| Adrenalme | THIGHROID | GROW UP | A Pair of Pears | Left Over |
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What are epinephrine and norepinephrine ?
Secreted by the adrenal medulla
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What is metabolism?
The main purpose of the thyroid
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What is normal?
The intellect in a child with growth hormone deficiency
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What is "behind the thyroid?"
Where the parathyroids can be found
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What are impaired gland development, gland malfunction, declining function, inadequate receptors, inactive hormones, or hormones unable to be delivered or synthesized.
Two causes of hypo hormonal dysfunction
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What are aldosterone, cortisol and gonad corticoids?
Secreted by the adrenal cortex
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What are manifestations (signs/symptoms) of hypothyroidism?
Constipation, intolerance to cold, dry brittle hair, and bradycardia
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What is gigantism?
Growth hormone excess in a child
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What is hypoparathyroidism?
An abnormally low PTH
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What is goes up or increases?
Urine output does this in diabetes insipidus
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What is sodium goes down (hyponatremia) and orthostatic hypotension results?
In primary adrenal cortical insufficiency, sodium does this and affects blood pressure.
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What are manifestations (signs/symptoms) of hyperthyroidism?
Diarrhea, heat intolerance, and tachycardia
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What are decreased lean muscle mass, increased fat, osteoporosis, central obesity, hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance, sense of diminished self worth?
Growth hormone deficiency in an adult - two manifestations.
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What are the results of hypocalcemia?
Tetany, positive Chvostek, and positive Trousseau
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What are impaired taste, shortness of breath, N/V, anorexia decreased sensorium, seizure
Two manifestations of SIADH
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What are buffalo hump, moon face, and/or protruding abdomen?
In Cushing syndrome, two manifestations from excess cortisol altering fat metabolism
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What is Thyroid Storm?
An extreme and life threatening thyroidtoxicosis
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What is acromegaly?
Exaggerated growth of the extremities in adults with excess growth hormone.
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What are the sign/symptoms/ manifestations of hyperparathyroidism?
Hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia, and hyperphosphaturia
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What is defect in the synthesis or release of ADH?
Neurogenic (Central DI) is due to this
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What is a pheochromocytoma?
A catecholamine releasing tumor on the adrenal medulla.
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What are hypoventilation and hypothermia?
Breathing pattern and body temperature in myxedematous coma
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What are excessive sweating, oily skin, coarse body hair, barrel chest, kyphosis, cardiomyopathy, insulin resistance.
Three manifestations of growth excess in adults not including the extremities.
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What is the lack of Vit D and calcium receptors?
The etiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism
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What are down (serum) and up (urine)?
In SIADH, serum osmolality goes____________ and urine osmolality goes __________
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