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72 Cards in this Set
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WHAT IS THE MASTER GLAND OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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PITUITARY GLAND
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WHERE IS THE PITUITARY GLAND LOCATED
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AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN IN A DEPRESSION IN THE SKULL
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FSH STIMULATES WHAT IN MEN
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SPERM PRODUCTION
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FSH STIMULATES WHAT IN WOMEN
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SECRETION OF ESTROGEN AND FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT
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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) STIMULATES WHAT
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ADRENAL CORTEX
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GROWTH HORMANO(GH OR SOMATOTROPIN) STIMULATES
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GROWTH AND FAT MATABOLISM AND MAINTAINS GLUCOSE LEVELS
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PROLACTIN PRL STIULATES WHAT
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MILK PRODUCTION AND BREAST DEVELOPMENT
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POSTERIOR PITUITARY (NEUROHYPOPHYSIS)
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STORES HORMONES
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE ADH STIMULATES
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REABSORPTION OF WATER BY KIDNEY TUBULES
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OXYTOCIN STIMULATES
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CONTRACTIONS DURING CHILDBIRTH AND RELEASE OF MILK
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THE THYROID IS WHERE AND WHAT
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2 LOBES OVERLYING THE TRACHEA
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THE THYROID SECRETES 2 HORMONES THAT INCREASE METABOLISM. WHAT ARE THEY
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THYROXINE, T4 AND THRYRODOTHYRONINE T3
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THE THYROID SECRETES ONE HORMONE THAT DECREASES BLOOD CALCIUM. WHAT IS IT
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THYROCALCITONIN
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THE PARATHYROID IS WHERE
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ON THE POSTERIOR SIDE OF THE THYROID
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WHAT SECRETES PTH
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THE PARATHYROID
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HOW MANY ADRENAL GLAND ARE THERE
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2, ONE ON TOP OF EACH KIDNEY
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OUTER REGION THAT SECRETES CORTICOSTEROIDS
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ADRENAL CORTEX
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INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE
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CORTISOL
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INNER REGION THAT SECRETES CATECHOLAMINES (EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE)
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ADRENAL MEDULLA
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WHERE IS THE PANCREAS AND WHAT DOES IT DO
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BEHIND THE STOMACH, IT REGULATES BLOOD SUGAR
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WHAT ARE THE CELLS IN THE PANCREAS THAT PRODUCE HORMONES
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ISLETS OF LANGERHANS
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WHERE IS THE THYMUS
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BEHIND THE STERNUM
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WHAT DOES THE THYMUS PRODUCE
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THYMOSIN WHICH STIMULATES T-LYMPHOCYTES
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HYPOTHALAMUS(PART OF BRAIN)IS LOCATED WHERE
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BELOW THE THALAMUS
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PINEAL GLAND IS WHERE
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BEHIND THE HYPOTHALAMUS
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THE PINEAL GLAND SECRETES WHAT
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MELATONIN
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THE OVARIES PRODUCE
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ESTROGEN, FEMALE SEX CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGESTERONE WHICH MAINTIANS PREGNANCY
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CRIN/O
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SECRETE
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DIPS/O
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THIRST
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GONAD/O
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OVARIES AND TESTES
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HOME/O
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SAME
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KAL/I
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POTASSIUM
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NATR/O
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SODIUM
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PHYS/O
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GROWING
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SOMAT/O
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BODY
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STER/O STERE/O
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SOLID, HAVING 3 DIMENSIONS
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TROPIN
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ACT UPON
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AGON
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ASSEMBLE
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DROME
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RUN
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IN, INE
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A SUBSTANCE
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GLANDS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE KIDNEYS, THAT PRODUCE STEROID HORMONES
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ADRENALS
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OPPOSITE SIDE
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CONTRALATERAL
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CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY THE BODY'S ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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HORMONE
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CONNECTION OF TWO REGIONS OR STRUCTURES
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ISTHMUS
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TISSUE CONNECTION BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT THYROID LOBES
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ISTHMUS, THYROID
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE ISTHMUS
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ISTHMUSECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF A LOBE
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LOBECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE THYMUS
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THYMECTOMY
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GLAND THAT PRODUCES HORMONES IMPORTANT TO THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
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THYMUS
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CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THYROID AND THE TONGUE
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THYROGLOSSAL DUCT
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PART OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES HORMONES THAT REGULATE METABOLISM
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THYROID
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE THYROID
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THYROIDECTOMY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
1. DIGESTION 2. DEVELOPMENT 3. PROGESTERONE 4. METABOLISM |
PROGESTERONE
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GLAND THAT OVERLIES THE TRACHEA
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THYROID
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GLAND THAT IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF EACH KIDNEY
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ADRENAL
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THE OUTER REGION OF THE ADRENAL GLAND THAT SECRETES CORTICOSTEROIDS
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CORTEX
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LOCATED ON THE THYROID
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PARATHYROID
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LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN IN A DEPRESSION IN THE SKULL
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PITUITARY
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STIMULATES CONTRACTIONS DURING CHILDBIRTH
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OXYTOCIN
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PRODUCED ONLY DURING PREGNANCY BY THE PLACENTA
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HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
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COMBINING FORM MEANING SECRETE
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CRIN/O
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PREFIX MEANING GOOD
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EU
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TYIS TYPE OF DIABETES TYPICALLY OCCURS BEFORE AGE 30
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TYPE I
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THE ACRONYM THAT INDICATES THAT INSULIN IS NOT REQUIRED IS
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NIDDM
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THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF PITUITARY DISORDERS IS
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TUMOR
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IN EXCESS, THIS HORMONE CAN CAUSE GIGANTISM
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SOMATOTROPHIN
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GOITER CAN BE CAUSED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
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HYPOTHYROIDISM AND HYPERTHYROIDISM
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THIS TYPE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
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HASHIMOTO'S
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TETANY CAN BE CAUSED BY
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HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
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CONN'S SYNDROME IS ALSO KNOWN AS
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PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM
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DEVELOPMENT OF MALE CHARACTERISTICS IS KNOWN AS
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VIRILIZATION
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THE TREATMENT OF ADDISON DISEASE IS OFTEN
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HORMONE REPLACEMENT
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