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Endocrine Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adren/o

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Gland

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Adrenal/o

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Adrenal glands

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Calc/o

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Calcium

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Gluc/o

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Sugar

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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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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Pituitar/o

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Pituitary gland

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Thym/

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Thymus

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Thyr/o

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Thyroid

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Thyroid/o

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Thyroid gland

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Toxic/o

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Poison

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-dipsia

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Thirst

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-trophy

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Development; nourishment

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-phagia

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Eating

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Oophor/o

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Ovaries

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Orchid/o

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Testes

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Orchi/o

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Testes

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Orch/o

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Testes

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Test/o

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Testes

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Gli/o

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Glue, neuroglial tissue

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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-paresis

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Partial paralysis

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Embolus

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Clot present in blood or lymphatic vessels and brought there by blood or lymph

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Thrombus

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Adheres to wall of a blood vessel

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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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DM

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Diabetes mellitus

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LP

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Lumbar puncture

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MS

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Mitral stenosis

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TIA

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Transient ischemic attack

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PGH

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Pituitary growth hormone

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PTH

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Parathyroid hormone

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RAIU

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Radioactive iodine uptake

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TSH

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone

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ICSH

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Interstitial cell- stimulating hormone

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HRT

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Hormone replacement therapy

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CVA

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Cerebrovascular accident; costovertebral angle

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CVD

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Cerebrovascular disease

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Acr/o

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Extremities

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Cyst/o

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Bladder

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Scler/o

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Hardening; sclera

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EEG

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Electroencephalogram

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Poli/o

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Gray, gray matter

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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EMG

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Electromyography

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Ren/o

Nephr/o

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Kidney

50
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Addison disease

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Relatively uncommon chronic disorder caused by deficiency of Cortical hormones that result when the adrenal cortex is damaged or atrophied

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Cushing syndrome

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Cluster of symptoms caused by excessive amounts of cortisol or adrenocorticotropic hormone circulating in the blood

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Pheochromocytoma

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Small chromatic cell tumor, usually located in the adrenal medulla

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Spina bifida occulta

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Most common and least severe without protrusion of spinal cord or meninges

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Spins bifida cystic a

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More severe type of spina bifida that involves protrusion of meninges, spinal cord or both

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord

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RAIU

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Imagining procedure that measures levels of radioactivity in the thyroid after oral or IV administration of radioactive iodine

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