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Chapter 13

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Term
Definition
ADREN/O   ADRENO GLANDS  
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GONAD/O   GONAD, SEX GLAND  
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TESTIC/O   TESTICLE, TESTIS  
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OVARI/O   OVARY  
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PANCREAT/O   PANCREAS, PANCREATIC ISLETS  
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PINEAL/O   PINEAL GLAND  
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PITUIT/O, PITUITAR/O   PITUITARY GLAND  
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THYROID/O, THYR/O   THYROID GLAND  
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ACR/O   EXTREMITIES ( HANDS AND FEET),  
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CRIN/O   SECRET  
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GLYC/O   GLUCOSE, SUGAR  
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-DIPSIA   THIRST  
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-ISM   CONDITION, STATE OF  
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ACROMEGALY   ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIES CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE AFTER PUBERTY.  
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ADRENALITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS  
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ALDOSTERONISM   AN ABNORMALITY OF ELECTROLYTE BALANCE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF ALDOSTERONE  
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE   IS SECRETED BY THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND STORED AND RELEASED IN THE PITUITARY GLAND, HELPS CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE  
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CALCITONION   WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE THYROID GLAND, IS A HORMONE THAT WORKS WITH THE PARATHYROID HORMONES TO DECREASE CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUES BY MOVING CALCIUM INTO STORAGE IN THE BONES AND TEETH  
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CORTISOL   HAS ANTI INFLAMMATORY ACTION REGULATES METABLISM OF CRABS FATS AND PROTIENS  
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CRETINISM   A CONGENITAL FORM OF HYPOTHYROIDISM  
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HOMEOSTASIS   THE PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH THE BODY MAINTAINS A CONSTANT INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT  
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HORMONES   ARE CHEMICAL MESSENGERS THAT SECRETED BY ENDOCRINE GLANDS DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.  
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ENDOCRINE GLANDS   13 MAJOR THAT PRODUCE HORMONES, DO NOT HAVE DUCTS  
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PITUITARY GLAND   IS A PEAS-SIZED GLAND THAT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THESE PRODUCE HORMONES THAT CONTROLS MANY BODY FUNCTIONS  
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PINEAL GLAND   INFLUENCES THE SLEEP/WAKEFULNESS CYCLE BY SECRETING MELATONIN  
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THYROID GLAND   STIMULATES METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY  
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THYMUS   PLAYS MAJOR ROLE IN THE IMMUNE REACTION  
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ADRENAL GLANDS   REGULATES ELECTROLYTE LEVELS, INFLUENCE METABOLISM AND RESPONDS TO STRESS  
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GONADS   OVARIES OR TESTICLES  
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CUSHING'S SYNDROME   A CONDITION CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORTISOL  
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DIABETES INSIPIDUS   A CONDITION CAUSED BY INSUFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF THE ANTI DIURETIC HORMONE OR BY THE INABILITY OF THE KIDNEYS TO RESPOND TO THIS HORMONE  
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ELECTROLYTES   ARE MINERAL SUBSTANCES THAT ARE NORMALLY FOUND IN THE BLOOD AND BODY FLUID. AND IT CONTROLS THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND ACIDITY IN THE BODY  
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EPINEPHRINE   AKA ADRENALINE. STIMULATES THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL INJURY OR TO MENTAL STRESS SUCH AS FEAR. HELPS LIVER TO RELEASE GLUCOSE AND LIMIT THE RELEASE OF INSULIN.  
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DIABETES MELLITUS   INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF INSULIN DUE TO HYPERGLYCEMIA  
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ESTROGEN   HORMONES SECRETED BY OVARIES THAT IS IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEMALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS AND IN REGULATION OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE.  
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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY   DAMAGE TO THE RETINA AS A COMPLICATION OF UNCONTROLLED DIABETES  
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INSULIN SHOCK   A DIABETIC EMERGENCY CAUSED BY VERY LOW BLOOD SUGAR  
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FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONES   STIMULATES THE SECRETION OF ESTROGEN AND THE GROWTH OF OVA IN THE OVARIES OF THE FEMALE. THE MALE STIMULATES SPERM IN THE TESTICLES.  
