Endocrine System Disorders

Question 1

GLANDS THAT SECRETE THEIR PRODUCTS THROUGH DUCTS RATHER THAN DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM

Answer 1

EXOCRINE

Question 2

GLUCOSE IN THE URINE

Answer 2

GLUCOSURIA

Question 3

HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE

Answer 3

HYPERGLYCEMIA

Question 4

LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE

Answer 4

HYPOGLYCEMIA

Question 5

SERIOUS COMPLICATOIN OF DIABETES THAT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING (DKA)

Answer 5

KETOACIDOSIS

Question 6

CHEMICAL BYPRODUCT OF LIPID METABOLISM

Answer 6

KETONE

Question 7

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE WALLS OF LARGE ARTERIES

Answer 7

MACROANGIOPATHY

Question 8

DAMAGE TO THE NERVES LOCATED OUTSIDDE OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD

Answer 8

NEUROPATHY

Question 9

FEELING OF EXTREME, INSATIABLE HUNGER

Answer 9

POLYPHAGIA

Question 10

EXCESSIVE URINE

Answer 10

POLYURIA

Question 11

LARGEST ENDOCRINE GLAND

Answer 11

THYROID

Question 12

CONDITION IN WHICH THE RYEBALLS PROTRUDE, SUCH AS IN GRAVES DISEASE

Answer 12

EXOPHTHALMOS

Question 13

ENLARGEMENT OF THE BONES OF THE HEAD AND EXTREMETIES

Answer 13

ACROMEGALY

Question 14

SECONDARY COMPLICATION OF DIABETES THAT AFFECTS THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE RETINA

Answer 14

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Question 15

CONDITION RESULTING FROM A HYPOFUNCTION OF TEH THYROID GLAND

Answer 15

MYXEDEMA

Question 16

CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM OVERACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND. ALSO CALLED GRAVES DISEASE

Answer 16

HYPERTHYROIDISM

Question 17

RESULT OF DEFICIENCY IN SECRETION BY THE THYROID GLAND

Answer 17

HYPOTHYROIDISM

Question 18

ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND

Answer 18

GOITER

Question 19

NEOPLASM OR TUMOR OF A GLAND

Answer 19

ADENOMA