Pitiutary Gland Parathyroid Thyroid Adrenal Gland Vocab terms
100
What is the posterior pituitary hormone that plays a role in childbirth by contracting muscles in the uterine wall, and in milk-letdown by forcing milk into ducts from the milk glands
Oxytocin (OT)
100
What is the parathyroid condition that is deficiency of PTH, due to surgical removal or injury to glands, which results in a decrease in blood calcium
Hypoparathyroidism
100
What is underactivity of the thyroid gland
hypothyroidism
100
What is the outer portion of the adrenal gland
Adrenal cortex
100
What is aden/o
gland
200
What is the posterior pituitary hormone that causes the kidneys to conserve water, and reduces amount of water excreted in the urine
Antidiuretic hormone(ADH or vasopressin)
200
What is the two hormones in the parathyroid that help maintain proper blood calcium concentration
Calcitonin and PTH
200
What is the thyroid disorder that may lead to eye protrusion (exophthalmia)
Hyperthyroidism
200
What is the inner portion of the adrenal gland
Adrenal medulla
200
What is gonad/o
Sex glands
300
What is the anterior pituitary hormone that controls the secretion of certain hormones from the adrenal cortex
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
300
What is the excess of PTH, perhaps due to parathyroid tumor, which results in an increase in blood calcium
Hyperparathyroidism
300
What is the location of the thyroid gland
below the larynx
300
What are the hormones the adrenal medulla secretes
epinephrine and norepinephrine
300
What is pancreat/o
Pancreas
400
What is the anterior pituitary hormone that promotes milk production following the birth of an infant
Prolactin (PRL)
400
What is the feedback mechanism involving blood calcium level that regulates release of PTH
Negative feedback
400
What are the two broad lobes of the thyroid gland connected to
Isthmus
400
What are the most important hormones of the adrenal cortex
Aldosterone, cortisol, and the sex hormones
400
What is crin/o
Secrete
500
What is the anterior pituitary hormone that controls the secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (Thyrotropin or TSH)
500
What is the body part that the parathyroid is attached to
Thyroid
500
What is an enlarged thyroid that appears as a bulge in the neck
Goiter
500
What is the hypersecretion of adrenal cortical hormones
Cushing syndrome
500
What is dips/o
Thirst






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