Exam 14: Endocrinology-Endocrine System

A pregnant woman may be given the hormone ________ as a drug to stimulate her uterus to contract and begin labor.

Which hormone is secreted by alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas?

Uterine inertia is associated with hypersecretion of oxytocin.

The most abundant and biologically active of the mineralocorticoid hormones is ________.

Together FSH and LH are known as ________.

An untreated congenital lack of thyroid hormone from birth results in ________.

If you wanted to evaluate the function of the parathyroid glands,you would do a blood test to determine the level of ________.

Thyromegaly is also known as ________.

TSH stimulates the ________.

The corpus luteum (ruptured ovarian follicle)produces and secretes estradiol and ________ when stimulated by LH from the anterior pituitary gland.

Which symptom is common to diabetes mellitus as well as diabetes insipidus?

Cushing's syndrome is due to ________.

Briefly explain the procedure and purpose of the radioactive iodine uptake and thyroid scan.

Insulin is secreted by the ________ cells in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas.

The purpose of the parathyroid glands is to regulate the ________.

The primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word adrenogenital (ah-dree-noh-jen-it-tal)is ________.

The outermost layer of the adrenal gland is the adrenal ________.

All of the glands of the endocrine system are influenced by the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland.

Which gland secretes a hormone that stimulates the ovaries to develop follicles?

NPH refers to a/an ________.