Endocrine System Drug Nomenclature

Question 1

Which glands make up the Endocrine System?

Answer 1

Pituitary Thyroid
Ovary Adrenal
Thymus Parathyroid
Pancreas

Question 2

What does the endocrine system do?

Answer 2

Functions in stress management

Secretes hormones to regulate body functions

Question 3

What dosage orders are used with hormone prescriptions? Why?

Answer 3

Mcg (Micrograms)

Hormones are usually produced by glands in very small amounts.

Question 4

What inactivates hormones?

Answer 4

Liver and kidneys

Question 5

Analogue

Answer 5

something similar to something else, but used in a different composition

Question 6

Anaphylaxis

Answer 6

severe allergic reaction

very rapid, onset

can cause death within minutes

Question 7

Autoimmune

Answer 7

a disease where body produces it’s own antibodies that attack it’s own tissues

Question 8

Basal

Answer 8

Forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base

Question 9

Bolus

Answer 9

a large dose of substance given by injection to increase speed of effects

Question 10

Capillary

Answer 10

smallest blood vessel of the body

Question 11

Dextrose

Answer 11

another term for sugar (glucose)

Question 12

Endocrine

Answer 12

hormones secreted directly into bloodstream

Question 13

Exocrine

Answer 13

hormones secreted through ducts opening onto the skin

Question 14

Gangrene

Answer 14

death of a tissue due to loss of blood supply

Question 15

Gastroparesis

Answer 15

form a nerve damage that effects the stomach and intestines

Question 16

Gestational

Answer 16

period of time when something is conceived and developed

Question 17

Glucagon

Answer 17

hormone produced by pancreas.

increases blood glucose giving opposite effect of insulin

Question 18

Glucose

Answer 18

simple sugar for living organisms energy

Question 19

Glycemia

Answer 19

level of glucose in the body

Question 20

Glycosuria

Answer 20

High levels of sugar in urine

Question 21

Goitre

Answer 21

swelling of the neck due to enlargement of thyroid gland

Question 22

Hemodialysis

Answer 22

removing wastes form blood for patients with kidney failure

Question 23

immunosuppressive

Answer 23

suppressing or reducing the strength of the body’s immune system

Question 24

Insulin

Answer 24

hormone produced by pancreas

regulates amount of glucose in the blood

Question 25

Ketoacidosis

Answer 25

when body can’t use glucose as a fuel source

Question 26

Retinopathy

Answer 26

disease where capillaries are damaged at the back of the eye