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Endocrine & Integumentary Systems
Question | Answer |
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ACROMEGALY | ENLARGED EXTREMITIES |
ADRENALECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE ADRENAL GLAND |
ALBINISM | CONGENITAL DISORDER CAUSING PARTIAL OR COMPLETE ABSENCE OF MELANIN IN SKIN, HAIR AND EYES |
ALOPECIA | HAIR LOSS |
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK | SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION |
CORTICOSTEROIDS | HORMONES RELEASED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX |
DERMATOME | INSTRUMENT USED TO CUT SKIN |
DERMATOTHERAPY | TREATMENT OF THE SKIN |
ENDOCRINE GLAND | DUCTLESS GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD STREAM |
ERYTHEMA | RED SKIN |
EXOCRINE GLAND | GLANDS WITH DUCTS THAT SECRETE THEIR SUBSTANCES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR | BLOOD TEST TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD AFTER 12 HOURS OF FASTING |
GANGRENE | NECROSIS OF TISSUE |
GLUCAGON | HORMONE SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS TO INCREASE BLOOD SUGAR |
GLUCOGENESIS | FORMATION OF GLUCOSE |
HIDRADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A SWEAT GLAND |
HIRSUTISM | EXCESSIVE HAIR GROWTH FOUND IN FEMALES |
HYPERCALCEMIA | INCREASED CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
HYPERKALEMIA | EXCESSIVE POTASSIUM IN BLOOD |
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM | EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE |
HYPOGLYCEMIA | DECREASED GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD |
HYPONATREMIA | DECREASED SODIUM IN BLOOD |
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM | UNDER SECRETION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE |
ICHTHYOSIS | EXTREMELY DRY SCALY SKIN |
INSULIN | HORMONE SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS TO DECREASE BLOOD SUGAR |
KETOACIDOSIS | CONDITION IN DIABETICS WHERE THE BODY DOES NOT METABOLIZE CARBS AND USES FAT FOR ENERGY |
MELANOMA | BLACK, CANCEROUS TUMOR |
MYCOLOGY | STUDY OF FUNGUS |
OBESITY | EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN BODY |
ONYCHOLYSIS | DESTRUCTION OF A NAIL |
ONYCHOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF THE NAILS |
PACHYDERMA | THICK SKIN |
PANCREATECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE PANCREAS |
PANCREATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS |
PARASITICIDES | DRUGS THAT KILL PARASITES |
PARATHYROIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS |
POLYDIPSIA | EXCESSIVE THIRST |
PRURITUS | ITCHING |
PURULENT | DISCHARGE OF PUS |
PUSTULE | BLISTER-LIKE ELEVATION OF SKIN CONTAINING PUS |
SANGUINOUS | DISCHARGE OF BLOOD |
SCLERODERMA | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY GRADUAL HARDENING OF THE SKIN |
SEBORRHEA | DISCHARGE OF OIL |
SEROSANGUINOUS | DISCHARGE OF BLOOD TINGED FLUID |
SEROUS | DISCHARGE OF SERUM OR CLEAR FLUID |
SOMATIC | PERTAINING TO THE BODY |
SOMATOTROPIN | GROWTH HORMONE |
STEATORRHEA | DISCHARGE OF FAT |
SUBCUTANEOUS | UNDER THE SKIN |
SUBUNGUAL | UNDER THE NAIL |
TETANY | CRAMP, CONVULSIONS, AND TWITCHING OF THE MUSCLES |
THYROID SCAN | TEST TO DETERMINE SIZE, SHAPE, AND LOCATION OF THE THYROID |
THYROTOXICOSIS | EXCESSIVE THYROID HORMONE IN THE BODY CAUSING TOXIC CONDITION |
TRICHOMYCOSIS | FUNGAL INFECTION OF HAIR SHAFT |
URTICARIA | HIVES |
VESICLE | BLISTER-LIKE ELEVATION OF SKIN |
VIRILE | HAVE ADULT MALE CHARACTERISTICS |
WHEAL | FLUID FILLED ELEVATION OF SKIN |
XANTHODERMA | YELLOW SKIN |
XERODERMA | DRY, ROUGH SKIN |