| A | B |
|---|
| Addison disease | low adrenal cortex secretion - weak, dark skin, depresion |
| cretinism | congenital hypothyroidism - puffy features, mental deficiency and dwarfism |
| Cushing syndrome | symptoms from excessive cortisol production - moon face, Buffalo hump and wasting muscle |
| diabetes insipidus / DI | decrease in ADH - yields excessive loss of water in urine |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| polyuria | excessive urine |
| diabetes mellitus / DM | insusfficient production of insulin - hyperglycemia, acidosis, ketosis and coma |
| gigantism | excessive GH before puberty |
| Graves disease | hyperthyroidism, goiter, exopthalmos |
| ketosis | increase iof ketones in blood from inability to use glucose - so fats are burned |
| myxedema | hypothyroidism in adult similar to cretinism |
| tetany | low calcium levels from hypoparathyroidism causing muscle spasms |
| Thyrotoxicosis | excessive thyroid hyormones |
| radioactive iodine uptake test / RAIU | scan using radioactive iodine to measure thyroid function |
| Thyroid scan | nuclear med test to detect tumors and nodules |
| fasting blood sugar / FBS | determine glucose in blood after fasting 8 hours |
| thyroid stimulalting hormone / TSH | measures TSH in blood |
| Thyroxine level | measures thyroxine in blood |
| exopthalmos | protrusion of eyeball in hyperthyroidism |
| hormone | chyemical secreted by glands and carried to target tissue |
| isthmus | bridge or strip connecting 2 parts in the body or lobes of thyroid gland |
| metabolism | chemical processes in cells that affect function |
