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Islets of Langerhans?
HORMONE PRODUCING CELLS OF THE PANCREAS.
Where is the pancreas located?
UPPER LEFT QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
What hormone does the adrenal medulla produce?
EPINEPHRINE

(INCREASES HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE WHEN THERE IS IN INCREASE IN STRESS)
What hormone does the adrenal cortex produce?
CORTICOSTEROIDS

(REGULATE WATER AND SODIUM BALANCE, THE BODY'S RESPONSE TO STRESS, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION, AND METABOLISM)
What are the outer and inner portions of the kidneys called?
*OUTER PORTION: ADRENAL CORTEX
*INNER PORTION: ADRENAL MEDULLA
Where are the adrenal glands located?
THE TOP OF EACH KINDNEY
What do the hormones thyroxine, and triiodothyronine act on?
*PRODUCED BY THE THYROID GLAND
*CONTROLS THE RATE AT WHICH CELLS BURN FUEL FROM FOOD.
What does the thyroid gland produce?
*THYROXINE
*TRIIODOTHYRONINE
This gland controls ovulation and works as a catalyst for the testes and ovaries to create sex hormones?
PITUITARY GLAND
What has an influence on the pituitary gland?
*SEASON CHANGES
*EMOTIONAL STRESS
The pituitary gland is AKA?
MASTER GLAND
What is the hypothalamus responsible for?
*REGULATION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (BODY TEMP, APPETITE, SWEATING, THIRST, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, RAGE, FEAR, BLOOD PRESSURE, SLEEP)
A disruption in normal metabolism within the skeletal system?
METABOLIC BONE DISEASE
A PH that drops below 7.35?
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
A condition where there is an accumulation of acids due to an acid gain or bicarbonate loss?
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
A PH above 7.45?
METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
Metabolic alkalosis?
A CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN BICARBONATE ACCUMULATION OR AN ABNORMAL LOSS OF ACIDS
What is the primary cause of primary hypogonadism in females?
TURNERS SYNDROME
What is the most common cause of primary hypogonadism in males is?
KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME
A deficiency of testosterone secondary to failure of the testes to respond to FSH and LH?
MALE HYPOGONADISM
The male and female hypothalamus produces ________ and the pituitary responds by producing ____ and ____.
*GnRH
*LH
*FSH
What are the common sites that will show bony changes with Paget's disease?
*SKULL
*PELVIS
*FEMUR
*SPINE
*TIBIA
What are the symptoms of Paget's disease?
*MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
*BONY DEFORMITIES (KYPHOSIS, COXA VARUS, BOWING OF THE LONG BONES, VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION
Describe how bone is effected with Paget's disease?
*THE BONE APPEARS ENLARGED, BUT LACKS STRENGTH DUE TO THE HIGH TURNOVER OF BONE (SECONDARY TO OSTEOCLASTIC PROLIFERATION)
A metabolic condition characterized by heightened osteoclast activity?
PAGET'S DISEASE
These cells resorb bone?
OSTEOCLASTS
These cells will form bone?
OSTEOBLASTS
Over activity of what cells will lead to osteoporosis?
OSTEOCLASTS CELLS
What are the two essential cells involved in the daily turnover of the bones?
*OSTEOBLASTS
*OSTEOCLASTS
The rate of bone resorption accelerates while the rte of bone formation declines?
OSTEOPOROSIS
What kind of bone does osteoporosis effect?
*PRIMARY TRABECULAR
*CORTICAL BONE
A metabolic condition that presents with a decrease in bone mass?
OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteomalacia is a caused by a deficiency in?
*CALCIUM
*PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY
Osteomalacia?
A METABOLIC CONDITION WHERE BONES BECOME SOFT SECONDARY TO A CALCIUM OR PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY.
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