Describing a disease found in the Endocrine or Nervous System

1. Write an essay describing a disease found in the Endocrine or Nervous System.  (100 points)

• Using medical terminology identify the name that the physician would list as the diagnosis.
• Describe the illness or injury.
• Identify the location (Based on what you learned in Chapter 2).
• Describe symptoms.
• Describe possible treatments.
• Create a table with all medical terms used and break the words down.
• For all medical terms give an explanation in layman's terms you would use to explain to the patient.

Assignment Expectations: How will students be successful?

• Length:
  • 1000 words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner
• Structure:
  • Include a title page and reference page in APA style
• References:
  • Include the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions
• Format:
  • save your assignment as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), Open Office (.odt) or rich text format (.rtf) file type