Exam 11: Endocrine System

Which of the following conditions results from hyposecretion of the thyroid gland in an adult?

Which of the following terms means excessive calcium in the blood?

Which anterior pituitary hormone is also called somatotropin?

The combining form that means potassium is ________.

Which of the following hormones is responsible for stimulating the development of ova and sperm?

A medical term that means enlarged extremities is ________.

The combining form that means pancreas is ________.

A combining form that means adrenal glands is ________.

Which of the following terms is NOT one of the families of hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex?

Which of the following conditions is an autoimmune disease?

The suffix that means pertaining to a meal is ________.

Which of the following elements does the thyroid gland use to make its hormones?

Which of the following conditions occurs when there is an increase in estrogen secretion by the adrenal cortex of men?

A medical term that means enlarged adrenal gland is ________.

A medical term that means many (excessive)thirst is ________.

Which of the following treatment procedures is NOT a surgical procedure?

Which of the following abbreviations stands for a pathological condition?

The combining form that means sameness is ________.

Adrenal virilism occurs when the adrenal cortex of a man produces too much androgen.

Tetany is nerve irritability and painful muscle cramps resulting from too much calcium in the bloodstream.