NURS 611Exam 3 review

Exam 3 Hormonal Regulation: ACTH=feedback system Hyperpituitarism: Primary Adenoma, as it grows it pushes on brain • Usually benign slow-growing • Arise from cells of the anterior pituitary • Local expansion of pituitary adenomas may cause both neurologic and secretory defects. • Secretes the hormone of the cell type from which it arose, without regard to physiologic needs and without benefit of regulatory feedback mechanisms. • Pressure produced by a pituitary adenoma is als...