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Hormones
Basic A&P
Diseases
Terminology
Vital Signs
100

Hormone, also known as vasopressin, promotes the reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules and thus decreases water excretion.

What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?

100
These are the fundamental units of all living things.
What are cells?
100

A condition that occurs if the growth hormone-producing cells become overactive in an adult.

What is Acromegaly?

100
The suffix "itis" means this.
What is inflammation?
100
The most common location to read an adult's pulse is this artery.
What is the radial artery?
200

The hormone that causes uterine contractions and triggers milk ejection form the breasts.

What is oxytocin?

200
The abdominopelvic cavity consists of this many regions.
What is nine?
200

This condition results from thyroid autoimmunity, abnormal production of antibodies to the thyroid gland.

What is hypothyroidism?

200
The combining form "erthyro" means this.
What is red?
200
A respiration is defined as this.
What is one inhalation and one exhalation?
300

What is the symbol for thyroxine a hormone produced by the thyroid gland that regulates metabolism?

What is T4?

300
This is the hollow space in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
What is the mediastinum?
300

Inadequate production of PTH, causes a series of muscle contractions, particularly involving the hands and face. The spasms result from a low blood calcium concentration.

What is tetany?

300
The prefix "hypo" means this.
What is decreased?
300

Visual acuity is measured using this.

What is the Snellen chart?

400

Adipose tissue (fat) produces a hormone that controls appetite, as well as androgens and estrogens.

What is leptin?

400

These are the three protective membranes lining the cranial cavity.

What are meninges?

400

Hypersecretion of cortisol results in this condition. Common symptoms include central obesity with a round face, virilization, and a "buffalo hump."

What is Cushing's syndrome?

400
The suffix "algia" means this.
What is pain?
400
When taking a blood pressure, the "top" or first number is called this.
What is systolic?
500

Hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas.

What is insulin?

500

This is the control center of a cell, containing its' genetic material.

What is the nucleus?

500

Disease that results from failure of the islet cells to produce enough insulin or the body cells do not respond to the insulin, resulting in disruption of metabolic processes throughout the body.

What is diabetes mellitus?

500
The prefix "dys" means this.
What is bad, difficult or painful?
500
A normal rectal temperature typically differs from oral temperature in this way.
What is up to one degree warmer?