Pitiutary Gland | Parathyroid | Thyroid | Adrenal Gland | Vocab terms |
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What is the posterior pituitary hormone that plays a role in childbirth by contracting muscles in the uterine wall, and in milk-letdown by forcing milk into ducts from the milk glands
Oxytocin (OT)
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What is the parathyroid condition that is deficiency of PTH, due to surgical removal or injury to glands, which results in a decrease in blood calcium
Hypoparathyroidism
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What is underactivity of the thyroid gland
hypothyroidism
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What is the outer portion of the adrenal gland
Adrenal cortex
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What is aden/o
gland
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What is the posterior pituitary hormone that causes the kidneys to conserve water, and reduces amount of water excreted in the urine
Antidiuretic hormone(ADH or vasopressin)
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What is the two hormones in the parathyroid that help maintain proper blood calcium concentration
Calcitonin and PTH
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What is the thyroid disorder that may lead to eye protrusion (exophthalmia)
Hyperthyroidism
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What is the inner portion of the adrenal gland
Adrenal medulla
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What is gonad/o
Sex glands
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What is the anterior pituitary hormone that controls the secretion of certain hormones from the adrenal cortex
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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What is the excess of PTH, perhaps due to parathyroid tumor, which results in an increase in blood calcium
Hyperparathyroidism
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What is the location of the thyroid gland
below the larynx
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What are the hormones the adrenal medulla secretes
epinephrine and norepinephrine
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What is pancreat/o
Pancreas
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What is the anterior pituitary hormone that promotes milk production following the birth of an infant
Prolactin (PRL)
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What is the feedback mechanism involving blood calcium level that regulates release of PTH
Negative feedback
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What are the two broad lobes of the thyroid gland connected to
Isthmus
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What are the most important hormones of the adrenal cortex
Aldosterone, cortisol, and the sex hormones
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What is crin/o
Secrete
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What is the anterior pituitary hormone that controls the secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (Thyrotropin or TSH)
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What is the body part that the parathyroid is attached to
Thyroid
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What is an enlarged thyroid that appears as a bulge in the neck
Goiter
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What is the hypersecretion of adrenal cortical hormones
Cushing syndrome
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What is dips/o
Thirst
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