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1. Cellular Mechanisms of Hormone Action
What is the effect of a negative ...,
What is the effect of a positive ...,
What are the functions of hormone...
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2. Hypothalamus/Pituitary 1
Which glands do the hypothalamus ...,
Where is the hypothalamus located,
Which areas of the brain in parti...
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3. Hypothalamus/ Pituitary 2
What is the name for a decrease i...,
What are the causes of panhypopit...,
What does a deficiency of ap horm...
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4. Thyroid Hormone
When does the thyroid gland begin...,
What does the thyroid gland origi...,
What does the thyroid precursor d...
34
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5. Hyper/Hypo Thyroidism
What percentage of hormone secret...,
Which thyroid hormone is more bio...,
Why are the actions of th so slug...
24
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6. Calcium Homeostasis
What are the functions of calcium,
What does a calcium deficit in ce...,
What does excess calcium in the c...
45
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7. Insulin
What type of hormone is insulin,
Which cells produce insulin,
What is the primary function of i...
38
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8. Glucagon
What are normal blood glucose levels,
What type of hormone is glucagon,
How is proglucagon converted to g...
20
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9. Biochemical Synthesis of Steroid Hormones
Classify steroid hormones,
What are the 3 zones without the ...,
What is produced in the zona glom...
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10. Effects of Adrenal Hormones
What are the 3 zones in the adren...,
Name a mineralocorticoid,
Name a glucocorticoid
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11. Effects of Acute and Chronic Hyperglycaemia
What are normal glucose levels be...,
What are normal glucose levels 2h...,
What glucose levels are considere...
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12. Biochemistry of the Main Gonadal Hormones
What are the main gonadal hormone...,
What are the main gonadal hormone...,
Which axis is involved in the con...
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13. Gametogenesis, Implantation, Foetal Membranes
What are gametes derived from,
Where do pgcs migrate during gast...,
Where do pgcs move to during week...
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14. Pregnancy
What is fertilisation,
What are the layers surrounding t...,
Describe the process of fertilisa...
27
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15. Biochemistry of the Mammary Gland and Lactation
Which hormones play a role in lac...,
What type of gland is the mammary...,
What are the functions of the mam...
28
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16. Reproductive Pharmacology
What receptors does oestrogen act on,
What are natural forms of therape...,
What are synthetic forms of synth...
29
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17. Disorders of Eating
What are 4 ways to measure percen...,
Does bmi or waist to hip ratio ha...,
What adjustment to bmi calculatio...
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18. Elements of Renal Function and Excretion
What are the functions of the kid...,
What are the 2 parts of the nephron,
What is contained in the renal co...
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19. Control of Renal Circulation and Glomerular Filtration
What effect does vasoconstriction...,
How is gfr maintained constant,
What map range does autoregulatio...
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20. Renal Clearance
What are some symptoms of kidney ...,
What are the 3 processes involved...,
What is renal clearance
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21. Countercurrent Mechanism
Is the loop of henle hypo or hype...,
Is the dct hypo or hyper osmotic,
What is the osmolarity in the pct
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22. Renal Tubular Function and Physiology
What is tubular reabsorption,
What is the function of tubular r...,
What is tubular secretion
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23. Renin Angiotensin System
What converts angiotensinogen to ...,
What converts angiotensin 1 to an...,
Where is angiotensinogen produced
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24. Nitrogen Excretion
What is nitrogen excretion depend...,
What are the stages of amino acid...,
What are the products of transami...
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25. Urogenital Ridge and Kidney
What happens to the pronephros,
What does the mesonephric duct gi...,
What separates the hindgut and ur...
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26. Renal Control of Acid/Base Balance
What range does blood ph need to ...,
What processes increase the amoun...,
What are the 4 buffering systems ...
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27. Acidosis/Alkalosis
What are 3 methods of maintaining...,
What chemical buffers are used in...,
What buffering reaction does inor...
28
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28. Urinary Bladder and Micturition
What is the innervation of the ur...,
What type of epithelium is found ...,
What is the function of the obliq...
31
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29. Cloaca, Uterus, External Genitalia
Where do germ cells originate from,
Where do the indifferent gonads d...,
Where do the germ cells migrate i...
44
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