Ch 7 The Endocrine System - Assessment Terms

Question 1

adenitis

Answer 1

inflammation of a gland

Question 2

adenopathy

Answer 2

gland disease

Question 3

adenosis

Answer 3

gland condition

Question 4

dysmetabolic syndrome

Answer 4

combination of disorders associated with faulty metabolism

Question 5

ketosis

Answer 5

condition characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in blood

Question 6

polyadenopathy

Answer 6

disease involving many glands

Question 7

adrenal insufficiency

Answer 7

condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce the necessary hormones

Question 8

adrenocorticohyperplasia

Answer 8

overdevelopment of cortex of adrenal gland

Question 9

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 9

genetic disease where the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and overproduction of others

Question 10

adrenalitis

Answer 10

inflammation of adrenal gland

Question 11

adrenocortical insufficiency

Answer 11

condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduces necessary hormones

Question 12

diabetes mellitus

Answer 12

metabolic disease characterized by polyuria and hyperglycemia

Question 13

diabetic ketoacidosis

Answer 13

acidity of blood caused by presence of ketone bodies produced when the body is unable to burn sugar; thus it must burn fat

Question 14

pancreatic pseudocyst

Answer 14

abnormally expanded area in the pancreas resembling a cyst

Question 15

pancreatitis

Answer 15

inflammation of the pancreas

Question 16

pancreatolith

Answer 16

stone in pancrease

Question 17

pancreatolithiasis

Answer 17

presence of a stone in the pancreas

Question 18

hyperpituitarism

Answer 18

overfunctioning of pituitary gland

Question 19

hypophysitis

Answer 19

inflammation of the pituitary gland

Question 20

hypopituitarism

Answer 20

condition caused by the undersecretion of pituitary gland

Question 21

panhypopituitarism

Answer 21

defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland

Question 22

pituitary infarction

Answer 22

death of pituitary gland

Question 23

hyperparathyroidism

Answer 23

overproduction of parathyroid gland

Question 24

hyperthyroidism

Answer 24

overproduction by the thyroid

Question 25

hypoparathyroidism

Answer 25

underproduction of parathyroid gland

Question 26

hypothyroidism

Answer 26

underproduction by the thyroidt

Question 27

thyroiditis

Answer 27

inflammation of the thyroid

Question 28

thyrotoxicosis

Answer 28

condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone (extreme version of this is known as "thyroid storm")

Question 29

adenocarcinoma

Answer 29

cancerous tumor of gland

Question 30

adenoma

Answer 30

glandular tumar

Question 31

adrenal adenoma

Answer 31

tumor of adrenal gland

Question 32

adrenocortical carcinoma

Answer 32

cancerous tumor originating in cortex of adrenal gland

Question 33

insulinoma

Answer 33

tumor that secretes insulin (found in insulin producing cells in pancreas)

Question 34

parathyroidoma

Answer 34

tumor of parathyroid

Question 35

pituitary adenoma

Answer 35

tumor on pituitary gland

Question 36

thymoma

Answer 36

tumor of thymus