MCBI Block 3
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- What cells release calcitonin?
- C cells
- What are the two types of parathyroid gland cells?
- chief cells and oxyphil cells
- Thyroid hromone deficiencies during fetal or early postnatal life lead to what sydrome?
- cretinism
- Calcitonin stimulates what cells?
- osteoblasts
- Calcitonin inhibits what cells?
- osteoclasts
- Region of the adrenal cortex that secretes aldosterone.
- zona glomerulosa
- Region of the adrenal cortex that secretes glucocorticoids, including cortisol.
- zona fasciculata
- Condition when cells of the zona glomerulosa secrete exessive aldosterone.
- Conn's syndrome
- Condition when cells of the zona fasciculata secrete excessive cortisol.
- Cushing's syndrome
- Condition of adrenal insufficiency when abnormally low levels of aldosterone and cortisol are secreted from an adrenal cortex that is damged by autoimmune disease.
- Addison's disease
- Condition in which individuals feel mentally and physically slugish; are cold intolerant and have loss of appetite, but gain weight?
- hypothyroidism, myxedema
- What are the two types of acidophils?
- somatotrophs and mammotrophs
- What are the three types of basophils?
- gonadotrophs, thyrotrophs, and corticotrophs