Study Guide 1

Question 1

What are the 3 major disorders of the anterior pituitary?

Answer 1

• hyperpituitarism
• hypopituitarism
• local compression of brain tissue by expanding tumor masses

Question 2

Hyperpituitarism =

Answer 2

Oversecretion of pituitary hormones

Question 3

Gigantism and Acromegaly are caused by

Answer 3

GH oversecretion

Question 4

Cushing disease is caused by

Answer 4

ACTH oversecretion

Question 5

What are the 2 major disorders of the posterior pituitary?

Answer 5

• DI

- SIADH

Question 6

DI =

Answer 6

ADH insufficiency

Question 7

SIADH =

Answer 7

ADH excess or inappropriate secretion

Question 8

What are the 5 major disorders of the thyroid?

Answer 8

• thyroiditis
• goiter
• thyroid cancer
• hypothyroidism
• hyperthyroidism/thyrotoxicosis

Question 9

What is the most common form of thyroid disorder and what causes it?

Answer 9

• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

- autoimmune

Question 10

Goiters are caused by

Answer 10

• TSH oversecretion

- not enough iodine

Question 11

What are the 2 major disorders of the parathyroid?

Answer 11

• hyperparathyroidism

- hypoparathyroidism

Question 12

Hyperparathyroidism =

Answer 12

disruption of calcium, phosphate, and bone metabolism

Question 13

Hypoparathyroidism is caused by

Answer 13

• PTH hyposecretion

- hypofunction or insufficient secretion

Question 14

What are the 3 major disorders of the adrenals?

Answer 14

• Addison disease
• Secondary adrenal insufficiency
• Cushing syndrome

Question 15

What causes Addison disease?

Answer 15

gland itself is messed up

• aldosterone (mineralocorticoid) deficiency
• Cortisol (glucocorticoid) deficiency

Question 16

What results from aldosterone deficiency?

Answer 16

Decreased sodium resorption

Question 17

What happens with secondary adrenal insufficiency?

Answer 17

ACTH deficiency

Question 18

What happens with Cushing syndrome?

Answer 18

Cortisol levels increase