Anatomy & Physiology Word Parts Hormones & Glands Disease & Conditions Medical Abbreviations
100
What is Neurosurgery
What is the branch of surgery involving the nervous system, including the brain and the spinal cord
100
What is -dipsia
What is the suffix meaning thirst?
100
What is parathyroid
What is the gland that increased calcium absorption and increases reabsorption of calcium in bones, kidneys & small intestines
100
What is Parkinson disease
What is a progressive degenerative neurological disorder, also called paralysis agitates?
100
What is Diabetes Mellitus
What is DM?
200
What is Endrocine & Nervous Systems
What are the two systems that monitor changes in the body and external environment, interpret changes and coordinate responses, to maintain homeostasis
200
What is toxic/o
What is combining form meaning poison?
200
What is insulin
What is the hormone released that lowers blood sugar levels from accelerated glucose transport into cells
200
What is Addison's disease
What is the hyposecretion of cortisol that results when the adrenal cortex is damaged, also called corticoadrenal insufficiency.
200
What is Hormone Replacement Therapy
What is HRT
300
Endocrinologist
What is the specialist that treats disorders such as diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disease
300
What is an increase in the size of an organ
What does the word hypertrophy mean?
300
What is adrenal glands
What is the gland that produces hormones such as glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, sex hormones & Epinephrine
300
What is Bell Palsy?
What is commonly results in grotesque facial disfigurement and facial spasms
300
What is Cerebrospinal Fluid
What is CSF
400
What is target tissue or target organs
What are the tissues or organs that respond to the effects of a hormone called
400
What is Glucogenesis
What is the formation of glycogen from sugar?
400
Pineal Gland
What is the gland that produces and secretes melatonin?
400
What is poliomyelitis?
What is the disease in which grey matter of the spinal cord is destroyed by slow-acting virus leading to paralysis & muscular atrophy.
400
What is magnetoencephalography
What is MEG
500
What is 10
What is the number of major endocrine glands in the body?
500
What is Adenohypophysis
What is the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, composed primarily of glandular tissue?
500
What is graves disease
What is the most common disease that results from an overactive secretion of the thyroid?
500
What is transient ischemic attack
What is short episodes of neurological dysfunction caused by temporary interference with blood supply to the brain, lasting a few minutes to a few hours.
500
What is Antidiuretic Hormone
What is ADH






Chapter 9- Medical Terminology

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