EBR EMS Chapter 10 Definitions
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| corticoids | show 🗑
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| show | dwarfism caused by hyposecretion of the thyroid gland
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| Cushing's syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | condition resulting from hyposecretion of ADH in which large volumes of urine are formed and, if left untreated may cause serious health problems
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| show | a condition resulting when the pancreatic islets secrete too little insulin, resulting in increased levels of blood glucose
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| show | a condition produced by hypersecretion of growth hormone during the early years of life; results in a child who grows to gigantic size
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| show | hormones that influence food metabolism; secreted by the adrenal cortex
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| gluconeogenisis | show 🗑
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| glycogenolysis | show 🗑
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| show | glucose in the urine, a sign of diabetes mellitus
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| goiter | show 🗑
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| show | substance secreted by an endocrine gland
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| hypercalcemia | show 🗑
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| hyperglycemia | show 🗑
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| show | lower-than-normal blood glucose concentration
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| show | the formation of a golden body (corpus lutenum) in the ruptured follicle
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| show | hormone that influences mineral salt metabolsim; secreted by adrenal cortex; aldosterone is the chief mineralocorticoid
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| show | condition caused by deficency of thyroid hormone in adults
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| show | homeostatic control system in which information feeding back to the control center causes the level of a variable to be changed in the direction opposite to that of the initial stimulus
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| show | general type of hormone that does have the lipid steroid structure but is instead a protein or protein derivative; also sometimes called protein hormone
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| show | a group of naturally occuring fatty acids that affect many body functions
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| show | chemical that provides communication within a hormone's target cell
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| show | lipid-soluble hormones that pass intact through the cell membrane of the target cell and influence cell activity by acting on specific genes
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| show | cell acted on by a particular hormone and responding to it
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