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| Name condition What is it What hormone causes it/ what gland | Acromegaly Overgrowth of skull Caused by excess growth hormone in anterior pituitary gland after growth has finished and long bones have hardened growth plates |
| Name condition What gland and how is it caused Deficiency of what element could cause this | Goitre Swelling of thyroid gland caused by hypersecretion and hyposecretion of thyroxin Iodine deficiency |
| Electrolyte and water imbalance (low sodium and high potassium) leading to severe dehydration, low blood pressure leading to kidney failure, hyperglycaemia, bronzing of the skin due to excess melanin deposition... Symptoms of what disease in which gland | Addison's disease Adrenal cortex |
| What disease Caused by which gland | Addison's disease Hypofunction/ under active adrenal cortex |
| Name the condition What hormone causes it What gland produces this hormone | Hirsutism Excess testosterone Adrenal cortex |
| What condition/ which gland Caused by what | Acromegaly Anterior pituitary Enlarged hands Caused by excess growth hormone after growth has finished and long bones have hardened growth plates |
| What is this symptom Name condition/ gland Name hormones that cause this | Fat deposited in face and becomes round and puffy "moon face" with slit like eyes Cushing's syndrome Adrenal cortex Oversecretion of cortisol and lesser extent aldosterone and sex hormones |
| What condition Which gland Caused by what hormones | Cushing's syndrome Adrenal cortex Oversecretion of cortisol and lesser extent aldosterone and sex hormones |
| What hormone causes excess thirst/ urination What gland is it produced in | Anti- diuretic hormone (ADH) increases water reabsorption Posterior pituitary |
| What is this condition What gland What is the cause | Myxoedema Thyroid Underactive thyroid |
| Deficiency of what (female) hormone What hormone is in excess causing accelerated bone loss | Oestrogen (female) Parathyroid hormone |
| What is this disease What gland What is it caused by | Grave's disease Thyroid Overactive thyroid |
| Symptoms: Increased BMR and heart rate, considerable weight loss as protein is used as an energy source, person becomes very excitable, eyes bulge due to accumulation of fluid behind eyeball, thyroid gland may swell to form a goitre... caused by what hormone and what condition | Too much thyroxin in the blood Condition called Grave's disease |
| Symptoms: BMR is slow, body weight increases, mental activity slows so a person is less alert, skin becomes dry and puffy, hair becomes thin and brittle, thyroid gland may swell to form a goitre.... caused by what hormone and what condition | Too little thyroxin in the blood Condition called Myxoedema |
| Symptoms: Muscles going into spasm producing involuntary convulsive contractions.... What is the condition called What is it caused by Low levels of which hormone | Tetany Caused by abnormally low level of calcium ions in the blood Parathyroid hormone |
| What is this a treatment for Where should this hormone be released when there is high glucose levels (normally) | Type 1 diabetes mellitus Insulin is released by Beta cells in the pancreatic islet of Langerhans |
| What are these symptoms suggesting What hormone should be produced and where | Hypoglycaemia- low blood glucose levels Glucagon to convert glycogen into glucose Glucagon is released by Alpha cells in the pancreatic islet of Langerhans |
| What is this condition called What hormone causes it/ what gland | Dwarfism Lack of growth hormone Anterior pituitary gland |
| What is this condition called What hormone causes it/ what gland | Gigantism Excess growth hormone in anterior pituitary gland |
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