Blood work of a female client shows an increase in the production of estradiol. The nurse realizes that this hormone is controlled by:
1. positive feedback.
2. negative feedback.
3. nervous feedback.
4. reverse feedback.
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Even though most of the hormones in the endocrine system are under a negative feedback mechanism, estradiol is not one of those hormones. Estradiol is controlled by a positive feedback mechanism in that when it increases, there will be in an increase in the production of follicle-stimulating hormone by the anterior pituitary.
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