Question | Answer |
Where are the Adrenal Glands? | They sit ontop of the kidneys |
Where art the Pineal and Pituitary Glands? | Brain |
What gland controls growth? | Pituitary Gland |
Where is the thymus located? | Behind the sternum |
What does the Thymus produce? | T cell |
Where is the thyroid gland located? | In the throat |
What does the Thyroid gland regulate? | Matabolism |
Endocrin | Secrete within |
Hypercrinism | Excessive secretion of any gland |
Crin | To secrete |
Hypocrinism | Deficient secretion of any gland |
Follicle-stimulating hormone | stimulates the secretion of estrogen and growth of ova
stimulates the production of sperm |
Growth hormone | (Somatotropic hormone) regulates growth |
Somat/o | Body |
Tropic- | affinity for |
Interstital cell-stimulating hormone (ICSH) | ovulation in female
secretion of testosterone |
Luteinizing hormone | ovulation in female/progestrone
testosterone |
Oxytocin | Uterine contraction during child birth |
Oxy | Swift |
-tocin | Labor |
acr/o | extremities |
pituitar | pituitary |
Hashimoto's thyroiditis | autoimmune disease body's own antibodies attack and destroy the cells of the thyroid gland |
Myxedema | extreme deficiency of thyroid secretion |
Graves' disease | autoimmune disorder caused by hyperthyroidism
symptoms include goiter/exophthalmos |
Goiter | nonmalignant enlargement of the thyroid gland |
Exophthalmos | protrusion of the eyeball out of orbit |
Hyperparathyroidism | overproduction of parathyroid hormone |
Hypercalcemia | high concentration of calcium in blood |
calc | calcium |
Hypocalcemia | low levels of calcuim in blood |
Osteitis fibrosa | bones become softened and deformed and may develop cysts |
Glucagon | secreted by alpha cell in response to low blood sugar levels |
Insulin | secreted by beta cells in response to high blood sugar levels |
Insulinoma | benign tumor of the pancreas |
glyc | sugar |
dipsia | thrist |
uria | urination |
Type 1 diabetes | beta cells do not secrete enough insulin |
Type 2 diabetes | insulin is being produced by body does not use it effectively |
Insulin shock | caused by low blood sugar |
Diabetic coma | caused by very high blood sugar |
Corticosteroids | produced by adrenal cortex |
Aldosterone | regulates the salt and water levels in the body |
Androgens | hormones that influence sex-related characteristics |
Cortisol | (Hydrocortisone) anti-inflammatory action. regulates the metabolism of carbs, fat, and protein. |
Epinephrine | adrenaline- stimulates the sympathetic nervous system in response to stress or other stimuli |
Norepinephrine | hormone/neurohormone fight or flight response |
Addison's disease | Adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone by the adrenal medulla |
Aldosteronism | abnomality of electrolyte balance caused by the excessive secretion of aldosterone |
Conn's syndrome | disorder of adrenal glands due to excessive production of aldosterone |
Pheochromocytoma | benign tumor of the adrenal medulla that causes the gland to produce excess epinephrine |
phe/o | dusky |
chrom/o | color |
cyt | cell |
Cushing's syndrome | (hypercortisolism) caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol (moom face) |
Gonads | ovaries in female
testicles in male |
gemete | reproductive cell
sperm in male
ova (eggs) in the female |
Gonadotropin | any hormone that stimulates the gonads |
gonad/o | gonad |
-tropin | simulate |
Testosterone | stimulates the development of male secondary sex characteristics |
Estrogen | female secondary sex characteristic and period |