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the anterior pituitary is composed of ____ tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔epithelial
another name for the posterior pituitary is - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔neurohypophysis
In negative feedback, the target hormone feeds back to alter the release of
the anterior or hypothalamic hormones, thus _____ its own release -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔decreasing
_______ hormone is responsible for the production of breast milk while
suckling of an infant causes milk letdown by stimulating what hormone? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔prolactin (PRL); oxytocin
Besides controlling levels of T3 and T4, TSH also promotes _____ of the
thyroid gland. T3 and T4 are carried in the bloodstream bound to _____
because they are ______ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔growth; carrier proteins;
lipophilic
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, T3 and T4 enter the target cells by ___ and bind to receptors located
______. T3 and T4 are synthesized from ___ and ___. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔diffusion; in the nucleus; tyrosine; iodine
hypothyroidism is also known as - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hashimoto's disease
symptoms of hypothyroidism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lethargy, low BMR, low to
normal heart rate, feeling cold and weight gain
Lack of dietary iodine would cause ____ hypothyroidism and the patient
would probably get an iodine-deficient _____ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔primary;
goiter
Graves' disease is the most common cause of primary _____. The body
secretes ______ which mimics the action of TSH and thus may cause a
_____ as well as high levels of thyroid hormones. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔hyperthyroidism; thyroid stimulating immunoglobin; goiter
Hypothalamus hormones - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔growth hormone-releasing
hormone (GHRH)
growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) thyrotropin releasing hormone
(TRH)
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