Disorders of the Endocrine System
Across
- 3. excess of glucose in the bloodstream
- 7. excessive growth of hair in male patterns or acne
- 9. weakening of bones in children
- 10. excess of the hormone made by four small glands in the neck
- 11. dwarfism growth hormone deficiency
- 12. cancer lump in the neck
- 14. condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms
- 16. Low blood sugar
- 18. bones become weak and brittle
- 19. natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s
Down
- 1. also referred to as diabetes mellitus
- 2. excessive production of a bodily secretion
- 4. severe hypothyroidism
- 5. thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone
- 6. untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormone
- 8. Inflammation of the thyroid
- 10. overproduction of a hormone by the butterfly-shaped gland
- 13. excessive growth due to hormonal imbalance
- 15. disorder in adults in which the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone
- 17. butterfly-shaped gland
- 20. mood disorder characterized by depression that occurs at the same time every year