Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders
Across
- 4. A rare cancer that begins in one or both of the small, triangular glands (adrenal glands) located on top of your kidneys.
- 6. A condition in which bones become weak and brittle.
- 7. A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s.
- 10. High blood sugar levels.
- 11. A failure of the gonads, testes in men and ovaries in women, to function properly.
- 12. A rare cancer that affects the thyroid gland.
- 13. Low blood sugar levels.
- 14. A condition in which the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone.
- 17. Occurs when the parathyroid glands don't produce enough parathyroid hormone.
- 19. Noncancerous tumors in the pituitary gland that don't spread beyond the skull.
Down
- 1. A cancer of the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck.
- 2. A tumor of the follicular cells that are lined by cuboidal epithelial cells and have capsular and vascular invasive properties.
- 3. Abnormal enlargement of the butterfly-shaped gland below the Adam's apple (thyroid).
- 5. A hormone-secreting tumor that can occur in the adrenal glands.
- 8. A condition caused by insufficient amounts of growth hormone in the body.
- 9. A cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
- 12. Heart conditions that include diseased vessels, structural problems, and blood clots.
- 15. Inflammation of the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland in the neck.
- 16. A disorder in adults in which the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone.
- 18. A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose).