Endocrine System Physiology

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Endocrine System Physiology

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Objectives:

To define the following: hormones, target cell, negative feedback, metabolism, thyroxine, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), hypothalamus, hypothalamic pituitary portal system, portal vein, hormone replacement therapy, diabetes type I, diabetes type II, glucose standard curve
To give examples of how negative feedback loops regulate hormone release
To explain the role of thyroxine in maintaining an animal’s metabolic rate
To explain the effects of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) on an animal’s metabolic rate
To understand the role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of thyroxine and TSH production
To understand how hypothalamic hormones reach the pituitary gland
To understand how estrogen affects bone density
To explain how hormone replacement therapy works
To explain how fasting plasma glucose is used to diagnose diabetes
To understand how levels of cortisol and ACTH can be used to diagnose endocrine diseases

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