NURS113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Luteinizing Hormone, Glucose Tolerance Test, Hypothyroidism
5 Dec 2017
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T3t4 -- tsh secondary disorder: hypofunction: underproduction of hormone, hyperfunction: excessive hormone, hypo responsiveness: depressed cell response, negative feedback. Excessive: children: gigantism (increase risk of cardiomegaly and heart failure); adult: acromegaly (two signs: wedding rings can not fit anymore. Deficiency: children: dwarfism (mental growth is normal) (compare with cretinism); adult: pituitary tumor, no effect on growth, evidence of atherosclerotic plaques and endothelial dysfunction. Gonadotropin produced in hypothalamus releasing target gland: anterior pituitary gland hormone (gnrh) Function: stimulates the releasing of fsh and lh. Stimulate ovary to produce -stimulates sertoli cells (follicular- steroids produce androgen-binding stimulating - Surge at midcycle, triggers protein (abp), thereby hormone) Stimulates ovary to produce -stimulates leydig cells (luteinizing steroids produce testosterone to to. Surge at midcycle, triggers ovulation (*it is lh turns the follicle into. Function:- development of female secondary sexual spermatogenesis, helps in characteristics bone strength, sexual -control growth of maturation, and cholesterol endometrium lining metabolism---secondary. ***help in the growth of breast sexual characteristics cancer.
