Ch. 12 Endocrine System Flashcards
(112 cards)
1
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glandul/o
A
glandule, gland
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aden/o
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gland
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crin/o
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to secrete
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-crine
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to secrete
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apic/o
A
tip, summit, end
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hol/o
A
whole, entire
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mer/o
A
partial, part
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pine/o
A
pineal gland, pine cone
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pineal/o
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pineal gland, pine cone
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thyr/o
A
thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
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parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid gland
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pitui/o
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pituitary gland, hypophysis (‘outgrowth’)
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pituitar/o
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pituitary gland, hypophysis
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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hypophys/o
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hypophysis, pituitary gland
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thym/o
A
thymus gland
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ovari/o
A
ovary
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oophor/o
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ovary
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test/o
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testicle, testis, witness
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testicul/o
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testicle, testis, witness
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orch/o
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testicle; orchid (the flower)
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orchid/o
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testicle; orchid (the flower)
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gonad/o
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testicle or ovary
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adren/o
adrenal gland, suprarenal gland
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supraren/o
suprarenal gland, adrenal gland
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cortic/o
cortex, outer surface, bark
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medull/o
medulla, marrow
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hormon/o
hormone
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-in
hormone or chemical substance
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-ine
hormone or chemical substance
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trop/o
hormone that stimulates something: a turn, turning, change
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troph/o
growth, nourishment
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ag/o
hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct
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agog/o
hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct
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-agogue
hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct
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gest/o
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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-gest
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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ger/o
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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-ger
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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poiet/o
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
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-poiesis
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
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stat/o
hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop
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gen/o
hormone that produces something, become, produced, born
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-gen
hormone that produces something, become, produced, born
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kin/o
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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cin/o
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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-kinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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-cinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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gynec/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
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gyn/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
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andr/o
male, man, stamen of a flower
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liber/o
a hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free
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estr/o
estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire
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insul/o
insulin (hormone produced in pancreas that regulates amount of glucose in blood), island
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gluc/o
sugar, glucose
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glyc/o
sugar, glucose
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lact/o
milk, lactose
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ton/o
a hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)
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toc/o
labor, parturition
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tok/o
labor, parturition
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gigant/o
giant, large
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meg/o
large
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megal/o
large
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-megaly
large
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nan/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
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nann/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
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cretin/o
cretinism
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mel/o
limb
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melit/o
honey, sugar, bees
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mel/o (1st def.)
honey, sugar, bees
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ur/o
urine
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-uria
urine
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sial/o
saliva
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orex/i
appetite
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-orexia
appetite
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phag/o
to swallow, eat
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dips/o
thirst
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hirsut/o
hairy
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myx/o
mucus
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priv/o
deprived of
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-privia
deprived of
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bubon/o
a swollen gland
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glans
'acorn' in Classical Latin
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glandula
'little acorn' in Classical Latin
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merocrine
partial secretion; A gland whose secretions include part of the secretion cell (ex. salivary gland)
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holocrine
whole secretion (whole cell); A gland whose altered cells make up the product of its secretion (ex. sebaceous gland)
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apocrine
tip or top of the cell becomes the secretion; A gland whose apical portion of the cell becomes a part of the secretion (ex. mammary glands)
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crinogenic
creates secretion
90
autocrine
self-secreting
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heterocrine
secreting something other than probably what they’re supposed to
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exocrine gland
a gland that secretes its products outside the gland via a duct
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endocrine gland
a gland that secretes its products into the blood vessels inside of the gland; hormones are associated with endocrine glands
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endocrinologist
physician who specializes in hormones and the glands that produce them
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glycosialia
sugar in the saliva
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hyperthyroidism
excessive secretion of the thyroid gland
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hypothyroidism
diminished secretion of the thyroid gland
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hyperorexia
a marked increase in appetite
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hyporexia
marked decrease in appetite
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polyuria
frequent urination
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polydipsia
excessive thirst
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hyperdipsia
excessive thirst
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glucosuria
presence of glucose in the urine
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glycosuria
presence of glucose in the urine
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hyperglycemia
excessive amount of glucose in the blood
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monomelic
one limb
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nanomelic
small limbs
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hyperkalemia
abnormally increased potassium in the blood
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exophthalmos
bulging eyes
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acromegaly
enlarged limbs
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cretinism
underactivity of the thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) in children that produces dwarfism and arrest mental development
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achondroplasia
inhibits the growth plates in the long bones
