Check Your Understanding - Endocrine Glands & Hormones Flashcards
What hormones are produced by the thyroid gland? What about the parathyroid gland?
What type of epithelial cell is found in the thyroid follicles? What are their function?
What is the difference between T3 and T4? How do their intra and extracellular concentrations differ?
Explain how the negative feedback mechanism of plasma thyroid hormone on the hypothalamus and anterior
pituitary gland?
Where are the receptors for thyroid hormone found?
What are the neurological impacts when neonates do not produce enough thyroid hormone?
Explain why hypothyroidism can lead to a goiter.
Why is heat intolerance and increased appetite a symptom of hyperthyroidism?
What are two mechanisms in which PTH increases plasma [calcium]?
What is the effect of cortisol on metabolism? What about the vasculature?
What impact would lack of cortisol have on the immune system?
What are the two major endocrine hormones secreted by the pancreas? What type of cells produce these hormones?
Explain the mechanism of how insulin stimulate glucose uptake into muscle cells and adipocytes.
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
