A | B |
EXOCRINE GLAND | SECRETES HORMONES THROUGH DUCTS |
DIABETES INSIPIDUS | EXCESSIVE LOSS OF WATER & ELECTROLYTES FROM LOW ADH LEVELS |
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK | HORMONE LEVEL DROP CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION TO INCREASE LEVEL |
GOITER | PAINLESS ENLARGEMENT OF THYROID GLAND |
GIGANTISM | HYPERSECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE IN CHILDHOOD; EXCESSIVE TALLNESS |
DWARFISM | HYPOSECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE DURING CHILDHOOD, DECREASED LONG BONE GROWTH, SMALL SIZE BODY WITH NORMAL PROPORTIONED, NORMAL INTELLIGENCE, SEXUALLY IMMATURE |
ENDOCRINE GLANDS | DUCTLESS GLANDS |
ACROMEGALY | TOO MUCH GROWTH HORMONE IN ADULTS; LARGE BONES OF FACE, HANDS & FEET |
MYXEDEMA | SWOLLEN FACE, WT. INCREASE, LOSS OF INITIATIVE AND MEMORY |
HYPOGLYCEMIA | LOW BLOOD SUGAR |
HYPERGLYCEMIA | HIGH BLOOD SUGAR |
TESTOSTERONE | HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE TESTES IN MALES |
CUSHING’S SYNDROME | CAUSED BY HYPERSECRETION OF GLUCOCORTICOID HORMONES FROM TUMOR OR PROLONGED USE OF PREDNISONE, MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THEN MEN, “MOON FACE” & “BUFFALO HUMP” FROM REDISTRIBUTION OF FAT STORES |
ESTROGEN | HORMONE PRODUCED BY OVARIES IN FEMALES |
EXOPTHALMUS | BULGING EYEBALLS |
HYPOTHYROIDISM | CONDITION CAUSED BY HYPOSECRETION OF THYROID GLAND |
THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE | HORMONE STIMULATING GROWTH AND SECRETION OF THE THYROID GLAND |
HYPERTHYROIDISM | HYPERSECRETION OF THYROID GLAND |
GROWTH HORMONE | HORMONE RESPONSIBLE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
DIABETES MELLITUS | TO LITTLE (OR NO) INSULIN SECRETION BY PANCREAS |
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE | HORMONE STIMULATING EGG GROWTH & SPERM PRODUCTION |
ADRENALIN | HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE MEDULLA OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
INSULIN | PROMOTES UTILIZATION OF GLUCOSE BY THE CELL AND LOWERS BLOOD SUGAR |
OXYTOCIN | HORMONE CAUSING CONTRACTIONS OF UTERUS DURING LABOR |
POLYDYPSIA | CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESSIVE THIRST |