Chapter 9

2. An enlarged thyroid gland that appears as a swelling in the neck.
5. Growth hormone, erythropoietin, and parathyroid hormones are all examples of ___ hormones.
6. Chemicals that relay messages to glands or tissues to instruct them to respond in certain ways.
7. Excessive urination.
8. The most common form of thyroid cancer.
9. Diabetes can lead to degeneration of the eyes, called diabetic ___.
10. In a ___ feedback loop, the response reduces the stimulus causing it.
11. Excessive levels of thyroid hormone.
12. Abnormally low blood sugar.
13. Type 1 and Type 2 are different kinds of diabetes ___.
14. Also called growth hormone.

1. Outside of the United States, the most common cause of hypothyroidism is a deficiency of ___.
2. Autoimmune hyperthyroid is called ___ disease.
3. Type of cells that produce insulin in the pancreas.
4. A treatment in which blood is diverted out of the body and artificially filtered.
6. The presence of excessive insulin in the blood.
11. Hypothyroid is diagnosed by measuring ___ levels.
14. Cortisol and testosterone are both examples of ___ hormones.
15. The apron of fatty tissue that hangs down over the abdominal organs.