Pituitary gland - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Who regulates pituitary gland secretion? correct answer: Releasing hormones from the hypothalamus What is a hormone and how does it act? correct answer: Hormones are chemical messengers that are responsible for regulation. They are secreted into body fluids, mainly blood. It has specific actions on target tissues, which are any tissue that has specific receptors for that particular hormone. Compare and contrast glucagon and insulin correct answer: Glucagon stimulates the liver to break ...

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The brain and spinal cord - Answer-Central Nervous System Links the CNS with the body's sensory receptors, muscles, and glands - Answer-Peripheral Nervous System Enables voluntary control of muscles - Answer-Somatic Nervous System Controls the glands and muscles of internal organs. Functions non-conciously - Answer-Automatic Nervous System Part of the automatic nervous system. It arouses and expends energy - Answer-Sympathetic Nervous System Part of the automatic nervous system. It calm...

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What are the major glands of the endocrine system? - Answer-Hypothalamus, Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal cortex, gonads(ovaries and testes). Tropic Hormones? - Answer-Hormones that that regulate the secretion of another hormone. ex-the hypothalamus secretes tropic hormones that regulate the anterior pituitary gland. Hormone definition? - Answer-A hormone is a chemical produced by a group of specialized cells that are released into the blood in minute qu...

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NURS 5315 Endocrine | Latest Update | 2024/2025 | Graded A+ **What are thyroid hormones composed of?** Thyroid hormones include T3 (triiodothyronine), T4 (thyroxine), and calcitonin. **Name the hormones produced by the pancreas.** The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon. **Describe the hormones secreted by the adrenal glands.** The adrenal glands consist of the cortex, which secretes steroids such as cortisone and aldosterone, and the medulla, which secretes catecholamines ...

NCLEX: ENDOCRINE: PITUITARY GLAND THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF HYPERPITUITARISM IS A ? - correct answer BENIGN ADENOMA WHAT ARE TWO CONDITIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND? - correct answer GIGANTISM AND ACROMEGALY GIGANTISM OCCURS WHEN WHAT? - correct answer GH HYPERSECRETION BEGINS BEFORE PUBERTY AND THE CLOSURE OF THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATES. ACROMEGALY MEANS? - correct answer ENLARGED EXTREMITIES ACROMEGALY IS TREATED BY SURGICAL REMOVAL OR IRRADIATION OF? - correct answer T...

What do all vertebrae possess? - transverse process and vertebral foramen What is the longest and strongest bone of the face? - Mandible The temporal bone riddled with sinuses - Mastoid Process What is a Colle's Fracture? - A break in the distal end of the radius What is the most common site for fractures in the Humerus? - surgical neck Sagittal Suture - Right and Left Parietal Lambdoid Suture - Occipital and Parietal Bone Squamosal Suture - temporal and parietal Bone Coronal Suture - P...