronine (increases metabolic rate), calcitonin (absorbs calcium) |
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| What disease is characterized by high somecetotropin (growth hormone) after puberty, tumors, enlarged hands feet and face, grotesque thick skin and tongue, and slurred speech? |
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| What disease is characterized by HGH before puberty, extreme tallness, sometimes slow mentality? |
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| What is a side effect to HGH in young people? |
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| What does diabetes cause? |
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| Decreased sexual development |
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| What disease is characterized by too little HGH, tumors, infections, injury genes, and normal mental development? |
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| What can some dwarfisms be treated with? |
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| What disease is characterized by enlargement of the thyroid, iodine deficency, high TSH, and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)? |
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| How do you get rid of goiters? |
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| How do you prevent goiters? |
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| What disease is characterized by high BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate), nervousness, tremors, irritability, rapid pulse, goiters, and hypertension? |
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| What is the treatment for Hyperthyroidism? |
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| What is the severe form of hypertension and who usually has it? |
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| What disease is characterized by low thyroid hormones and how many forms are there of this disease? |
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| What form of hypothyroidism is found in infancy and is characterized by lack of mental and physical growth, retardation, and abnormal dwarf like stature? |
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| What form of hypothyroidism is characterized by coarse, dry skin, slow mental function, fatigue, weakness, intolerance of cold, weight gain, edema, puffy eyes, and slow pulse? |
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| What disease is characterized by high calcium (from bone), kidney stones, lethargy, GI problems, calcium deposits inside blood vessels, and easy bone fractures? |
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| Hyperparathyroidism is usually a _____ that can be removed? |
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| What disease is characterized by low calcium, tetanus, hyper irritability, convulsive twitching and death? |
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| What are the treatments for hypoparathyroidism? |
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| Calcium, vitamin D, parathormone |
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| What disease is characterized by low aldosterone from adrenals, high potassium and low sodium and water, muscle weakness, dehydration, lethargy, weight loss, high pigmentation, and bronzing (yellow brown) skin? |
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| What is the treatment for Addison's Disease? |
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| What disease is characterized by high glucocoticoids from adrenal cortex, tumors, high ACTH from pituitary, hyperglycemia, hypertension, muscle weakness, moon face, obesity, and poor healing? |
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| What are the treatments for Cushing's Syndrome? |
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| Tumor removal and support with HRT (hormone replacement therapy) |
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| Where is the thymus located? |
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| In the upper chest under the sternum |
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| Activates the immune system, atrophies during puberty |
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| When does the thymus exist? |
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| In youth and gone as adult |
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| What are (macular rashes) flat spots on the skin? Ex. freckles |
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| What are (papular rashes) which are firm, raised areas? Ex. pimples and eruptions in stages of chicken pox and syphillis |
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| What are blisters, fluid-filled sacs? Ex. chicken pox |
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| What are puss-filled sacs? Ex. acne or pimples |
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| What are areas of dried puss and blood called "scabs"? |
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| What are itchy, elevated areas with irregular shapes? Ex. hives and insect bites |
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| What are deep losses of skin that may extend into the dermis, may have periodic bleeding and formation of scars, bedsores, and decubuitius ulcers, and you get them by laying in a position for a long time? |
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| What disease is characterized by inflammation of sebaceous gland? |
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| What are the treatments of Acne Vulgaris? |
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| What disease is characterized by "crotch rot", fungus, itching, blisters, and sores? |
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| What are the treatments of Athlete's foot? |
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| What disease is characterized by basal cell, squamos cell, UV, and chemicals? |
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| What type of skin cancer is obtained by anybody and usually sun worshipers and kills in under 6 months? |
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| What disease is characterized by noncontagious inflammation of skin, and is caused by chemicals (allergens and irritants), and corticosteroids? |
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| What disease is characterized by staph or strep and very contagious? |
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| Methacillin resistant staph aures |
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| What disease is characterized by chronic inherited, and white scales? |
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| What disease is characterized by fungus and very contagious? |
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| What disease is characterized by virus and is contagious? |
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