FRANCISCO CASTILLO ANGIE BOHÓRQUEZ

TECNOLOGÍA EN REGENCIA DE FARMACIA

INGLES SEGUNDO SEMESTRE

MANY PATIENTS DO NOT KNOW THE LOCATION AND FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN OR THE PANCREAS. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THEM TO A PATIENT IN ENGLISH?

• The pancreas is an organ that is located in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is an endocrine gland that produces insulin, glucagon and somatostatin, as well as a cell that secretes exotrina pancreatic juice passing through the small intestine. The pancreas, being a mixed gland, has two functions: one other exocrine and endocrine function.

• - The endocrine function is responsible for producing and secreting two important hormones. insulin and glucagon.

• - The exocrine function is the production of pancreatic juice.

WRITE A REFERRAL LETTER TO AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST FOR A PATIENT WHO YOU BELIEVE HAS HYPOTHYROIDISM. USE THE LETTER IN D OPPOSITE AS A MODEL.

• dear doctor,• my name is John Doe, I have 23 years of age. I weigh 62

kilograms, I make sport every day, for a year I come forward a number of symptoms such as fatigue, mood swings, skin changes, inexplicable weight gain and digestive problems. I think I'm suffering from hypothyroidism because I read an article that said Hypothyroidism means that the thyroid gland noes able to produce enough thyroid hormone paramantener the body functioning normally.