Hot and Cold
A lack of iodine in the diet causes the thyroid gland to develop this.
What is a goiter?
Part of the adrenal gland that produces catecholamines
What is the medulla?
Disease the is caused by excessive growth hormone in childhood?
What is gigantism?
Three hallmark signs of Diabetes
Polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia?
Hormone secreted in a daily rhythm that influences sleep/wake cycles
What is melatonin?
An autoimmune disease that is hyperthyroidism
What is Graves Disease?
Can cause a hypertensive crisis
What is a pheochromocytoma?
Two hormones stored in the posterior pituitary
What are oxytocin and ADH?
Extremely high blood sugars in Type 2 diabetics
What is hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)?
Hormones released by the kidneys
What are renin and erythropoietin?
Severe case of hypothyroidism
What is myxedema?
Buffalo hump, moon face, thin extremities and truncal obesity
What are sign and symptoms of Cushing's Disease?
Disorder that prevents the ability to concentrate urine
What is Diabetes Insipidus?
AM hyperglycemia in response to hypoglycemia while sleeping
What is Somogyi Phenomenon?
The hormones that are called gonadotropins
What is LH and FSH?
Signs of hypocalcemia
What are Chvostek and Trousseau signs?
Over secretion causes hypernatremia.
What is aldosterone?
Major concern is cerebral edema
What is SIADH?
Criteria for metabolic syndrome
What are PHATS?
Pressure is high, HDLs are low, Abdominal obesity, triglycerides are elevated and sugars are high.
Helps with T-cell maturation and differentiation.
What is thymopoietin and thymosin?
Calcitonin is secreted when blood calcium levels get too high, opposing the action of this hormone
What is parathyroid hormone?
Treatment includes Solucortef and Florinef.
What is Addison's Disease?
Attaches the hypothalamus to the pituitary
What is the infundibulum (the stalk)?
Body's response to hypoglycemia
What is the pancreatic alpha cells release Glucagon that triggers glycogenolysis in the liver to release glucose. It also stops liver from storing glucose so the body can use it.
The four different types of cells in islets of langerhans and what they produce
What is alpha (glucagon), beta (insulin), delta (somatostatin) and gamma (pancreatic polypeptide)?