Biologists and health care professionals can learn about the endocrine system with these medical flash cards
There are 30 flash cards in this set (5 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
| ADH | Antiduiuretic Hormone |
| FSH | Follicle Stimulating Hormone |
| GH | Growth Hormone |
| IDDM | Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| LH | Luteinizing Hormone |
| PTH | Parathyroid Hormone |
| TSH | Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone |
| Diuresis | Increased or excessive production of urine |
| Endocrine glands | gland that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream |
| Exocrine glands | gland(as a sweat gland, a salivary gland, or a kidney) that releases a secretion external to or at the surface of an organ by means of a canal or duct |
| Exophthalmia | the protusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease |
| Goiter | swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland |
| Hormones | chemical substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action; secreted by Endocrine System |
| Polydipsia | abnormally great thirst as a symptom of disease or psychological disturbance (such as diabetes) |
| Polyphagia | Excessive hunger or increased appetite |
| Polyuria | production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine |
| Steroids | natural substance produced in the body |
| adeno- | gland |
| andro- | male, maleness |
| -dipsia | excessive thirst |
| glyco- or gluco- | sugar,glucose |
| -genesis | orgin, formmation |
| hyper- | high |
| lacto- | milk |
| nephro- | kidney |
| -phagia | excessive hunger |
| -physis | to grow |
| poly- | many, much |
| Hypothalamus | part of brain; controls secretions from pituitary gland |
