Anatomy & Physiology | Word Parts | Hormones & Glands | Disease & Conditions | Medical Abbreviations |
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What is Neurosurgery
What is the branch of surgery involving the nervous system, including the brain and the spinal cord
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What is -dipsia
What is the suffix meaning thirst?
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What is parathyroid
What is the gland that increased calcium absorption and increases reabsorption of calcium in bones, kidneys & small intestines
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What is Parkinson disease
What is a progressive degenerative neurological disorder, also called paralysis agitates?
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What is Diabetes Mellitus
What is DM?
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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
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What is toxic/o
What is combining form meaning poison?
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What is insulin
What is the hormone released that lowers blood sugar levels from accelerated glucose transport into cells
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What is Addison's disease
What is the hyposecretion of cortisol that results when the adrenal cortex is damaged, also called corticoadrenal insufficiency.
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What is Hormone Replacement Therapy
What is HRT
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Endocrinologist
What is the specialist that treats disorders such as diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disease
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What is an increase in the size of an organ
What does the word hypertrophy mean?
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What is adrenal glands
What is the gland that produces hormones such as glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, sex hormones & Epinephrine
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What is Bell Palsy?
What is commonly results in grotesque facial disfigurement and facial spasms
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What is Cerebrospinal Fluid
What is CSF
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What is target tissue or target organs
What are the tissues or organs that respond to the effects of a hormone called
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What is Glucogenesis
What is the formation of glycogen from sugar?
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Pineal Gland
What is the gland that produces and secretes melatonin?
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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.
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What is magnetoencephalography
What is MEG
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What is 10
What is the number of major endocrine glands in the body?
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What is Adenohypophysis
What is the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, composed primarily of glandular tissue?
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What is graves disease
What is the most common disease that results from an overactive secretion of the thyroid?
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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.
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What is Antidiuretic Hormone
What is ADH
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