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Medical Terminology
Miscellaneous
Suffix/Prefix
Hormones
100
hypophysis
grows under the cerebrum
100
sagging or prolapsed breast
mastoptosis
100
name 4 glands in the endocrine system
pituitary pineal thyroid adrenal pancreas
100
before or for
pro-
100
MSH promotes pigmentation and controls the amount of melanin secreted by the adenohypophysis
melanocyte stimulating hormone
200
diuretics
increase urination
200
stimulating the gonads
gonadotrophic
200
what is the function of the endocrine system
secrete hormones
200
stimulate
-tropic
200
made in the hypothalamus causes contraction of the uterus and acts on the mammary glands
oxytocin
300
mammography
diagnostic procedure that uses x-rays to study the breast
300
thyroid tumor
thyroma
300
hypercalcemia
high blood calcium level
300
four
tetra-
300
FSH produced by the adenohyphysis target organs: gonads stimulates production of sperm in the testes of the male
follicle-stimulating hormone
400
somatotropin
hormone that stimulates the body's growth
400
producing masculine characteristics or masculinization
androgenic
400
stomach (lining) placenta small intestine (lining) thymus (middle of chest cavity, behind sternum) heart atrial cells
what are other organs that produce horomones
400
that which stimulates
-tropin
400
secreted by the islets of Langerhans reduces the blood glucose level
insulin
500
hypopituitarism
decreased activity of the pituitary gland
500
increased pituitary activity
hyperpituitarism
500
constancy in the internal environment of the body
homeostasis
500
growth
-physis
500
PTH increases the blood calcium levels secreted in response to low levels of calcium in the blood
parathyroid hormone