Exam 15: The Endocrine System

Which medical term is spelled correctly?

An excessive amount of ketone bodies in the blood and urine is called ketoacidosis or ________.

Hypersecretion of growth hormone in an adult results in which disorder?

Match the combining form with the correct definition. -hirsut/o

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism resulting in hyperglycemia.

A condition resulting from excessive thyroid hormone levels is known as:

Choose the correct term for a cancerous (malignant) tumor with a glandlike pattern of cells.

The suffix -osis means "condition of."

The correct medical term for deficient activity of the adrenal glands is:

Congenital hypothyroidism was formerly known as ________.

A goiter is a shrinking of the thyroid gland caused by a tumor, lack of iodine in the diet, or an infection.

When the pituitary fails to produce enough growth hormone, it can cause an abnormally short stature called pituitary ________.

The correct medical term for surgical removal of the parathyroid gland is:

The primary role of the endocrine system is to manage homeostasis.

Select the term with the correct spelling.

A disorder caused by hyposecretion of ADH (antidiuretic hormone), which results in polydipsia and polyuria, is ________. (two words)

The correct meaning of the prefix in the term hypothyroidism is:

The use of radioactive iodine to treat a disease of the thyroid gland, such as a thyroid tumor, is:

The suffix -megaly means "abnormally ________."

A patient repeatedly complains of being very thirsty. This is called ________.