Exam 15: Endocrine System and Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Corticosteroids

Chemical messengers used by the endocrine system to regulate body functions are

A condition of deficient sugar in the blood is

What is the combining form for the reproductive glands?

Cutting out the parathyroid gland is

A rare cancer of the thymus gland is

Which extreme form of this disorder is called myxedema in adults and cretinism in children?

Which of these is a pancreatic cancer?

The condition of excessive thirst is

The parathyroid glands regulate the amount of calcium in the

A usually benign tumor of the adrenal medulla is

The presence of ketones in the urine is called

The presence of glucose in the urine is called

Deficient insulin production associated with obesity and family history is

Accumulation of fat tissue in specific areas is

A condition of deficient potassium in the blood is

Follicular and papillary are the most common forms of which cancer?

Undersecretion of ADH, resulting in polydipsia and polyuria, is

The hormone that stimulates the muscles of the uterus during the delivery of an infant is

The part of the master gland that secretes ADH and oxytocin is the