Select the Correct Description for Each of the Abbreviations

question 86

Multiple Choice

Select the correct description for each of the abbreviations.
-ACTH

• A)Test to measure sugar in the blood after fasting
• B)Pituitary hormone that influences the kidney to hold water in the body
• C)Pituitary hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce egg cells
• D)Thyroxine
• E)Pituitary hormone that stimulates joints and bones
• F)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex
• G)Test that measures hormone levels in blood
• H)Type 1 and type 2 are forms of this disease
• I)Pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland
• J)Test of thyroid function

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Definitions:

Less Than 100 Km

A distance measurement indicating a range or limit smaller than 100 kilometers.

Strike-slip Fault

A type of fault where the movement of tectonic plates is horizontal, parallel to the fault line.

Reverse Fault

A type of geological fault where the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall, usually as a result of compressional forces.

Thrust Fault

A type of fault in geology where the fault plane angles downwards and the older, deeper strata are pushed above younger, surface strata due to compressional forces.