Select the Correct Description for Each of the Abbreviations

question 36

Multiple Choice

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

• 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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