Explain how endocrine disorders produced the physical characteristics described:
obesity in a man with hypothyroidism,

Mrs. Giardino had an abnormally high concentration of calcium in her blood, and her physicians were certain she had a tumor of the parathyroid gland. However, when surgery was performed on her neck, the surgeon could not find the parathyroid glands at all. Where should the surgeon look next to find the tumorous parathyroid gland?

Where are the hormones produced that are secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary? Where are the hormones produced that are secreted by the anterior lobe?

The pars distalis of the anterior pituitary does not secrete (a) antidiuretic hormone, (b) growth hormone, (c) gonadotropins, (d) thyroid-stimulating hormone

How do tropic hormones secreted by the pituitary differ in action from the other pituitary hormones?

An accident victim who had not been wearing a seat belt received trauma to his forehead when he was thrown against the windshield. The physicians in the emergency room worried that his brain stem may have been driven inferiorly through the foramen magnum. To help assess this, they quickly took a standard X-ray film of his head and searched for the position of the pineal gland. How could anyone expect to find this tiny, boneless gland in a radiograph?

Jeremy, a 5-year-old boy, has been growing by leaps and bounds such that his height is 70% above normal for his age group. A CT scan reveals a pituitary tumor.
What condition will Jeremy exhibit if corrective measures are not taken?

Jeremy, a 5-year-old boy, has been growing by leaps and bounds such that his height is 70% above normal for his age group. A CT scan reveals a pituitary tumor.
What hormone is being secreted in excess?

List the hormones secreted by each of the three zonas of the adrenal cortex

Choose the correct hormone from the key for each description.
(1) stimulates cell division in the epiphyseal plates of growing bones
(2) involved in water balance; causes the kidneys to conserve water
(3) stimulates milk production
(4) stimulates milk ejection
(5) tropic hormone that stimulates the gonads to secrete sex hormones
(6) increases basal metabolic rate
(7) tropic hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormone
(8) adjusts blood sugar levels and helps the body cope with stress
(9) is secreted by the pineal gland
(10) increases blood calcium levels
(11) is secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary (two possible choices)
(12) the only steroid hormone in the list
Key:
(a) melatonin
(b) antidiuretic hormone(ADH)
(c) growth hormone (GH)
(d) luteinizing hormone(LH)
(e) thyroid hormone (TH)
(f) thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
(g) prolactin (PRL)
(h) oxytocin
(i) cortisol
(j) parathyroid hormone (PTH)

What are the three types of stimuli that regulate secretion from endocrine cells?

Compare and contrast the functions of both sets of capillaries in the hypophyseal portal system

On a realistic drawing of the endocrine glands in the body, mark and label the endocrine organs that develop from the
neural crest of early sympathetic trunk ganglia

On a realistic drawing of the endocrine glands in the body, mark and label the endocrine organs that develop from the
endoderm of the pharyngeal pouches (two answers here)