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73 Cards in this Set
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gland
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calc/o
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calcium
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crin/o
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to secrete
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Gen/o
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origin
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glyc/o
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sugar
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kal/i
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potassium
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Lact/o
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milk
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Natr /o
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Sodium
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poly
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excessive
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Trop / o
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turning or stimulating
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what is another name for the anterior pituitary?
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adenohypophysis
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what is another name for the antidiuretic hormone
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Vasopresson
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what is the external portion of the adrenal gland
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adrenal cortex
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where are the islets of Langerhans located?
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pancreas
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What do beta cells secrete?
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Insulin
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Define Hirsutism
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Abnormal Hairness especially in women (hypertrichosis )
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Define Polydipsia
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Excessive Thirst
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Define Polyphagia
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Excessive appetite
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Define Tetany
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Continuous muscle spasm
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Define Diabetes Insipidus
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Undersecreation of ADH from the neurohypophysis resulting in polydipsia and polyuria
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Define Gigantism
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Hypersecreation of Somatropin from adenohypophysis during childhood leading to excessive growth
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Define GHD ( Growth Hormone Deficiency )
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Somatotropin deficiency due to dysfunction of adenohypophysis during childhood which results in dwarfism
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Define Hyperthryroidism
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excessive thyroid hormone production causes graves disease accompanied by exothalmia
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Define cushing disease
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excessive secreation of cortisol by the adrenal cortex
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what test is user to measure the average Glucose level to monitor Diabetes Mellitus
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A1C
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What are target organs?
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Organ containing receptors that cause it to react to certain hormones
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what does FSH stimulate
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Development of a egg in a ovary
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what does prolactin stimulate
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milk production in pregnancy
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which gland is found in the sella turcica
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pituitary
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what is the responsibility of Oxytocin
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starting the onset of labor
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which gland requires Iodine to function properly?
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Thyroid
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What does the Parathyroid gland regulate?
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Calcium
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Which glands are located above the Kidneys?
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Adrenal Glands
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Which gland is both an Endocrine and an Exocrine Gland?
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Pancreas
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Which gland atrophies as a person ages?
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Thymus
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what is hyperglycemia?
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Excessive amount of Glucose in the blood stream
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Which hormones does a TFT assess?
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T3,T4, and Calcitonin
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Acromegaly
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excessive production of growth hormone
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Cretinism
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underproduction of Thyroid hormone
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Diabetes Mellitus
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the most common form of diabetes by deficiency of the pancreatic hormone insulin
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Dwarfism
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deficiency or lack of growth hormone
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Graves
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Overproduction of Thyroid hormone
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Tetany
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continous muscle spasms
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what can be a result of an overactive Pineal Gland?
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SAD ( seasonal Affective Disorder )
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Which gland is an endocrine gland and an Lymph Organ
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Thymus gland
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oxytocin
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hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland
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pancreas
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produces pancreatic juice which helps digest all types of food
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pituitary gland
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the master gland of the endocrine system
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what does prolactin stimulate
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milk production in pregnancy
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TFT
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Thyroid function test
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adrenals
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glands on the kidneys that secrete the hormone adrenaline
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parathyroid glands
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four small bodies lying directly behind the thyroid
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prostaglandins
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hormones that stimulate the contractions of the uterus
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FSH
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follicle stimulating hormone
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hyperglycemia
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excessive of sugar in the blood
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obesity weakness moonfacr edema and highblood pressure caused by hyperfunction of the adrenals
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cushing disease
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what is another name for an anti diuretic hormone
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vasopressin
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cretinism
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underproduction of Thyroid hormone in childhood
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diabetes mellitus
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caused by defiency of the pancreatic hormone
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4 graves
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overproduction of Thyroid hormone
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acromegaly
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excessive production of the growth hormone
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cushing
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excessive secreation of cortisol by adrenal cortex
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addisons
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decrease of hormones from the adrenal gland
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this disorder may be accompanied by exothalmia and graves disease
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hyperthyroidism
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the gland is found in the sella turica
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pituitary gland
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what does the thyroid require to function properly?
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Iodine
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what is the parathyroid gland responsible for circulating?
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calcium and phosporus
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this is both and endocrine and exocrine gland.
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pancreas
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addisons disease is a defiency of what hormone
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Adrenal Cortisol
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what do TFT test assess
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T3, T4 and Calcitonin
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this is both a endocrine gland and Lymph Organ
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the Thymus
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Target Organ
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Organ containing receptors that cause it to react to certain hormones
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what gland atrophies as a person ages?
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Thymus
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