Human A&P Warm Up When the carnival came to town, the local health professionals and consumer groups joined forces to enforce truth-in- advertising laws to protect selected employees of the carnival. They demanded that the fat man, the dwarf, the giant, and the bearded lady be billed as “people with endocrine system problems”. Identify the endocrine disorder in each case and explain how the disorder produced the characteristic features of these four show people.
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Human A&P Warm Up
When the carnival came to town, the local health professionals and consumer groups joined forces to enforce truth-in-advertising laws to protect selected employees of the carnival. They demanded that the fat man, the dwarf, the giant, and the bearded lady be billed as “people with endocrine system problems”. Identify the endocrine disorder in each case and explain how the disorder produced the characteristic features of these four show people.
Warm Up continued
• Fat man
• Dwarf
• Giant
• Bearded lady
• T3 & T4 not being produced efficiently
• GH deficiency
• Hypersecretion of GH
• Tumor on the adrenal cortex
Objective
• We will…….discuss the function of the thyroid gland, parathyroid, ovaries and testes.
Most endocrine organs operate smoothly until old age Menopause is brought about by lack of
efficiency of the ovaries
Problems associated with reduced estrogen are common
Growth hormone production declines with age
Many endocrine glands decrease output with age
Closure
• A young girl is brought to the clinic by her father. The girl fatigues easily and seems mentally sluggish. You notice a slight swelling in the anterior neck. What condition do you suspect? What are some possible causes and their treatments?
• Hypothyroidism; iodine deficiency----treat with iodine