Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders

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