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System & Reproductive System [RATED 100%] Physiology Exam 2024/2025 Endocrine System & Reproductive System [RATED 100%] Adrenogenital syndrome - -caused by inability to produce cortisol & aldosterone -increased ACTH release via negative feedback -leads to increased released of andro...

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Physiology Exam 2024/2025 Endocrine
System & Reproductive System [RATED
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, Physiology Exam 2024/2025 Endocrine
System & Reproductive System [RATED
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Adrenogenital syndrome - ✓✓-caused by inability to produce cortisol & aldosterone
-increased ACTH release via negative feedback
-leads to increased released of androgens

Amine - ✓✓-Water-soluble
-Most circulate freely within blood
e.g. norepinephrine, thyroid hormones

Androstenedione - ✓✓-converted to testosterone
-effects are only significant in females
-plays a large role in libido

Conn's syndrome - ✓✓-caused by adrenal cortex tumor
-low renin due to negative feedback

Cushing's syndrome - ✓✓-caused by elevated ACTH from pituitary tumor
-could have darkened skin

Cushing's syndrome - ✓✓-due to adrenal tumor
-due to prolonged corticosteroid use
-Results in low blood ACTH
-negative feedback from high cortisol

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) - ✓✓-main androgen released
-converted to testosterone in males & females
-converte to estrogen in females

Diabetic Ketoacidosis - ✓✓*Combination of hyperglycemia & excess blood ketones
-Events leading to diabetic ketoacidosis starts with a lack of insulin
-Type 1 diabetic who fails to take insulin

Does positive feedback maintain homeostasis? - ✓✓NO

Effects of growth hormone hyposecretion - ✓✓Pituitary dwarfism

Elevated growth hormone after puberty - ✓✓Acromegaly

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