NSG 311 EXAM 3 Questions Complete
Answers New Update (A Pass)
What are secondary sexual characteristics of endocrine disorders? - Answers -✔✔
Growth or loss of hair
Health history assessment for endocrine disorders - Answers -✔✔ Energy level,
tolerance to heat or cold, weight, thirst, frequency of urination, bowel function, body
proportions, muscle mass, fat and fluid distribution, secondary sexual characteristics,
menstrual cycle, memory, concentration, sleep patterns, mood, vision, joint pain, sexual
dysfunction
Physical assessment for endocrine system - Answers -✔✔ VS, Skin and hair, thyroid,
facial hair, moon face, buffalo hump, exophthalmos, vision changes, edema, thinning of
the skin, truncal obesity, thinness of extremities, increased size of feet, hands, hypo- or
hyper-reflexia
Diagnostics for endocrine system - Answers -✔✔ Serum laboratory studies, urine tests,
stimulation tests, suppression tests
What are the glands of the endocrine system? - Answers -✔✔ pituitary
(anterior/posterior), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands
Steps of secretion- step 1
Endocrine glands secrete their hormones _________ into the blood stream. - Answers -
✔✔ directly
Steps of secretion- step 2
Endocrine glands have no ________, but a good supply of blood. - Answers -✔✔ ducts
Steps of secretion- step 3
Regulated by a _________ feedback system. (High level of hormone suppresses the
production of more hormone and low level of hormone stimulates the production of
more of the hormone. *Target sites* - Answers -✔✔ negative
What is the hypothalamus? - Answers -✔✔ -Control center in the forebrain
-Grape sized
-Recieves signals from neuro system (part of both neuro and endocrine systems)
-Stimulates pituitary gland
, What does the hypothalamus make? - Answers -✔✔ ADH (Vasopressin)- regulates fluid
volume
Oxytocin- contractions in delivery
****Both stored in posterior Pituitary
What is the pituitary gland? - Answers -✔✔ -master gland
-pea sized
-controlled by the hypothalamus
-takes stimulation from hypothalamus and directs it to other endocrine glands
- anterior- hypophyseal portal system of capillaries
- posterior- nerve pathways
What is the pathway of the anterior pituitary? - Answers -✔✔ hypophyseal portal system
of capillaries
What is the pathway of the posterior pituitary? - Answers -✔✔ nerve pathways
What hormones are produced in the anterior pituitary lobe? - Answers -✔✔ -growth
hormone (somatotropin)
-thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
-adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What 2 major hormones does the posterior pituitary have? - Answers -✔✔ -Antidiuretic
(ADH "vasopressin"
-Oxytocin
ADH and oxytocin are actually produced by the _______________ and travel to the
posterior pituitary for ___________ and ____________ _____. - Answers -✔✔
hypothalamus, storage and future use
What is the thyroid? - Answers -✔✔ -butterfly shaped
-wraps around trachea
-metabolism regulation through release of T3 (triiodothyronine and T4 (thyroxine)
What is the parathyroid? - Answers -✔✔ -4 glands
-Embedded within thyroid
-Releases PTH (parathyroid hormone) to regulate blood calcium level, important for
muscle contraction and bone growth
Adrenals gland are located - Answers -✔✔ "ad" jacent to the kidneys
Adrenal cortex (outer) releases - Answers -✔✔ cortisol and aldosterone
When is cortisol released? - Answers -✔✔ During times of stress
Answers New Update (A Pass)
What are secondary sexual characteristics of endocrine disorders? - Answers -✔✔
Growth or loss of hair
Health history assessment for endocrine disorders - Answers -✔✔ Energy level,
tolerance to heat or cold, weight, thirst, frequency of urination, bowel function, body
proportions, muscle mass, fat and fluid distribution, secondary sexual characteristics,
menstrual cycle, memory, concentration, sleep patterns, mood, vision, joint pain, sexual
dysfunction
Physical assessment for endocrine system - Answers -✔✔ VS, Skin and hair, thyroid,
facial hair, moon face, buffalo hump, exophthalmos, vision changes, edema, thinning of
the skin, truncal obesity, thinness of extremities, increased size of feet, hands, hypo- or
hyper-reflexia
Diagnostics for endocrine system - Answers -✔✔ Serum laboratory studies, urine tests,
stimulation tests, suppression tests
What are the glands of the endocrine system? - Answers -✔✔ pituitary
(anterior/posterior), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands
Steps of secretion- step 1
Endocrine glands secrete their hormones _________ into the blood stream. - Answers -
✔✔ directly
Steps of secretion- step 2
Endocrine glands have no ________, but a good supply of blood. - Answers -✔✔ ducts
Steps of secretion- step 3
Regulated by a _________ feedback system. (High level of hormone suppresses the
production of more hormone and low level of hormone stimulates the production of
more of the hormone. *Target sites* - Answers -✔✔ negative
What is the hypothalamus? - Answers -✔✔ -Control center in the forebrain
-Grape sized
-Recieves signals from neuro system (part of both neuro and endocrine systems)
-Stimulates pituitary gland
, What does the hypothalamus make? - Answers -✔✔ ADH (Vasopressin)- regulates fluid
volume
Oxytocin- contractions in delivery
****Both stored in posterior Pituitary
What is the pituitary gland? - Answers -✔✔ -master gland
-pea sized
-controlled by the hypothalamus
-takes stimulation from hypothalamus and directs it to other endocrine glands
- anterior- hypophyseal portal system of capillaries
- posterior- nerve pathways
What is the pathway of the anterior pituitary? - Answers -✔✔ hypophyseal portal system
of capillaries
What is the pathway of the posterior pituitary? - Answers -✔✔ nerve pathways
What hormones are produced in the anterior pituitary lobe? - Answers -✔✔ -growth
hormone (somatotropin)
-thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
-adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What 2 major hormones does the posterior pituitary have? - Answers -✔✔ -Antidiuretic
(ADH "vasopressin"
-Oxytocin
ADH and oxytocin are actually produced by the _______________ and travel to the
posterior pituitary for ___________ and ____________ _____. - Answers -✔✔
hypothalamus, storage and future use
What is the thyroid? - Answers -✔✔ -butterfly shaped
-wraps around trachea
-metabolism regulation through release of T3 (triiodothyronine and T4 (thyroxine)
What is the parathyroid? - Answers -✔✔ -4 glands
-Embedded within thyroid
-Releases PTH (parathyroid hormone) to regulate blood calcium level, important for
muscle contraction and bone growth
Adrenals gland are located - Answers -✔✔ "ad" jacent to the kidneys
Adrenal cortex (outer) releases - Answers -✔✔ cortisol and aldosterone
When is cortisol released? - Answers -✔✔ During times of stress
