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CH 18 ENDOCRINE TERMS Flashcards

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hormon-

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urging on

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thyro

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shield

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para-

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near or beside

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ad-

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toward

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pituita

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nasal secretions

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insula

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island

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stero

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solid

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-ol

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oil

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-tropin

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to act on

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poly

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many or oncreased

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-agon

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to assemble or gather

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-stasis

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controlling

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-in

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a substance

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oxy-

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rapid, sharp, acute

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iodo-

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iodine

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adeno

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gland

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adrenalo

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adrenal gland

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gonado

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sex glands ovaries and testes

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pancreato

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pancreas, pertaining to

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parathryoido

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parathyroid gland

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pituitaro

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pituitary gland / hypophysis

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thyro, thyroido

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thyroid gland

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andro-

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male

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calco, calcio

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calcium

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cortico

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cortex, outer region

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crino

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secrete

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dipso

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thirst

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estro

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female

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gluco

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sugar

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glyco

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sugar

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homeo

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sameness

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hormono

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hormone

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33
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kali

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potassium

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lacto

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milk

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myxo

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mucus

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natro

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sodium

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stasis

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controlling

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physo-

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growing

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somato

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body

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stero

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solid structure

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toco

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childbirth

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toxico

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poison

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uro

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urine

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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

47
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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

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oxy-

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rapid, sharp, acid

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pan-

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all

54
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tetra-

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four

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tri-

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three

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somato-

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body

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stero

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steroid

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-genic

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produced by or in

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-oid

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derived from

60
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-physis

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to grow

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-tocin

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labor / birth

62
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blood test that measures glycosylated hemoglobin to assess glucose control

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A1C

63
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adrenocorticotropic hormone

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ACTH

64
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antidiuretic hormone / vasopressin

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ADH

65
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calcium, an important electrolyte

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Ca++

66
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continuous glucose monitoring system- senses and records blood glucose levels continuously

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CGMS

67
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diabetes insipidus

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DI

68
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diabetic ketoacidosis

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DKA

69
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diabetes mellitus

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DM

70
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fasting blood glucose

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FBG

71
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fasting blood sugar

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FBS

72
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follicle-stimulating hormone

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FSH

73
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growth hormone

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GH

74
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glucose tolerance test- measures ability to respond to a glucose load; a test for diabetes

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GTT

75
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test for the presence of glucose attached to hemoglobin (glycosylated hemoglobin)- a high level indicates poor glucose control in diabetic patients; also called A1C

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HbA1C test

76
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human chorionic gonadotropin

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hCG or HCG

77
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insulin-like growth factor

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IGF

78
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K+

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potassium

79
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luteinizing hormone

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LH

80
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multiple daily injection- for delivery of either basal or bolus insulin; a diabetes management regimen

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MDI

81
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Na+

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sodium

82
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oxytocin

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OT, OXT

83
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prolactin

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PRL

84
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parathyroid hormone

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PTH

85
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radioactive iodine - treatment for graves disease

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RAI

86
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radioimmunoassay- measures hormone levels in plasma

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RIA

87
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radioactive iodine uptake (imaging test or scan)

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RAIU

88
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syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

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SIADH

89
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self monitoring of blood glucose

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SMBG

90
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type 1 diabetes

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T1D

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type 2 diabetes

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T2D

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triiodothyronine

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T3`

93
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thyroxine / tetraiodothyronine

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T4

94
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thyroid function test

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TFT

95
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thyroid stimulating hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland

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TSH

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