Deck 11: Endocrine System

Question 1

The combining form that means pancreas is ________.

Answer 1

pancreat/o

Question 2

A combining form that means female (besides gynec/o) is ________.

Answer 2

estr/o

Question 3

The combining form that means pineal gland is ________.

Answer 3

pineal/o

Question 4

A combining form that means thyroid gland is ________.

Question 5

The combining form that means sameness is ________.

Question 6

A combining form that means poison is ________.

Question 7

A combining form that means sugar is ________.

Question 8

The combining form that means pituitary gland is ________.

Question 9

The combining form that means body is ________.

Question 10

The combining form that means to secrete is ________.

Question 11

The combining form that means calcium is ________.

Question 12

A combining form that means adrenal glands is ________.

Question 13

The combining form that means thymus gland is ________.

Question 14

A medical term that means state of excessive thyroid (hormones) is ________.

Question 15

The combining form that means sodium is ________.

Question 16

A combining form that means eye (besides ocul/o, opt/o, and optic/o) is ________.

Question 17

The combining form that means extremities is ________.

Question 18

The combining form that means potassium is ________.

Question 19

The combining form that means sex glands is ________.

Question 20

The combining form that means parathyroid gland is ________.

Question 21

The suffix that means thirst is ________.

Question 22

A medical term that means endocrine system disease is ________.

Question 23

A medical term that means condition of (too) much urine is ________.

Question 24

A medical term that means surgical removal of thymus is ________.

Question 25

A medical term that means state of insufficient pituitary (hormones) is ________.

Question 26

A medical term that means pertaining to the thyroid gland is ________.

Question 27

A medical term that means pertaining to the parathyroid gland is ________.

Question 28

A medical term that means many (excessive) thirst is ________.

Question 29

A medical term that means enlarged adrenal gland is ________.

Question 30

The suffix that means blood condition is ________.

Question 31

The suffix that means to stimulate is ________.

Question 32

A medical term that means pertaining to the pituitary gland is ________.

Question 33

A medical term that means surgical removal of adrenal gland is ________.

Question 34

A medical term that means study of the endocrine system is ________.

Question 35

A medical term that means state of excessive parathyroid (hormone) is ________.

Question 36

A medical term that means sugar in the urine is ________.

Question 37

A medical term that means pertaining to the thymus gland is ________.

Question 38

The suffix that means pertaining to a meal is ________.

Question 39

A medical term that means pertaining to the pancreas is ________.

Question 40

A medical term that means pertaining to the adrenal glands is ________.

Question 41

A medical term that means surgical removal of parathyroid gland is ________.

Question 42

A medical term that means relating to after a meal is ________.

Question 43

Endocrine glands secrete hormones into ducts.

Question 44

A medical term that means thymus inflammation is ________.

Question 45

A medical term that means adrenal gland disease is ________.

Question 46

The term hypopituitarinism is spelled correctly.

Question 47

A medical term that means enlarged extremities is ________.

Question 48

The term hyponatremia is spelled correctly.

Question 49

Epinephrine is one of the adrenal cortex hormones.

Question 50

The adrenal glands are divided into an outer cortex and inner medulla.

Question 51

The endocrine system glands are instrumental in maintaining homeostasis.

Question 52

A medical term that means thymus tumor is ________.

Question 53

A medical term that means surgical removal of the thyroid is ________.

Question 54

A medical term that means retina disease is ________.

Question 55

A medical term that means abnormal condition of thyroid poisoning is ________.

Question 56

The ovary is the female gamete and it produces ova, the female gonad.

Question 57

The term pheochromocytoma is spelled correctly.

Question 58

The term adrenallectomy is spelled correctly.

Question 59

A constructed term that means enlarged thyroid is ________.

Question 60

The adrenal cortex of both men and women secretes steroid sex hormones such as androgen.

Question 61

Progesterone helps maintain the uterine lining for pregnancy.

Question 62

The circadian rhythm is the body's 24-hour clock.

Question 63

Pheochromocytoma is usually a cancerous tumor of the adrenal medulla.

Question 64

Gynecomastia is the bulging eyeballs associated with Graves' disease.

Question 65

Ketoacidosis may result in death of a diabetic patient.

Question 66

Excessive hormone production is called hypersecretion.

Question 67

The islets of Langerhans are the exocrine sections of the pancreas.

Question 68

Follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone are called gonadotropins.

Question 69

Insulin raises the blood sugar level and glucagon lowers the blood sugar level.

Question 70

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Question 71

The thymus gland uses iodine in the production of its hormones.

Question 72

Hirsutism is a term for the condition of having insufficient hair.

Question 73

Parathyroid hormone is important for regulating blood levels of sodium.

Question 74

A syndrome is a group of symptoms and signs that present a clinical picture of a disease.

Question 75

The pancreas is a unique organ because it is both an exocrine and endocrine gland.

Question 76

Thymosin is essential to the growth and development of T cells.

Question 77

The thyroid hormones adjust the body's metabolic rate.

Question 78

The pituitary gland is sometimes referred to as the master gland.

Question 79

Adrenal virilism occurs when the adrenal cortex of a man produces too much androgen.

Question 80

Prolactin stimulates cells to grow larger and divide more rapidly.