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79 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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gonad/o
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sex glands (ovaries and testes)
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pacreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid gland
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pituitar/o
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pituitary gland, hypophysis
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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andr/o
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male
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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cortic/o
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cortex, outer region
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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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estr/o
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female
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gluc/o
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sugar
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glyc/o
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sugar
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home/o
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sameness
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hormon/o
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hormone
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kal/i
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potassium (an electrolyte)
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lact/o
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milk
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myx/o
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mucus
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natr/o
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sodium (an electrolyte)
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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
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solid structure
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toc/o
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childbirth
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toxic/o
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poison
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ur/o
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urine
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-agon
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assemble, gather together
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-emia
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blood condition
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-in, -ine
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a substance
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-tropin
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stimulating the function of (to turn or act on)
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-uria
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urine condition
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-eu
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good, normal
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hyper-
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excessive; above
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hypo-
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defient; below; under; less than normal
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oxy-
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rapdi, sharp, acid
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pan-
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all
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tetra-
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four
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tri-
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three
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A1c
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blood test that measures glycosylated hemoglobin (bA1c) to assess glucose controls
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ACTH
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adrenocorticotropic hormone
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ADH
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antidiuretic horrmone - vasopressin
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BGM
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blood glucose monitoring
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BMR
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basal metabolic rate - an indicator of thyroid function, but not in current use
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DI
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diabetes insipidus
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DM
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diabetes mellitus
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FBG
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Fasting blood glucose
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FBS
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Fasting blood sugar
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FSH
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Follicle-stimulating hormone
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GH
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growth hormone
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GTT
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glucose tolerance test - measures ability to respond to a glucose load; a test for diabetes
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HbA1c
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test for the presence of glucose attached to hemoglobin (glycosylated demoglobin test); at high level indicates poor glucose control in diabetic patients
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hCG
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human chorionic gonadotropin
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ICSH
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interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
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IDDM
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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - type 1 diabetes
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IGF
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insulin-like growth factor-also called somatomedin (produced in the liver, it stimulates the growth of bones)
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K+
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potassium-an important electrolyte
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LH
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luteinizing hormone
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MEN
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multiple endocrine neoplasia-hereditary hormonal disorder marked by adenomas and carcinomas
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Na+
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sodium-an important electrolyte
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NIDDM
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non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus-type 2 diabetes
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17-OH
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17-hydroxycorticosteroids
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OT
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oxytocin
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PRL
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prolactin
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PTH
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parathyroid hormone (parathormone)
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RAI
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radioimmunoassay -measures hormone levels in plasma
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SIADH
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syndrome of inappropriate ADH
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STH
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somatotropin-growth hormone
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T3
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triiodothyronine
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T4
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thyroxine-tetraiodothyronine
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TFT
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thyroid function test
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TSH
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thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
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hyperthyroidism
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Overactivity of the thyroid gland; thyrotoxicosis. The most common form of this condition is Graves disease
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hypothyroidism
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Underactivity of the thyroid gland. Myxedema - This is advanced hypothyroidism. Cretinism - Extreme hypothyroidism during infancy and childhood leads to a lack of normal physical and mental growth.
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exophthalmos
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protrusion of the eyeballs or proptosis, it occurs as a result of swelling of tissue behind the eyeball, pushing it forward.
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addison diease
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hypofunctioning of the adrenal cortex
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diabetes mellitus
type 1 - IDDM type 2 - NIDDM |
Lack of insulin secretion or resistance of insulin in promoting sugar, starch, and fat metabolism in cells.
with onset usually in childhood, involves destruction of the beta islet cells of the pancreas and complete deficiency of insulin in the body. Patients usually oder, and obesity is very common. |
