Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders

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Across
  1. 3. a type of diabetes that can develop during pregnancy
  2. 6. the technical term for low blood sugar
  3. 9. a disorder developed when your body produces too much cortisol (stress hormone)
  4. 14. the second most common thyroid cancer
  5. 16. cancer of the thyroid; MTC
  6. 17. inflammation of the thyroid gland
  7. 18. a condition in which the ovaries produce an abnormal amount of androgens
Down
  1. 1. a thyroid condition that affects the tendons of the thumb and wrist
  2. 2. a form of thyroiditis in which the body's antibodies attacks the thyroid cells.
  3. 3. an irregular growth of the thyroid gland
  4. 4. known as undifferentiated thyroid cancer; one of the fastest and most aggressive cancers
  5. 5. the technical term for high blood sugar
  6. 7. an immune disorder that can result in hyperthyroidism
  7. 8. a condition that only affects females and results in one X chromosome being partially or wholly missing
  8. 10. a disease that thins and weakens bones
  9. 11. a neuroendocrine tumor that grows from cells called chromaffin cells
  10. 12. a cluster of conditions bundled together that increase heart risk, stroke risk, and risk of type 2 diabetes
  11. 13. a genetic condition that results when a boy is born with an extra X chromosome
  12. 15. a disorder developed when the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormones in childhood