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Ch 11 Endocrine Vocab MEL

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Chvostek's Sign   Abnormal spasm of the facial muscles elicited by, light taps on the facial nerve in patients who are hypocalcemic      
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dysphagia   Difficulty swallowing      
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Endocrinologist   Physician who specializes in endocrinology      
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Glycosuria   Abnormal presence of a sugar especially glucose in the urine      
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Hirsutism   Excessive body hair in a masculine distribution      
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Hyperglycemia   Greater than normal amounts of glucose in the blood      
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Hypocalcemia   Deficiency of calcium in the blood serum      
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Hypokalemia   In adequate amount potassium, major intracellular cation, is found in the circulating blood stream      
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Idiopathic hyperplasia   Increase in the number of cells without known cause      
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Ketoacidosis   Acidosis accompanied by an accumulation of ketone in blood resulting from faulty carb metabolism      
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Ketone bodies   Normal metabolic products, such as the – B-hydroxybutyric acid and aminoacetic acid, from which acetone may arise spontaneously      
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Lipodystrophy   Abnormalities in the metabolism or deposition of fats; insulin lipodystrophy is the loss of local fat deposits      
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Neuropathy   Abnormal condition, inflammation, and degeneration of peripheral nerves      
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Polydipsia   Excessive thirst      
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Polyphagia   Excessive eating - eating to the point of gluttony      
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Polyuria   Excreting abnormally large quantity of urine      
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Turgor   Normal resiliency of skin      
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Diabetes mellitus - type 1   Impairs glucose tolerance, destruction to beta cells, deficient insulin production, insulin dependent,and normally juvenile      
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Diabetes mellitus - type 2   Impairs glucose tolerance from an abnormal resistance to insulin action; non-insulin diabetes      
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Anterior pituitary   Body cells - GH - growth hormone      
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Exocrine gland   Secrete through a series of ducts(sudoriferous and sebaceous glands of the skin), work closely with the nervous system      
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Endocrine glands   Ductless, release secretions directly into the bloodstream, and have regulatory function   Communicates more slowly through hormones to control homeostasis, chemical messengers through bloodstream to target organs, then metabolic change occurs   Generalize effect on patient's metabolism, growth, development, reproduction, and many other bodily activity  
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Negative feedback   A decrease in function in response to stimuli   Amount of hormonal release is controlled by this    
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Pituitary gland a.k.a. Master class, pea-sized   Controls other endocrine glands works closely with the Hypothalamus of the brain a saddlelike depression in the sphenoid bone      
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Trousseau's sign   Assesses for latent tetany; carpal spasm is induced by inflating B/P cuff on the upper arm to pressure exceeding systolic BP for 3 minutes; positive result may be seen in hypercalcemia and hypomagnesemia      
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