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Nursing-Endocrine Test

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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
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Positive feedback
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
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Which gland makes hormones that help you grow and stay full of energy?
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Pituitary dwarfism
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The master gland that controls many bodily functions.
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This affects wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions.
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Myxedema
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Hypercalcemia
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Beta cells
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Gigantism
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
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These release hormones in conjunction with stress.
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Polyphagia
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Goiter
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Graves' disease
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Negative feedback
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Glands are small organs located throughout your body that secrete (that means release) substances called
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Acidosis
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Melatonin
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Secreted by the pineal gland; helps set the biorhythms.
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Hormones
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Hypothyroidism in an adult results in a condition called? A slowed down metabolic state characterized by a slow heart rate, sluggish peristalsis resulting in constipation, a low body temperature, low energy, loss of hair, and weight gain.
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Excessive eating
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Stimulates the development of ova and sperm.
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A mechanism activated by an imbalance; activation of the mechanism then corrects the imbalance.
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Secreted by the parathyroid glands; increases plasma calcium.
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Excessive calcium in the blood.
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Pituitary
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The word used for the close relation of the functions of the nervous system and the endocrine system.
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Excess secretion of growth hormone in a child, usually caused by a pituitary tumor.
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A physiological control mechanism in which a change in some variable triggers mechanisms that amplify the change.
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Common type of hyperthyroidism. It is characterized by an increase in heart rate, increase in peristalsis resulting in diarrhea, elevation in body temperature (heat intolerance), hyperactivity, weight loss, and wide emotional swings.
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Adrenal
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Pineal
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An excess of H+ in the blood
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Deficiency of growth hormone in childhood.
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An enlarged thyroid gland.
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Secrete insulin
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Thyroid
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These glands control the amount of calcium in the blood and bones.
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Sustained skeletal muscle contraction. A deficiency of parathyroid hormone (PTH) that results in low plasma levels of calcium.
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A rhythmic alteration in a hormone's rate of secretion.
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Excess adipose tissue acts as a gland---a very nasty gland---that secretes hormones called?
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Lipid-soluble hormones made from cholesterol.
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The ADH deficiency disease where profound diuresis occurs and the person may excrete up to 25 L/day of dilute urine.
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The study of the endocrine system.
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The branch of pharmacology that studies the effect of biorhythms on drug effects.
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Secrete glucagon
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Somatotropin or somatotropic hormone. ** Stimulates the growth of bone and soft tissue; stimulates the synthesis of glucose during periods of fasting.

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