Endocrine

Question 1

What state of the general adaptation syndrome is associated with the disease as a. result?

Answer 1

exhaustion

Question 2

What is the first stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome?

Answer 2

Alarm

Question 3

A sympathetic response can summarize the events of which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome?

Answer 3

Alarm

Question 4

Teeth spacing due to bone growth is commonly associated with which endocrine disorder?

Answer 4

acromegaly

Question 5

Height-vertex below. two. standard deviations is indicative of:

Answer 5

Pituitary dwarfism

Question 6

Who would you expect to have the highest prolactin level:

Female, mid-cycle
Female- second trimester of pregnancy
Make 21-30
Make 61-70

Answer 6

Female- second-trimester of pregnancy

Question 7

If the hypothalamus is damaged and is not producing CRH, what hormone from the pituitary gland would be deficient in the body?

Answer 7

Adrenocorticotropic hormone(ACTH)

Question 8

What is the indication of excessive growth hormone after the growth phase?

Answer 8

Acromegaly

Question 9

What is the term when all pituitary hormones are lacking?

Answer 9

Panhypopituitarism

Question 10

What is described as urine volume above 2.5L/day due to a lack of hormone production?

Answer 10

Central diabetes Insipidus

Question 11

SIADH and diabetes insipid relate to ADH production levels. What structure releases ADH?

Answer 11

Posterior Pituitary

Question 12

A patient is demonstrating limited urine output due to excessive ADH production. What would be the expected signs and symptoms?

Answer 12

Hyponatremia

Question 13

A patient is demonstrating limited urine output due to excessive ADH production. What would be expected signs and symptoms?

Answer 13

Cellular Swelling

Question 14

Dilute urine, polydipsia, and polyuria are signs and symptoms of what condition?

Answer 14

Diabetes insipidus

Question 15

What condition results in the inability to excrete excess body water?

Answer 15

Syndrome of inappropriate ADH

Question 16

What would you expect from the condition of hypothyroidism?

Answer 16

Weight gain

Question 17

What is a character sign of exophthalmos?

Answer 17

Graves disease

Question 18

A sympathetic response can summarize the events of which stage of the General Adaptation. Syndrome?

Answer 18

Alarm

Question 19

What is associated with the alarm stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome?

Answer 19

Increased cardiac output

Question 20

When the testes either produce insufficient testosterone or when the testies are not. adequately stimulated to synthesize testosterone, what is the condition?

Answer 20

Hypogonadism

Question 21

If there is a problem at the pituitary gland in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis. what pituitary hormone would be deficient?

Answer 21

LH

Question 22

If there is a problem at the pituitary gland in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal. axis. What pituitary hormone would be deficient?

Answer 22

FSH

Question 23

Functional ovarian hyperandrogenism is often the cause of what gonadal endocrine disturbance?

Answer 23

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

Question 24

What is due to excessive aldosterone release from the adrenal glands?

Answer 24

Primary hyperaldosteronism

Question 25

What is the results of an increased secretion of medullary catecholamines?

Answer 25

Pheochromocytoma

Question 26

What is a symptom of Cushing Disease?

Answer 26

Erectile Dysfunction

Question 27

Damage to the zona fasciculate of the adrenal gland would cause a deficiency of what hormone?

Answer 27

Cortisone

Question 28

What adrenal tumor has the highest 5-year survival? rate?

Question 29

What condition is related to a hypo-secretion of both cortisol and aldosterone secretion?

Answer 29

Addisons disease

Question 30

What is the most common type of cancerous adrenal tumor?

Answer 30

Adrenocortical carcinoma

Question 31

Poor wound healing is associated with what adrenal cortex condition?

Answer 31

Cushing disease

Question 32

Damage to what cells would cause glucagon deficiency?

Answer 32

Alpha cells of the pancreas

Question 33

What type of diabetes mellitus is typically an immune disease of children with the destruction of pancreatic islets?

Answer 33

Type 1

Question 34

What are the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus?

Answer 34

HbA1C level of 6.5 % or higher

Question 35

What is the measure of long-term blood glucose control due to the deposition of sugar on hemoglobin molecules seen in chronic hyperglycemia?

Answer 35

HbA1C

Question 36

A HbA1c result of 9% indicated an mean blood glucose of ?

Answer 36

215mg/dL

Question 37

what would lead you to suspect diabetic ketoacidosis?

Answer 37

pH less than 7.3

Question 38

Hyperparathyroidism results in?

Answer 38

Hypercalcemia

Question 39

What are two things hyperparathyriodism results in?

Answer 39

Bone resorption Bone pain

Question 40

What is a deficiency of thyroid hormone present at birth?

Answer 40

Congenital hypothyroidism

Question 41

What is autoimmune disorder of the thyroid which leads to low thyroid hormone levels?

Answer 41

Hashimoto thyroiditis

Question 42

What is the antibody that mimics TSH in Graves disease?

Answer 42

thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI)

Question 43

What hormone is a synergist with thyroid hormone and causes connective tissue sythesis and deposits?

Answer 43

Growth hormone

Question 44

What condition would you expect with hypothyroidism?

Answer 44

Bradycardia