CH 18 ENDOCRINE TERMS

Question 1

hormon-

Answer 1

urging on

Question 2

thyro

Answer 2

shield

Question 3

para-

Answer 3

near or beside

Question 4

ad-

Answer 4

toward

Question 5

pituita

Answer 5

nasal secretions

Question 6

insula

Answer 6

island

Question 7

stero

Answer 7

solid

Question 8

-ol

Answer 8

oil

Question 9

-tropin

Answer 9

to act on

Question 10

poly

Answer 10

many or oncreased

Question 11

-agon

Answer 11

to assemble or gather

Question 12

-stasis

Answer 12

controlling

Question 13

-in

Answer 13

a substance

Question 14

oxy-

Answer 14

rapid, sharp, acute

Question 15

iodo-

Answer 15

iodine

Question 16

adeno

Answer 16

gland

Question 17

adrenalo

Answer 17

adrenal gland

Question 18

gonado

Answer 18

sex glands ovaries and testes

Question 19

pancreato

Answer 19

pancreas, pertaining to

Question 20

parathryoido

Answer 20

parathyroid gland

Question 21

pituitaro

Answer 21

pituitary gland / hypophysis

Question 22

thyro, thyroido

Answer 22

thyroid gland

Question 23

andro-

Answer 23

male

Question 24

calco, calcio

Answer 24

calcium

Question 25

cortico

Answer 25

cortex, outer region

Question 26

crino

Answer 26

secrete

Question 27

dipso

Answer 27

thirst

Question 28

estro

Answer 28

female

Question 29

gluco

Answer 29

sugar

Question 30

glyco

Answer 30

sugar

Question 31

homeo

Answer 31

sameness

Question 32

hormono

Answer 32

hormone

Question 33

kali

Answer 33

potassium

Question 34

lacto

Answer 34

milk

Question 35

myxo

Answer 35

mucus

Question 36

natro

Answer 36

sodium

Question 37

stasis

Answer 37

controlling

Question 38

physo-

Answer 38

growing

Question 39

somato

Answer 39

body

Question 40

stero

Answer 40

solid structure

Question 41

toco

Answer 41

childbirth

Question 42

toxico

Answer 42

poison

Question 43

uro

Answer 43

urine

Question 44

-agon

Answer 44

assemble, gather together

Question 45

-emia

Answer 45

blood condition

Question 46

-in, -ine

Answer 46

substance

Question 47

-tropin

Answer 47

stimulating the function of / to turn or act on

Question 48

-uria

Answer 48

urine condition

Question 49

eu-

Answer 49

good, normal

Question 50

hyper-

Answer 50

excessive, above

Question 51

hypo-

Answer 51

deficient, below

Question 52

oxy-

Answer 52

rapid, sharp, acid

Question 53

pan-

Answer 53

all

Question 54

tetra-

Answer 54

four

Question 55

tri-

Answer 55

three

Question 56

somato-

Answer 56

body

Question 57

stero

Answer 57

steroid

Question 58

-genic

Answer 58

produced by or in

Question 59

-oid

Answer 59

derived from

Question 60

-physis

Answer 60

to grow

Question 61

-tocin

Answer 61

labor / birth

Question 62

blood test that measures glycosylated hemoglobin to assess glucose control

Answer 62

A1C

Question 63

adrenocorticotropic hormone

Answer 63

ACTH

Question 64

antidiuretic hormone / vasopressin

Answer 64

ADH

Question 65

calcium, an important electrolyte

Answer 65

Ca++

Question 66

continuous glucose monitoring system- senses and records blood glucose levels continuously

Answer 66

CGMS

Question 67

diabetes insipidus

Answer 67

DI

Question 68

diabetic ketoacidosis

Answer 68

DKA

Question 69

diabetes mellitus

Answer 69

DM

Question 70

fasting blood glucose

Answer 70

FBG

Question 71

fasting blood sugar

Answer 71

FBS

Question 72

follicle-stimulating hormone

Answer 72

FSH

Question 73

growth hormone

Answer 73

GH

Question 74

glucose tolerance test- measures ability to respond to a glucose load; a test for diabetes

Answer 74

GTT

Question 75

test for the presence of glucose attached to hemoglobin (glycosylated hemoglobin)- a high level indicates poor glucose control in diabetic patients; also called A1C

Answer 75

HbA1C test

Question 76

human chorionic gonadotropin

Answer 76

hCG or HCG

Question 77

insulin-like growth factor

Answer 77

IGF

Question 78

K+

Answer 78

potassium

Question 79

luteinizing hormone

Answer 79

LH

Question 80

multiple daily injection- for delivery of either basal or bolus insulin; a diabetes management regimen

Answer 80

MDI

Question 81

Na+

Answer 81

sodium

Question 82

oxytocin

Answer 82

OT, OXT

Question 83

prolactin

Answer 83

PRL

Question 84

parathyroid hormone

Answer 84

PTH

Question 85

radioactive iodine - treatment for graves disease

Answer 85

RAI

Question 86

radioimmunoassay- measures hormone levels in plasma

Answer 86

RIA

Question 87

radioactive iodine uptake (imaging test or scan)

Answer 87

RAIU

Question 88

syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

Answer 88

SIADH

Question 89

self monitoring of blood glucose

Answer 89

SMBG

Question 90

type 1 diabetes

Answer 90

T1D

Question 91

type 2 diabetes

Answer 91

T2D

Question 92

triiodothyronine

Answer 92

T3`

Question 93

thyroxine / tetraiodothyronine

Answer 93

T4

Question 94

thyroid function test

Answer 94

TFT

Question 95

thyroid stimulating hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland

Answer 95

TSH