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The excessive concentrations of circulating parathyroid hormone appeared to be caused by a tumor of the parathyroid gland or


A) parathyroidoma
B) thyrotoxicosis
C) thyroiditis
D) thyroidparathyroidectomy

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The term euglycemia is defined as


A) a normal level of sugar in the blood
B) an increase in calcium
C) an abnormal state of much thirst
D) calcium in the blood

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The term that means state of total deficient pituitary gland activity is


A) hypopituitarism
B) panhypopituitarism
C) hyperpituitarism
D) hyperglycemia

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Premises
endocrine
cortex
sodium
run, running
thirst
calcium
extremities, height
potassium
Responses
natr/o
kal/i
endocrin/o
dips/o
acr/o
calc/i
-drome
cortic/o

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endocrine
cortex
sodium
run, running
thirst
calcium
extremities, height
potassium

The hormone that stimulates uterine contractions during labor is


A) growth hormone
B) thyroid-stimulating hormone
C) oxytocin
D) adrenocorticotropic hormone

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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The term given to the condition that results from a deficiency of thyroid hormone is


A) acidosis
B) tetany
C) ketosis
D) myxedema

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The abbreviation for the diagnostic test that determines the amount of glucose in the blood is


A) RAIU
B) T4
C) FBS
D) TSH

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Hormones are distributed through the body by


A) tissue fluid
B) the lymph
C) the blood
D) secretions

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The term that means a state of excessive thyroid gland activity is


A) parathyroidoma
B) hypothyroidism
C) hyperkalemia
D) hyperthyroidism

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Weakness, darkening of skin, and loss of appetite were some of the signs and symptoms experienced by the patient diagnosed with a chronic syndrome resulting from a deficiency in the hormonal secretion of the adrenal cortex or


A) Graves disease
B) diabetes insipidus
C) myxedema
D) Addison disease

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The term that means the enlargement of the thyroid gland is


A) myxedema
B) adrenomegaly
C) goiter
D) acromegaly

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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The combining form that means extremities, height is


A) thyr/o
B) kal/i
C) natr/o
D) acr/o

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A condition brought about by an abnormal accumulation of metabolic acid products is


A) acidosis
B) ketosis
C) myxedema
D) tetany

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The combining form that means calcium is


A) kal/i
B) natr/o
C) dips/o
D) calc/i

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The combining form cortic/o means


A) calcium
B) cortisol
C) cortex
D) endocrine

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Thyroxine, the hormone that is necessary for body cell metabolism, is secreted by the


A) pituitary gland
B) thyroid gland
C) hypothalamus
D) parathyroid glands

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Insulin is secreted by the


A) liver
B) islets of Langerhans
C) suprarenal glands
D) pituitary

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The term hyponatremia means a deficiency of which substance in the blood?


A) potassium
B) calcium
C) sodium
D) sugar

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The term parathyroidoma is defined as


A) a tumor of the parathyroid gland
B) enlargement (of one or both) of the adrenal glands
C) an abnormal condition of poisoning
D) enlargement of the extremities

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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MATCHING

Premises
condition caused by congenital absence or atrophy of the thyroid gland (also called congenital hypothyroidism)
condition of the body having an abnormal concentration of ketone bodies
state of excessive thyroid gland activity
incision of the thyroid gland
resembling the cortex
used to diagnose hypothyroidism and to monitor patients on thyroid replacement therapy
sum total of all the chemical processes that take place in a living organism
disease of the adrenal gland
Responses
corticoid
cretinism
hyperthyroidism
ketosis
thyroidotomy
metabolism
thyroid-stimulating hormone level
adrenopathy

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condition caused by congenital absence or atrophy of the thyroid gland (also called congenital hypothyroidism)
condition of the body having an abnormal concentration of ketone bodies
state of excessive thyroid gland activity
incision of the thyroid gland
resembling the cortex
used to diagnose hypothyroidism and to monitor patients on thyroid replacement therapy
sum total of all the chemical processes that take place in a living organism
disease of the adrenal gland

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