Haney medterm c13-4
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| Define polyphagia | excessive eating
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| Define polydipsia | Excessive thirst
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| A condition characterized by severe cramping and twitching of the muscles and sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints; a complication of hypocalcemia. | Tetany
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| Define hypothyroidism | Less than normal activity of the thyroid gland.
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| What is hyperplasia of the thyroid gland? | Goiter
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| Define Thyroiditis | Chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, leading to enlargement of the thyroid gland.
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| What is medulla? | the internal part of a structure or organ
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| The excretion of excessively large amounts of urine. | polyuria
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| An acute, sometime fatal, incident of overactivity of the thyroid gland resulting in excessive secretion of thyroid hormone. | Thyrotoxicosis
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| Explain Cushing's Syndrome | A condition of the adrenal gland in which there is a cluster of symptoms occurring as a result of an excessive amount of cortisol or ACTH circulating in the blood.
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| The development of male secondary sex characteristics in the female due to the excessive secretion of adrenocortical androgens from the adrenal cortex. | Virilism
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| what are T cells? | Specialized lymphocytes that are involved in the immune respone.
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| What does ACTH stand for? | Adrenocorticotropic hormone
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| What does K stand for | Potassium
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| GH stands for what? | Growth Hormone
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| What is A echogram? | An ultrasound examination important in distinguishing solid thyroid nodules from cystic nodules.
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| What does FBS stand for? | fasting blood sugar
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| What does Na stand for | sodium
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| What is pancreatitis | an acute or chronic destructive inflammatory conidition of the pancreas.
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| What does the serum glucose tests measure? | the amount of glucose in the blood at the time the sample drawn.
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| What do thyroid function tests do? | tests that measure the blood levels of hormones T3, T4 and TSH
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| What does LTH stand for? | Lactogenic Hormone
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| What does GTT stand for | Glucose tolerance test
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| What does HDL stand for? | High density lipoprotein.
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| what does DI stand for? | diabetes insipidus
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