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EBR EMS Chapter 10 Definitions

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corticoids   show
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cretinism   show
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Cushing's syndrome   show
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diabetes insipidus   show
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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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glycosuria   show
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show enlargement of the thyroid gland  
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hormone   show
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hypercalcemia   show
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hyperglycemia   show
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hypoglycemia   show
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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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myxedema   show
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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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steroid hormone   show
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stress   show
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show cell acted on by a particular hormone and responding to it  
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