exam 3 questions Flashcards
What imbalance lessens the rate of secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH)?
a. Increased serum calcium levels
b. Decreased serum magnesium levels
c. Decreased levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone
d. Increased levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone
a. Increased serum calcium levels
Regulation of the release of insulin is an example of which type of regulation?
a. Negative feedback
b. Positive feedback
c. Neural
d. Physiologic
c. Neural
A student asks the professor how a faulty negative-feedback mechanism results in a hormonal imbalance. What response by the professor is best?
a. Hormones are not synthesized in response to cellular and tissue activities.
b. Decreased hormonal secretion is a response to rising hormone levels.
c. Too little hormone production is initiated.
d. Excessive hormone production results from a failure to turn off the system.
d. Excessive hormone production results from a failure to turn off the system.
Which substance is a water-soluble protein hormone?
a. Thyroxine
b. Aldosterone
c. Follicle-stimulating hormone
d. Insulin
d. Insulin
Which of these is a lipid-soluble hormone?
a. Cortisol
b. Oxytocin
c. Epinephrine
d. Growth hormone
a. Cortisol
Most protein hormones are transported in the bloodstream and are what?
a. Bound to a lipid-soluble carrier
b. Free in an unbound, water-soluble form
c. Bound to a water soluble-binding protein
d. Free because of their lipid-soluble chemistry
b. Free in an unbound, water-soluble form
When insulin binds its receptors on muscle cells, an increase in glucose uptake by the muscle cells is the result. This is an example of what type of effect by a hormone?
a. Pharmacologic
b. Permissive
c. Synergistic
d. Direct
d. Direct
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is released to stimulate thyroid hormone (TH) and is inhibited when plasma levels of TH are adequate. What is this an example of?
a. Positive feedback
b. Negative feedback
c. Neural regulation
d. Physiologic regulation
b. Negative feedback
A person wants to know if eating only plant-based foods is advisable as a way to cut cholesterol to near-zero levels. What response by the health care professional is best?
a. “No, you will become extremely malnourished.”
b. “Yes, that is an effective way to eliminate cholesterol.”
c. “No, many hormones are made from cholesterol.”
d. “Yes, that will increase the action of insulin.”
c. “No, many hormones are made from cholesterol.”
Which second messenger is stimulated by epinephrine binding to a E-adrenergic receptor?
a. Calcium
b. Inositol triphosphate (IP3)
c. Diacylglycerol (DAG)
d. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
d. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
Why is the control of calcium in cells important?
a. It is controlled by the calcium negative-feedback loop.
b. It is continuously synthesized.
c. It acts as a second messenger.
d. It carries lipid-soluble hormones in the bloodstream.
c. It acts as a second messenger
What is the portion of the pituitary that secretes oxytocin?
a. Posterior
b. Inferior
c. Anterior
d. Superior
a. Posterior
A patient is in severe shock and is receiving vasopressin. A student asks the health care
professional to explain the rationale for this treatment. What response by the professional is most accurate?
a. “Antidiuretic hormone conserves fluid when urine output is less than 20 mL/hr.”
b. “Antidiuretic hormone causes serum osmolality to be increased.”
c. “Antidiuretic hormone leads to better insulin utilization.”
d. “Antidiuretic hormone causes vasoconstriction to help increase blood pressure.”
d. “Antidiuretic hormone causes vasoconstriction to help increase blood pressure.”
What is the target tissue for prolactin-releasing factor?
a. Hypothalamus
b. Anterior pituitary
c. Mammary glands
d. Posterior pituitary
b. Anterior pituitary
Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) synthesized, and where does it act?
a. Hypothalamus; renal tubular cells
b. Renal tubules; renal collecting ducts
c. Anterior pituitary; posterior pituitary
d. Posterior pituitary; loop of Henle
a. Hypothalamus; renal tubular cells
Where is oxytocin synthesized?
a. Hypothalamus
b. Paraventricular nuclei
c. Anterior pituitary
d. Posterior pituitary
a. Hypothalamus
How do the releasing hormones that are made in the hypothalamus travel to the anterior pituitary?
a. Vessels of the zona fasciculata
b. Infundibular process
c. Pituitary stalk
d. Portal hypophyseal blood vessels
d. Portal hypophyseal blood vessels
To ensure optimal thyroid health and function, which mineral does the health care professional advise a nutrition class to include in the daily diet?
a. Iron
b. Zinc
c. Iodide
d. Copper
c. Iodide
Which hormone triggers uterine contractions?
