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Haney medterm c13-4
Question | Answer |
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Define polyphagia | excessive eating |
Define polydipsia | Excessive thirst |
A condition characterized by severe cramping and twitching of the muscles and sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints; a complication of hypocalcemia. | Tetany |
Define hypothyroidism | Less than normal activity of the thyroid gland. |
What is hyperplasia of the thyroid gland? | Goiter |
Define Thyroiditis | Chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, leading to enlargement of the thyroid gland. |
What is medulla? | the internal part of a structure or organ |
The excretion of excessively large amounts of urine. | polyuria |
An acute, sometime fatal, incident of overactivity of the thyroid gland resulting in excessive secretion of thyroid hormone. | Thyrotoxicosis |
Explain Cushing's Syndrome | A condition of the adrenal gland in which there is a cluster of symptoms occurring as a result of an excessive amount of cortisol or ACTH circulating in the blood. |
The development of male secondary sex characteristics in the female due to the excessive secretion of adrenocortical androgens from the adrenal cortex. | Virilism |
what are T cells? | Specialized lymphocytes that are involved in the immune respone. |
What does ACTH stand for? | Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
What does K stand for | Potassium |
GH stands for what? | Growth Hormone |
What is A echogram? | An ultrasound examination important in distinguishing solid thyroid nodules from cystic nodules. |
What does FBS stand for? | fasting blood sugar |
What does Na stand for | sodium |
What is pancreatitis | an acute or chronic destructive inflammatory conidition of the pancreas. |
What does the serum glucose tests measure? | the amount of glucose in the blood at the time the sample drawn. |
What do thyroid function tests do? | tests that measure the blood levels of hormones T3, T4 and TSH |
What does LTH stand for? | Lactogenic Hormone |
What does GTT stand for | Glucose tolerance test |
What does HDL stand for? | High density lipoprotein. |
what does DI stand for? | diabetes insipidus |