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39 Cards in this Set
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Acro |
extremities |
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adeno |
gland |
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adreno |
adrenal glands |
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calci |
calcium |
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crino |
to separate or secrete
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endocrin |
endocrine |
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gluco, glyco |
sugar, glucose, glycogen |
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hypophys |
pituitary gland |
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ine |
enlargement |
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oma |
tumor |
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pancreat |
pancreas |
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parathyr |
parathyroid gland |
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thyro |
thyroid gland |
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tropin |
suffix meaning nourisment or stimulation |
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hypophysis |
also known as the pituary gland |
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adrenohypophysis |
anterior lobe of the pituary gland |
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neurohypophysis |
posterior lobe of the adrenal gland. Secretes antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin |
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parathormone (PTH) |
increases the blood levels of calcium |
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cortisol |
regulates carbonhydrates, proteins, and fat metabolism anti-inflammatory effect |
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benign adenoma |
causes too much of a hormone to be secreted |
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diabetes insipidus |
caused by an insufficient amount of ADH |
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Addison's Disease |
caused by an insufficient amount of coritsol production in the adrenal gland or a failure of the pituary to produce a stimulating hormone targeting the adrenal gland
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Cushing's syndrome |
caused by an excessive amount of adrenal hormone secretion or by sterioids administered as a treatment for other conditions |
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BS |
blood sugar |
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FBS |
fasting blood sugar |
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PRL |
prolactin |
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TSH |
thyroid stimulating hormone |
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adrenogenous |
adreno (gland); genous (originating) Originating in a gland |
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adenohypophysis |
anterior part of the pituary gland hypophys (pituary gland) |
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corticosteroid |
steroid produced by the cortices of the adrenal glands, cortisol |
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hormone |
chemical messenger that is secreted by an endocrine gland directly into the blood stream
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hypophysis |
synonym for pituary gland |
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pineal gland |
gland that secretes melatonin (an antioxidant) |
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acromegaly |
enlargement of the extremities cuased by excessive secretion of growth hormone after puberty |
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adenitis |
inflammation of a gland |
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gigantism |
abrnomal overgrowth of the body due to excessive secretion of the growth homeone before puberty |
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glycosuria |
sugar in the urine |
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Hashimotos thyroiditis |
an autoimmine disorder that attacks the thyroid gland causing hypothyroidism |
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thyroplasia |
congenital condition characterized by low thyroid output |
