Question | Answer |
Acromegaly | A disorder caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone and resulting in abnormal enlargemant of the extremities, including the nose, jaw, fingers, and toes |
Adenectomy | A general term for surgical excision of a gland |
Adenoma | Tumor of a gland |
Adrenal gland | Gland that lies above the kidney |
Adrenaline | Epinephrine |
Androgen | The term for a substance that produces or stimulates the development of male characteristics |
Cortisone | A hormone that is made by the adrenal glands and is important in the regulation of body metabolism |
Cretinism | A condition caused by congenital deficiency of thyroid secretion and marked by arrested mental and physical development |
Diabetes insipidus | A disordr associated with a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone or inability of the kidneys to respond to this hormone |
Diabetes mellitus | A disorder that results form inadequate production or use of insulin |
Dwarfism | A disease caused by hyposecretion of growth hormone during childhood |
Endocrine glands | Generally secrete their hormones into the bloodstream |
Estrogen | An important female sex hormone that is made by the ovaries and acts on the female genitalia |
Euthyroid | Normal thyroid function |
Exocrine glands | Glands that open onto a body surface and discharge their secretions through ducts |
Exophthalmos | An abnormal condition characterized by marked protrusion of the eyeball |
Gigantism | A conditon that is caused by increased secretion of growth hormone during childhood in which a person reaches an abnormal stature |
Glycosuria | A term for sugar in the urine |
Goiter | A swelling in the front part of the neck that reults from enlargement of the thyroid gland |
Hormones | A general term for chemical substances that are discharged into the bloodstream and used in some other part of the body |
Hyperglycemia | Increased blood sugar |
Hyperinsulinism | Excessive secretion of insulin |
Hyperparathyroidism | Increased activity of the parathyroid gland |
Hyposecretion | A general term that means incresed release of a chemical substance |
Hypothyroidism | Decreased thyroid ativity |
Islets of Langerhans | Clusters of cells within the pancreas that perform an endocrine function |
Kidney | Not an endocrine gland |
Myx/o | Mucus |
Pancreas | Secretes insulin |
Parathyroid glands | The name of the four glands that lie beside the thyroid gland and are responsible for regulating calcium and phosphorus levels in the body |
-physis | Means growth |
Pineal gland | Attached to the posterior part of the brain |
Pituitary gland | Master gland. Also called Hypophysis |
Polydipsia | Increased thirst |
Sudoriferous gland | Also known as the sweat gland |
Target organ | A term for the organ or structure toward which the effects of a hormone are directed |
Thyroid | An endocreine gland that can be examined visually in a physical examination |
Thyroid scan | A test that consists of administration of a radioactive substance, then making an image of the spatial distribution of the radiation |
Thyroidectomy | Surgical removal of the thyroid gland |
Thyrotoxicosis | A term for a a morbid condition caused by excessive thyroid secretion |
-tropic | Stimulate |
-tropin | That which stimulates |
-uria | Urination |