NURS 2003 Final Exam Questions with
Correct Verified Answers.
thyroid gland - Answer responsible for metabolism, releases T3 and T4
hypothalamus - Answer releases TRH
anterior pituitary - Answer releases TSH
primary causes - Answer destruction of thyroid gland tissue, inability to synthesize thyroid
hormone
secondary - Answer disease of the anterior pituitary unable to secrete TSH, altered function
of hypothalamus and its ability to secrete TRH
FT4 - Answer free T4 that is not bound to plasma membranes, used to test for
hypothyroidism
myxedema coma - Answer stimulated by infections, medications such as opioids,
tranquillizers and barbiturates, exposure to cold and trauma
diabetes mellitus - 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 - Answer where proinsulin is produced in the pancreas
before it goes to the liver to be converted to insulin
4-6 mmol/L - Answer normal blood glucose levels
type 1 diabetes - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer an acute complication of type 1 DM precipitated by: illness,
infection, inadequate dosing of insulin, omission of insulin, poor self management
acute kidney injury - Answer characterized by an abrupt decline in kidney function which
leads to an inability to excrete waste products, water and causes functional disturbances in all
body system
prerenal - Answer damage to the kidney that come before the glomerulus, anything that
affects the amount of blood being delivered to the kidney
intrarenal - Answer main causes are prolonged schema, nephrotoxic substances,
accumulation of hemoglobin or myoglobin in the renal tubule, glomerulonephritis
postrenal - Answer anything that blocks to urinary outflow. when outflow if blocked, urine
will reflux into the renal pelvis and impair the function of the kidney
initiation phase - Answer serum creatine will rise, serum BUN will rise, decreased urine
output
maintenance phase - Answer may last from days to weeks, patients may be anuric,
nonoliguria or oliguric
recovery phase - Answer BUN and creatine return to normal values, GFR return towards
normal
alzheimer's disease - Answer a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, that
destroys memory and thinking, eventually leading to the inability to carry out simple tasks
amnesia - Answer inability to be able to recall events/information
aphasia - Answer inability to understand speech but cannot express it or unable to
understand speech but can talk
agnosia - Answer inability to recognize everyday items that one should be able to recognize
apraxia - Answer changes in ones ability to move
Correct Verified Answers.
thyroid gland - Answer responsible for metabolism, releases T3 and T4
hypothalamus - Answer releases TRH
anterior pituitary - Answer releases TSH
primary causes - Answer destruction of thyroid gland tissue, inability to synthesize thyroid
hormone
secondary - Answer disease of the anterior pituitary unable to secrete TSH, altered function
of hypothalamus and its ability to secrete TRH
FT4 - Answer free T4 that is not bound to plasma membranes, used to test for
hypothyroidism
myxedema coma - Answer stimulated by infections, medications such as opioids,
tranquillizers and barbiturates, exposure to cold and trauma
diabetes mellitus - 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 - Answer where proinsulin is produced in the pancreas
before it goes to the liver to be converted to insulin
4-6 mmol/L - Answer normal blood glucose levels
type 1 diabetes - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer an acute complication of type 1 DM precipitated by: illness,
infection, inadequate dosing of insulin, omission of insulin, poor self management
acute kidney injury - Answer characterized by an abrupt decline in kidney function which
leads to an inability to excrete waste products, water and causes functional disturbances in all
body system
prerenal - Answer damage to the kidney that come before the glomerulus, anything that
affects the amount of blood being delivered to the kidney
intrarenal - Answer main causes are prolonged schema, nephrotoxic substances,
accumulation of hemoglobin or myoglobin in the renal tubule, glomerulonephritis
postrenal - Answer anything that blocks to urinary outflow. when outflow if blocked, urine
will reflux into the renal pelvis and impair the function of the kidney
initiation phase - Answer serum creatine will rise, serum BUN will rise, decreased urine
output
maintenance phase - Answer may last from days to weeks, patients may be anuric,
nonoliguria or oliguric
recovery phase - Answer BUN and creatine return to normal values, GFR return towards
normal
alzheimer's disease - Answer a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, that
destroys memory and thinking, eventually leading to the inability to carry out simple tasks
amnesia - Answer inability to be able to recall events/information
aphasia - Answer inability to understand speech but cannot express it or unable to
understand speech but can talk
agnosia - Answer inability to recognize everyday items that one should be able to recognize
apraxia - Answer changes in ones ability to move