a. Thyroxine
b. Oxytocin
c. Growth hormone
d. Insulin
b. Oxytocin
What effect does hyperphosphatemia have on other electrolytes?
a. Increases serum calcium
b. Decreases serum calcium
c. Decreases serum magnesium
d. Increases serum magnesium
b. Decreases serum calcium
A diabetic patient has not taken insulin in several days and has an extremely high blood sugar. What electrolyte would the health care professional assess as the priority?
a. Potassium
b. Calcium
c. Sodium
d. Chloride
a. Potassium
A person who has experienced physiologic stresses will have increased levels of which hormone?
a. Cortisol
b. Thyroid hormone
c. Somatostatin
d. Alpha endorphin
a. Cortisol
What is the action of calcitonin?
a. Increases metabolism
b. Decreases metabolism
c. Increases serum calcium
d. Decreases serum calcium
d. Decreases serum calcium
Which hormone is involved in the regulation of serum calcium levels?
a. Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
b. Thyroxine (T4)
c. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
d. Triiodothyronine (T3)
a. Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Which hormone inhibits the secretion of growth hormone (GH)?
a. Somatostatin
b. Thyroxine
c. Thyroid-stimulating hormone
d. Calcitonin
a. Somatostatin
Where are target cells for parathyroid hormone located?
a. Tubules of nephrons
b. Thyroid gland
c. Glomeruli of nephrons
d. Smooth and skeletal muscles
a. Tubules of nephrons
Which compound or hormone is secreted by the adrenal medulla?
a. Cortisol
b. Epinephrine
c. Androgens
d. Aldosterone
b. Epinephrine
What are the effects of aging on pancreatic cells?
a. Pancreatic cells are replaced by fibrotic cells.
b. Increased insulin production is typical.
c. Beta cell function decreases.
d. No appreciable change occurs on pancreatic cells.
c. Beta cell function decreases.
What does aldosterone directly increase the reabsorption of?
a. Magnesium
b. Calcium
c. Sodium
d. Water
c. Sodium
Which is an expected hormonal change in an older patient?
a. Thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion below normal
b. Triiodothyronine level below normal
c. Cortisol level below normal
d. Adrenocorticotropic hormone level above normal
a. Thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion below normal
What are actions of glucocorticoids? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreasing muscle cell reuptake of glucose
b. Fat storage
c. Decreased blood glucose
d. Carbohydrate metabolism
e. Liver gluconeogenesis
a. Decreasing muscle cell reuptake of glucose
d. Carbohydrate metabolism
e. Liver gluconeogenesis
The effects of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion include
which solute?
a. Sodium and water retention
b. Sodium retention and water loss
c. Sodium dilution and water retention
d. Sodium dilution and water loss
c. Sodium dilution and water retention
Which patient would the healthcare professional assess for elevated levels of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion?
a. Being treated for small cell carcinoma of the stomach
b. Taking high dose acetaminophen (Tylenol) for arthritis
c. Had a hip replacement operation 14 days ago
d. Has long-standing kidney disease from diabetes
a. Being treated for small cell carcinoma of the stomach
Which laboratory value would the nurse expect to find if a person is experiencing syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)?
a. Hypernatremia and urine hypoosmolality
b. Serum potassium (K+) level of 5 mEq/L and urine hyperosmolality compared to serum
c. Serum sodium (Na+) level of 120 mEq/L and serum osmolality 260 mOsm/kg
d. Serum potassium (K+) of 2.8 mEq/L and serum hyperosmolality
c. Serum sodium (Na+) level of 120 mEq/L and serum osmolality 260 mOsm/kg
What is diabetes insipidus a result of?
a. Antidiuretic hormone hyposecretion
b. Antidiuretic hormone hypersecretion
c. Insulin hyposecretion
d. Insulin hypersecretion
a. Antidiuretic hormone hyposecretion
A patient who is diagnosed with a closed head injury has a urine output of 6 to 8 L/day. Electrolytes are within normal limits, but the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) level is low. Although the patient has had no intake for 4 hours, no change in the polyuria level has occurred. What treatment or diagnostic testing does the healthcare professional prepare the patient for?
a. Administration of desmopressin
b. Serum copeptin testing
c. Insulin administration
d. Renal angiogram
a. Administration of desmopressin
A patient is having a water deprivation test. The patient’s initial weight was 220 pounds (100 kg). The next weight is 209 pounds (95 kg). What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
a. Stop the water deprivation test.
b. Administer salt tablets.
c. Continue with the test as planned.
d. Take the patient’s blood glucose.
a. Stop the water deprivation test.
