Exam 11: Endocrine System

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -The combining form that means to secrete is ________.

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

Which of the following hormones is secreted by the ovaries?

Which of the following diagnostic procedures is not a test for blood sugar levels?

Diabetes insipidus is caused by:

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means surgical removal of parathyroid gland is ________.

Cushing's syndrome is caused by:

Excessive hormone production is called hypersecretion.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means condition of (too)much urine is ________.

A protein-bound iodine test is used to measure thyroid function.

Which of the following statements regarding insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is not true?

A fasting blood sugar is a blood test that measures the amount of sugar in the bloodstream after a 12-hour fast.

Which of the following diagnostic procedures can be used to measure the levels of hormones in the blood?

Which of the following medications has strong anti-inflammatory properties?

Which of the following statements regarding the thymus gland or its hormone is not true?

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means enlarged adrenal gland is ________.

Panhypopituitarism is a deficiency in all the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland.

Which of the following hormones is responsible for regulating carbohydrate metabolism in the body?

An enlargement of the thyroid gland is called:

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