Chapter 9: Endocrine System

Question 1

endocrine system

Answer 1

pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas, pineal gland, thymus glands, ovaries and testes

Question 2

master gland

Answer 2

pituitary gland

Question 3

pancreat.o

Answer 3

pancreas

Question 4

thyr/o, throid/o

Answer 4

thyroid gland

Question 5

thym/o

Answer 5

thymus gland

Question 6

aden.o

Answer 6

gland

Question 7

adren/o, adrenal/o

Answer 7

adrenal glands

Question 8

toxic/o, tox/o

Answer 8

poison

Question 9

gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o

Answer 9

sugar, sweetness

Question 10

home/o

Answer 10

same, alike

Question 11

calc/o

Answer 11

calcium

Question 12

crin/o

Answer 12

secrete

Question 13

opthalm/o

Answer 13

eye

Question 14

-dipsia

Answer 14

thirst

Question 15

-emia

Answer 15

blood

Question 16

-genesis

Answer 16

forming, producing, origin

Question 17

-trophy

Answer 17

development, nourishment

Question 18

graves disease

Answer 18

exopthalmos, common form of hyperthyroidism, enlarged thyroid (goiter)

Question 19

cushing syndrome

Answer 19

hypersection of adrenal cortex - round, moon-shape dface

Question 20

ACTH

Answer 20

adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 21

acromegaly

Answer 21

hypersecretion of GH during adulthood, enlargment of facial features, jaws, hands, feet

Question 22

gigantism

Answer 22

hypersecretion og GH during childhood

Question 23

dwarfism

Answer 23

hyposecretion of GH during childhood

Question 24

hypophysectomy

Answer 24

surgery to remove pituitary gland

Question 25

diabetes mellitus

Answer 25

high glucose, defect in insulin secretion or action

Question 26

type 1 diabetes

Answer 26

insulin dependent, inability of pancreas to produce enough insulin

Question 27

type 2

Answer 27

non-insulin dependent, common in overweight pts because fat interferes with body's ability to produce insulin

Question 28

myxedema

Answer 28

advanced hypothyroidism in adults causing edema and increased blood pressure

Question 29

fasting blood glucose (FBG)

Answer 29

measures blood glucose levels following a fast of at least 8 hours

Question 30

glucose tolerance test (GTT)

Answer 30

measure blood glucose levels at regular intervals (3 hours)

Question 31

radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU)

Answer 31

pill or liquid used as tracer to test how quickly thyroid gland uptakes iodine from blood

Question 32

thyroid function test (TFT)

Answer 32

detects increase or decrease in thyroid function, measures levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxine (T4)

Question 33

transphenoidal hypophysectomy

Answer 33

remove pituitary tumor

Question 34

thymectomy

Answer 34

excision of thymunc gland, remove tumors, tx of myasthenia gravis (MG)

Question 35

rapid absorption sites for insulin

Answer 35

abdomen and upper arm and thigh

Question 36

slow absorption sites for insulin

Answer 36

subcutaneous fat and hip and glutes

Question 37

HRT

Answer 37

hormone replacement therapy

Question 38

oral hypoglycemics

Answer 38

stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic cells in type 2 diabetes