Patho Final
The gland that controls the fight or flight reaction is the:
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal Medulla
c. Hypophysis
d. Parathyroid
e. Pancreas - Answer B
______________ produces hormones that control blood levels of calcium by its removal
from bone tissue.
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal medulla
c. Hypophysis
d. Parathyroid
e. Pancreas - Answer D
The hormone that raises blood sugar levels is insulin.
a. True
b. False - Answer B
Growth Hormone:
a. Is also called somatostatin
b. Is regulated by humoral mechanism
c. Secretion results in a decrease in muscle mass
d. Promotes long bone growth during the formative years - Answer D
When it becomes necessary to enlist the flight-or-fight response, a hormone that is
released during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome is
_____________.
a. Estrogen
b. Epinephrine
c. Angiotensin
d. Renin - Answer B
The major targets of GH are __________.
a. The blood vessels
b. The adrenal glands
c. The liver
d. Bones and skeletal muscles - Answer D
The most important regulator of electrolyte (sodium) concentrations in extracellular
fluids is _______.
a. Insulin
b. Aldosterone
c. Glucagon
d. Cortisol - Answer B
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When the pituitary gland does not produce one or more of its hormones or not enough
of them is called:
a. Hypopituitarism
b. Cushing syndrome
c. Addison disease
d. Panhypopituitarism - Answer A
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic non ketotic syndrome (HHNS) can be differentiated from
diabetic ketoacidosis by which of the following conditions?
a. Hyperglycemia
b. Serum of osmolarity
c. Absence of ketones
d. Hypokalemia - Answer C
Pancreatic alpha islet cells produce ___________, an extremely potent hyperglycemia
hormone.
Insulin
a. Erythropoetin
b. Thyroid
c. Amylin
d. Glucagon - Answer D
Which gland or part of a gland secretes epinephrine?
a. Adrenal cortex
b. Adrenal medulla
c. Anterior pituitary
d. Posterior pituitary
e. Hypothalamus - Answer B
Which best describes the respective effects of insulin and glucagon on blood sugar?
a. Insulin raises blood sugar; glucagon lowers it
b. Both raise blood sugar
c. Insulin lowers blood sugar; glucagon raises it
d. Both lower blood sugar
e. None of the above is correct - Answer C
Which of the following terms is used to describe the carpopedal spasm caused by
occluding the blood flow of an arm for 3 minutes with a BP cuff?
a. Negative Chevostek's sign
b. Positive Chevostek's sign
c. Negative Trousseau's sign
d. Positive Trousseau's sign - Answer D
Hypersecretion of which of the following hormones would cause pituitary gigantism?
a. FSH
b. GH
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c. PTH
d. TSH - Answer B
Which of the following terms is used to describe an unusually benign tumor of the
adrenal medulla?
a. Apical aneurysm
b. Endemic goiter
c. Pheochomocytoma
d. Ulcerogenic tumor - Answer C
Target cell receptors for most water-soluble hormones are located in the:
a. Cytosol
b. Cell membrane
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
d. Nucleus - Answer B
ADH and oxytocin are secreted into the blood stream as active hormones by the:
a. Anterior pituitary
b. Posterior pituitary
c. Hypothalamus
d. Pineal gland - Answer B
Tapping on the facial nerve just below t he temple which results in nose, eye, lip, or
facial twitching is:
a. Negative Chvostek's sign
b. Positive Chevostek's sign
c. Negative Trousseau's sign
d. Positive Trousseau's sign - Answer B
ADH release from the posterior pituitary is stimulated by:
a. Low blood pressure sensed by baroreceptors in the kidneys
b. High serum osmolarity sensed by osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus
c. Low osmolarity sensed by osmoreceptors in the kidneys
d. High concentration of potassium sensed by chemoreceptors in the carotid body -
Answer B
ADH is important in:
a. The body's water balance and urine concentration
b. Maintaining electrolyte levels and concentration
c. Follicular maturation
d. Regulation of metabolic processes - Answer A
Target cells for oxytocin are located in the:
a. Renal tubules
b. Thymus
c. Liver
The gland that controls the fight or flight reaction is the:
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal Medulla
c. Hypophysis
d. Parathyroid
e. Pancreas - Answer B
______________ produces hormones that control blood levels of calcium by its removal
from bone tissue.
