Unit 7: Endocrine Flashcards
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acr/o
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Extremities
2
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adren/o
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Adrenal glands
3
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adrenal/o
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Adrenal glands
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andr/o
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Male
5
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calc/o
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Calcium
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crin/o
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To secrete
7
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estr/o
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Female
8
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gluc/o
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Glucose
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glyc/o
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Sugar
10
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glycos/o
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Sugar
11
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gonad/o
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Sex glands
12
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home/o
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Sameness
13
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iod/o
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Iodine
14
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kal/i
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Potassium
15
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ket/o
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Ketones
16
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mineral/o
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Minerals, electrolytes
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natr/o
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Sodium
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ophthalm/o
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Eye
19
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ovari/o
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Ovary
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pancreat/o
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Pancreas
21
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parathyroid/o
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Parathyroid gland
22
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pineal/o
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Pineal gland
23
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pituitar/o
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Pituitary gland
24
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testicul/o
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Testes
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thym/o
Thymus gland
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thyr/o
Thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
Thyroid gland
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toxic/o
Poisin
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-dipsia
Thirst
30
-prandial
Relating to a meal
31
-tropin
To stimulate
32
Antidiuretic Hormone
ADH
33
BMR
Basal Metabolic Rate
34
DM
Diabetes Mellitus
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IDDM
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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K+
Potassium
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Na+
Sodium
38
NIDDM
Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes mellitus
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Increased pigmentation of the skin, generalized weakness, and weight loss
Addison's Disease
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Weakness, edema, excess hair growth, skin discoloration, and osteoperosis
Crushing's Syndrome
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Development of male secondary sexual characteristics(deeper voice and facial hair)
Adrenal Virilism
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Anxiety, heart palpitations, dyspnea, profuse sweating, headache, and nausea
Pheochromocytoma
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Patient must take daily insulin injections
Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
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Patients take oral hypoglycemics to improve insulin function, or may eventually have to take insulin
Noninsulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
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May result in hypoglycemia and tetany
Hypoparathyroidism
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Nerve irritability and painful muscle cramps
Recklinghausen Disease
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Problems with glands, thyroid, ovaries, and testes
Panhypopituitarism
48
Results in elongation and enlargement of bones of head and extremities
Acromegaly
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Being abnormally short in height
Dwarfism
50
Excessive development of body due to over production of growth hormone
Gigantism
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May be polyuria and polydipsia
Diabetes Insipidus
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Results in overactivity of the thyroid gland
Grave's Disease
53
Chronic autoimmune form of thyroiditis
Hashimoto's Disease
54
Glands of the endocrine system secretes hormones important for??
Homeostasis
55
Hormones regulate body activities such as?
Metabolic rate, water and mineral balance, immune reactions, and sexual functioning
56
Chemicals that act on target organs to increase or decrease activity level
Hormones
57
The endocrine system is a collection of _________ that secretes __________ into the bloodstream
Glands ; hormones
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The exocrine system release __________ through a duct to an epithelial surface
Secretions
59
Examples of epithelial surfaces include?
The skin, lungs, GI tract, reproductive, and urinary tract
60
Sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous(earwax), lacrimal(tear), sebaceuous, and exocrine are all examples of what?
EXOcrine glands
61
T or F?
The pancreas is part of both the endocrine system
True
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The pancreas releases ______ into the bloodstream
Insulin
63
Exocrine releases _________ __________ in the small intestine
Digestive enzymes
64
The _________ ______ lies just underneath the brain receiving signals from the hypothalamus to release or inhibit pituitary hormone production
Pituitary glands
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The pituitary gland is sometimes called the _______ ______ because it secretes many hormones that regulate other glands
Master gland
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The pituitary gland is divided into _______ and ________ lobes and is regulated by the hypothalamus
Anterior and posterior
