HLTH 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Carbohydrate Metabolism, Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Thelarche
13 Aug 2018
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Ch 7: endocrine system: thymus: found in the upper chest, under the sternum and in front of the hear. Name is derived from the name of the herb thyme: thyroid: comes from greed word thyros, meaning shield. De nition: pain in a gland adrenal virilism ad-ree-nal vir-il-izm. De nition: development of male secondary sexual characteristics caused by excessive secretion of the adrenal gland adrenarche. De nition: beginning of adrenal secretion (at puberty) hirsutism. De nition: excessive growth of facial and body hair in women. Word analysis aden/algia gland/pain adrenal viril/ism adrenal mal/condition adren/arche adrenal/beginning from latin, for shaggy. De nition: development of breast tissue in males gyneco/mast/ia woman/breast/condition hypergonadism. De nition: excessive secretion of the sex glands hyper/gonad/ism over/gland/condition hypogonadism. De nition: under secretion of the sex glands menarche. De nition: beginning or rst menstruation hypo/gonad/ism under/gonad/condition men/arche menstrual/beginning thelarche thee-lar-kay. Word analysis hypo/glyc/em/ic under/sugar/blood/pertaining to pancreat/algia pancreas/pain poly/dips/ia excessive/thirst/condition poly/phagia excessive/eat poly/uria excessive/urine condition.