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal medulla
c. Hypophysis
d. Parathyroid
e. Pancreas - Answer D
The hormone that raises blood sugar levels is insulin.
a. True
b. False - Answer B
Growth Hormone:
a. Is also called somatostatin
b. Is regulated by humoral mechanism
c. Secretion results in a decrease in muscle mass
d. Promotes long bone growth during the formative years - Answer D
When it becomes necessary to enlist the flight-or-fight response, a hormone that is
released during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome is
_____________.
a. Estrogen
b. Epinephrine
c. Angiotensin
d. Renin - Answer B
The major targets of GH are __________.
a. The blood vessels
b. The adrenal glands
c. The liver
d. Bones and skeletal muscles - Answer D
The most important regulator of electrolyte (sodium) concentrations in extracellular
fluids is _______.
a. Insulin
b. Aldosterone
c. Glucagon
d. Cortisol - Answer B
,Patho Final
When the pituitary gland does not produce one or more of its hormones or not enough
of them is called:
a. Hypopituitarism
b. Cushing syndrome
c. Addison disease
d. Panhypopituitarism - Answer A
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic non ketotic syndrome (HHNS) can be differentiated from
diabetic ketoacidosis by which of the following conditions?
a. Hyperglycemia
b. Serum of osmolarity
c. Absence of ketones
d. Hypokalemia - Answer C
Pancreatic alpha islet cells produce ___________, an extremely potent hyperglycemia
hormone.
Insulin
a. Erythropoetin
b. Thyroid
c. Amylin
d. Glucagon - Answer D
Which gland or part of a gland secretes epinephrine?
a. Adrenal cortex
b. Adrenal medulla
c. Anterior pituitary
d. Posterior pituitary
e. Hypothalamus - Answer B
Which best describes the respective effects of insulin and glucagon on blood sugar?
a. Insulin raises blood sugar; glucagon lowers it
b. Both raise blood sugar
c. Insulin lowers blood sugar; glucagon raises it
d. Both lower blood sugar
e. None of the above is correct - Answer C
Which of the following terms is used to describe the carpopedal spasm caused by
occluding the blood flow of an arm for 3 minutes with a BP cuff?
a. Negative Chevostek's sign
b. Positive Chevostek's sign
c. Negative Trousseau's sign
d. Positive Trousseau's sign - Answer D
Hypersecretion of which of the following hormones would cause pituitary gigantism?
a. FSH
b. GH
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c. PTH
d. TSH - Answer B
Which of the following terms is used to describe an unusually benign tumor of the
adrenal medulla?
a. Apical aneurysm
b. Endemic goiter
c. Pheochomocytoma
d. Ulcerogenic tumor - Answer C
Target cell receptors for most water-soluble hormones are located in the:
a. Cytosol
b. Cell membrane
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
d. Nucleus - Answer B
ADH and oxytocin are secreted into the blood stream as active hormones by the:
a. Anterior pituitary
b. Posterior pituitary
c. Hypothalamus
d. Pineal gland - Answer B
Tapping on the facial nerve just below t he temple which results in nose, eye, lip, or
facial twitching is:
a. Negative Chvostek's sign
b. Positive Chevostek's sign
c. Negative Trousseau's sign
d. Positive Trousseau's sign - Answer B
ADH release from the posterior pituitary is stimulated by:
a. Low blood pressure sensed by baroreceptors in the kidneys
b. High serum osmolarity sensed by osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus
c. Low osmolarity sensed by osmoreceptors in the kidneys
d. High concentration of potassium sensed by chemoreceptors in the carotid body -
Answer B
ADH is important in:
a. The body's water balance and urine concentration
b. Maintaining electrolyte levels and concentration
c. Follicular maturation
d. Regulation of metabolic processes - Answer A
Target cells for oxytocin are located in the:
a. Renal tubules
b. Thymus
c. Liver
