নেত্রকোণা মেডিকেল কলেজ, নেত্রকোণা

Endocrine glands : name & name of their hormones.

 Hormone: definition, classification, mechanism of action, assessment of hormone level.

 Hypothalamic hormones, releasing & inhibitory hormones: name and functions.

 Pituitaty Gland: physiological anatomy.  Pituitary hormones (anterior & posterior): name, functions, mechanism of action and their control by the hypothalamus and disorders (dwarfism, gigantism, acromegaly & hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus).

 Thyroid Gland: physiological anatomy.  Thyroid hormones: biosynthesis, transport, functions, mechanism of action, regulation of secretion, disorders (hypo and hyperthyroidism, cretinism, myxoedema and goitre)..

 Parathyroid Gland: physiological anatomy.  Parathyroid hormone: functions, mechanism of action & regulation of secretion.

 Adrenal Gland: physiological anatomy. Adrenocortical hormones: name, functions , mechanism of action , regulation of secretion & disorders (Addison’s disease, Cushing’s Syndrome, Conn’s disease).

 Islets of Langerhan’s of pancreas - hormones: functions, mechanism of action & regulation of secretion