term	page reference
endocrinology	600
hormone	600
endocrine gland	600
endocrine system	600
neuroendocrine cell	601
target cell	601
pituitary gland (hypophysis)	602
adenohypophysis	602
anterior lobe	602
pars tuberalis	602
pars intermedia	602
neurohypophysis	602
median eminence	602
stalk (infundibulum)	602
posterior lobe	602
hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract	604
tropic hormone	605
gonadotropin	605
axis	605
pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)	605
hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal system	605
releasing hormones	606
inhibiting hormones	606
neuroendocrine reflex	606
negative feedback inhibition	607
somatomedin	608
insulin-like growth factor (IGF)	608
hypopituitarism	609
pituitary dwarfism	609
hyperpituitarism	609
gigantism	609
acromegaly	609
diabetes insipidus	609
pineal gland	610
thymus	610
involution	610
thyroid	610
thyroid follicle	611
follicular cells	611
calorigenic effect	611
C cells	611
congenital hypothyroidism	611
myxedema	612
endemic goiter	612
toxic goiter	612
parathyroid glands	612
chief cells	612
hyperparathyroidism	612
adrenal gland	613
adrenal medulla	613
adrenal cortex	613
zona glomerulosa	613
zona fasciculata	613
zona reticularis	613
corticosteroid	613
androgen	613
pheochromocytoma	614
Cushing syndrome	614
adrenogenital syndrome (AGS)	614
Addison disease	615
pancreatic islets	615
a cells	615
ß cells	615
somatostatin	615
d cells	615
diabetes mellitus (DM)	615
polyuria	615
polydipsia	616
polyphagia	616
glycosuria	616
ketonuria	616
hyperglycemia	616
osmotic diuresis	616
IDDM	616
ketoacidosis	617
NIDDM	617
hyperinsulinism	617
insulin shock	617
gonadal hormone	617
granulosa cells	617
interstitial cells	617
sustentacular cells	617
steroid hormones	620
biogenic amines	620
peptide hormones	620
transport protein	621
bound hormone	621
unbound hormone	621
half-life	621
iodide pump	621
thyroglobulin	621
monoiodotyrosine (MIT)	621
diiodotyrosine (DIT)	621
thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG)	621
prohormone	623
preprohormone	623
preproinsulin	624
proinsulin	624
connecting peptide	624
acceptor site	625
diacylglycerol	626
inositol triphosphate (IP3)	626
calmodulin	626
enzyme amplification	627
up-regulation	628
down-regulation	628
phosphodiesterase	628
synergistic effect	628
permissive effect	629
antagonistic effect	629
local hormone	629
paracrine secretions	630
eicosanoid	630
arachidonic acid	630
lipoxygenase	630
leukotriene	630
cyclooxygenase	631
prostacyclin	631
thromboxane	631
prostaglandin (PG)	631
stress	632
general adaptation syndrome (GAS)	632
alarm reaction	632
stage of resistance	632
stage of exhaustion	632

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