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COMMAND CENTER OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN: - ANSWER
HYPOTHALAMUS

MASTER GLAND OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: - ANSWER PITUITARY GLAND

AGE-RELATED CHANGES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: - ANSWER
-PITUITARY GLAND SIZE DECREASES

-THYROID BECOMES NODULAR AND LUMPY

HORMONES SECRETED BY ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND (APG): - ANSWER
-TSH

-ACTH

-GH

-FSH

-LH

-PROLACTIN

HORMONES SECRETED BY POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND (PPG): - ANSWER
-ADH

-OXYTOCIN

CONNECTS THE LOBES OF THYROID IN FRONT OF TRACHEA BY A NARROW
BRIDGE OF TISSUE: - ANSWER ISTHMUS

,MAJOR ROLE OF THYROID: - ANSWER REGULATING BODY'S RATE OF
METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPEMENT

WHAT HORMONES DOES THE THYROID PRODUCE? - ANSWER -THYROID
HORMONE

-TRIIODOTHYRONINE

-CALCITONIN

WHERE IS THE PARATHYROID GLAND LOCATED? - ANSWER BACK OF THE
THYROID

WHAT IS THE PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) RESPONSIBLE FOR? -
ANSWER REGULATING SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS

WHAT SHOULD YOU AVOID BEFORE A THYROID SCAN? - ANSWER IODINE

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE IODINE TO LEAVE THE BODY? - ANSWER 6 WEEKS

ASSESSMENT OF PT HEALTH HX R/T THYROID GLAND: - ANSWER -CHANGES
IN ENERGY LEVEL, SLEEP PATTERNS, PERSONALITY, MENTAL FX, AND
EMOTIONAL STATE

-UNEXPECTED WEIGHT CHANGES

-CHANGES IN MENSTRUAL CYCLE, SEXUAL FX, HYDRATION, BOWEL
ELIMINATION PATTERNS, TOLERANCE OF HEAT AND COLD

PHYSICAL EXAM OF PT R/T THYROID GLANDS: - ANSWER -VITALS, HEIGHT,
WEIGHT

-FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, CHARACTERISTICS, MENTAL ALERTNESS

-INSPECT/PALPATE SKIN FOR MOISTURE, TEMP., TEXTURE

, -HAIR TEXTURE

-EXAMINE EYES FOR EXOPHTHALMOS

-INSPECT NECK FOR ENLARGEMENT (GOITER)

-OBSERVE HANDS FOR TREMORS

WHAT IS EXOPHTHALMOS? - ANSWER BULGING OF THE EYES

INADEQUATE SECRETION OF THYROID HORMONES: - ANSWER
HYPOTHYROIDISM

HYPOTHYROIDISM IN CHILDREN CAN LEAD TO PERMANENT PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL RETARDATION CALLED: - ANSWER CRETANISM

FACIAL EDEMA FROM SEVERE, LONG-TERM HYPOTHYROIDISM: - ANSWER
MYXEDEMA

IN HYPOTHYROIDISM, METABOLIC RATE IS: - ANSWER SLOW

S/S OF HYPOTHYROIDISM: - ANSWER -BRADYCARDIA (LOW HR)

-BRADYPNEA (LOW RR)

-COLD

-SLUGGISH

-CONSTIPATION IN GI

-WEIGHT GAIN

-HEAVY MENSES

-MYXEDEMA

-DROOPY EYES

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