Abbreviate it
Na
What is sodium?
Secretes TSH
What is anterior pituitary gland?
hyperkalemia
What is excessive potassium in the blood?
Tumor or enlargement of thyroid.
What is a goiter?
Thyroid requires this to make T3 and T4.
What is Iodine?
arthralgia
What is joint pain?
K
What is Potassium?
Secretes Insulin.
What is islets of Langerhans?
polydipsia
What is excessive thirst?
Caused by hypothyroidism in childhood if not treated.
What is Cretinism or congenital hypothyroidism?
Secretes its hormones thru ducts to the outside of body.
What is exocrine glands?
Destroys old RBCs, recycles iron, stores blood.
What is the spleen?
Ca
What is calcium?
The Master
What is the anterior pituitary gland?
excessive body hair.
What is hirsutism?
Excessive secretion of GH during childhood.
What is gigantism?
Secretes melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
purulent
What is pus?
PTH
What is parathyroid hormone?
Regulates carbohydrates.
What is Cortisol?
Pheochromocytoma
What is a tumor in adrenal medulla?
Condition of sugar being present in urine.
What is glycosuria?
Regulates metabolism.
What is thyroid gland?
Sagittal plane
Divides body into Right and Left halves.
TSH
Why is thyroid stimulating hormone?
Increases blood pressure, heart rate, respiration.
What is adrenaline?
Tetany
What is a term for nerve irritability and painful muscle cramps?
Blindness as a complication of DM.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
Secretes ADH.
What is posterior pituitary?
Cystorrhagia
What is bleeding from urinary bladder?
ACTH
What is adrenocorticotropin?
dorsal surface of gland in neck.
What is the parathyroid glands?
Panhypopituitarism
Androgen secreted by adrenal cortex in females causing male secondary sexual characteristics.
What is adrenal virilism?
Regulates the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
Nephromalacia
What is softening of the kidney?