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NU 126 EXAM 5 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+ LATEST
UPDATE | 2024-2025
what are the 8 major hormone secreting glands?

Ans

✓ hypothalamus

✓ pineal

✓ pituitary

✓ thyroid

✓ parathyroid

✓ thymus

✓ adrenal

✓ islets of langerhans




Where are the parathyroid glands located?

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✓ posterior surface of the thyroid gland




what are the major thyroid hormones

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✓ T3 , T4 and calcitonin




what do T3 and T4 represent

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✓ iodine molecules




what is the function of T3 and T4

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✓ increase metabolism




what stimulates T3 and T4

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✓ decreased metoblism




what is the function of calcitonin

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✓ Lowers blood calcium levels

✓ lower reabsorption from bones to blood




An iodine deficiency can cause:
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✓ altered thyroid function




What is negative feedback?

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✓ TSH controls the rate in which thyroid releases thyroid hormone through a negative
feedback system




If TSH is low, what are T3 and T4

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✓ high




Where is TSH released from?

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✓ anterior pituitary




Where is TRH released from?

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✓ hypothalamus



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what is the process of thyroid hormone secretion?

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✓ TRH -> TSH-> T3+T4

✓ hypothalamus-> anterior pituitary-> thyroid




what should you do if the thyroid is enlarged upon assessment?

Ans

✓ auscultate




what is a goiter and how may it be caused

Ans

✓ enlarged thyroid

✓ commonly occurs with iodine deficiency




what does a goiter cause

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✓ increased TSH, low levels of circulating thyroid hormones




fine needle biopsy


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