Pathology Glands Homeostasis Hormones Endocrine System
100
What is Gigantism?
This condition is caused by excessive GH secretion in childhood?
100
What are the hypothalamus and pituitary glands?
These are the two endocrine glands located deep in the brain.
100
What is negative feedback?
This type of feedback is more common in the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis.
100
What is melatonin?
This is the hormone associated with sleep and is produced by the pineal gland.
100
What is our bloodstream?
This is where hormones travel throughout the body.
200
What is a Goiter?
This condition is caused by a lack of iodine in the diet causes the thyroid gland to enlarge.
200
What are the Adrenal Glands?
The glands in the endocrine system that are the primary responders to stress.
200
What are glucagon and insulin?
These two hormones are produced by the pancreas to regulate blood glucose levels
200
What is estrogen?
This sex hormone is more abundant in women.
200
What are target cells.
This is where hormone receptors are found.
300
What is Diabetes mellitus?
This disease is characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels?
300
What are ADH and oxytocin.
These two hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary gland.
300
What are IH (inhibiting hormones) and RH (releasing hormones)?
These two categories of hormones are produced by the Hypothalamus in order to to regulate the secretion of other hormones.
300
What is oxytocin?
This hormone promotes uterine contractions and is responsible for milk production in the mammary glands.
300
What are the parathyroid and thyroid glands?
These two glands maintain calcium homeostasis.
400
What is aldosterone?
Addison's disease is caused by a lack of this hormone produced by your adrenal glands.
400
What are the gonads?
These glands are influenced by the hypothalamus and pituitary which send signals to produce hormones such as FSH and LH.
400
What are calcitonin and parathyroid hormone?
The two hormones that work together to maintain calcium homeostasis.
400
What is a signal transduction pathway?
The triggering mechanism that relays a message from outside of the cell into an action that occurs inside a cell.
400
What are steroidal and protein.
These are the two basic categories of hormones.
500
What is Graves' disease?
With this disease, your immune system attacks the thyroid and causes it to make more thyroid hormone than your body needs.
500
What is the pituitary gland?
You would look at this gland for the cause if a person has diabetes insipidus.
500
What is calcitonin?
This hormone is secreted when blood calcium levels get too high.
500
What are androgens?
This is the collective term for the male sex hormones.
500
What is the Thyroid?
This gland is involved in BMR.






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