KIN 2509 Ch 10

generic term for an agent, usually a hormone (testosterone, androsterone) that stimulates activity of the accessory male sex organs or stimulates the development of male characteristics

• a relative constancy or equilibrium in the internal environment of the body
• this balance is maintained by the ever-changing processes of feedback and regulation in response to external or internal changes

• the normal development of secondary male sex characteristics that occurs during puberty
• the abnormal development of masculine characteristics that can occur in a woman

• the sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism
• all energy and material transformations that occur within living cells

• a hormone produced by the pituitary gland
• association with estrogen and progesterone, stimulates breast development, and the formation of milk during pregnancy

one of the paired male gonads or testicles

the presence or development of male secondary sex characteristics in a woman

adrenal glands

adrenal glands

calcium

sugar, sweetness

sugar, sweetness

gonads, sex glands

same, alike

potassium (an electrolyte)

pancreas

parathyroid glands

thymus gland

thyroid gland

thyroid gland

poison

any disease of the adrenal glands

surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands

an abnormally low level of calcium in the blood

formation of glucose

urinary excretion of glucose

disease of the gonads

presence of potassium in the blood

pancreatic tumor

surgical removal of the parathyroid glands

inflammation of the thymus gland

enlargement of the thyroid gland

surgical removal of the thyroid gland

specialist in the study of poisons or toxins

in, within

outside, outward

excessive, above normal

under, below

many, much

• to secrete internally or within
• denotes a ductless gland that furnishes an internal secretion

• to secrete outwardly
• denotes a gland that secretes outwardly through excretory ducts

excessive concentration of a calcium in the blood

lower than normal levels of potassium in the blood

excessive thirst