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Endocrine System
The endocrine system is made up of glands which control and coordinate body functions and maintain homeostasis inside the body.
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What to expect after thyroid surgery?
I had my thyroid removed in December. I was sure to read all the bad news about thyroid removal to prepare myself for the worse! However, i have had some good results. I was out of work a week and a half, gained only 2 pounds in 7 months, and have a small scar about an inch long that continues to improve. I also was fortunate enough to have found the right level of synthroid after 2 doctor visits. So I am very happy with the results! My doctor advised me to not exceed 5 lbs in weight gain or loss in order to maintain the level of synthroid I take now. All is well!
What causes diabetes mellitus?
Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic, autoimmune disorder in which white blood cells attack the insulin-secreting beta cells inside the pancreas. One of the results being the loss of the body to produce enough insulin. Despite being considerable advances in treating diabetes it is always important to keep blood sugar levels under control unless they can bring a host of other complications such as renal (kidney) failure, heart problems, blindness, and some other things.
Do you fast for thyroid blood test?
When having a Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) or transferrin, than it is necessary to avoid eating or drinking for 8 hours before the blood test. It is not necessary to fast when having a ferritin blood test.
Glands such as thyroid that secrete their product directly in the blood are a part of the endocrine system. The endocrine system includes the pineal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, hypothalamus and adrenal glands.
What are the components of endocrine system?
This system is made of glands that help reduce and secrete hormones that regulate the bodys growth, metabolism and sexual development and function. Major gland components are the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, pancreas, pineal and reproductive organs, adrenals, and parathyroids.
How is a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus confirmed?
There are several diagnostic exams to know if you have diabetes mellitus. The most common is the Fasting Blood Sugar test and the Random Blood sugar test. This will determine you Blood Sugar count. There is also the OGTT or the oral Glucose test. If you have already been started with a regimen for diabetes, the doctor usually orders you a HBA1c or glycoselated hemoglobin.
What gland is next to thyroid gland?
The gland that is located in the neck, next to the thyroid gland is the parathyroid. Most people have four parathyroid glands. The parathyroid glands are very small in size, almost the size of a grain of rice, which are located around the surface of the thyroid gland. The parathyroid produces a hormone called the parathyroid hormone. According toparathyroid.com, the major function of the parathyroid glands are to maintain the body's normal balance of calcium levels in the blood as well as the bones. Maintaining a normal range of parathyroid hormones also affects the nervous and muscular systems.
Which hormones secreted by the body controls the contractions of the uterus wall during birth?
Oxytocin stimulates the uterus to contract and prostaglandins soften your cervix. Oxytocin's nickname is the love hormone, it is present during lovemaking, labor, birth, and directly following the birth in the early postpartum hours and also when you nurse your baby.
What describes a feedback mechanism of the endocrine system?
When the level of a certain hormone gets too high, it stimulates the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland to release an inhibatory hormone to make the gland that is secreting the hormone stop making more of it so the level goes down.
What does the FSH stimulate in women?
High levels of the hormone oestrogen stimulates the production of FSH hormone in women.
How does heroin effect the endocrine system?
Heroine effects on central nervous system are
it affects the muscles
it affects some of the nerves of the brain
it makes our body to be weak
it makes us feel unconfortable
Will you gain weight after hyperthyroidism is cured?
Well its not necessarily that you lose weight some people will and some people don't If regular exercise and the way you eat changes to healthy lifestyle then your weight will decrease or prevent you from putting weight on.
How long will you be radioactive after a nuclear medicine thyroid scan?
This should last at least 24hours
What are two symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
Diabetes mellitus (aka sugar diabetes) and diabetes insipidus (water diabetes) are totally unrelated, but do carry some of the same symptoms. Common symptoms among patients are extreme thurst and excessive urination.
A 44.5 means that your TSH level is not within the normal range. While a normal TSH varies from person to person, the range that is typically followed by physicians is .3 to 4.5. A .3 is on the hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid) end and a 4.5 is on the hypothyroid (under active thyroid) end of the spectrum. Talk with your doctor about any questions or concerns about the results, as well as any symptoms you are experiencing.
How does the endocrine system compare to the nervous system in regulating homeostasis?
Nervous System mainly the hypothalamus secretes different relasing and inhibiting hormones that controls the secretions of various hormones from anterior pituitary as well as secretes two important neuro-hormones viz. oxytosin and vasopressin. thus nervous system along with endocrine system works together to maintain homeostasis.
Why isn't the neurohypophysis or posterior lobe of the pituitary gland a true endocrine gland?
It is only a hormone storage area that receives hormones from the hypothalamus for release. Since it does not make its own secretions (it only stores the neuroendocrine hormones made by the hypothalamus) it is not considered a true endocrine gland.
How does endocrine regulate itself?
In order to answer this question we must all understand what the organs are that make up the endocrine system. The hypothalamus is the master control found in the brain at the base of the optic chiasm. The hypothalamus releases a hormone in the pituitary gland, controls the blanace of water, sleep, temperature, appetite, blood pressure and such. There is much more but that is a start.....
Hormones!
homeostatic conditions also vary across the body - for example, a high acidic level must be maintained in the stomach, this level is maintained by the hormone Gastrin, which is released when the stomach is stretched by food, this hormone targets the production of HCl (Hydrochloric Acid) in the stomach
Another, possibly the most important homeostatic condition is water, which can be maintained by the hormone ADH (anti-diuretic hormone) which controls how permeable the distal convoluted tubules and collecting tubules are, the increase of permeability makes the water that would usually go straight into the urine go back into the body, this lowers water loss and increases urine concentration. this hormone is only released when the body is dehydrated, but when the body has too much, this is removed from the body and most of the water that would be reabsorbed into the body is just removed in the urine.
Hormones send messages to different organs and organ system to turn on/off speed up/slow down activities of those tissues
This is the main way we maintain homeostasis actually, since the endocrine system releases chemicals known as hormones. These hormones are sent via the blood to specific spots in the body to control things like blood sugar, heart rate, etc.
Tonsil is a endocrine gland or not?
While the tonsils are a gland, they are a gland of the immune system and not of the endocrine system.
List of different glands of the body?
An endocrine gland is a ductless gland that produces and secretes hormones into the blood or lymph nodes, affecting specific target tissues throughout the body. Endocrine glands include the pituitary, pineal, hypothalamus, thymus, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla, islets of Langerhans and gonads ie testes and ovaries.
What are the names of the small glands attached to the thyroid glands?
Those are called the parathyroid glands.
What is know as damage to the retina of the eye caused by diabetes mellitus?
Because of the viscous blood when there is hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus, the blood circulation in the eyes becomes slow or sluggish. This will result in blurring or vision of the person affected.
Does the over production of tsh cause hypothyroidism?
No. An overproduction of TSH would cause hyperthyroidism.
What is the major area where the nervous system and endocrine system interact?
That would be the hypothalamus, the gland of homeostasis.
