Anatomy
This gland is located at Sella Turcica
What is pituitary gland (hypophysis)?
Chemical messengers that have specific regulatory effects on certain cells and organs
What is hormone?
Specific tissue acted on by each hormone
What is target tissue?
Specific proteins that hormones attach on the cell membrane on target organ
What are receptors?
It is the disorder that appears as a result of excessive secretion of growth hormone by the end of puberty?
What is gigantism?
This gland has two layers: cortex and medulla
What is adrenal gland?
This is the mechanism that the increase of one substance reduces the secretion of another
What is negative feedback?
Hormone that stimulates the production of milk in breast tissue
What is prolactin?
Pituitary gland hormone that stimulates adrenal gland
What is Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)?
Myxedema is a disease manifests with dry skin, sluggish mental and physical ability, hypothermia, slow heart rate, and heart failure as a result of ..
What is hypothyroidism?
There are four of them on the neck
What is parathyroid gland?
What is parathyroid hormone?
Enables the transport of glucose through cell membrane
What is insulin?
Reabsorption of water in kidney tubules and at high concentrations causes vasoconstriction
What is Anti Diuretic Hormone (ADH)?
Obesity on the face and abdomen, easy bursing, bone loss, muscle weakness
What is Cushing's Syndrome?
Located in the retroperitoneal area (behind the peritoneum) in the abdomen and has both internal and external secretions
What is pancreas?
Stimulates the growth and development of sexual organs and male characteristics
What is testosterone?
Increases blood pressure, releases glucose to blood, increases heart rate
It is higher in volume and low in effectiveness of the two hormones that regulate basal metabolism
What is T4 (thyroxine)?
What is Graves disease?
This connects the pituitary gland to the brain and also secretes hormones
What is hypothalamus?
Enables maturation of T cells
What is Thymus?
Suppresses inflammatory response, increases blood glucose and fat, and contributes to sleep and awake cycle
What is cortisol (also known as cortisone or corticosteroid or glucocorticoid)?
What is glucagon?
Disease that is characterized as high urine output caused by excess secretion of pituitary gland hormone due to a tumor in the same gland
What is diabetes insipidus?
Two hormones Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH or vasopressin) and Oxytocin are secreted from this tissue
What is posterior pituitary gland?
Hormonal regulation that responds to light that helps to establish a daily cycle
What is circadian rhythm?
Using the negative feedback mechanism, best assessor of thyroid gland function
What is thyroid stimulating hormone (or Thyroxine)?
Glycolysis
What is breakdown of glycogen?
Tumor on this organ undermines the immune response and may cause autoimmune disease
What is thymus tumor (Thymoma)?