Medical Terminology Simplified

394 CHAPTER 9• Endocrine and Nervous Systems ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OVERVIEW The endocrine and nervous systems work together lik ...

Endocrine System • CHAPTER 9 395 Hypothalamus Releasing hormones for anterior pituitary Pituitary (hypophysis) gland Anterior: A ...

396 CHAPTER 9• Endocrine and Nervous Systems WORD ELEMENTS This section introduces CFs related to the endocrine system. Included ...

Endocrine System • CHAPTER 9 397 Suffixes -dipsia thirst poly/dipsia(pŏl-ē-DĬP-sē-ă): excessive thirst poly-: many, much Polydip ...

398 CHAPTER 9• Endocrine and Nervous Systems SECTION REVIEW 9-1 For the following medical terms, first write the suffix and its ...

Frame 9–1to Frame 9–3 Endocrine System • CHAPTER 9 399 FSH LH TSH ACTH GH ADH Oxytocin Prolactin Bones and general growth Adrena ...

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix. 400 CHAPTER 9• Endocrine and Ne ...

9–9 Identify the CFs that mean anterior, front:____________________ / _____ back (of body), behind, posterior:__________________ ...

9–11 AP is a directional abbreviation that means passing from the front to the __________(of the body). 9–12 An AP view of the a ...

9–19 Table 9–1 outlines pituitary hormones, along with their target organs and functions and selected associated disorders. Refe ...

9–26 The CF acr/omeans extremity. Acr/o/megaly, a chronic metabolic condi- tion, is characterized by a gradual, marked enlargeme ...

Thyroid Gland 9–27 The (2) thyroid glandcontains two lobes connected by a thin bridge of tissue called the isthmus. Locate and l ...

9–34 Hyper/thyroid/ism involves enlargement of the thyroid gland associated with hypersecretion of thyroxine. It is characterize ...

9–36 Toxic/o/pathy is any disease caused by____________________. 9–37 Use thyroid/oto form words that mean incision of the thyro ...

408 CHAPTER 9• Endocrine and Nervous Systems SECTION REVIEW 9-2 Using the following table, write the CF, suffix, or prefix that ...

Endocrine System • CHAPTER 9 409 9–41 The parathyroid glands secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps regulate the amount ...

Adrenal Glands 9–47 The (4) adrenal glands,also known as the supra/ren/al glands,are paired structures located super/ior to the ...

9–56 Hormones produced by the adrenal medulla that increase blood pressure are __________ and __________. 9–57 The main glucocor ...

9–59 Use pancreat/o(pancreas) to build medical words that mean tumor of the pancreas:____________________ / __________ calculus ...

9–62 Determine the pancreat/ic hormone that lowers blood glucose:____________________ increases blood glucose:__________ 9–63 Ho ...