Assessment - Adrenal

Question 1

adrenal insufficiency

Answer 1

condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones

Question 2

adrenalitis

Answer 2

inflammation of the adrenal gland

Question 3

adrenocortical insufficiency

Answer 3

condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduce necessary hormones

Question 4

adrenocorticohyperplasia

Answer 4

overdevelopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland

Question 5

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 5

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