CH 18 ENDOCRINE TERMS Flashcards
(95 cards)
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hormon-
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urging on
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thyro
A
shield
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para-
A
near or beside
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ad-
A
toward
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pituita
A
nasal secretions
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insula
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island
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stero
A
solid
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-ol
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oil
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-tropin
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to act on
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poly
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many or oncreased
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-agon
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to assemble or gather
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-stasis
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controlling
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-in
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a substance
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oxy-
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rapid, sharp, acute
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iodo-
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iodine
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adeno
A
gland
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adrenalo
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adrenal gland
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gonado
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sex glands ovaries and testes
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pancreato
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pancreas, pertaining to
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parathryoido
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parathyroid gland
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pituitaro
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pituitary gland / hypophysis
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thyro, thyroido
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thyroid gland
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andro-
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male
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calco, calcio
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calcium
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cortico
cortex, outer region
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crino
secrete
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dipso
thirst
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estro
female
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gluco
sugar
30
glyco
sugar
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homeo
sameness
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hormono
hormone
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kali
potassium
34
lacto
milk
35
myxo
mucus
36
natro
sodium
37
stasis
controlling
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physo-
growing
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somato
body
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stero
solid structure
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toco
childbirth
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toxico
poison
43
uro
urine
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-agon
assemble, gather together
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-emia
blood condition
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-in, -ine
substance
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-tropin
stimulating the function of / to turn or act on
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-uria
urine condition
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eu-
good, normal
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, below
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oxy-
rapid, sharp, acid
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pan-
all
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tetra-
four
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tri-
three
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somato-
body
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stero
steroid
58
-genic
produced by or in
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-oid
derived from
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-physis
to grow
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-tocin
labor / birth
62
blood test that measures glycosylated hemoglobin to assess glucose control
A1C
63
adrenocorticotropic hormone
ACTH
64
antidiuretic hormone / vasopressin
ADH
65
calcium, an important electrolyte
Ca++
66
continuous glucose monitoring system- senses and records blood glucose levels continuously
CGMS
67
diabetes insipidus
DI
68
diabetic ketoacidosis
DKA
69
diabetes mellitus
DM
70
fasting blood glucose
FBG
71
fasting blood sugar
FBS
72
follicle-stimulating hormone
FSH
73
growth hormone
GH
74
glucose tolerance test- measures ability to respond to a glucose load; a test for diabetes
GTT
75
test for the presence of glucose attached to hemoglobin (glycosylated hemoglobin)- a high level indicates poor glucose control in diabetic patients; also called A1C
HbA1C test
76
human chorionic gonadotropin
hCG or HCG
77
insulin-like growth factor
IGF
78
K+
potassium
79
luteinizing hormone
LH
80
multiple daily injection- for delivery of either basal or bolus insulin; a diabetes management regimen
MDI
81
Na+
sodium
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oxytocin
OT, OXT
83
prolactin
PRL
84
parathyroid hormone
PTH
85
radioactive iodine - treatment for graves disease
RAI
86
radioimmunoassay- measures hormone levels in plasma
RIA
87
radioactive iodine uptake (imaging test or scan)
RAIU
88
syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
SIADH
89
self monitoring of blood glucose
SMBG
90
type 1 diabetes
T1D
91
type 2 diabetes
T2D
92
triiodothyronine
T3`
93
thyroxine / tetraiodothyronine
T4
94
thyroid function test
TFT
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thyroid stimulating hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
TSH
