Medical Surgical Nursing Flashcards Questions and Answers 2023

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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. -Mineralocorticoids - -Corticosteroids produced in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland to help control the body's sodium and potassium content. -Negative feedback - -The condition of maintaining a constant output of a system by exerting an inhibitory control on a key step by a product of that system. Used in a series of reactions that control hormone secretion and cellular activity based on responses to correct any movement away from normal function. An example of a simple negative feedback hormone response is the control of insulin secretion in which the action of insulin (decreasing blood glucose levels) is the opposite of the condition that stimulated insulin secretion (elevated blood glucose levels.) -Neuroendocrine regulation - -The regulation of overall body function by the combined actions of the endocrine system and the nervous system. -Neurohypophysis - -The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stores hormones produced in the hypothalamus. -Nocturia - -The need to urinate excessively at night. Also called "nocturnal polyuria." -Striae - -Reddish purple streaks on the skin, also called "stretch marks." [Show More]

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