Chapter 12 Flashcards
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aden/o
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gland
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acr/o
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extremities
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adren/o
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adrenal gland
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adrenal/o
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adrenal gland
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calc/o
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calcium
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gluc/o
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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glucos/o
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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glyc/o
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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glycos/o
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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home/o
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same, unchanging
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hydr/o
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water
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kal/i
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potassium
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natr/o
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sodium
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid
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thym/o
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thymus
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thyroid/o
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thyroid
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toxic/o
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toxin, poison
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ADH
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antidiuretic hormone
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BG
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blood glucose
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BS
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blood sugar
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BMI
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body mass index
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BMR
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basal metabolic rate
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Ca
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calcium
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CA
cancer
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DI
diabetes insipidus
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DKA
diabetic ketoacidosis
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DM
diabetes mellitus
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FBG
fasting blood glucose
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FBS
fasting blood sugar
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fsbs
finger stick blood sugar
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GH
growth hormone
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GTT
glucose tolerance test
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HRT
hormone replacement therapy
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IDDM
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
| type 1 diabetes
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K
potassium
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Na
sodium
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NIDDM
non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
| type 2 diabetes
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PTH
parathyroid hormone
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T3
triiodothyronine
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T4
thyroxine
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TSH
thyroid- stimulating hormone
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Acromegaly
Type of hyperpituitarism in with an overactive pituitary gland after adulthood causes abnormal continued growth of bones and tissues of the face and extremities.
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addison disease
illness characterized by gradual adrenal- glan failure, resulting in insuficient production of steroid hormones and the need for hormone replacement therapy, also called hypoadrenalism
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congenital hypothyroidism
congenital condition of thyroid hormone deficiency, characterized by arrested physical and mental development, formerly called cretinism
