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1
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What is the medical term for a medical specialist in endocrinology ?

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Endocrinologist

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What is the medical term for a medical speciality concerned with the production and effects of hormones ?

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Endocrinology

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What does the prefix endo mean ?

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Within

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4
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What does the R/CF crine mean?

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Secrete

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What is the medical term for hormone formed by the pineal gland ?

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Melatonin

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6
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What medical term means neurotransmitter in central and peripheral nervous system ?

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Serotonin

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What is the medical fern for a gland that produces an internal or hormonal secretion ?

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Endocrine

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What is the medical term for enlargement of head, face, hands, and feet due to excess growth hormone after growth plates have closed ?

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Acromegaly

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9
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What does the suffix megaly mean ?

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Enlargement

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10
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What does the R/CF acr/o mean ?

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Peak, highest point

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11
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What does OT stand for?

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Oxytocin

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12
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What in childbirth stimulated uterine contractions , and in lactation. It forced milk to flow down ducts to the nipple. In both sexes, it’s production increases during social interactions and sexual intercourse to help give the feelings of satisfaction and emotional bonding ?

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Oxytocin

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13
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What does the root oxy mean ?

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Oxygen

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14
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What is the medical term for a hormone if the anterior pituitary that stimulated the cortex of the adrenal gland to produce its own hormone ?

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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15
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Where is the adrenocorticotropic located ?

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In kidney

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16
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What is the medical term for an organ that produces sex cells, a testis or an ovary ?

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Gonad

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17
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What is the medical term for pituitary hormone that stimulates the production of milk ?

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Prolactin

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18
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What does the root lact mean ?

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Milk

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19
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What does the prefix pro mean ?

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Before

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20
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What is the medical term for a hormone from the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates function of the thyroid gland ?

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Thyrotropin

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21
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What is the medical term for hormone produced by the thyroid gland that moves calcium from blood to bones ?

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Calcitonin

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What is the medical term for endocrine gland in the neck or a cartilage of the larynx ?

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Thyroid

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23
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What stimulates almost every tissue in the body to produce proteins, increases the amount of oxygen that cells use, and controls the speed of the body’s chemical functions known as the metabolic rate ?

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Thyroid hormone

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24
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What is the medical term for deficient production of thyroid hormones ?

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Hypothyroidism

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25
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What does the prefix hypo mean ?

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Deficient or below

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26
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What does the prefix hyper mean ?

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Excessive

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27
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What does the suffix oid mean ?

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Resembling

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28
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What is the medical term for excessive production of thyroid hormones ?

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Hyperthyroidism

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29
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What hyperthyroidism also know as ?

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Thyrotoxicosis

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30
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What is the medical term for deficient levels of parathyroid hormone ?

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Hypoparathyroidism

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31
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What does the prefix para mean ?

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Adjacent

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32
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What is the medical term for excessive levee of parathyroid hormone ?

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Hyperparathyroidism

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33
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What is the medical term for hyperthyroidism with toxic goiter ?

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Graves’ disease

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34
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What does the prefix ex mean ?

35
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What is the medical term for protrusion of the eyeball ?

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Exophthalmus

36
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What does the root opthalmos mean ?

37
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What is the medical term for endocrine gland on the upper pole of each kidney ?

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Adrenal (suparenal) gland

38
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What does the prefix ad mean ?

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To, toward

39
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What does the root ren mean ?

40
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What does the prefix Supra mean ?

41
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What is the medical term for an autoimmune disease leading to decreased production of adrenocortical steroids?

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Addison disease

42
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What is the medical term for pertaining to the cortex of the adrenal gland ?

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Adrenocortical

43
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What is the medical term for mineralcortcoid hormone of the adrenal gland ?

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Aldosterone

44
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What does the root ster mean ?

45
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What is the medical term for hyper secretion of cortisol (hydrocortisone) by the adrenal gland ?

A

Crushing syndrome

46
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What is the medical term for a hormone of the adrenal cortex that helps regulate glucose metabolism ?

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Glucocorticoid

47
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What does the root cortis mean ?

48
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What does the R/CF hydr/o mean ?

49
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What does the suffix one mean ?

50
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What is the medical term for potent glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory properties ?

A

Hydrocortisone

51
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What is hydrocortisone also know as ?

52
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What is the medical term for hormone of the adrenal cortex that influences sodium and potassium metabolism ?

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Mineralocorticoid

53
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What does the R/CF mineral/o mean ?

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Inorganic material

54
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What does the R/CF somat/o mean ?

55
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What does the suffix statin mean ?

56
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What is the medical term for hormone that inhibits release of growth hormone and insulin ?

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Somatostatin

57
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What is the medical term for hormone produced by the islet cells of the pancreas ?

58
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What does the suffix in mean ?

A

A substance

59
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What does the root insul mean ?

60
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What does the root gluc mean ?

A

Sugar , glucose

61
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What does the suffix agon mean ?

62
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What is the medical term for pancreatic hormone that supports blood glucose levels ?

63
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What does the prefix poly mean ?

A

Many , excessive

64
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What does the suffix ia mean ?

65
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What is the medical term for excessive production of urine ?

66
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What does the root ur mean ?

67
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What does the root phag mean ?

68
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What is the medical term for excessive eating ?

A

Polyphagia

69
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What is the root dips mean ?

70
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What is the medical term for excessive thirst ?

A

Polydipsia

71
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What does the suffix path mean ?

72
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What is the medical term for any disease of the nervous system ?

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Neuropathy

73
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What does the suffix emia mean ?

A

A blood condition

74
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What is the medical term for low level of glucose (sugar) in the blood ?

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Hypoglycemia

75
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What is the medical term for high level glucose (sugar) in the blood ?

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Hyperglycemia

76
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What causes sensory defects with numbness, tingling, and paresthesias (abnormal skin sensations) in the feet and/ or hands ?

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Diabetic neuropathy

77
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Which gland hormones is serotonin & melatonin & function is sleep/wake cycle ?

A

Pineal gland

78
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Which gland hormones is FSH, TSH, LH, ATC, GH, & PRL & it’s function if acromegaly & dwarfism ?

A

Pituitary gland (anterior)

79
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What gland hormones is OT & ADH & function is DI (diabetes insipidius) ?

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Pituitary gland (posterior)

80
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What gland hormone is T3 & T4, calcitonin & function is hyperthyroidism ( graves diseases & exopthalmus, hypothyroidism ) ?

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Thyroid gland

81
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What gland hormone is PTH & function is calcium up or down ?

A

Parathyroid gland

82
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What gland hormone is glucocorticoids (cortisol), mineral corticoids (aldosterone) & function is adrenal cortical, hypofunction, Addison disease ?

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Adrenal gland

83
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Which gland hormone is insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, & function is DMI, DMI 2, polydipsia, polyuria, & neuropathy ?

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