Exam 14: Endocrinology-Endocrine System

The form that sugar takes when it is stored in the liver and the skeletal muscles is called ________.

A goiter is a chronic and progressive enlargement of the ________ gland.

Antidiabetic drugs such as DiaBet and Januvia are given by subcutaneous injection to treat diabetes mellitus.

Which word is used to describe sustained muscle spasms due to hypocalcemia?

The hormones of the thyroid gland ________.

The process by which two hormones exert opposite effects is known as ________.

All of the following symptoms are related to Cushing's syndrome EXCEPT ________.

To regulate the amount of calcium in the blood,the thyroid gland secretes ________.

Which of the following statements about Graves' disease is FALSE?

Hormones from various endocrine glands regulate ________.

Which is urine test that measures glucose,ketones,and other substances in the urine?

The action of hormones can involve stimulation or the opposite action,________.

The primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word endocrinology (en-doh-krih-naw-loh-jee)is ________.

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "condition (of)glucose (in the)urine"?

Hypoglycemia can cause ________.

Precocious puberty is caused by hypersecretion of testosterone in a male child.

The combining form recept/o- means ________.

Diabetes mellitus in the mother resolves once the pregnancy is delivered.

The combining form aden/o- means ________.

The primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word hypoparathyroidism (hy-poh-pair-ah-thy-royd-izm)is ________.