Endocrine Chapter Test

Chapter review

47 cards   |   Total Attempts: 191
  

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Front Back
A synonym for the thyroid cartilage is?
Adam's apple
A hormone that stimulates the thyroid is abbreviated ?
THS
An autoimmune hyperthyroidism is termed?
Grave's Disease
The definition of Grave's Disease is?
Hyperthyroidism with a goiter
Addison's disease is termed?
Adrenal gland insufficiencies
Endocrine cells of the pancreas are located in clusters called the islets of?
Langerhans
The diagnosis of diabetes meelitus may be based on a fasting blood glucose of what?
126 mgs or greater
Which word means enlargement of the head, face, hands, and feet in an adult due to excess growth?
Acromegaly
Hypersecretion of androgens are know as?
Adrenal virilism
Which word with a prefix, root, and suffix refers to the pituitary hormone that stimulates the uterus to contract?
Oxytocin
The word for an agent or process that aids the action of another is?
Synergist
The three cell types in the pancreas are??
-Alpha -Beta -Delta
Pineal refers to what?
A gland
Underproduction of growth hormone from birth leads to a condition known as?
Pituitary Dwarfism
The word corticoid means a steroid hormone produced by the?
Adrenal Cortex