Table of Contents
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
COMPARISON OF ENDOCRINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS
CATEGORIES OF HORMONES
PEPTIDES
PEPTIDE HORMONES
AMINES
STEROIDS
PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF HORMONES
TYPES OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
HYPOTHALAMUS AND POSTERIOR PITUITARY
HYPOTHALAMUS AND ANTERIOR PITUITARY
HYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM
HYPOTHALAMIC REGULATORY HORMONES
HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING AND INHIBITING HORMONES
HIERARCHICAL CONTROL
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:TSH
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:ACTH
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:PROLACTIN
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES: GROWTH HORMONE
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES: LH & FSH: ACT ON
GONADS
CONTROL OF GROWTH
ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES: GROWTH HORMONE
METABOLIC ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE
GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE
GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE
GROWTH HORMONE ACTS THROUGH SOMATOMEDINS
GHRH AND GHIH
ABNORMAL GH SECRETION
THE THYROID GLAND
THYROID HORMONE’S EFFECTS
REGULATION OF THYROID SECRETION
ABNORMALITIES OF THYROID FUNCTION
THE ADRENAL GLANDS
CORTEX: STEROID HORMONES SECRETED
MINERALOCORTICOIDS
GLUCOCORTICOIDS
REGULATION OF CORTISOL SECRETION
SEX HOMONES
ADRENAL OVERSECRETION
ADRENAL INSUFFICIENY
MEDULLA: CATECHOLAMINES
ACTIONS OF EPINEPHRINE
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME
CONTROL OF FUEL METABOLISM
ANABOLISM VS CATABOLISM
PANCREATIC HORMONES
INSULIN: ACTION ON BLOOD SUGAR
INSULIN: ACTION ON FAT
INSULIN: ACTION ON PROTEIN
CONTROL OF INSULIN SECRETION
TWO TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
ACUTE EFFECTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
GLUCAGON
EPINEPHRINE, CORTISOL, AND GROWTH HORMONE
CONTROL OF CALCIUM METABOLISM
PARATHYROID HORMONE
CALCITONIN
VITAMIN D
PTH HYPOSECRETION
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY |