Exam 14: Endocrine System

Excessive sugar in the blood is:

Overproduction of hormones in which disorder leads to polyuria, hypercalcemia, hypertension, and kidney stones?

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is also called the adrenal cortex.

Tetany is continuous muscle spasms.

Tetraiodothyronine is also called thyroxine.

One type of this disorder that may be accompanied by exophthalmia is termed Graves disease:

Hypoparathyroidism is deficient parathyroid hormone production.

A condition of deficient calcium in the blood is ____________________.

Continuous muscle spasms are ____________________.

The extreme form of this disorder is called myxedema in adults and cretinism in children:

The ACT in ACTH stands for ____________________.

The thyroid gland is located on the anterior of the neck.

An RAIU scan is done to test thyroid function:

When the blood glucose level is higher than normal but not enough to be classed as type 2 diabetes, the condition is called:

The parathyroid glands regulate the amount of calcium in the:

Removal of the gland that is directly above the kidney is:

Vasopressin is used to treat diabetes mellitus.

The anterior pituitary secretes gonadotropic hormones.

X-ray films are made to examine suspected endocrine changes that affect the density or thickness of ____________________.

Which thyroid hormone regulates the amount of calcium in the bloodstream? ____________________