endocrine diseases and disorders
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| acidosis | show 🗑
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| Addison disease | show 🗑
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| show | condition caused by congenital absence or atrophy of thyroid gland. (signs: puffy features, mental deficiency, large tongue, and dwarfism)
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| show | syndrome caused by excessive production of cortisol by adrenal cortices. (signs and symp: abnormally pigmented skin, "moon face", pads of fat on the chest and abdomen, "buffalo hump", wasting away of muscle, and hypertension.)
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| show | caused by decreased secretion of antidiuretic hormone by posterior lobe of pituitary gland. (signs and symp: excessive thirst (polydipsia), large amounts of urine (polyuria), and sodium excreted from body.
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| diabetes mellitus (DM) | show 🗑
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| gigantism | show 🗑
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| show | enlargement of the thyroid gland (thyromegaly)
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| Graves disease | show 🗑
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| ketosis | show 🗑
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| show | group of S&S: insulin resistance, obesity charac. by excessive fat around waist and abdomen, hypertension, hyperglycemia, elevated triglycerides, and low levels of HDL. Risk: type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or stroke.
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| myxedema | show 🗑
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| show | tumor of adrenal medulla (usually benign) charac. hypertension, headaches, palpitations, diaphoresis, chest pain, and abdominal pain. Can be removed surgically, can be fatal if untreated.
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| tetany | show 🗑
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| show | condition caused by excessive thyroid hormones
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| show | nuclear med scan that measures thyroid function. (radioactive meds given to patient, and uptake into thyroid gland is measured)
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| thyroid scan | show 🗑
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| fasting blood sugar (FBS) | show 🗑
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| glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) | show 🗑
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| show | blood test to measure amount of TSH in blood- diagnosis hypothyroidism and monitor patients on thyroid replacement therapy.
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| thyroxine level (T4) | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal protrusion of the eyeball
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| show | chemical substance secreted by an endocrine gland, carried by blood to a target tissue
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| show | sum total of all chemical processes that take place in a living organism
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| isthmus | show 🗑
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