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What are the most important principles in endocrinology?
- Hormone secretion
- Hormone action
- Principlesof feedback control
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Which kind of membrane receptors do you have?
- G-protein-coupled
- Ionotropic receptors
- steroid receptors
- Kinase-linked receptors
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How is the endocrine system evaluated?By measuring hormone concentrations
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How are endocrine disorders amendable to effective treatment?
- deficiencies are treated with physiological hormone replacements
- excessive conditions like benign/malignent glandular adenomas (cancer)
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What is the modern definition of an hormone?
- productions does not necessarily take place in glands (gut)
- other signals come from nearby cells (paracrine) or the own self (autocrine) of are from nutrition
- many hormone receptors are not considered as endocrine targets
- The classic production in glands, secretion in the bloodflow and binding on targets does still apply for some hormones
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Which two types of hormones are there?
- Growth factors
- Sex steroids which leads to epiphysial closure
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What are the most important hormones in the regulation of the homeostasis?
- TH
- Cortisol
- PTH (regulates Ca2+ and F2)
- Vasopressin
- Mineralocortoids
- insulin
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What are the main functions of hormones?
- Growth and differentiation
- Maintainance of the Homeostasis
- Reproduction
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Which hormone is most important during child rearing?Oxytocin
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What is the field of endocrinology concerned with?
- biosynthesis
- storage
- chemistry
- physiological function
- the productive cells and tissues
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The following topics are covered in this summary
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hormone, system, hormones
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hormones, gh, pituitary
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vasopressin, system, adh
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thyroid, graves, disease
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adrenal, acth, disease
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pheochromocytomas, tumors, catecholamines
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clinical, hypogonadism, acromegaly
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syndrome, males, male
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fsh, puberty, hormone
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follicle, contraception, hormones
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compression, veins, exit
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cancer, hirsutism, cells
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diabetes, insulin, glucose
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diabetes, bnp, levels
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diabetic, diabetes, drp
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ca2, high, lowers