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Adrenal Drugs ch33
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addison's Disease | life threatening disease caused by a partial or complete failure of adrenocortical function |
| Adrenal Cortex | The outer portion of the Adrnal Gland |
| Adrennal Medulla | The inner portion of the Adrenal Gland |
| Aldose terne | A mineralcorticord hormone produced by the adrenal cortex to regulate sodium and potassium |
| Corticosteroids | natural or synthetic adrenalcortical hormones produced by the cortex |
| Cortex | the outer layers of a body organ |
| Cushings syndrome | metabolic disorder caracterized by abnormally increased secretion of the adrenocortical steroids |
| Epinephrine | hormone secrted in the blood by the adrenal medulla, Vasoconstrictor and increases cardiac output |
| Glucocorticoids | group of corticosteroid hormones that regulate cabohydrate, protien, and lipid metabolism inhibits release of adrenocorticotropic hormones |
| HPA axis | Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal, a negative feedback system involved in regulating the release of corticotropin-releasing hormones by the hypothalamus |
| Addison's Disease | life threatening disease caused by a partial or complete failure of adrenocortical function |
| Adrenal Cortex | The outer portion of the Adrnal Gland |
| Adrennal Medulla | The inner portion of the Adrenal Gland |
| Aldose terne | A mineralcorticord hormone produced by the adrenal cortex to regulate sodium and potassium |
| Corticosteroids | natural or synthetic adrenalcortical hormones produced by the cortex |
| Cortex | the outer layers of a body organ |
| Cushings syndrome | metabolic disorder caracterized by abnormally increased secretion of the adrenocortical steroids |
| Epinephrine | hormone secrted in the blood by the adrenal medulla, Vasoconstrictor and increases cardiac output |
| Glucocorticoids | group of corticosteroid hormones that regulate cabohydrate, protien, and lipid metabolism inhibits release of adrenocorticotropic hormones |
| HPA axis | Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal, a negative feedback system involved in regulating the release of corticotropin-releasing hormones by the hypothalamus |
| Medulla | Term for the most interior portins of an organ |
| Mineralocorticoids | A group of corticosteroids hormones that regulate electrolyte and water balance, primary mineralocorticoid in humans is Aldosterone |
| Norepinephrine | Adrenergic hormone secreated by the adrenal medulla, increases blood pressure by causing vasoconstriction immediate precursor to Epinephrine |
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