Disorders of the Endocrine System
Across
- 2. the syndrome when a male, genetically XY, because of various abnormalities of the X chromosome, is resistant to the actions of the androgen hormones, which in turn stops the forming of the male genitalia and gives a female phenotype
- 3. hypersecretion growth hormone in adults
- 7. tetany
- 8. technical terms for "high blood glucose"; diabetes mellitus
- 10. crushing's syndrome
- 13. when the amount of hormones that are released is too low
- 15. hirsutism
- 17. hypothyroidism in children
- 18. S.A.D
- 20. low blood glucose
- 21. diabetes insipidus
Down
- 1. hyposecretion growth hormone in child
- 4. occurs when the adrenal glands release too much aldosterone
- 5. an enlarged thyroid gland which results when diet is deficient in iodine
- 6. rickets; develops from too much activity in one or more parathyroid glands
- 9. Addison's Disease
- 11. giantism
- 12. hypothyroidism in adult
- 14. happens when you have an excess amount of androgens in your body
- 16. another name for steroid abuse that's NOT hirsutism
- 19. the protrusion of one or both eyes anteriorly out of the orbit due to an increase in orbital contents within the rigid bony orbit