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Endocrine Flashcards

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Adrenal glands

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Adren/o

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Calcium or the heel

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Calc/o

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Sex glands

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Gonad/o

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4
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Unchanging

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Home/o

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5
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Milk

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Lact/o
Galact/o

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Ovary

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Ovari/o

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Parathyroid gland

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Parathyroid/o

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Pancreas

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Pancreat/o

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9
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Tube (uterine or auditory)

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Sapling/o

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Thymus gland

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Thym/o

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Thyroid gland

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Thyr/o
Thyroid/o

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Uterus

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Uter/o
Metr/o
Hyster/o

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Vagina

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Vagin/o

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Vulva

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Vulv/o

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15
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Pregnancy

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-gravida

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Labor

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Childbirth

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17
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Secrete

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-crine

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18
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Protection against infection

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-phylaxis

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Growth or growing

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-physis

20
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Terminate pregnancy

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Abortion

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Thin membrane formed around sac of embryo

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Amnion

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Abnormal narrowing of an opening or passage in the body

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Atresia

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Removal of the testicles

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Castration

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Surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mothers abdomen

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Caesarean section

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A mass of cells that forms in the ovary

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Corpus luteum

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Steroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex

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Corticosteroid

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Short stature that results from a genetic or medical condition

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Dwarfism

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Female sex hormones

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Estrogen

29
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State of sexual excitability where females of most mammals will accept the male and is capable of conceiving

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Estrous
Estrus

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A hermaphrodite or imperfect sterile card which is the twin od a male calf whose hormones affected its development

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Freemartin

31
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An organism which has both male and female sed organs

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Hermaphrodite

32
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Hormone which regulates glucose

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Insulin

33
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Hormone released by the pituitary gland that increases contraction of the uterus during labor and stimulates the ejection of milk

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Oxytocin

34
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The act of giving birth to young;childbirth

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Parturition

35
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Hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy

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Progesterone

36
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Organ which provides oxygen and nutrients to growing fetuses

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Placenta

37
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Foreskin around clitorous or penis

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Prepuce

38
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Accustoming to food other than the mothers milk

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Weaning

39
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The period in which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction

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Puberty

40
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Severe allergic reaction

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Anaphylaxis

41
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A condition where one or both testes fail to descend

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Cryptochid

42
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The mucous membrane lining the uterus which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implant of an embryo

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Endometrium

43
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The sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow needle inserted into the uterus

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Amniocentesis

44
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Unchanging state: the tendency towards a relatively stable equilibrium between independent elements

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Homeostasis

Vet 1001 (17 decks)

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