Endocrine System Terminology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• graves disease : hyperthyroidism characterized by goiter and exophthalmos
• metabolism : all the reactions that take place within the body
• adh : in diabetes insipidus there are deficient amounts of this hormone
• dwarfism : insufficient secretion of growth hormone during childhood can lead to this
• glucose : monosaccharide, primary energy source for body cells
• chvosteks sign : spasm of the facial muscles produced by sharply tapping over the facial nerve in front of the parotid gland
• legarthy : drowsiness, laziness, or indifferent
• cushings syndrome : characterized by truncal obesity, moon face, abd striae, buffalo hump
• epinephrine : a hormone secreted by adrenal medulla that stimulates many responses to enable the body to react to a stressful situation
• negative feedback : increase or decrease in substance levels in the blood cause the producing organ to increase or decrease the production
• norepinephrine : a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla that causes vasoconstriction throughout the body
• tsh : released from the pituitary gland, stimulates the thyroid to release t3 and t4
• acth : hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary, essential for growth and development
• glycogen : polysaccharide, storage, of excess glucose in liver and/or muscle
• addisons disease : caused by chronic adrenalcortical insufficiency due to inadequate adrenal cortex function
• acromegaly : progressive enlargement of peripheral body parts resulting from excessive secretion of growth hormone
• thyroid storm : severe life-threatening hyperthyroidism resulting in high pulse, high temp, altered loc
• prostaglandins : locally acting hormone-like substance produced by virtually all cells from the phospholipids of their cell membrane
• trousseaus sign : carpopedal spasm induced with inflation of a bp cuff
• diabetes insipidus : abnormally lg volumes of dilute urine are a sign of this disease