Medical Surgical Nursing Flashcards Questions and Answers 2023

Catecholamines - -Hormones (dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine) released by the adrenal medulla in response to stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. -Corticosteroids - -The hormones produced and secreted by the adrenal cortex; also called "adrenal steroids" -Cortisol - -The main glucocorticoid produced by the adrenal cortex. -Dysuria - -Painful urination. -Gonads - -The male and female reproductive endocrine glands. Male gonads are the testes. Female gonads are the ovaries. -Hirsutism - -Abnormal growth of body hair, especially on the face, chest and the linea alba of the abdomen of women. -Hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system - -The small, closed circulatory system that the hypothalamus shares with the anterior pituitary gland, which allows hormones produced in the hypothalamus to travel directly to the anterior pituitary gland.