Childhood gigantism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

exhaustion ~ result from depletion of body resources during resistance phase disease can result from inhibiting the ~ immune system by stress pituitary gigantism ~ Hypersecretion of GH during childhood acromegaly ~ hypersecretion of growth hormone during adulthood pituitary dwarfism ~ hyposecretion of growth hormone during childhood graves' disease ~ hyperthyroidism enndemic goiters ~ Hypothyroidism cushings syndrome ~ hypersecretion of cortisol addison's disease ~ hyposecreti...

Rasmussen Pathophysiology Exam 2 with Verified Solutions type 1 diabetes Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels. polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia. type 2 diabetes Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the b...

type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels. polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia. type 2 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability ...

Growth Hormone (GH) - Hormone that regulates growth, produced in the pituitary gland Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) - Hormone that stimulates normal development & secretory activity of thyroid gland, produced in the pituitary gland Follicle - Stimulating Hormone (FSH) - Hormone that stimulates follicle cells to grow, triggers production of gametes, produced in the pituitary gland Luteinizing Hormone (LH) - Hormone that promotes production of gonadal hormones, triggers ovulation produ...

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 androgens Amine - -Water-soluble -Most circulate freely within blood e.g. norepinephrine, thyroid hormones Androstenedione - -converted to testosterone -effects are only significant in females -...

Desmopressin MOA - activates V2 receptors in the kidney's collecting ducts, reabsorbing water into plasma and concentrating the urine (prevents water from leaving the body) Octreotide Acetate and Lanreotide Therapeutic effects - suppresses GH hypersecretions, reduces pituitary adenoma overgrowth, and normalizing levels of GH and IGF-1 Somatropin Drug Class - Synthetic recombinant human growth hormone Somatropin/Somatrem dosing - Daily dosing dependent and adjusted to individual clinical r...

type 1 diabetes - Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels. polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia. type 2 diabetes - Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin pro...

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS MAY OF 2023 1. What is a characteristic of coronary artery disease (CAD) o The build-up of infectious by-products in the lymph nodes o Insufficient delivery of oxygenated bold to the myocardium o Insufficient delivery of carbon dioxide to the lungs o The build-up of bile in the stomach and gall bladder 2. (a) Which of the following are normal arterial blood gas values? o PH 7.25, PaCO2 52mm Hg, PA02 75 mm Hg, HCO3 18 mEq/L o PH 7...

NSC2203 Endocrine Review Practice Test. Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism are: A. tachycardia, dry skin and agitation; B. bradycardia, myxoedema and weight gain; C. reduced appetite, agiation, hyperventilation; D. goitre, moist skin and pretibial myxoedema. - CORRECT ANSWER B. bradycardia, myxoedema and weight gain; Insufficient thyroid hormone production during pregnancy and childhood can result in: A. cretinism; B. Cushing's syndrome; C. gigantism; D. acromegaly. - CORRECT...

Diseases - Hyperthyroidism - 1. Overactive thyroid gland 2. Too much thyroxine leads to enlargement of gland 3. Symps - consuming large quantities of food but lose weight 4. Goiter - enlargement of gland 5. Exophthalmos - bulging of eyeballs 6. Rs - partial or total removal of gland, drugs to reduce thyroxine, radiation anterior pituitary - "Master gland"; produces and secretes several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproductio...