Cushing and Addison disease

What is the name of the disease caused by a lack of cortisol, aldosterone and testosterone in the body?

• Addison's disease

• Cushing disease

• Cushing syndrome

• primary adrenal insufficiency

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What is the name of the disease(s) caused by an increase of cortisol ?

• Addison's disease

• Cushing disease

• Cushing syndrome

• primary adrenal insufficiency

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What diseases was JFK diagnosed with at age 30?

• Addison's

• Cushing's

• Alzheimer's

• Crohn's

• Lou Gehring's

What can trigger Addison's disease?

• Pituitary cancer

• Small lung carcinoma

• long term corticosteroid medication

• autoimmune disease

• tuberculosis

What can trigger Cushing's disease?

• Pituitary cancer

• Small lung carcinoma

• long term corticosteroid medication

• autoimmune disease

• tuberculosis

Match the parts of the adrenal cortex which what they secrete

• testosterone

• zona glomeruloza

• aldosterone

• zona fasciculata

• cortisol

• zona reticulata

What are some of the symptoms of Addison's disease?

• central obesity

• dizziness especially when standing

• hyperpigmentation of the skin

• severe vomiting and diarrhea

• osteoporosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are some of the symptoms of Cushing's disease?

• central obesity

• hyperglycemia

• metabolic acidosis

• low blood pressure

• osteoporosis

Match the disease with these diagnostics:

• Cushing syndrome cause by adrenal cancer

• high cortisol, low ACTH, unilateral hypertrophic adrenal gland

• Cushing disease

• low cortisol, high ACTH

• Secondary adrenal insufficiency

• low cortisol, low ACHT

• Addison disease

• high cortisol, high ACTH, hypertrophic hypophysis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3