Root wordsHormonesSystem terms Disease/ Disorders Treatments

What does the root word endocrin/o mean? What is Endocrine

What does the root word pancreat/o mean? What is the pancreas?

What does the root word somat/o mean? What is the body?

What is the Parathyroid Gland? What does the root word parathyroid/o mean?

What does the root word toxic/o mean? What is poison?

Stimulates uterine contractions and release of breast milk. what is the oxytocin gland?

This hormone regulates the growth of body tissue. What is the growth hormone or what is the somatotropic hormone

This hormone increases heart rate; dilates the bronchioles; What is the adrenaline hormone?

What is the hormones that regulate the fluid and electrolyte balance in the body? What is the mineralocorticoids hormone?

What is the adrencorticotropic hormone What hormone stimulates the adrenal cortex?

What is the system of small organs involved in the releasing of hormones into the body? What is the meaning for the word Endocrine?

what is excessive thirst? What is the meaning for the word polydipsia?

What is a lower than normal level of glucose (sugar) in the blood What is the meaning for the word hypoglycemia?

What is a syndrome that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone What is the meaning for the word Acromegaly?

What is the over production of the hormone Thyroxine? What is the meaning for the word thyrotoxicosis?

What is acidosis? This disorder produces an excessive acidity of body fluids?

What is Addison's disease This disease is a deficiency in the secretion of adrenal cortex hormones?

What is gigantism? This disorder is an excessive size in height caused by excessive secretion of growth hormones?

What is Hirsutism? This disorder in an excessive production of hair, especially on a female in a male distribution pattern?

What is Dwarfism? What is the disorder that is characterized by an abnormal underdevelopment due to a deficiency of human growth hormone?

What is adrenalectomy? This is the surgical removal of one or both of the adrenal glands?

What is a thyroid scan? This is a imaging scan to determine the size, shape, and function of the thyroid gland?

What is a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)? This is a blood test that measures blood glucose levels over a period of time, usually 2 or 3 hours?

What are Thyroid Function Tests? These are blood tests that measure the blood levels of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4.

What is a thyrodectomy? This is a surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid?

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