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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Hormone Control
Nervous System
Hormone Control
What is negative feedback?
Androgens:
What do androgens do? Who has them?
Adrenal medulla
Epinephrine:
How does epinephrine effect the body?
Norepinephrine:
Compare epinephrine to norepinephrine.
Gonads
Ovaries (female)
Estrogen:
What does it do?
Progesterone:
What does it do?
Compare the function of estrogen to progesterone.
4.04 Understand the functions and disorders of the endocrine system
Testes (male)
Testosterone:
What is the function of testosterone?
Parathormone
What does parathormone do?
Vasopressin
What does it do?
Oxytocin
What does it do?
4.04 Understand the functions and disorders of the endocrine system
Thymus Gland
T-lymphocyte production What are they? What do they do?
Thyroid Gland
Thyroxine What does thyroxine do? Calcitonin
Addison's disease
What is the cause of Addisons disease?
What are the most common symptoms of Addisons disease? How is Addisons disease treated?
Adrenal Cortex
Cushing's Syndrome
What is a syndrome? What are some common symptoms of Cushings syndrome? How is Cushings syndrome treated? Compare the before and after pictures at the right.
4.04 Understand the functions and disorders of the endocrine system
After
Why is it illegal?
4.04 Understand the functions and disorders of the endocrine system
Diabetes Mellitus
What is the normal blood sugar range? What are the most common symptoms?
polydipsia
Pancreas
Diabetes Type II
Compare Type I to Type II diabetes How is Type II diabetes treated? Discuss some of the complications of diabetes? Why does this happen?
Pituitary Gland
Acromegaly
Compare acromegaly to gigantism. How is acromegaly treated?
Gigantism
What causes gigantism? What are the symptoms? How is it treated?
Tetany
(hypoparathyroid):
What are the symptoms? What are the treatments?
Hyperthyroidism
What does hyper- mean? Discuss the symptoms of hyperthyroidism. How is it treated?
Hypothyroidism
Compare hypo- to hyper-. Discuss the symptoms of hypothyroidism. How is it treated?