CONSULTANT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. Who collects the most comprehensive bf stats in the US?
Answer CDC
2. What does prolactin do?
Answer Cause milk to be made
3. What does oxytocin do?
Answer Cause contractions which move the milk
4. What causes oxytocin to be released
Answer Frequent feeding and milk removal
5. Lactogensis III requires what to succeed
Answer Frequent milk removal and nipple stimulation
6. The fat content of milk suckled by the baby is determined by
Answer The speed in which the Baby removes the milk
,7. What is the most effective at increasing gastrin and cck
Answer Feeding with species specific milk
8. Studies on childhood obesity demonstrate that
Answer Breastfed babies are less likely to be obese
9. When undernourished moms were supplemented with extra
energy in their diet they
Answer Responded to their infant appropriately
10. Harmful bacteria have difficulty growing in breastfed baby's
gut because the composition of milk
Answer Fosters the growth of good bacteria that crowd out other organisms.
11. Alveolar cells are the
Answer Milk making cells
12. Myoepithelial cells are the
Answer Smooth muscle cells that move the milk
13. The two pathways that control lactation are
Answer Prolactin and oxytocin
,14. Prolactin is dependent upon
Answer Nipple stimulation
15. Associated with obesity in formula fed infants
Answer Hyperinsulemia
16. GI hormone that causes fullness
Answer Cholecystokinin
17. Myoepithelial cells
Answer Muscle cells around the alveolus
18. The last part of feeding
Answer Hindmilk
19. Period when baby is not at breast
Answer Interbout period
20. Nothing other than human milk
Answer Exclusive bf
21. Paracellular pathway
Answer Elevated prolactin levels close this
, 22. oxytocin releasing mechanism
Answer Baby hand massage
23. Produced by hormones of pregnancy
Answer Colostrum
24. Conducts systematic reviews
Answer Cochrane collaboration
25. Cellular lock for a chemical key
Answer Receptor site
26. Anabolism
Answer Storing energy for growth
27. Carb found only in mammal milk
Answer Lactose