Post organ transplantation Stroke To determine the dosage before transition to subcutaneous insulin What is the optimal range of glucose control? Both American DiabetesAssociation (ADA) and American College of Endocrinology recommend that the target blood glucose range should be 140-180 mg/dl for the ...
What is the target organ of somatostatin? Somatostatin affects several areas of the body. In thehypothalamus, it regulates the secretion of hormones coming from the pituitary gland, including growth hormone and thyroid stimulating hormone. In the pancreas, somatostatin inhibits the secretion of pancreat...
Part 2 of this review examines the emerging evidence that the health benefits associated with PA are derived, in part, from skeletal muscle-organ crosstalk involving muscle produced hormones (myokines) that exert their effects in either an autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine manner. 2. Impact of ...
In non-alcoholicfatty liver disease(NAFLD), too much fat builds up in your liver and damages this organ. Insulin resistance is one factor that drives this fat accumulation, according to a review inDiabetes Spectrum. People with NAFLD are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those ...
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c. What is its target tissue? Which gland does oxytocin originate from? Describe its major effects. Which hormone released from the medulla of the adrenal glands stimulates glycogenolysis by the liver? a. Cortisol b. Epinephrine c. Glucagon d. Insulin e. Thyroxine a. What is the organ of ...
Treatment Management What is pancreatitis? Pancreatitis is inflammation of your pancreas. The pancreas is an organ that makes insulin. It also makes enzymes (digestive juices) that help your body digest food. Pancreatitis may be an acute (short-term) problem that happens only once. It may becom...
What is the target organ for growth hormone? a. Long bones b. Thyroid gland c. Kidney tubules d. Lungs e. Adrenal glandWhat is the most common type of sweat gland? What kind of gland is it? (Endocrine or endocrine) What tissue type is it composed of?
Electrolytes are minerals that are dissolved in the body’s fluids, water, and blood stream. They have either positive or negative electric charges and help regulate the function of every organ in the body. An electrolyte panel blood test usually measures sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbon...
However, even though bone constitutes 15% of body weight and is closely linked to muscle, little attention has been paid to bone loss during and after ICU and its impact on the prognosis of this group—whether bone loss is also part of multi-organ failure? Furthermore, recent studies have...