The nurse performing an assessment of a patient's endocrine system expects to address the structure and function of which glands? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Lacrimal glands
2. Gonads
3. Salivary glands
4. Hypothalamus
5. Thyroid gland
2,4,5
Rationale 1: Lacrimal glands are exocrine glands (excrete their fluids via a duct to an environment external to themselves).
Rationale 2: An assessment of the endocrine system (in which hormones are secreted into the bloodstream) would include the gonad glands.
Rationale 3: Salivary glands are exocrine glands (excrete their fluids via a duct to an environment external to themselves).
Rationale 4: An assessment of the endocrine system (in which hormones are secreted into the bloodstream) would include the hypothalamus.
Rationale 5: An assessment of the endocrine system (in which hormones are secreted into the bloodstream) would include the thyroid.
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