1) SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE is a physiological response to foreign material and acts to eliminate the nonself. 2) The main cell involved is the SMALL LYMPHOCYTE Beneficial & harmful effect of specific immune response Beneficial effects Harmful effects 1. protects from infection 2. removes altered & old red cells, necrotic tissue …
IMMUNOLOGY– study of the immune response IMMUNE RESPONSE: capable of recognizing foreign material and eliminating it from the body. There are 2 types of immune responses Non-specific immunity or Innate immunity Specific immunity or Acquired immunity Present @ birth Not specific to the pathogen Has no memory Present in invertebrates and vertebrates develops after …
01. General Endocrinology 02. Pituitary and Hypothalamus I 03. Hypophysiotropic hormones ( Hypothalamic Hormones )Hypothalamus & Pituitary II 04. Anterior Pituitary Hormones (Hypothalamus & Pituitary) III
Anterior Pituitary Hormones-Pharmacological use FSH LH Stimulates oogenesis & spermatogenesis Prepare from urine post menopausal women Lack, due to pituitary GnRH↓ lead to infertility Secret by placenta & taken from urine of pregnant mother Lack due to pituitary ↓GNRH,lead to Infertility(both sexes) Use to treat Crypto-orchidism [unsdesend testes] Precipitate …
04. Anterior Pituitary Hormones (Hypothalamus & Pituitary) III Read More »
Tropic hormone – stimulate hormone secretion from another gland Secretions of pituitary gland is controlled by neural and chemical signals Posterior pituitary – Neural signals Anterior pituitary – Chemical signals – Hypophysiotropic hormones ( Synthesized by the hypothalamic nucleus which are carried to anterior pituitary by the portal hypophyseal blood vessels) Hypophysiotropic hormones ( Hypothalamic …
03. Hypophysiotropic hormones ( Hypothalamic Hormones )Hypothalamus & Pituitary II Read More »
Pituitary Master endocrine gland Small gland Situated at the base of the brain in the hypophyseal fossa Infundibulum pierces the diaphragma sellae to attach to the floor of the 3rd ventricle Relations Superiorly Diaphragma sellae Optic chiasma Tuber cinerium Infundibular recess Lateral Cavernous sinus cranial nerves are damaged in lateral enlargement :3rd, 4th,5th & 6th …
APPROACH TO THE PATIENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History Physical Examination Investigations DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF COMMON GYNECOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS . . . . Vaginal Discharge Vaginal/Vulvar Pruritus Genital Ulceration Inguinal Lymphadenopathy Pelvic Mass Dyspareunia Pelvic Pain Abnormal Uterine Bleeding REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY . . . . …
web directory