Across
- 2. s/sx: brittle/dry hair, lethargy, memory loss, weight gain, cold intolerance, bradycardia, peripheral edema, muscle weakness
- 8. a condition in which excessive corticosteroid secretion and hyperglycemia occur
- 9. the type of hypercortisolism that is caused by ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor or excessive administration of corticosteroids
- 10. the name of the disease associated with adrenal insufficiency
- 13. excessive urination
- 15. the type of hypercortisolism that is caused by an adrenal cortex tumor secreting corticosteroids
- 16. which type of feedback loop communicates levels of a hormone back to the gland that secretes it?
- 18. which type of feedback loop is triggered by an increasing hormone level causing increased hormone stimulation?
- 19. the only hormone to directly lower blood glucose
- 20. what is the abbreviation for a diabetic emergency in which a patient is experiencing severe hyperglycemia, low HCO3, low pH, and positive serum and urine ketones?
Down
- 1. serum glucose of 70mg/dL or less w/ or w/out symptoms
- 3. s/sx: fine hair, anxiety, restlessness, emotional irritability, insomnia, exophthalmos, heat intolerance, sweating, tremors
- 4. which type of diabetes makes a patient insulin dependent because of the destruction of beta cells and decreased insulin secretion?
- 5. which type of diabetes is associated with chronic hyperglycemia and a combination of insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion?
- 6. another name for the syndrome of hypercortisolism
- 7. s/sx: 3 polys - polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia
- 11. largest single specialized thyroid hormone producing organ
- 12. ________ insufficiency that results in s/sx such as weight loss, fatigue, weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, orthostatic hypotension, and hyperpigmentation
- 13. excessive hunger
- 14. excessive thirst
- 17. what does the brain depend exclusively on for energy?