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GESTATIONAL DIABETES   THE FORM OF DIABETES THAT OCCURS DURING SOME PREGANANCIES  
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FRUCTOSAMINE TEST   A BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURE AVERAGE GLUCOSE LEVELS OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS  
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GLUCAGON   HORMONE SECRETED BY ALPHA CELLS. OF THE PANCREATIC ISLETS IN RESPONSE TO LOW LEVELS OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOODSTREAM.  
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GIGANTISM   ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE ENTIRE BODY CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE BEFORE PUBERTY  
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GLUCOSE   BLOOD SUGAR THE BASIC FORM OF ENERGY USED BY THE BODY  
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HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE   AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER IN WHICH THE BODY'S OWN ANTIBODIES ATTACK AND DESTROY THE CELLS OF THE THYROID GLAND.  
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HYPERCALCEMIA   ABNORMALLY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD  
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HYPOCALCEMIA   A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY ABNORMALLY LOW LEVELS OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD  
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HYPERGLYCEMIA   AN ABNORMALLY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD  
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HYPOGLYCEMIA   AN ABNORMALLY LOW CONCENTRATION OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD  
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INSULINOMA   A BENIGN TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS THAT CAUSES HYPOGLYCEMIA BY SECRETING ADDITIONAL INSULIN  
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LEPTIN   PROTEIN HORMONE SECRETED BY FAT CELLS THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF APPETITE  
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HYPERINSULINISM   A CONDITION MARKED BY EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF INSULIN IN THE BLOOD  
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HYPERPITUTARISM   THE EXCESS SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE THAT CAUSES ACROMEGALY AND GIGANTISM  
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HYPERTHYROIDISM   THE OVERPRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONES  
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HYPOTHYRODISM   A DEFICIENCY OF THYROID SECRETION  
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INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE   STIMULATES OVULATION IN THE FEMALE. IN THE MALE IS STIMULATES THE SECRETION OF TESTOSTERONE.  
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NOREPINEPHRINE   HORMONE AND A NEUROHORMONE BY THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IMPORTANT ROLE IN FIGHT OR FLIGHT.  
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OXYTOCIN   CONTROLS POST NATAL HEMORRHAGING, STIMULATES LACTATION, AND HORMONE THAT STIMULATES CONTRACTIONS DURING CHILD BIRTH  
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PITOCIN   SYNTHETIC FORM OF OXYCONTIN ADMINISTERED TO INDUCE LABOR  
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PANCREATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS  
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PROGESTERONE   HORMONE RELEASED DURING 2ND HALF OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE TO PREP UTERUS FOR PREGANCY  
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TESTOSTERONE   STEROID HORMONE SECRETED BY TESTICLES AND ADRENAL CORTEX TO STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT OF MALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS.  
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PUBERTY   PROCESS OF PHYSICAL CHANGES BY WHICH A CHILD'S BODY BECOMES AN ADULT BODY CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING  
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PROLACTINOMA   A BENIGN TUMOR OF THE PITUITARY GLAND THAT CAUSES IT TO PRODUCE TOO MUCH PROLACTIN  
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DIABETIC COMA   A DIABETIC EMERGENCY CAUSED BY VERY HIGH BLOOD SUGAR  
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THYMECTOMY   THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE THYMUS GLAND  
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THYMITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE THYMUS GLAND  
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TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS   AN AUTOIMMUNE INSULIN DEFICIENCY DISORDER CAUSED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF PANCREATIC ISLET BETA CELLS  
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TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS   AN INSULIN RESISTANCE DISORDER IN WHICH ALTHOUGH INSULIN IS BEING PRODUCED, THE BODY DOES NOT USE IT EFFECTIVELY  
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THYM/O   THUMUS GLAND  
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