Lecture5: Adrenal Gland

Question 1

What does the Adrenal Medulla secrete?

Answer 1

Catecholamines

Question 2

What is the Adrenal Medulla for?

Answer 2

For emergencies, increases metabolic rate and what not

Question 3

What regulates the activity of the Adrenal Medulla?

Answer 3

Splanchnic nerve

Question 4

What is Pheocromocytoma?

Answer 4

A Catecholamine secreting tumor of the adrenal medulla

Question 5

What does Pheochromocytoma present as?

Answer 5

Panic attacks, sweating, increased heart rate

Question 6

Without aldosterone, what happens to a person?

Answer 6

beymoot

Question 7

What secretes Aldosterone and what is it classified as?

Answer 7

Adrenal cortex, Mineralcorticoid

Question 8

What is the relevance of Aldosterone on the kidney?

Answer 8

Anti-diuretic effect

Question 9

What does aldosterone do to the sweat glands, salivary glands and intestinal absorption?

Answer 9

It increases the Na+ Reabsorption and the K+ secretion by the ducts

Question 10

How does Aldosterone affect stools?

Answer 10

Prevents less of sodium in the stools

Question 11

An increase in potassium concentration causes direct stimulation of?

Answer 11

Zona glomerulosa

Question 12

Increased potassium increases secretion of?

Answer 12

Aldosterone

Question 13

What is responsible for stimulating the synthesis and release of aldesterone from the zona glomerulosa?

Answer 13

Angiotensin 2

Question 14

Mineralcoricoid deficiency leads to?

Answer 14

Decreased cardiac output and contractions along with MILD ACIDOSIS

Question 15

What does the Adrenal Medulla produce?

Answer 15

Adrenaline