FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 18

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FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 18

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Question 1: What is an element that is present in thyroxine?

Answer:

Iodine.Question 2: A group of symptoms produced by excess of cortisol from the adrenal cortex:

Answer:

Cushing's syndrome.Question 3: Post-puberty hypersecretion of growth hormone from the interior pituitary gland:

Answer:

Graves' disease.

Question 4: Which is a description of achondroplasia?

Answer:

Defective cartilage formation that affects bone growth.

Question 5: Which is a description of tetany?

Answer:

Constant muscle contraction.Question 6: Insulin deficiency or resistance leads to hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis:

Answer:

Diabetes mellitus.

Question 7: Which of the following secretes cortisol?

Answer:

Adrenal cortex.

Question 8: Kal/i is a combining form for which substance?

Answer:

Potassium.

Question 9: What is a description of the gonadotropin?

Answer:

Secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

Question 10: Natr/o is the combining form of which substance?

Answer:

Sodium.Question 11: Which of the following is associated neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy?

Answer:

Secondary complications of diabetes mellitus.

Question 12: Which hormone stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete hormones?

Answer:

Cortisone.

Question 13: What is another name for anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?

Answer:

Adenohypophysis.

Question 14: What is a hormone secreted by the ovary and adrenal cortex?

Answer:

Estrogen.

Question 15: What is an example of an electrolyte?

Answer:

Sodium.Question 16: Advanced hypothyroidism in adulthood:

Answer:

Myxedema.

Question 17: Which is a function of the thyroid gland ?

Answer:

Create thyroxine.

Question 18: Characteristic of type I diabetes mellitus?

Answer:

Little or no insulin produced.

Question 19: Which is a hormone secreted by the pancreas?

Answer:

Insulin.

Question 20: Exophthalmos is a symptom of which endocrine disorder?

Answer:

Endemic goiter.

Question 21: Which is a description of thyroid scan?

Answer:

Administration of radioactive compound and visualizations with a scanner to detect tumors or nodules.

Question 22: Which term means enlargement of the thyroid gland?

Answer:

Goiter.

Question 23: Which hormone regulates calcium in the blood and bones?

Answer:

Parathyroid hormone.Question 24: What is the term for excessive development of mammary tissue in a male?

Answer:

Gynecomastia.