SIR SYED COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES FOR

GIRLS
Annex- A

ASSIGNMENT & FEEDBACK PERFORMA FOR ATTENDANCE

Student’s Name: Zoafshan Ashfaque Qazi D/o: Ashfaque Nabi Qazi

Class Roll No: 101 Enrollment No: JSMU/MBBS/931/SSCMS/2018

Module Name: Endocrinology

Q1: What is chemical nature of Growth Hormones?

Ans: Growth hormone is protein in nature and thus is water soluble.
Q2: Where is the control tower of this hormone?
Ans: The hypothalamus is the control center for the secretion of growth
hormone.
Q3: What is Acromegaly?
Ans: Acromegaly is disease due to the excess secretion of Growth
hormone in adulthood. It occurs after the epiphyses of the bones have
fused.
Causes:
1. Somatotrope adenoma
2. Excess secretion of GHRH from hypothalamus
3. Ectopic secretion of GHRH from non-endocrine tumors.
4. Ectopic secretion of GH by non-endocrine tumors.
Characteristics:
1. Broad nose
2. Lower jaw protrusion
 3. Enlarged hands and feet
4. Arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome
5. Macroglossia (enlarged tongue)
6. Heart failure
7. Kidney failure
Q4: Define Panhypopituitarism?
Ans: Decreased secretion of anterior pituitary hormones, is called
panhypopituitarism. It occurs due to 3 common causes:
craniopharyngiomas, chromophobe tumors and thrombosis of pituitary
blood vessels. Characteristics include hypothyroidism, decreased
production of glucocorticoids and sex hormones.
Q5: what is difference between Acromegaly and Giantism?
Ans: Excess growth hormone secretion before puberty, causes gigantism
whereas excess secretion in adulthood causes acromegaly. The symptoms
of both conditions are remarkably similar i.e. enlarged hands and feet,
protruded lower jaw, large forehead and coarse facial features.
Q6: Which factor cannot be restored even treatment of
Panhypopituitarism?
Ans: Abnormal sexual function due to panhypopituitarism cannot be cured
with any type of treatment.