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 |