Exam 11: Endocrine System

Diabetes insipidus is caused by:

Progesterone helps maintain the uterine lining for pregnancy.

Aquaretics are powerful anti-inflammatory medications.

The adrenal glands are divided into an outer cortex and inner medulla.

Which of the following abbreviations does NOT stand for a pituitary hormone?

Corticosteroids are used to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus.

A medical term that means retina disease is ________.

Excessive hormone production is called hypersecretion.

The term adrenallectomy is spelled correctly.

A medical term that means pertaining to the pituitary gland is ________.

Ketoacidosis may result in death of a diabetic patient.

A medical term that means endocrine system disease is ________.

The term pheochromocytoma is spelled correctly.

The term hyponatremia is spelled correctly.

Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves of the hands and lower legs as a result of diabetes mellitus.

The islets of Langerhans are the exocrine sections of the pancreas.

Insulinoma is a pancreas tumor that secretes excessive amounts of insulin.

Which of the following hormones is responsible for stimulating the cells of the body to rapidly divide?

Which of the following diagnostic procedures is NOT a test of thyroid function?

The suffix that means blood condition is ________.