NURSING HEALTH ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CASE STUDY _ Endocrine System Study Guid

NURSING HEALTH ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CASE
STUDY _ Endocrine System Study Guide




Adrenal gland - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔either of
a pair of complex endocrine glands
situated near the kidney. Triggers the
body's response to an emergency
situation known as the "flight or fight"
reaction in the nervous system.

, diabetes - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔A medical
condition that can cause the body to
require the endocrine system to have
negative feedback. This condition is
marked by excessive urination and
persistent thirst


Endocrine system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔The
system of glands that produce endocrine
secretions that help to control bodily
metabolic activity, and the organs that
have major functions outside the system:
pancreas, gonads, hypothalamus.