Endocrine Disorders

Graves' disease impacts your metabolism. Symptoms include goiter, excessive sweating, intolerance to heat, anxiety, increased heart rate and bulging eyes. What endocrine gland is effected by it?

• Pituitary Gland

• Thyroid Gland

• Pineal Gland

• Adrenal Glands

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Hypersecretion of thyroid hormones in an adult. Leads to high metabolism and bulging eyes.

• Addison's
• Cushing's
• Grave's
• Hashimoto's

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Hypersecretion of GH during childhood.

• acromegaly
• gigantism
• dwarfism
• cretinism

Hypersecretion of GH in adult

• Gigantism
• Acromegaly
• Dwarfism
• Goiter

Cretinism

• too little HGH

• too little thyroxine

• too little oxytocin

• too much thyroxine

S/S: weight loss, nervousness, exopthalamus - caused by over secretion of thyroxine 

• Hyperthyroid
• Hypothyroid
• Hyperparathyroid
• Hypoparathyroid 

Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which people cannot properly process their blood sugar. Which two hormones would be involved in this disorder?

• Adrenaline and insulin

• ADH and adrenaline

• Insulin and glucagon

• Glucagon and adrenaline

Acromegaly is a pituitary gland disorder. Symptoms included enlarged hands, feet & facial features and larger than normal internal organs. Which hormone is involved in this disorder?

• Calcitonin

• Estrogen

• Testosterone

• Growth Hormone

Addison's disease is caused by a decreased production of adrenal hormones. Symptoms include salt cravings (due to imbalance of sodium & potassium), hyperpigmentation and gastrointestinal distress. Which hormones would be involved in this disorder?

• Gastrin and thyroxine

• Prolactin and oxytocin

• Aldosterone and cortisol

• Adrenaline and Insulin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Hyperthyroidism is caused by excessive thyroid hormone production which results in weight loss, high heart rate and increased metabolism. What hormones are effected by this disorder?

• Thyroxine and triiodothyronine

• Calcitonin and prolactin

• Adrenaline and glucagon

• Vasopressin and Vitamin D

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3