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Agenda
1. Seminar Discussion
2. Unit 9 Review
3. Questions
Endocrine system
Endocrine System
Chapter 16 Combining Forms &
Suffixes
 Aden/o = gland
 Adren/o, adrenal/o = adrenal glands
 Cortic/o = cortex (outer layer)
 Endocrin/o = endocrine
 Parathyroid/0 = parathyroid glands
 Pituitar/o = pituitary gland
 Thyroid/0, thyr/o = thyroid gland
 Acr/o = extremities, height
 Calc/i = calcium
 Dips/o = thirst
 Kal/i = potassium
 Natr/o = sodium
 -drome = run, running
True or False
Growth hormone regulates the growth of the
body.
True
Growth hormone regulates the growth of the body
True or False
The hypothalamus in the brain controls the
pituitary gland.
True
The hypothalamus in the brain controls the pituitary gland.
True or False
The body’s “chemical” messengers are the
nerve impulses.
True
The body’s “chemical” messengers are the hormones.
Multiple Choice
The islets of Langerhans are:
A. four small bodies lying directly behind
the
thyroid
B. located near the pituitary gland
C. clusters of endocrine tissue found
throughout
the pancreas
D. paired glands, one of which is located above each
kidney
Answer
C.
clusters of endocrine tissue found throughout
the pancreas
Multiple Choice
The combining form meaning potassium is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
kal/I
calc/i
natr/o
dips/o
Answer
A.
kal/I
Multiple Choice
The word part that completes the medical term meaning
excision of an adrenal gland, ___________/ectomy, is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
dips
adren
adrenal
aden
Answer
C.
adrenal
Multiple Choice
The meaning of the medical term tetany is a condition:
A.
affecting nerves causing muscle
spasms as a result of low amounts
of
calcium
B.
resulting from a deficiency of the
thyroid hormone thyroxine
C.
caused by excessive thyroid
hormones
D.
brought about by overproduction
of growth hormone
Answer
A.
affecting nerves causing muscle
spasms as a result of low amounts
calcium
of
Multiple Choice
RAIU abbreviates the medical term meaning:
A.
nuclear medicine scan that measures thyroid
function
B.blood test to determine the amount of
glucose in
the blood
C.
blood test that measures the amount of
thyroid-stimulating hormone in the blood
D.
a blood study that gives the direct
measurement of the amount of thyroxine
in
the blood
Answer
A.
nuclear medicine scan that
measures thyroid function
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