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Chapter 12 Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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acr/o

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extremities

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adren/o

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adrenal gland

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adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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calc/o

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calcium

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gluc/o

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glucose, sugar, sweet

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glucos/o

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glucose, sugar, sweet

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glyc/o

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glucose, sugar, sweet

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glycos/o

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glucose, sugar, sweet

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home/o

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same, unchanging

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hydr/o

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water

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kal/i

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potassium

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natr/o

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sodium

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid

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thym/o

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thymus

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thyroid/o

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thyroid

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toxic/o

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toxin, poison

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ADH

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antidiuretic hormone

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BG

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blood glucose

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BS

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blood sugar

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BMI

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body mass index

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BMR

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basal metabolic rate

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Ca

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calcium

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CA

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cancer

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DI

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diabetes insipidus

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DKA

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diabetic ketoacidosis

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DM

A

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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fsbs

A

finger stick blood sugar

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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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HRT

A

hormone replacement therapy

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IDDM

A

insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

type 1 diabetes

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K

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potassium

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Na

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sodium

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NIDDM

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non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

type 2 diabetes

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PTH

A

parathyroid hormone

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T3

A

triiodothyronine

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T4

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thyroxine

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TSH

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thyroid- stimulating hormone

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Acromegaly

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Type of hyperpituitarism in with an overactive pituitary gland after adulthood causes abnormal continued growth of bones and tissues of the face and extremities.

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addison disease

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illness characterized by gradual adrenal- glan failure, resulting in insuficient production of steroid hormones and the need for hormone replacement therapy, also called hypoadrenalism

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congenital hypothyroidism

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congenital condition of thyroid hormone deficiency, characterized by arrested physical and mental development, formerly called cretinism

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