endocrine system diagnosis & pathology

Question 1

dysmetabolic syndrome

Answer 1

combination of medical disorders associated with faulty metabolism
dys/metabolic
syn/drome
bad/metabolism
together/running

Question 2

ketosis

Answer 2

condition characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood

Question 3

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 3

genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an overproduction of others
con/genit/al
with/birth/pertaining to/adrenal

Question 4

diabetes mellitus

Answer 4

metabolic disease characterized by excessive urination and hyperglycemia

Question 5

diabetic ketoacidosis

Answer 5

acidity of the blood caused by the presence of ketone bodies produced when the body is unable to burn sugar; thus, it must burn fat for energy

Question 6

pancreatic pseudocyst

Answer 6

pancreat/ic
pseudo/cyst
pancreas/pertaining to
false/cyst
abnormally expanded area in the pancreas resembling a cyst

Question 7

panhypopituitararism

Answer 7

defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland
pan/hypo/pituitar/ism
all/under/pituitary/condition

Question 8

pituitary infarction

Answer 8

pituitary in/farc/tion
pituitary in/stuff/condition
death of the pituitary gland

Question 9

thryotoxicosis

Answer 9

condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone (an extreme version of this is known as “thyroid storm”)

Question 10

adreno cortical carcinoma

Answer 10

cancerous tumor originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland
adreno/cortic/al
carcin/oma
adrenal/cortex/pertaining to cancer/tumor