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What is the classification for the (B) Norflex (g) orphenadrine?
muscle relaxer
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What is the classification for the (B) Viokase (g) pancrelipase?
digestive enzyme; tx: Chronic pancreatitis
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What is the classification for the (B) Avandia (g) rosiglitazone?
oral antidiabetic
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What is the classification for the (B) Viagra (g) sildenafil?
erectile dysfunction
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What is the classification (B) Carafate (g) sucralfate?
anti ulcer
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The pituitary gland is also known as what?
hypophysis and the master gland
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What is a condition of deficient sugar in the blood?
hypoglycemia
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What disease is a deficiency of adrenocortical hormones?
addison disease
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What blood test is done to assess T3, T4, and calcitonin?
Thyroid function test (TFT)
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What is a blood test that detects the thyroid's ability to concentrate and retain iodine?
radioactive iodine (RAI) uptake scan
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What hormone stimulates growth and hormone activity of testes and ovaries?
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
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What promotes growth of breast tissue and milk production?
Prolactin
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What regulates calcium levels in bones and blood, and also increases calcium levels in the blood?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH; parathormone)
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The pituitary gland, or hypophysis is held in the ______ , a depression in the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity.
sella turcica
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There are two adrenal glands located above the _____
kidneys
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Muscle spasms due to an underactive parathyroid gland?
tetany (also calcium tetany from abnormal calcium levels in the blood)
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What organ is the major function of the digestive process and is both an exocrine and endocrine gland?
pancreas
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True or false; Prostaglandins are proteins and steroid hormones
false; prostaglandins are neither a protein or steroid hormones. They are lipids that mimic hormones and sometimes referred to as local hormones
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An overproduction of melatonin from the pineal gland may be a result in what type of depression?
S.A.D. (Seasonal affective disorder)
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What is a disease caused by a lack of growth hormone (GH) that causes undergrowth of bone and body tissue in children?
Dwarfism
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What is a disease caused by oversecretion of GH, which causes an overgrowth of body tissue before puberty, including the long bones?
Gigantism
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What is a disease caused by excessive production of GH in adults that causes overgrowth of bones and soft tissue of the hands, feet, and face?
Acromegaly
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What is an underproduction of thyroid hormone in childhood causing low metabolic rate, slow growth and mental retardation?
Cretinism
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What disease is an overproduction of thyroid hormone in adults?
graves disease
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What is a deficiency of adrenocortical hormones?
Addison disease
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What disease is caused when the adrenal cortex oversecretes hormones, resulting in obesity, weakness, hypertension, and hyperglycemia. Also results from ingesting corticosteroids
cushing syndrome
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what is the main disease of the insulin-producing pancreas?
diabetes mellitus
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adrenocortic/o
adrenal cortex
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hypophys/o
pituitary gland
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parathyroid/o
parathryroid gland
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thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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that which stimulates
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What stimulates the muscles of the uterus during the delivery of an infant and the muscles surrounding the mammary ducts to contract, releasing milk?
oxytocin
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What regulates the metabolism of the body and normal growth and development and controls the amount of calcium deposited into bone?
thyroid gland
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What is responsible for stimulating key cells in the immune response and is located in the mediastinum above the heart?
thymus; secretes thymosin
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What are the female and male gonads?
ovaries and testes
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What is located in the center of the brain and secretes melatonin responsible for sleep?
pineal gland
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An enlargement of the thyroid gland
goiter
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Measure of average blood glucose during a 3 month time span
A1c
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ACTH
adrenocorticotropic hormone
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TSH
thyroid stimulating hormone
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OGTT
oral glucose tolerance test
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Ductless glands that secrete hormones and other secretions into the blood or lymph for circulation throughout the body?
endocrine glands
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glands that secrete to the epithelial surface (sweat glands, mammary glands)
exocrine glands
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organ containing receptors that cause it to react to certain hormones
target organ
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depression in the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity that holds the pituitary gland
sella turcica
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outer portion of the adrenal gland that secretes steroids
adrenal cortex
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portion of the adrenal gland that secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine
adrenal medulla
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hormone that breaks down glucose to glycogen
insulin
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pancreatic cells that produce insulin and cause the secretion of glucagon
islets of langerhans
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large group of hormone-like substances responsible for the regulation of blood pressure, pain threshold, inflammation, and blood clotting
prostaglandins
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disease caused by the release of insufficient antiduretic hormone fromthe posterior pituitary gland
diabetes insipidus
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blood test indicating the glucose level after a period of fasting
FPG fasting plasma glucose
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Located in the neck on both sides of the trachea and larynx and secretes calcitonin, thyroxine, and triiodothyronine
thyroid gland
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located within connective tissue surrounding the thryroid gland
parathyroid glands
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what is both an endocrine gland and a lymphatic organ?
thymus
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as a person ages, what gland atrophies and and changes to fat and connective tissue
thymus
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one who specilizes in endocrine disorders
endocrinologist
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what kind of test is done to test for bone density
ct scan
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In an A1c test, what is a nondiabetic range?
4-6%
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In an A1c test, what level indicates that the diabetic management plan needs to be reviewed and changes made to medication, diet, or exercise?
8-10%
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true or false; the higher the A1c results, the greater the chance that the patient will develop complications
true
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process that causes the body to respond to undersecretion or oversecretion of an element; reduces or stops a stimulus
negative feedback
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process that increases secretion of a hormone when needed; increases a stimulus
positive feedback
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abnormal hairiness, especially in women
hirsutism
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what are warning signs of diabetes mellitus type 1
frequent urination, excessive thirst, excessive hunger, weight loss, unexplained irriatbility, N&V, unexplained weakness and fatigue
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What are some warning signs of diabetes mellitus type 2?
frequent urination, excessive thirst, excessive hunger, overweight, drowsiness, blurred vision, numbness and tingling in hands and feet, slow healing, yeast infections, and itching
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what results from an underactive thryoid secretion in adults
myxedema
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