Endocrine Potpourri
This hormone would be expected to increase after consuming a banana split.
What is insulin?
Responsible for salt retention and fluid balance.
What is Aldosterone?
Secreted from the zona glomerulosa this adrenal hormone acts on mineralocorticoid receptors is the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron.
What is Aldosterone?
Stores hormones made in the hypothalamus.
What is the Posterior Pituitary?
If you find perspiration is increased, palpitations, plummeting weight and pronounced tremor are present think...
What is hyperthyroidism?
Cortisol and aldosterone, hormones that bind to receptors inside the cells and can activate or inhibit DNA transcription are these type of hormones.
What are Steroid hormones?
Increases blood calcium.
What is the Parathyroid hormone (PTH)?
Secreted by the zona reticularis in response to ACTH.
What are Androgens?
Responsible for 80-85% of thyroid cancers
What is Papillary?
Thyrotropin is released by
What is the anterior pituitary?
These are positive or negative and provide mechanisms to maintain homeostasis in the body.
What are feedback loops?
Increases metabolic rate.
What are thyroid hormones?
The most likely etiology of the loss of adrenal gland function resulting in deficiencies of production of the adrenal hormones.
What is Autoimmune disorder?
Deposition of glycosaminoglycans in pretibial tissue associated with Graves' Disease.
Pretibial myxedema
•Fever (usually >102˚)
•Tachycardia
•GI symptoms (N/V, diarrhea, jaundice)
•CNS dysfunction
•Mortality 10-75%
What is Thyroid Storm?
Beta cell destruction usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency.
What is type 1 diabetes?
Stimulates release of cortisol.
What is ACTH?
Adrenal insufficiency caused by central hypoadrenalism due to loss of ACTH from the anterior pituitary.
What is secondary hypoadrenalism?
Though accounting for only 3% of thyroid malignancies Hürthle cell cancers have this outcome.
Poorest prognosis.
The hormone most useful in thyroid screening function.
What is TSH?
Target cells don't respond properly to a hormone.
Hypo- or hyper- responsiveness?
Responsible for lactation and suppression of pregnancy.
What is prolactin?
Catecholamine-secreting tumor arising from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.
What is Pheochromocytoma?
Triad of common DM symptoms.
What are polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia?
The full replacement dose of levothyroxine.
What is 1.6 mcg/kd/d or 0.8/lbs?