Endocrine Disease Part 1

Question 1

Endocrine glands secrete ____ into the ____

Answer 1

hormones into the bloodstream

Question 2

The “master gland” that controls other endocrine organs

Answer 2

Pituitary gland

Question 3

TSH, PRL, ACTH, GH, FSH, LH all produced by the?

Answer 3

Anterior pituitary

Question 4

Oxytocin, ADH produced by the

Answer 4

Posterior pituitary

Question 5

Hypofunction of the Pituitary causes

Answer 5

deficiency in one or multiple hormones

Question 6

Adenoma in the anterior lobe that secretes GH causes

Answer 6

Gigantism

Question 7

Acromegaly occurs ___ the closure of epiphyseal plates

Answer 7

After

Question 8

Hypothyroidism developing in infancy or early childhood

Answer 8

cretinism

Question 9

Hypothyroidism developing in older children and adults

Answer 9

myxedema

Question 10

Hashimoto thyroiditis is more common in

Answer 10

older women

Question 11

Most common manifestation of thyroid disease

Answer 11

Goiter

Question 12

Most common of thyroid cancers

Answer 12

Papillary thyroid carcinoma, 30-50 years old, females more than males

Question 13

2nd most common form of thyroid cancers

Answer 13

Follicular thyroid carcinoma

Question 14

least common thyroid cancer

Answer 14

Medullary thyroid carcinoma