Endocrine Chapter 14 Test

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A synonym for the throid catrilage is?
Adams apple
A hormone that stimulates the thyroid is abbreviated?
TSH thyroid stimulating hormone
An autoimmune hyperthyroidism is termed?
Graves disease
The definition of Graves disease is?
Hyperthyroidism with toxic goiter
Addison disease is termed?
Adrenal gland insuffiency
Endocrine cells of the pancreas are located in clusters called the islets of?
Langerhans
The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus may be based on a fasting blood glucose of what?
126mg or greater
Which word means enlargement of the head, hands, and feet in an adult due to excess growth?
Acromegaly
Hypersecretion of androgens are known as?
Adrenal virilism
Which word with a perfix, root, and suffix, refurs to the pituitary hormone that stimulates the uterus to contract?
Oxytocin
The "M" in DM stands for?
Mellitus
The word for an agent or process that aids the action of another is?
Synergist
The three cell type in the pancreas?
Alpha, beta, and delta
Pineal refers to what?
A gland
Underproduction of growth hormone from birth leads to a condition known as?
Pituitary dwarfism