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Endocrine & Integumentary Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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