This 1-hour ToolBook is used in the junior medical curriculum to ensure that students can summarise and apply knowledge of the hypothalamus - adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary) - peripheral endocrine gland axes. Special attention is given to control of secretion and physiological effects of the glucocorticoids and the thyroid hormones.

Users first complete a graphic to obtain a holistic view of the system, summarising hormone families and secretions within each axis. They then derive and test explanations for a set of clinical observations concerning the hypothalamus - pituitary - thyroid gland axis.

Features

• Prompts, suggestions and further comment are provided in response to user choices
• Tabulated abbreviations and synonyms are accessed from the Help Me menu
• The elements of a neuroendocrine feedback control system are explored in a problem solving context

BMS software is designed to use the following directory structure. This package will however work in other directories. If the directories are not present in your directory tree, it isadvisable to create them and transfer the appropriate files to theirproper directories. (Please note that the scripting allows use on anetwork so that they may be used on other drives if the directories andsubdirectories containing the appropriate files are present.)

C:\TOOLBOOK\WORK should contain .TBK

The .TBK files are password-protected and the password is fredso that you can alter them to suit your own circumstances. All we ask is that you acknowledge any use you make of the material and send the authors any comments, improvements or suggestions.

If you need to install or update your copy of the ToolBook runtimeclick here.

You will need this self extracting file:

Make sure that your software is correctly configured to download to disk and then click on each filename.