SAM: Endocrinology
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Review of the Endocrine system and diseases associated with the Endocrine system.
Topics of this game:
- Also known as the "Master Gland" or Hypophysis.
- Gland with 2 lobes that produces and secreats T3, T4, and Calcitonin.
- disease of the Thyroid gland that more common in dogs than in cats.
- This condition is a normal reaction to illness. T4 levels decrease to protect from weight loss, hypotension, and muscle wasting.
- Common diesease of senior cats, rare in dogs. Clinical sighnes include weightloss, hypertension, vocalizing, Thyroid noduals and Tackycardia.
- Diabetes Melitis is an inadequit secretion or utilization of what? resulting in a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism.
- 60% of what kind of cat become diabetic?
- Diabetic dogs do well on diets that are high in what?
- Low Blood Sugar. Consequince of Insulin Overdose.
- Functional tumor of pancreatic B cells leading to excess secretion of insulin and cronic, severe hypoglycemia
- Also known as Addisons diesease. insufficient production of glucocordicoids and Mineralcordicoids.
