endocrine quiz

Question 1

diabetes mellitus

Answer 1

condition caused by too little insulin production by the pancreas or by non-functional insulin receptors

Question 2

ACTH

Answer 2

adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 3

insulin

Answer 3

hormone produced by the pancreas in response to hyperglycemia

Question 4

polydipsia

Answer 4

PD, excessive thirst

Question 5

cushings disease

Answer 5

hyperadrenocorticism

Question 6

OT

Answer 6

oxytocin

Question 7

thyroid

Answer 7

gland located in the ventrolateral aspect of the trachea, slightly caudal to the larynx

Question 8

adrenal cortex

Answer 8

makes cortisol and glucocoticoid, in response to acth made by adenohypophysis

Question 9

hyperglycemia

Answer 9

condition of abnormally high serum glucose

Question 10

neurohypophysis

Answer 10

posterior section of pituitary gland

Question 11

adenohypophysis

Answer 11

anterior section of pituitary gland

Question 12

thyroxine

Answer 12

T4 (4 iodine

Question 13

PTH

Answer 13

hormone that responds the hypocalcemia by increases osteoclastic activity and decreasing the renal excretion of calcium