FRCA Notes

Endocrine Physiology

  • Physiology of hormones
  • Hypothalamic - pituitary function
  • Posterior pituitary hormones
  • Growth hormone
  • Other anterior pituitary hormones
  • ACTH

  • Adrenal glands
  • Adrenocortical hormones
  • Aldosterone
  • Cortisol
  • Androgens

  • Thyroid gland
  • Thyroid hormones
  • Calcium homeostasis
  • Hyperparathyroidism

  • Insulin
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity and its effects on organ systems

  • The stress response
  • The starvation response