A healthcare professional is caring for four patients. Which patient does the professional assess for neurogenic diabetes insipidus (DI)?
a. Anterior pituitary tumor
b. Thalamus hypofunction
c. Posterior pituitary trauma
d. Renal tubule disease
c. Posterior pituitary trauma
Which form of diabetic insipidus (DI) will result if the target cells for antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in the renal collecting tubules demonstrate insensitivity?
a. Neurogenic
b. Nephrogenic
c. Psychogenic
d. Ischemic
b. Nephrogenic
Which laboratory value is consistent with diabetes insipidus (DI)?
a. Low urine-specific gravity
b. Low serum sodium
c. Low urine protein
d. High serum total protein
a. Low urine-specific gravity
A patient has nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (DI). What treatment does the healthcare professional anticipate for this patient?
a. Exogenous ADH replacement
b. Intranasal desmopressin
c. Water and sodium restriction
d. Loop diuretic administration
a. Exogenous ADH replacement
Which condition may result from pressure exerted by a pituitary tumor?
a. Hypothyroidism
b. Hypercortisolism
c. Diabetes insipidus
d. Insulin hyposecretion
a. Hypothyroidism
A healthcare professional reads a chart that notes the patient has panhypopituitarism. What does the professional understand that term to mean?
a. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the anterior pituitary gland.
b. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the lateral pituitary gland.
c. The patient has total adrenocorticoptropic hormone deficiency.
d. The patient has a dysfunction of the posterior pituitary gland due to a tumor
a. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the anterior pituitary gland.
Visual disturbances are a result of a pituitary adenoma because of what?
a. Liberation of anterior pituitary hormones into the optic chiasm
b. Pituitary hormones clouding the lens of the eyes
c. Pressure of the tumor on the optic chiasm
d. Pressure of the tumor on the optic and oculomotor cranial nerves
c. Pressure of the tumor on the optic chiasm
A patient has an enlarged tongue, body odor, rough skin, and coarse hair. Which laboratory result does the healthcare professional associate with this presentation?
a. Decreased blood glucose
b. Increased growth hormone
c. Decreased ACTH
d. Increased TSH
b. Increased growth hormone
A patient has acromegaly. What assessment by the healthcare professional would be most important?
a. Skin condition
b. Sleep patterns
c. Bowel function
d. Range of motion
b. Sleep patterns
Why does giantism occur only in children and adolescents?
a. Their growth hormones are still diminished.
b. Their epiphyseal plates have not yet closed.
c. Their skeletal muscles are not yet fully developed.
d. Their metabolic rates are higher than in adulthood.
b. Their epiphyseal plates have not yet closed
A patient chart notes the patient has amenorrhea, galactorrhea, hirsutism, and osteoporosis. What
diagnostic test would the healthcare professional prepare the patient for?
a. Water deprivation test
b. Hemoglobin A1C
c. CT scan of the head
d. Ovarian biopsy
c. CT scan of the head
What does Graves’ disease develop from?
a. A viral infection of the thyroid gland that causes overproduction of thyroid hormone
b. An autoimmune process during which lymphocytes and fibrous tissue replace thyroid tissue
c. A thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin that causes overproduction of thyroid hormones
d. An ingestion of goitrogens that inhibits the synthesis of the thyroid hormones, causing a goiter
c. A thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin that causes overproduction of thyroid hormones
Which patient would the healthcare professional assess for other signs of thyrotoxic crisis?
a. Constipation with gastric distention
b. Bradycardia and bradypnea
c. Hyperthermia and tachycardia
d. Constipation and lethargy
c. Hyperthermia and tachycardia
Which pathologic changes are associated with Graves’ disease?
a. High levels of circulating thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
b. Diminished levels of thyrotropin-releasing hormone
c. High levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone
d. Diminished levels of thyroid-binding globulin
a. High levels of circulating thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
A healthcare professional is palpating the neck of a person diagnosed with Graves’ disease. What finding would the professional associate with this disorder?
a. Parathyroids left of midline
b. Thyroid small with discrete nodules
c. Parathyroids normal in size
d. Thyroid diffusely enlarged
d. Thyroid diffusely enlarged
A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare professional advise the person to include in the diet?
a. Iron
b. Iodine
c. Zinc
d. Magnesium
b. Iodine
A patient has a suspected thyroid carcinoma. What diagnostic test does the healthcare professional prepare the patient for?
