medterm: ch14 self-test
6 - ANS-How many hormones does the pituitary gland secrete in men?
acromegaly - ANS-what is a result of the pituitary producing too much growth hormone?
Addison's disease - ANS-_______ causes increased pigmentation of the skin and mucous
membranes.
adrenals - ANS-the endocrine glands located above each kidney and which are divided into 2
portions called the medulla and the cortex are the:
all/fleshy - ANS-pan/creas literally means:
an absolute insulin deficiency - ANS-type 1 diabetes is:
anterior lobe - ANS-the pituitary lobe that secretes ACTH, HGH, and follicle stimulating hormone
(FSH) is called the:
Cushing's syndrome - ANS-what is caused by adrenal cortex hypersecretion?
diabetes mellitus - ANS-the diagnostic term for a chronic disease caused by underactivity of the
pancreatic beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans is:
epinephrine - ANS-the hormone that helps the body deal with stress is:
epinephrine and corticosterone - ANS-what does the adrenal gland produce?
excessive thirst - ANS-the compound term poly/dips/ia means:
eyes bulging outward - ANS-Exopthalmia refers to:
gestational diabetes - ANS-what is a diabetes condition that forms during pregnancy called?
glassy - ANS-what does the word part hyalo- mean?
goiter - ANS-What is an enlargement of the thyroid that may be caused by lack of iodine,
inflammation induced by an infection, tumors, hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism?
hormone - ANS-The term given to substances secreted by Endo/crine (within blood/secrete)
Glands that means to urge on is:
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