CCNU final Questions and Answers Already Graded
What does the posterior pituitary secrete
Ans: ADH
What does the anterior pituitary secrete?
Ans: Adrenocoritcotropic hormone (ACTH)
Where is ADH produced?
Ans: hypothalamus
what does the adrenal cortex regulate
Ans: salt and water
what does the adrenal cortex secrete
Ans: aldosterone, angiotensin, cortisol
what does the adrenal medulla secrete
Ans: epinephrine and norepinephrine
SAM axis
Ans: acute stress response, secretes norepinephrine and epinephrine
HPA axis
Ans: chronic stress response, secretes cortisol and aldosterone
Addison's disease
Ans: occurs in adrenal insufficiency when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the
hormones cortisol or aldosterone
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, what electrolytes go up/down in adrenal insufficiency
Ans: sodium goes down, potassium goes up
what fluids do we use for diabetes insipidus
Ans: hypotonic
what fluids do we use for SIADH
Ans: hypertonic
what are the four phases of AKI
Ans: onset, oliguria, diuresis, recovery
acute tubular necrosis
Ans: damage to the renal tubules due to presence of toxins in the urine or to ischemia
what usually causes ATN
Ans: nephrotoxic drugs
what electrolytes are effected with ATN
Ans: hypermagnesmia, hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia
how to treat ATN
Ans: saline and mannitol
what part of the kidney does the filtration
Ans: renal corpuscle
what part of the kidney reabsorbs water
Ans: loop of henle
what part of the kidney eliminates electrolytes
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What does the posterior pituitary secrete
Ans: ADH
What does the anterior pituitary secrete?
Ans: Adrenocoritcotropic hormone (ACTH)
Where is ADH produced?
Ans: hypothalamus
what does the adrenal cortex regulate
Ans: salt and water
what does the adrenal cortex secrete
Ans: aldosterone, angiotensin, cortisol
what does the adrenal medulla secrete
Ans: epinephrine and norepinephrine
SAM axis
Ans: acute stress response, secretes norepinephrine and epinephrine
HPA axis
Ans: chronic stress response, secretes cortisol and aldosterone
Addison's disease
Ans: occurs in adrenal insufficiency when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the
hormones cortisol or aldosterone
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, what electrolytes go up/down in adrenal insufficiency
Ans: sodium goes down, potassium goes up
what fluids do we use for diabetes insipidus
Ans: hypotonic
what fluids do we use for SIADH
Ans: hypertonic
what are the four phases of AKI
Ans: onset, oliguria, diuresis, recovery
acute tubular necrosis
Ans: damage to the renal tubules due to presence of toxins in the urine or to ischemia
what usually causes ATN
Ans: nephrotoxic drugs
what electrolytes are effected with ATN
Ans: hypermagnesmia, hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia
how to treat ATN
Ans: saline and mannitol
what part of the kidney does the filtration
Ans: renal corpuscle
what part of the kidney reabsorbs water
Ans: loop of henle
what part of the kidney eliminates electrolytes
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