It's All in Your Head
As part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis, this hypothalamic hormone is released in response to low T3 levels.
What is thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)?
This hormone's effects are called "diabetogenic."
What is growth hormone?
A patient with untreated Graves' disease can present with these signs/symptoms (name 3).
What are heat intolerance, sweating, weight loss, diarrhea, tremor, nervousness, fatigue, and exophathlmos?
Found in some table salts, this substance is critical for thyroid hormone production.
What is iodine?
When your cortisol is chronically bussin' due to a cortisol-secreting adrenal adenoma, you slay with a buffalo hump, moon face, and purple striae. This is the diagnosis, no cap.
What is Cushing's syndrome?
As part of the initial ACTH pre-prohormone, this hormone originating from the pars intermedia has a rather colorful physical exam finding.
What is melanocyte stimulation hormone?
The process of making new glucose is known as what and is stimulated by which hormone?
What are gluconeogensis and glucagon?
A post-thyroidectomy patient develops perioral numbness, muscle cramps, and a positive Chvostek's sign. This electrolyte abnormality, caused by inadvertent removal of the which glands, is responsible.
What are hypocalcemia and parathyroid glands?
Rarely found in natural foods, this substance requires 2 chemical reactions to become bioactive and is certainly underproduced today.
What is cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)?
This hormone can lead to a snatched physique.
What is growth hormone?
Due to gland compression in the sella turcica adjacent to the optic chiasm, this visual field deficit can be quite bothersome.
What is bitemporal hemianopsia?
Medications like Wegovy + Ozempic work by mimicking this hormone, which causes early satiety and stimulates insulin release?
What is GLP-1?
This effect is responsible for Trousseu's sign in hypoparathyroidism.
What is the positive bathmotropic effect?
Endogenous catecholamines are synthesized by this dumpling filling endocrine tissue?
What is the adrenal medulla?
Slay -- this pancreatic cell type is that girl, releasing glucagon when blood sugar is in its flop era to bring glucose levels back from the brink.
What are alpha cells?
This disease may present with polyuria and low urine osmolarity, and you'll be filling up the cup of water seemingly non-stop while gathering a history.
What is diabetes insipidus?
This disease, most often caused by an autoimmune disorder, can present with hypoglycemia between meals.
What is adrenal insufficiency (aka Addison's disease)?
The most common cause of hypothyroidism is secondary to an autoimmune attack against which enzyme?
What is thyroid peroxidase?
Infant suckling results in decreased pituitary release of this hormone.
What is dopamine (prolactin inhibiting factor)?
This condition is lowkey a vibe killer — excess GH before growth plate fusion goes absolutely feral, causing abnormal height and being built different in the most extreme way.
What is gigantism?
A symptom of hyperparathyroidism, this radiographic finding may be caught only by the most seasoned specialists.
What is a salt and pepper skull?
This class of drugs closes ATP-sensitive K+ channels on pancreatic beta cells.
What are insulin secretagogues?
This parafollicular hormone will increase renal Ca2+ wasting.
What is calcitonin?
This enzyme can be blocked by excessive consumption of black licorice, leading to hypokalemia and hypertension?
What is 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II?
This enzyme is giving major flop era in the most common form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia — when it ghosted, cortisol and aldosterone production are completely cooked, but androgens are absolutely thriving and sending XX newborns into a full anatomical plot twist.
What is 21-hydroxylase deficiency?