Christie

Question 1

what percentage of the islet cell volume do B-cells occupy?

Answer 1

25%

Question 2

B-cells

Answer 2

Glucose uptake into cells are facilitated by GLUT-2

Question 3

Not an action of insulin

Answer 3

decreases protein synthesis in muscle

Question 4

Blood relatives

Answer 4

Insulitis

Question 5

57 year old man

Answer 5

Loss of islet Beta Cells

Question 6

Not an effect of incretins

Answer 6

Increase in appetite

Question 7

Which pancreatic islet cells release glucagon?

Answer 7

Alpha

Question 8

Insulin-dependent glucose uptake by skeletal muscle and adipocytes?

Answer 8

GLUT-4

Question 9

Diabetic Hypoglycemia

Answer 9

• occur in Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitusn
• due to insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents

Question 10

Type II diabetes mellitus etiology

Answer 10

Metabolic

Question 11

First choice of therapy for newly diagnosed Type II diabetic?

Answer 11

Diet therapy

Question 12

Glucagon-like Peptide-1 is released from

Answer 12

small intestine

Question 13

18 y.o

Answer 13

• Elevated:
  
  • Glucose
  • Free Fatty Acids
  • Acetoacetic acid

Question 14

Absent in MEN 1

Answer 14

thyroid Medullary Carcinoma

Question 15

Which of the followingzones of the ovary contain the follicles?

Answer 15

• Cortex

Question 16

At what follicular stage is the egg release?

Answer 16

Graafian Follicle

Question 17

During what phase of the menstrual cycle does estradiol have a positive feed back on GnRH?

Answer 17

Mid-cycle

Question 18

False about menopause

Answer 18

• Progesterone deficiency is associated with most of its signs and symptoms

Question 19

False about follicular stage of menstraul cycle

Answer 19

• responsible for secretory phase of the endometrium

Question 20

Non-reproductive effect of estradiol

Answer 20

Catabolic effect on bone

Question 21

Not an action of progesterone

Answer 21

• During pregnancy, decreases uterine threshold to contractile stimuli

Question 22

Source of increase in concentration at point D is?

Answer 22

corpus luteum

Question 23

Wife of a friend

Answer 23

Endometriosis

Question 24

False about Endometriosis

Answer 24

Distant sites are never involve

ex: heart and lungs

Question 25

False about morning sickness

Answer 25

* Never severe enough to require hospitalization

Question 26

What can be seen if there is disruption of pituitary stalk?

Answer 26

* All of the above * Increase in prolactin levels * Decrease in: * FSH secretion * ACTH secretion * Drop in LH levels

Question 27

Flase about human placental lactogen

Answer 27

Protects against fetal hyperglycemia

Question 28

False about labor?

Answer 28

* Well defined mechanism of delivary

Question 29

What is Responsible for estriol production during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy?

Answer 29

* Placenta * Fetal Liver * Fetal Adrenal Gland

Question 30

Most common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding

Answer 30

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Question 31

Main cause of dysfunctional uterine bleeding?

Answer 31

anovulatory cycle (Failure to ovulate)

Question 32

T or F: Adolescent girls generally start their growth spurt later than do adolescent boys.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

What causes premenstrual syndrome?

Answer 33

decreased progesterone just before menses

Question 34

hCG

Answer 34

Uncertain Physiologic role after 9 weeks gestation

Question 35

Function of syncytiotrophoblast

Answer 35

* Produces human chorionic gonadotropin * Adhesion * Invasion * Phagocytosis

Question 36

What is only secreted after implantation?

Answer 36

HCG

Question 37

Most responsible for increased uttering contractibility near term in pregnany

Answer 37

* progesterone:estrogen ratio

Question 38

Main source of estrogen and progesterone after 8 weeks of pregnancy:

Answer 38

Placenta

Question 39

Which pituitary cell type is known to increase from 20% to 50% of pituitary volume during pregnancy?

Answer 39

Lactotroph

Question 40

Blood levels of which substance are described by curve B?

Answer 40

Progesterone

Question 41

What condition?

Answer 41

Abruptio Placenta

Question 42

The tissue shown in this illustration is which one of the following

Answer 42

proliferative endometrium