Exam 34: Infection Control and Medical Asepsis

The pituitary gland is attached to which organ?

Match each term with its definition. -Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Which hormone regulates the exchange of calcium between the bones and blood and increases blood calcium?

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Small mass of tissue attached by a slim stalk to the roof of the third ventricle in the brain

Match each term with its definition. -Below-normal thyroid activity

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Reduce insulin resistance by modulating activity of nuclear transcription factors

Match each term with its definition. -Hormone that increases skin pigmentation

The majority of the islets of Langerhans cells are ____ cells.

Myxedema is an endocrine condition associated with:

Match each term with its definition. -Affects the length of the long bones, and therefore height

Where is the thyroid gland located?

Match each term with its definition. -Control electrolyte balances by regulating the reabsorption of sodium in the kidney tubules and the excretion of potassium

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Work to lower sugar levels by blocking the release of glucose by the liver

The principal hormone of the medulla is:

Match each term with its definition. -Affect the metabolism of protein, fat, and glucose

The most common cause of adrenal insufficiency is:

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Disorder characterized by a group of symptoms that result from the hypersecretion of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex caused by excess ACTH production

Tetany is treated by the addition of:

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Extreme clinical development of hyperthyroidism

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Autoimmune disease that eventually results in severe insulin deficiency