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What effect does Prednisone have on adrenal function?
Prednisone affects hormone levels in the body which is made up in part by the endocrine system housing the adrenal glands. Adrenal suppression, which is the inability to produce adequate amounts of the bodies natural steroid hormones. This helps in the production aldosterone which regulates sodium conservation, potassium secretion, and water retention. The effects on the adrenal function is very minor.
What is the abbreviation for Suppression?
suppression
What disease occurs when adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol or aldosterone?
The disease is called as 'Addison's disease'. In developing countries, you get this disease very commonly, as a result of injudicious use of corticosteroids by quacks, leading to suppression of hypothalamo-pituitory-adrenal axis.
The central portion of the adrenal gland is the adrenal?
The central portion of the adrenal gland is known as the adrenal medulla. The function of the adrenal medulla is to secrete epinephrine into the body.
What is the difference between suppression and evocative agents?
Evocative means to cause a specific response (evoke); it's used to describe various tests intended to cause production of hormones or other secretions. Suppression agents do the opposite (or suppress) the produciton of hormones or other secretions. These types of lab tests are used when a physician suspects that the patient is suffering from adrenal gland insufficiency.
What structure produces aldosterone?
The adrenal cortex, where aldosterone is produced, is part of the adrenal gland.
What secretes emergency hormone?
The Adrenal gland (Specifically the adrenal cortex.)
Cortisol is secreted by the?
Adrenal cortex
What is an adrenal artery?
An adrenal artery is an artery in the abdomen which supplies blood to the adrenal glands.
What gland sit atop on the kidneys?
Adrenal Glands
What adrenal glands are actually two separate endocrine glands?
adrenal cortex and the Adrenal Medulla
What gland is superior to the kidneys?
That is the Adrenal gland. Another name for this is the Suprarenal gland.
