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Adult Health Nursing
Ch 11 Endocrine Vocab MEL
| Question | Answer | Answer | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chvostek's Sign | Abnormal spasm of the facial muscles elicited by, light taps on the facial nerve in patients who are hypocalcemic | ||
| dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing | ||
| Endocrinologist | Physician who specializes in endocrinology | ||
| Glycosuria | Abnormal presence of a sugar especially glucose in the urine | ||
| Hirsutism | Excessive body hair in a masculine distribution | ||
| Hyperglycemia | Greater than normal amounts of glucose in the blood | ||
| Hypocalcemia | Deficiency of calcium in the blood serum | ||
| Hypokalemia | In adequate amount potassium, major intracellular cation, is found in the circulating blood stream | ||
| Idiopathic hyperplasia | Increase in the number of cells without known cause | ||
| Ketoacidosis | Acidosis accompanied by an accumulation of ketone in blood resulting from faulty carb metabolism | ||
| Ketone bodies | Normal metabolic products, such as the – B-hydroxybutyric acid and aminoacetic acid, from which acetone may arise spontaneously | ||
| Lipodystrophy | Abnormalities in the metabolism or deposition of fats; insulin lipodystrophy is the loss of local fat deposits | ||
| Neuropathy | Abnormal condition, inflammation, and degeneration of peripheral nerves | ||
| Polydipsia | Excessive thirst | ||
| Polyphagia | Excessive eating - eating to the point of gluttony | ||
| Polyuria | Excreting abnormally large quantity of urine | ||
| Turgor | Normal resiliency of skin | ||
| Diabetes mellitus - type 1 | Impairs glucose tolerance, destruction to beta cells, deficient insulin production, insulin dependent,and normally juvenile | ||
| Diabetes mellitus - type 2 | Impairs glucose tolerance from an abnormal resistance to insulin action; non-insulin diabetes | ||
| Anterior pituitary | Body cells - GH - growth hormone | ||
| Exocrine gland | Secrete through a series of ducts(sudoriferous and sebaceous glands of the skin), work closely with the nervous system | ||
| Endocrine glands | Ductless, release secretions directly into the bloodstream, and have regulatory function | Communicates more slowly through hormones to control homeostasis, chemical messengers through bloodstream to target organs, then metabolic change occurs | Generalize effect on patient's metabolism, growth, development, reproduction, and many other bodily activity |
| Negative feedback | A decrease in function in response to stimuli | Amount of hormonal release is controlled by this | |
| Pituitary gland a.k.a. Master class, pea-sized | Controls other endocrine glands works closely with the Hypothalamus of the brain a saddlelike depression in the sphenoid bone | ||
| Trousseau's sign | Assesses for latent tetany; carpal spasm is induced by inflating B/P cuff on the upper arm to pressure exceeding systolic BP for 3 minutes; positive result may be seen in hypercalcemia and hypomagnesemia |
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