Chapter 12 Flashcards
Anti
Prefix
Against
Di
Prefix
Complete
Uret
Root
Urination
Ic
Suffix
Pertaining to
Antidiuretic
Prefix + Prefix + Root + Suffix
An Agent that decreases urine production
Endo
Prefix
Within
Crine
Root
Secrete
Endocrine
Prefix + Root
A gland that produces internal or hormonal secretion
Endo
Prefix
Within
Crine
Root
Secrete
Logy
Suffix
Study of
Endocrinology
Prefix + Root + Suffix
Medical speciality concerned with the production and effects of hormones
Endo
Prefix
Within
Crine
Root
Secrete
Logist
Suffix
One who studies, specialist
Endocrinologist
Prefix + Root + Suffix
A medical specialist in endocrinology
Hormone
Greek To set in motion
Chemical formed in one tissue or organ and carried by the bloodstream to stimulate or inhibit a function of another tissue or organ
Hormon
Root
Hormone
Al
Suffix
Pertaining to
Hormonal
Root + Suffix
Pertaining to hormones
Hypo
Prefix
Below
Thalamus
Root
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Prefix + Root
An endocrine gland in the floor and wall of the third ventricle of the brain
Hypo
Prefix
Below
Thalam
Root
Thalamus
Ic
Suffix
Pertaining to
Hypothalamic
Prefix + Root + Suffix
Pertaining to the hypothalamus
Mela
Root
Black
Ton
Root
Tension, pressure
In
Suffix
Substance
Melatonin
Root + Root + Suffix
Hormone formed by the pineal gland
Oxy
Root
Oxygen
Toc
Root
Labor and childbirth
In
Suffix
Substance
Oxytocin
Root + Root + Suffix
Pituitary hormone that stimulates the uterus to contract
Pineal
Latin Like a pine cone
Pertaining to the pineal gland
Pituit
Root
Pituitary
Ary
Suffix
Pertaining to
Pituitary
Root + Suffix
Pertaining to the pituitary gland
Prosta
Root
Prostate
Gland
Root
Gland
In
Suffix
Chemical
Prostaglandin
Root + Root + Suffix
Hormone present in many tissues, but first isolated from the prostate gland
Ser/o
Root + Combining Form
Serum
Ton
Root
Tension, pressure
In
Suffix
Substance
Serotonin
Root + Combining Form + Root + Suffix
Neurotransmitter in central and peripheral nervous systems
Acr/o
Root + Combining Form
Peak, highest point
Megaly
Suffix
Enlargement
Acromegaly
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Enlargement of head, face, hands and feet due to excess growth hormone in an adult
Adren/o
Root + Combining Form
Adrenal gland
Cortic/o
Root + Combining Form
From the cortex
Tropic
Suffix
A turning, change
Adrenocorticotropic
Root + Combining Form + Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Hormone of the anterior pituitary that stimulates the cortex of the adrenal gland to produce its own hormones
Cortic/o
Root + Combining Form
From the cortex
Steroid
Suffix
Steroid
Corticosteroid
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
A hormone that produced by the adrenal cortex
Cortic/o
Root + Combining Form
From the cortex, cortex
Tropin
Suffix
Stimulation
Corticotropin
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Pituitary hormone that stimulates the cortex of the adrenal gland to secrete cortisone
Cortis
Root
From the cortex
One
Suffix
Hormone
Cortisone
Root + Suffix
A corticosteroid produced in small amounts by the adrenal cortex
Diabetes
Diabetes Greek Siphon
In
Prefix
Not
Sipid
Root
Flavor
Us
Suffix
Pertaining to
Diabetes Insipidus
Prefix + Root + Suffix
Excretion of large amounts of dilute urine as a result of inadequate antidiuretic hormone production
Gonad/o
Root + Combining Form
Testis, ovary
Tropin
Suffix
Stimulation
Gonadotropin
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Any hormone that stimulates gonadal function
Gonad
Gonad, Latin Seed
An organ that produces sex cells, a testis or an ovary
Hydr/o
Root + Combining Form
Water
Cortis
Root
From the cortex
One
Suffix
Hormone
Hydrocortisone
Root + Combining Form + Root + Suffix
Potent glucocorticoid with antiinflammatory properties
Pro
Prefix
Before
Lact
Root
Milk
In
Suffix
Substance
Prolactin
Prefix + Root + Suffix
Pituitary hormone that stimulates the production of milk
Somat/o
Root + Combining Form
The body
Tropin
Suffix
Stimulation
Somatotropin
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Hormone of the anterior pituitary that stimulates the growth of body tissues
Thyr/o
Root + Combining Form
Thyroid
Tropin
Suffix
Hormone from the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates function of the thyroid gland
Calc/i
Root + Combining Form
Calcium
Ton
Root
Tension, pressure
In
Suffix
Substance
Calcitonin
Root + Combining Form + Root + Suffix
Hormone produced by the thyroid gland that moves calcium from blood to bones
Emac/i
Root + Combining Form
Make thin
Ation
Suffix
Process
Emaciation
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Abnormal thinness
Emac/i
Root + Combining Form
Make thin
Ated
Suffix
Pertaining to a condition
Emaciated
Root + Combining Form + Suffix
Pertaining to or suffering from emacination
Para
Prefix
Adjacent, beside
Thyr
Root
Thyroid
Oid
Suffix
Resembling
Parathyroid
Prefix + Root + Suffix
Endocrine glands embedded in the back of the thyroid gland
Thymus
Greek Sweetbread
Endocrine gland located in the mediastinum
Thyroid
Greek An oblong shield
Endocrine gland in the neck; or a cartilage of the larynx
Thyr
Root
Thyroid gland
Ox
Root
Oxygen
Ine
Suffix
Thyroxine
Root + Root + Suffix
Thyroid hormone T4, tetraiodothyronine
Cretin
French Cretin
Severe congenital hypothyroidism
Cretin
Root
Cretin
Ism
Suffix
Condition, process
Cretinism
Root + Suffix
Condition of severe congenital hypothyroidism
Ex
Prefix
Out
Ophthalmos
Root
Eye
Exophthalmos
Prefix + Root
Protrusion of the eyeball
Goiter
Latin Throat
Enlargement of the thyroid gland
Graves disease
Hyperthyroidism with toxic goiter
Hashimoto Disease
Autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland
Hyper
Prefix
Excessive
Para
Prefix
Adjacent