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Mod A Wk 2
Key Terms Ch 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addison's Disease | Condition resulting in a decrease in adrenocortical hormones, such as mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids, that causes symptoms including muscle weakness and weight loss |
| Autocrine | Denoting a mode of hormone action in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the cell type that produced it |
| Autoimmune disease | Condition in which a persons tissues are attacked by his or her immune system; abnormal antigen-antibody reaction |
| Cretinism | Condition in which the developement of the brain and body is inhibited by congenital lack of thyroid secretion |
| Cushing's disease | Syndrome causing an increase in secretion of the adrenal cortex that includes symptoms such as a moon face and deposits of fat (buffalo hump) |
| Exophthalmos | Prominence of the eyeball caused by increased thyroid hormone |
| Glucose | Simple Sugar |
| Goiter | Condition in which the thyroid gland is enlarged because of a lack of iodine, known as simple goiter, or because of a tumor, known as toxic goiter |
| Graves' disease | Condition caused by hypersecretion of thyroid with diffuse goiter, exophthalmos, and skin changes |
| Homeostasis | The equilibrium pertaining to the balance of the body with respect to fluid levels, ph level, and chemicals |
| Hormones | Chemical substances produced and secreted by an endocrine duct into the bloodstream or duct that result in a physiological response at a specific target tissue |
| Hypercalcemia | Unusually high concentration of calcium in the blood |
| Hyperglycemia | Abnormally high glucose content circulating in the bloodstream |
| Hypocalcemia | Low concentration of calcium in the blood |
| Hypoglycemia | Abnormally low glucose content circulating in the bloodstream |
| Myxedema | Condition associated with a decrease in overall thyroid function in adults; also knows as hypothyroidism |
| Neuroblastomas | Tumors of the neural crest; neuroblastomas often consist of cells morphologically |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| Osteoporosis | Condition associated with the decrease of bone mass and softening of bones, resulting in the increased possibility of bone fractures |
| Paget's disease | Condition that affects older adults in which the density of the bones decreases, resulting in softening and weakening |
| Paracrine | Denoting a type of hormone function in which hormone synthesized in and released from the endocrine cells binds to its receptor |
| Pheochromocytomas | Tumors of the adrenal gland that produce excess adrenaline |
| PTH | Parathyroid hormone |
| Simmonds' disease | A pituitary disorder that is a form of hypopituitarism in which all pituitary secretions are deficient |
| Spermatogenesis | The process of producing sperm with half the number of chromosomes |
| Thyroxine | Known as T4; contains 4 ions of iodine |
| Triiodothyronine | Known as T3; contains 3 ions of iodine |
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