The Endocrine System Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
A condition of excessive acidity of the body fluids | acidosis |
A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the extremeties caused by excessive growth hormone | acromegaly |
Deficiency in the secretion of adrencortical hormones | Addison's diseases |
Surgical excision of a gland | adenectomy |
A tumor of a gland | adenoma |
Any disease condition of gland | adenosis |
Pertaining to toward the kidney | adrenal |
Surgical excision of the adrenal gland | adrenalectomy |
Any diseases of the adrenal gland | adrenopathy |
A mineralocortoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that helps regulate metabolism of sodium, chloride and potassium | aldosterone |
Hormones that produce or stimulate the development of male characteristics | androgen |
Biochemical substances, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine | catecholamines |
A glucocortoid hormone that is isolated from the adrenal cortex | cortisone |
A congenital deficiency in secretion of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4 | cretinism |
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