Tag: pituitary

  • Practice Feedback Loops of the Endocrine System

    Practice Feedback Loops of the Endocrine System

    This exercise shows three feedback loops of the endocrine system where students complete the diagram. Focus is on insulin, antidiuretic hormone, and calcitonin.

  • Case Study – What’s Wrong with Timothy?

    Case Study – What’s Wrong with Timothy?

    The endocrine system can be a difficult subject to cover in anatomy.  It isn’t as showy as the other systems where you can label organs or dissect an eyeball.  Students must also memorize a number of hormones and their functions which have complicated names like thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine.   When I first started teaching anatomy,…