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Pharmacology
What do endocrine glands do,
How do exocrine glands differ fro...,
Name the major endocrine organs
27  cards
Biochemistry
Normal blood glucose level,
Blood glucose levels rise above n...,
Blood glucose levels fall below n...
30  cards
Anatomy
Name the main endocrine glands in...,
Divisions in the brain,
What makes up the diencephalon
80  cards
Drugs
How do sulphonylureas work,
What can sulphonylureas help with,
How are sulphonylureas taken
22  cards
Characteristics of insulin secretion (normal and diabetic)
Describe the secretion of insulin...,
How does the secretion of insulin...,
What are the different types of i...
24  cards
Thyroid physiology
Which hormones does the thyroid g...,
Why do surgeons have to be so car...,
Which ligament does the recurrent...
96  cards
Thyroid pathology
Describe the path of descent the ...,
Failure to descend in embryologic...,
Excessive descent in embryologica...
45  cards
Neck lumps
Name the boundaries of the anteri...,
Name the boundaries of the poster...,
Why does your thyroid move when y...
36  cards
Pregnancy
What contributes to insulin resis...,
What is gestational diabetes,
Complications associated with ges...
28  cards
Online modules- adrenal
Name the layers in the adrenal gland,
Name the subdivisions of the cortex,
What is secreted from the zona re...
51  cards
Poster- diabetes 1
Normal range for hba1c,
Diabetes range for hba1c,
Normal range for fasting glucose
46  cards
Poster 2- treatment of diabetes
Generalised treatment of type 1 d...,
Generalised treatment of type 2 d...,
Treatment ladder for type 2 diabetes
32  cards
Posters- complications of diabetes
Define microvascular disease,
Give examples of microvascular di...,
Give examples of macrovascular di...
31  cards
The hypothalamus and pituitary
How are the hypothalamus and the ...,
What structure comes into close c...,
Where does the pituitary gland sit
31  cards
The adrenal gland poster
Where is the adrenal gland located,
What two glands can the adrenal g...,
From superficial to deep name the...
39  cards
Ovulatory disorders, hormone release and fertilisation
What hormone does the hypothalamu...,
What are the gonadal hormones,
What action does follicle stimula...
75  cards
Week 5 lectures on infertility management
What is anovulation,
What is anovulation associated with,
What stimulates endometrial thick...
52  cards
The thyroid gland
Where is the thyroid gland where ...,
What connects the two lobes of th...,
What lies on the posterior aspect...
40  cards
Parathyroid hormone and other thyroid issues
Most common type of thyroid carci...,
Who gets papillary thyroid carcin...,
Risk factor for papillary thyroid...
22  cards
Insulin therapy
Rapid acting analogues,
Short acting,
Intermediate acting
6  cards

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