Clin Lab - Endocrine Diagnostics Overview Flashcards
Draw the Endocrine system subdivisions
DONE
What can go wrong?
three major categories
- Production issues by gland
- Regulation issues
- Hormone from another sourse
Production issues by gland examples.
- overproduction of hormone
- underproduction of hormone
- inappropriate release of hormone
Hormone from another source examples.
- endogenous source
- (exogenous source)
Regulation issues examples.
- loss of responsiveness to hormone
- loss of negative feedback
Easiest ways to measure endocrine function
- target organ output
- endocrine gland hormone e
- pituitary gland hormone
Hard way to measure endocrine function
hypothalamus factors
Hypofunction
Disorder: Primary (gland issue)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: decr
Pituitary gland SH level: incr
Define hypofunction
decreased target organ output
Hypofunction
Disorder: 2ndary (pituitary issue)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: decr
Pituitary gland SH level: decr
Hypofunction
Disorder: Tertiary (hypothalamus issue - rare)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: decr
Pituitary gland SH level: decr
Hypofunction
Disorder: Target organ issue (rare)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: incr
Pituitary gland SH level: incr
Define Hyperfunction
increased target organ action
Hyperfunction
Disorder: Primary (gland issue)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: incr
Pituitary gland SH level: decr
Hyperfunction
Disorder: 2ndary (pituitary issue)
Endocrine gland hormone level:
Pituitary gland stimulating hormone (SH) level:
Endocrine gland hormone level: incr
Pituitary gland SH level: incr