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Chapter 14 Endocrine System Caduceus self test with 100- correct answers(100- accuracy)
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Chapter 14 EndocrineSystem Caduceus self
test with 100% correct
answers(100%
accuracy)
Dia/betes literally means: - answer through/passing
What is a diabetes condition that forms during pregnancy called? - answer
Gestational diabetes
the probable cause of dwarf/ism is heredity factors or the lack of pituitary
____ production. - answer HGH
The inability to sleep is often caused by the lack of the Pineal Gland to
secrete: - answer melatonin
The Parathyroid Gland produces Para/thormone, which regulate body
calcium blood levels and prevents: - answer muscle spasms
How many hormones does the pituitary gland secrete in men? - answer 6
The anterior part of the pituitary gland secretes which hormones? -
answer Luteiniz/ing, Growth, Thyroid Stimulating and
Adrenocorticotrophic (LH, HGH, TSH, and ACTH)
, when the thyroid hormone produces too much thyroxine, what results? -
answer Hyperthyroidism
What does the word part Thymo- mean? - answer soul or flowery
What does the word part hyalo- mean? - answer Glassy
the ________ is referred to as the master gland of the body because it
secretes multiple hormones that influence multiple body functions -
answer pituitary
the four small dime glands that lie directly upon and behind the thyroid
gland are the ___________ glands. - answer parathyroid
The name of the pituitary hormone that is essential to the growth,
development and continue function of the adrenal cortex is: - answer
ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)
the pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine contractions during female
labor is: - answer oxytocin
the pituitary lobe that secretes Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (ACTH),
Growth Hormone (GH), and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) is called
the: - answer anterior lobe
the _____________ pituitary lobe stores and releases Anti/di/uret/ic Hormone
(ADH) and Oxytocin - answer
the thyroid hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism is: - answer
thyroxine
the name of the hormone that helps to maintain the level of calcium in the
blood is - answer parathormone
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