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Title: Endocrine System
Description: These notes talk about different diseases which can happen with endocrine malfunction and also different hormones that effect the body naturally and the pathways they follow.
Description: These notes talk about different diseases which can happen with endocrine malfunction and also different hormones that effect the body naturally and the pathways they follow.
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BIO 230
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If there is not enough iodine in a person's
body their thyroid gland will get bigger so that it can produce more hormones)
Can lead to hypothyroidism
Ricketts
Rickets is a softening of bones in immature mammals due to deficiency or impaired metabolism
of vitamin D, phosphorus or calcium, potentially leading to fractures and deformity
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Decreased concentration of T3 and T4
• 2
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TRH targets the adenohypophysis
• 4
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TSH targets the thyroid gland
• 6
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Normal levels of T and T are restored
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Parathyroid gland-on sides of thyroid, picture on slide 62
• The parathyroid glands are located on the
posterior portion of the thyroid gland
• Highly vascularized
• Superior pair are supplied by the superior thyroid artery
• Inferior pair are supplied by the inferior thyroid artery
• Hormone Production
• Release parathyroid hormone (PTH)
• Targets osteoclast cells and kidneys
• raises the blood calcium level by:
• breaking down the bone (where most of the body's calcium is stored) and causing calcium
release
• increasing the body's ability to absorb calcium from food
• increasing the kidney's ability to hold on to calcium that would otherwise be lost in the urine
Title: Endocrine System
Description: These notes talk about different diseases which can happen with endocrine malfunction and also different hormones that effect the body naturally and the pathways they follow.
Description: These notes talk about different diseases which can happen with endocrine malfunction and also different hormones that effect the body naturally and the pathways they follow.