assessment And Management Of Patients With Endocrine Disorders Ch 45 Assessment and management of patients with endocrine disorders

Question 1

Arcomegaly

Answer 1

Progressive enlargement of peripheral body parts, resulting from excessive secretion of growth hormone

Question 2

Addison’s disease

Answer 2

Chronic Adrenocortical insufficiency due to inadequate adrenal cortex function

Question 3

Addisonian crisis

Answer 3

Acute adrenocortical, insufficiency, characterized by hypotension, cyanosis, fever, nausea, vomiting, and signs of shock

Question 4

Adrenalectomy

Answer 4

Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands

Question 5

Adrenocorticotropic hormone
ACTH

Answer 5

Hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary, essential for growth and development

Question 6

Androgens

Answer 6

Male, sex, hormones

Question 7

Basal metabolic rate

Answer 7

Chemical reactions occurring when the body is at rest

Question 8

Calcitonin

Answer 8

Hormone secreted by the thyroid gland, participates in calcium regulation

Question 9

Chovstek sign

Answer 9

Spasm of the facial muscles, produced by sharply tapping over the facial nerve in front of the patois gland, and anterior to the ear; suggestive of latent tetany in patients with hypocalcemia

Question 10

Corticosteroids

Answer 10

Hormones produced by the adrenal cortex or synthetic equivalent

Question 11

Cushing syndrome

Answer 11

Group of symptoms, produced by an oversecretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone; characterized by truncal, obesity, moon face, acne, abdominal stria and hypertension

Question 12

Diabetes, insipidus

Answer 12

Condition in which abnormally large volumes of dilute urine are excreted, as a result of deficient production of vasopressin

Question 13

Euthyroid

Answer 13

State of normal thyroid hormone production

Question 14

Exophtalmos

Answer 14

Abnormal protrusion of one or both eyeballs

Question 15

Glucocorticoid

Answer 15

Steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex in response to adrenocorticotropic hormone; produce a rise of liver, glycogen and black glucose

Question 16

Goiter

Answer 16

Enlargement of the thyroid gland

Question 17

Graves’ disease

Answer 17

A form of hyper thyroidism characterized by diffused quitter, and exophthalmos

Question 18

Hormones 

Answer 18

Chemical transmitter, substance produced in one organ or part of the body, and carried by the bloodstream to other cells or organs on which they have a specific regulatory effect

Question 19

Mineralcorticosteroids

Answer 19

Steroid hormone secreted by adrenal cortex

Question 20

Myxedema

Answer 20

Severe hypothyroidism; can be with or without coma

Question 21

Negative feedback

Answer 21

Regulating mechanism, in which an increase or decrease in the level of a substance decreases or increases the function of the organ producing the substance

Question 22

Pheochromocytoma

Answer 22

Adrenal medulla tumor

Question 23

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone SIADH

Answer 23

Excessive secretion of antidiuretic hormone from the pituitary gland, despite low serum osmolality levels

Question 24

Thyroidectomy

Answer 24

Removal of the thyroid gland

Question 25

Thyroiditis

Answer 25

Inflammation of the thyroid gland; may lead to chronic hypothyroidism or may resolve spontaneously.

Question 26

Thyroid, stimulating, hormone, TSH

Answer 26

Released from the pituitary gland; causes stimulation of the thyroid, resulting in release of T3 and T4

Question 27

Thyroid storm

Answer 27

Life-threatening condition of the thyroid, due to untreated hyperthyroidism

Question 28

Throtoxicosis

Answer 28

Condition produced by endogenous or exogenous , thyroid hormone.

Question 29

Thyroxine T4

Answer 29

Thyroid hormone; active Iodine compound, found, and stored in the thyroid; deiodinated And peripheral tissues to form triiodothyronine; Maintains, body metabolism, and a steady state 

Question 30

Triiodothyronine T3

Answer 30

Thyroid hormone; formed and stored in the thyroid; released in smaller quantities, biologically, more active, and with faster onset of action than T4; widespread effect on cellular metabolism

Question 31

Trousseau sign

Answer 31

Carpopedal spasms induced when blood flow to the arm is occluded , using a blood pressure cuff or tourniquet, causing ischemia to the distal nerves; suggestive sign for latent , tetany and hypocalcemia

Question 32

Vasopressin

Answer 32

Antidiuretic hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary