CH12 STUDY GUIDE
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This hormone reduces the volume of urine produced by the kidneys and is also
called vasopressin - -ADH
protrusion of the eyeball - ✅✅-exophthalmos
disorder produced by excessive thyroid hormone production - ✅✅-thyrotoxicosis
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Patient reports he needs to urinate many times during the day and even gets up 3 to
4 times per night to urinate - -polyuria
main catecholamine produced by the adrenal medulla - ✅✅-epinephrine
severe congenital hypothyroidism - ✅✅-cretinism
What is colitis and what body system does it affect? - ✅✅-inflammation of the
colon; the digestive system
What is the only hormone that can lower blood glucose? - ✅✅-insulin
Abnormal thinness - ✅✅-emaciation
facial features and expressions - ✅✅-facies
Which term has an element that means black? -✅✅-melatonin
In the term hypothalamus, the element hypo means - ✅✅-below
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Resorption and deposition are antagonistic processes. What does antagonistic
mean? - -functions that have opposite actions
✅✅-blood
In the abbreviation BUN, the "B" stands for: -
extremely high body temperature or fever - ✅✅-hyperpyrexia
A medical term may begin with - ✅✅-a prefix, root, or combining form
What is serotonin converted to at night? - ✅✅-melatonin
Hyperpyrexia, tetany, and edema can all be considered - ✅✅-symptoms and
diagnoses
A term that contains a prefix in the middle of the word is - ✅✅-gluconeogenesis
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