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