NURS 2003 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
thyroid gland - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-responsible for metabolism, releases T3
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and T4
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hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-releases TRH
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anterior pituitary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-releases TSH
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primary causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-destruction of thyroid gland tissue,
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inability to synthesize thyroid hormone
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secondary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease of the anterior pituitary unable to
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secrete TSH, altered function of hypothalamus and its ability to secrete TRH
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FT4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-free T4 that is not bound to plasma membranes,
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used to test for hypothyroidism
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myxedema coma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stimulated by infections, medications
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such as opioids, tranquillizers and barbiturates, exposure to cold and trauma
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, diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a glucose metabolism disorder related
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to absent or insufficient insulin supply or poor utilization of insulin that is
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available
beta cells in the islets of langerhans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-where proinsulin is
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produced in the pancreas before it goes to the liver to be converted to insulin
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4-6 mmol/L - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-normal blood glucose levels
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type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-occurs more often in people under 30
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years of age, peak onset is between 11-13 years old, genetic predisposition,
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inability to produce sufficient insulin
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type 2 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-most prevalent, pancreas continues to
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produce insulin but the production is either insufficient for the body needs or is
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poorly utilized by the tissues
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latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people who are
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diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in adulthood but appear to have an immune
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mediated loss of pancreatic beta cells | | | | |
diabetic ketoacidosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an acute complication of type 1 DM
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|precipitated by: illness, infection, inadequate dosing of insulin, omission of
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insulin, poor self management
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Correct Answers
thyroid gland - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-responsible for metabolism, releases T3
| | | | | | | | |
and T4
|
hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-releases TRH
| | | |
anterior pituitary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-releases TSH
| | | | |
primary causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-destruction of thyroid gland tissue,
| | | | | | | | |
inability to synthesize thyroid hormone
| | | |
secondary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease of the anterior pituitary unable to
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secrete TSH, altered function of hypothalamus and its ability to secrete TRH
| | | | | | | | | | |
FT4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-free T4 that is not bound to plasma membranes,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
used to test for hypothyroidism
| | | |
myxedema coma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stimulated by infections, medications
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such as opioids, tranquillizers and barbiturates, exposure to cold and trauma
| | | | | | | | | |
, diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a glucose metabolism disorder related
| | | | | | | | |
to absent or insufficient insulin supply or poor utilization of insulin that is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
available
beta cells in the islets of langerhans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-where proinsulin is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
produced in the pancreas before it goes to the liver to be converted to insulin
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4-6 mmol/L - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-normal blood glucose levels
| | | | | | |
type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-occurs more often in people under 30
| | | | | | | | | | | |
years of age, peak onset is between 11-13 years old, genetic predisposition,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
inability to produce sufficient insulin
| | | |
type 2 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-most prevalent, pancreas continues to
| | | | | | | | | |
produce insulin but the production is either insufficient for the body needs or is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
poorly utilized by the tissues
| | | |
latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people who are
| | | | | | | | |
diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in adulthood but appear to have an immune
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
mediated loss of pancreatic beta cells | | | | |
diabetic ketoacidosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an acute complication of type 1 DM
| | | | | | | | | |
|precipitated by: illness, infection, inadequate dosing of insulin, omission of
| | | | | | | | | |
insulin, poor self management
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