NUR 305 - Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

NUR 305 - Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers

endocrin-

endocrine |glands




pituitar-

pituitary |glands




hypophys-

pituitary |glands




thyr-

thyroid |gland




adren-

adrenal |gland




adrenocortic-

,adrenal |cortex




insul-

pancreatic |islets




aden-

gland




glyc-

sugar |or |glucose




poly-

much, |many




crin-

to |secrete




-dipsia

thirst

,-phagia

hunger




-uria

urinate




hormones

chemical |messengers

function:

- |can |work |on |distant |cells |(endocrine)

- |can |work |on |nearby |cells |(paracrine)

- |can |work |on |itself |(autocrine)



- |affects |all |body |systems |/ |organs |as |they |are |controlled |or |influenced |by |some |hormone




bound |hormone

transported |through |protein |carriers




free |hormone

- |needs |to |be |free |to |send |the |message |to |the |target |tissue

- |excess |is |conjugated |through |liver

, deficient |hormone

due |to

- |autoimmunity

- |infection

- |inflammation

- |infarction

- |tumor




excess |hormone

tumor



- |autoimmunity



- |genetic |mutation




hormone |resistance

causing |dysfunctional |receptor |sites




hypothalamus-pituitary-hormone |axis |primary

at |the |site |of |the |gland