Question | Answer |
This gland regulates the exchange of the calcium between bones and blood: | parathyroid |
secretions from the ductust glands: | hormones |
this gland increases metabolism, influences both physical and mental activity,a nd promotes normal gtrowth and development | thyroid |
the pituitary gland is also know as: | master gland |
ACTH stimulates the corex of which gland: | adrenal gland |
insuficient production of growth hormone during childhood resuts in | dwarfism |
over production of growth hormone during childhood results in: | gigantism |
an edocrine disorder of the thyroid gland that affects adults: | myxedema |
thos gland is esential metabolism of cabohydrates and reduces blood sugar level: | pancreas |
weight, pregnancy, heredity, emotional stress, and virus may cause: | diabetes melitus |
in respondsible for normal growth of body tisues: | pituitary |
most common form of hyperthyroidism: | graves disease |
can increase heart, blood presure, and flow of blood | adrenal |
disorder that results from serious lack of thyroxin begining in the early stages of life: | cretinism |
controls onset of puberty | penail bady |
hormone that stimulates skin pigmentation | MSH |
controls electrolyte balance by regulating sodium and potassium: | aldostrone |
if a patient's blood sugar is too low, they may go into diabetic coma; | false |
hypothyroidism is the result of excess secretion of thyroxin: | false |
TSH cuases the production in estrogen in females: | false |
a GTT test is used to determine the contriol of glucose over a period of 6-8 weeks: | false |
prolactin stimulates the production of milk in the brest: | true |
a patient who is alergic to iodine may not have an Thyroid scan | true |
after sperm are produced in the tubles they pass into | epidydmis |
why does sterility result with undecended teticles | sperm can not survive the internal heat of the internal bory |
the first mature sperm are ejaculated at the age of | 14 |
may result from severe trauma or strain, but is frequently related to degeneration of intervertible joints | herniated disc |
passageway of sperm to exit the body from the epedidymis: | vas defrons |
is surgical sterlization for a male | vesectomy |
the testicle is the most common site for cancer in men from what age range | 15 |
condition that psychgentic in origin | impotenece |
orchitis is found | testies |
cryptochidiam is | undecended testies |
painfull cramping associated with menstration | dydmenorhea |
fetus implanted outside of the uterine cavity | eptopic |
wart-like growth on external genitilia | condyloma |
acute or chronic infection of the reproductive tract | DID |
most frequent STD in America | chlamidia |
a chronic viral infection with two strains: | herpes |
usually asymptomatic in females, and can cause blindness in newborns during birth | ghonorea |
name the mojor glands of the endocrine system | pituitery, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenals, gonads and thymus |
gland known as the master gland | pituitary |
prolactin is serceted by | adenohypohysis |
enlargement of the extremities due to exessive growth hormone | acromegaly |
not a true statement concerncing epinephrine | increases the heart rate in cardiac output |
gland that plays a vittal role inn metobolism and regulates the body's metobolic process | thyroid |
essential for maintenance of normal blood sugar | insoluin |
minoeralcorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex | aldosterone |
medical term for softing of a gland | adenalmalaycia |
any disease of the adrenal gland | adrenal pathy |
congenital deficiency in secretion of the thyroid hormone | cretinism |
stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth | oxytocin |
also called as adreanline | epinephrine |
masculinity developed in a female | virialsm |
ressembling a sheild | thyroid |
to go through | diabetes |
male sex hormone | testosterone |
also called ADH | vasso pressin |
a tumor of a gland | adenoma |
a condition of being abnormally small | dwarfism |
a condition of being abnormally large | giagantiasm |
abbreviation GH stands for | groth hormone |
abbreviation ACTH stands for | adenocortcotropic hormone |
abreviation FSH stands for | folicle stimulating hormone |
abreviation BMR stands for | basal metabolic rate |
abreviation DM stands for | diabtetes melitus |