1). What are the five principles of endocrinology?
2). How do endocrine pathologies arise and which is most common?
3). What is the function of the adrenal medulla?
4). What are the functions of the adrenal cortex?
5). What is the consequence of the similarities between the hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex?
6). How is cortisol release controlled and influenced?
7). What are the nine physiological effects of cortisol, and what are the target cells for this hormone?
8). How does Cushing's syndrome arise and what are the signs and symptoms?
9). How does Addison's disease arise and what are the signs and symptoms?
10). What are the two classes of hypothalamic trophic hormones and their physiological effects?
11). How is thyroid hormone produced and transported in the body?
12). How is thyroid hormone release controlled?
13). What are the most common thyroid pathologies and their signs and symptoms?
14). What four factors does normal human growth depend upon?
15). Under what conditions is growth hormone released?
16). What are the direct and indirect effects of growth hormone?
17). What factors are necessary or permissive for soft tissue growth?
18). How is bone dynamics affected at the cellular level?
19). Where is calcium located in the body and what factors control blood plasma calcium levels?
20). What organs are responsible for calcium homeostasis?
21). How is calcium homeostasis maintained?