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Ch 18 Endocrine Flashcards

1
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hormones pg 760

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2
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aden/o

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gland

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adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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gonad/o

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sex glands (ovaries and testes)

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid gland

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland; hypophysis

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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andr/o

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male

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calc/o, calci/o

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calcium

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer region

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crin/o

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secrete

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dips/o

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thirst

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estr/o

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female

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15
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gluc/o

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sugar

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glyc/o

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sugar

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home/o

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sameness

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hormon/o

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hormone

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19
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kal/i

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potassium

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lact/o

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milk

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myx/o

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mucus

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22
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natr/o

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sodium

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phys/o

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growing

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24
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somat/o

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body

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ster/o

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solid structure

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toc/o

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childbirth

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toxic/o

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poison

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ur/o

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urine

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29
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-agon

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assemble; gather together

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-emia

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blood condition

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-in, -ine

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substance

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-tropin

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stimulating the function of (to turn or act on)

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-uria

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urine condition

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eu-

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good, normal

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hyper-

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excessive; above

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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oxy-

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rapid, sharp, acid

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pan-

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poly-

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many or increased

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tetra-

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tri-

42
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fasting blood sugar test that measures circulating glucose level in a patient who has fasted at least 8 hours

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fasting plasma glucose (FPG)

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measurement of hormones, electrolytes, glucose, and other substances in serum (blood) and urine as indicators of endocrine function

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serum and urine tests

44
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detects small quantities of albumin in urine as a maker or harbinger of diabetic nephropathy

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urinary microalbumin assay

45
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measurement of T3, T4 and TSH in the bloodstream

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thyroid function tests

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measurement of eyeball protrusion (as in Graves disease) with an exophthalmometer

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exophthalmometry

47
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xray imaging of endocrine glands in cross section and other views to assess size and infiltration by tumor

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computed tomography (CT) scan

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magnetic waves produce images of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland to locate abnormalities

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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

49
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scanner detects radioactivity and visualizes the thyroid gland

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thyroid scan

50
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administration of radioactivity that is oral with radioactive iodine

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RAIU (radioactive iodine uptake scan)

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sound waves show imges of endocrine organs

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ultrasound examination

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ACTH

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adrenocorticotropic hormone

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ADH

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antidiuretic hormone

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BGM

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blood glucose monitoring

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DI

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diabetes insipidus

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DM

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diabetes mellitus

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FBG

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fasting blood glucose

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FBS

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fasting blood sugar

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FSH

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follicle stimulating hormone

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GH

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growth hormone

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GTT

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glucose tolerance test

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hCG

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human chorionic gonadotropin

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hGH

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human growth hormone

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IDDM

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insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

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K+

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LH

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luteinizing hormone

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MSH

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melanocyte stimulating hormone

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Na+

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NIDDM

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non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

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OT

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P

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phosphorus

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PRL

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prolactine

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PTH

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parathyroid hormone

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RAI

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radioactive iodine

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RIA

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radioimmunoassay

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T3

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tri-iodothyronine

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t4

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tetraiodothyronine

78
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TFT

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thyroid function test

79
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TSH

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thyroid stimulating hormone

Z. MEDT (18 decks)

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