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Endocrine Histology and Embryology
The _____________ have fenestrate...,
The posterior pituitary hangs on ...,
The anterior pituitary is also ca...
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Hormones and Receptors
Once again somatostatin is releas...,
What paracrine function does soma...,
Hormones can be autocrine paracri...
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Hypothalamic Control of the Pituitary Gland
What six hormones act on the ante...,
List the effects of each of the h...,
Describe how prolactin hormone works
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Pituitary Hormone Function (GH/PRL)
Growth hormone is produced by ___...,
Growth hormone binds to what kind...,
What does growth hormone do
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Pituitary Dysfunction
What stimulates the release of gr...,
What suppresses the release of gr...,
Disorders in the hpa axis can be ...
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Hypothalamic and Pituitary Imaging
The standard imagining for hypoth...,
In coronal sections the hypophysi...,
The adenohypophysis appears _____...
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Pituitary Pathology
Why is the posterior pituitary ca...,
The anterior pituitary has what h...,
The ____________ pituitary does n...
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Hypothalamic and Pituitary Pharmacology
Growth hormone somatotrophin is g...,
In those with acromegaly who do n...,
Somatostatin activates a ________...
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Introduction to the Reproductive System: Physiology and Biochemistry
The conversion of _______________...,
Progestins are _______ carbons an...,
How many carbons are in estrogen
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Small Group: Pituitary Disorders
Prolactin inhibits the release of...,
What are the two main gonadotropins,
Spermatogenesis is stimulated by ...
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Adrenal Gland Physiology
The cortex is divided into four z...,
The mineralocorticoids are produc...,
The glucocorticoids are produced ...
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Adrenal Disorders
Primary adrenal insufficiency res...,
Secondary adrenal insufficiency r...,
_____________ is also called auto...
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Adrenal Pharmacology
The most common cause of secondar...,
Among steroids the ___________ ef...,
Which two steroids of the ones li...
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Small Groups: Adrenal Disorders
One of the features that makes it...,
High levels of what molecule sugg...,
A very high dhea level suggests _...
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Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Synthesis
Thyroid hormone is a _________ de...,
The skeleton of thyroid hormone i...,
The thyroid hormone is made hydro...
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Thyroid Dysfunction
Which deiodinase deactivates t4,
What can promote a shift to type ...,
What percent of t4 is free
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Endocrine Disorders and Psychiatric Illness
Those with bipolar disorder are a...,
Those with ____________ are 2 3 t...,
Cushings can present with which p...
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Evaluation of Worrisome Growth
What parameters define worrisome ...,
Kids usually grow about ________ ...,
From year one to four kids grow a...
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Small Group: Interpretation of Growth Charts
The _______________ hair often th...,
Why do stimulants cause weight loss,
Undernutrition can cause low valu...
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Thyroid Nodules: Clinical, Pathologic and Pathophysiologic Correlates
Thyroid nodules are present in ab...,
The risk of thyroid cancer develo...,
What is the most common malignant...
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Thyroid Radiology
Describe the role of x rays in th...,
The best modality to detect and d...,
The thyroid normally appears slig...
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Congenital Hypothyroidism
The ___________ is the first endo...,
What are the two embryonic origin...,
The thyroid originates from endod...
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Thyroid Pharmacology
Thyroid hormones are best absorbe...,
Levothyroxine should be taken on ...,
What impairs the absorption of le...
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Small Group: Thyroid Disorders
What are signs and symptoms of hy...,
In most cases hyperthyroidism can...,
Graves disease is treated with __...
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Control of Mineral Metabolism
Name three functions of calcium,
In low calcium states cells becom...,
Calcium is ___________ absorbed
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Dietary Calcium
You require at least __________ o...,
What mineral is in bone,
Calcium is absorbed by two ways _...
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Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
Pth increases serum calcium by fo...,
What is the major storage form of...,
What enzyme in the kidney activat...
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Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Disorders
What happens first in bone remode...,
Osteoblasts secrete _______________,
Where do osteocytes come from
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Pharmacology of Parathyroid & Metabolic Bone Disorders
Cholecalciferol is the __________...,
Vitamin d ___________ the release...,
The major effect of estrogen on b...
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Endocrine Pathology
In general how are endocrine neur...,
The thyroid follicular cells are ...,
On histologic exam the thyroid of...
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Small Group: Parathyroid and Metabolic Bone Disorders
Increased cl po4 ratio suggests _...,
The parathyroids of someone with ...,
Hypercalcemia in a cancer patient...
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Surgical Approach to Pituitary Tumors
What four symptoms arise from the...,
Surgery is the preferred first li...
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Evidence-Based Medicine: Review of Concepts
What is evidence based medicine,
The best research evidence is ___...,
What three questions should you a...
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EBM Resources
What is picott
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Final Exam Review
How does apoplexy lead to diplopia,
Vanadium has shown efficacy in wh...,
Which pituitary cell is basophilic
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