Chapter 7 (Adrenal)

Question 1

adrenal insufficiency

Answer 1

condition in which adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones

Question 2

adrenalitis

Answer 2

inflammation of the adrenal gland

Question 3

adrenocorticohyperplasia

Answer 3

overdevelopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland

Question 4

adrenocortical insufficiency

Answer 4

condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduces necessary hormones

Question 5

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 5

genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an overproduction of others