Lesson 11 Quiz

Question 1

What does the term polyphagia mean?

Answer 1

excessive hunger

Question 2

What hormones are produced by the pituitary gland?

Answer 2

follicle stimulating, prolactin, melanocyte stimulating,

Question 3

Which organ functions as part of both the digestive and the endocrine system?

Answer 3

the pancreas

Question 4

What is a complication of diabetes that damages the nerves affecting the hands and feet?

Answer 4

peripheral neuropathy

Question 5

What is an abnormally low concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood?

Answer 5

hypoglycemia

Question 6

What is the term that means (to secrete within)

Answer 6

endocrine

Question 7

What hormone influences the sleep-wake cycle?

Answer 7

melatonin

Question 8

What word part means “glucose”?

Answer 8

glyc/o

Question 9

What are the chemical messengers secreted by the endocrine glands?

Answer 9

hormones

Question 10

What is considered a diabetic emergency?

Answer 10

ketoacidosis

Question 11

What does it mean if a patient is asymptomatic?

Answer 11

the patient reports no symptoms

Question 12

What physician would treat hypothyroidism?

Answer 12

endocrinologist

Question 13

What form of diabetes mellitus occurs during some pregnancies?

Answer 13

gestational diabetes

Question 14

What is the condition that causes the breasts to produe milk not related to childbirth?

Answer 14

galactorrhea

Question 15

What is the medical term that means “inflammation of the pancreas”?

Answer 15

pancreatitis

Question 16

What does the term hyperglycemia mean?

Answer 16

high concentration of glucose in the blood

Question 17

What are lumps in the thyroid that are usually benign?

Answer 17

thyroid nodules

Question 18

What is a condition that may increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes?

Answer 18

prediabetes

Question 19

What is the process of physical changes through which a child’s body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction?

Answer 19

puberty

Question 20

What is the basic form of energy used by the body?

Answer 20

glucose

Question 21

What describes all of the processes involved in the body’s use of nutrients?

Answer 21

metabolism

Question 22

What is the most common cancer of the endocrine system?

Answer 22

thyroid cancer

Question 23

What term means “abnormal protrusion of the eyeball”?

Answer 23

exophthalmos