a. Measurement of serum thyroid levels
b. Radioisotope scanning
c. Ultrasonography
d. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
d. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Exogenous
d. Inflammatory
b. Secondary
A patient had a thyroidectomy and now reports tingling around the mouth and has a positive
Chvostek sign. What laboratory finding would be most helpful to the healthcare professional?
a. TSH and T4
b. Serum sodium
c. Serum calcium
d. Urine osmolality
c. Serum calcium
A patient diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has the following laboratory values: arterial pH 7.20; serum glucose 500 mg/dL; positive urine glucose and ketones; serum potassium (K+) 2 mEq/L; serum sodium (Na+) 130 mEq/L. The patient reports that he has been sick with the “flu” for 1 week. What relationship do these values have to his insulin deficiency?
a. Increased glucose use causes the shift of fluid from the intravascular to the intracellular space.
b. Decreased glucose use causes fatty acid use, ketogenesis, metabolic acidosis, and osmotic diuresis.
c. Increased glucose and fatty acids stimulate renal diuresis, electrolyte loss, and metabolic alkalosis.
d. Decreased glucose use results in protein catabolism, tissue wasting, respiratory acidosis, and electrolyte loss.
b. Decreased glucose use causes fatty acid use, ketogenesis, metabolic acidosis, and osmotic diuresis
Why does polyuria occur with diabetes mellitus?
a. Formation of ketones
b. Chronic insulin resistance
c. Elevation in serum glucose
d. Increase in antidiuretic hormone
c. Elevation in serum glucose
A student asks the professor to differentiate Type 2 diabetes mellitus from Type 1. The professors’ response would be that Type 2 is best described as what?
a. Resistance to insulin by insulin-sensitive tissues
b. Need for lifelong insulin injections
c. Increase of glucagon secretion from beta cells of the pancreas
d. Presence of insulin autoantibodies that destroy beta cells in the pancreas
a. Resistance to insulin by insulin-sensitive tissues
A person diagnosed with type 1 diabetes experienced an episode of hunger, lightheadedness, tachycardia, pallor, headache, and confusion. The healthcare professional teaches the person that what is the most probable cause of these symptoms?
a. Hyperglycemia caused by incorrect insulin administration
b. Dawn phenomenon from eating a snack before bedtime
c. Hypoglycemia caused by increased exercise
d. Somogyi effect from insulin sensitivity
c. Hypoglycemia caused by increased exercise
Which serum glucose level would indicate hypoglycemia in a newborn?
a. 28 mg/dL
b. 40 mg/dL
c. 60 mg/dL
d. 80 mg/dL
a. 28 mg/dL
When comparing the clinical manifestations of both diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS), which condition is associated with only DKA?
a. Fluid loss
b. Weight loss
c. Increased serum glucose
d. Kussmaul respirations
d. Kussmaul respirations
Hypoglycemia, followed by rebound hyperglycemia, is observed in those with what?
a. The Somogyi effect
b. The dawn phenomenon
c. Diabetic ketoacidosis
d. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome
a. The Somogyi effect
A patient has diabetes mellitus. A recent urinalysis showed increased amounts of protein. What
therapy does the healthcare provider educate the patient that is specific to this disorder?
a. More frequent blood glucose monitoring
b. Moderate dietary sodium restriction
c. Treatment with an ACE inhibitor
d. Home blood pressure monitoring
c. Treatment with an ACE inhibitor
Which classification of oral hypoglycemic drugs decreases hepatic glucose production and increases insulin sensitivity and peripheral glucose uptake?
a. Biguanide (metformin)
b. Sulfonylureas (glyburide)
c. Meglitinides (glinides)
d. -Glycosidase inhibitor (miglitol)
a. Biguanide (metformin)
What causes the microvascular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus?
a. The capillaries contain plaques of lipids that obstruct blood flow.
b. Pressure in capillaries increases as a result of the elevated glucose attracting water.
c. The capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
d. Fibrous plaques form from the proliferation of subendothelial smooth muscle of
arteries
c. The capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
A healthcare professional advises a person with diabetes mellitus to have an annual eye exam.
When the person asks why this is necessary, the professional states that retinopathy develops in
patients with diabetes mellitus because of what reason?
a. Plaques of lipids develop in the retinal vessels.
b. Pressure in the retinal vessels increase as a result of increased osmotic pressure.
c. Ketones cause microaneurysms in the retinal vessels.
d. Retinal ischemia and red blood cell aggregation occur.
d. Retinal ischemia and red blood cell aggregation occur.
A person has acne, easy bruising, thin extremities, and truncal obesity. The healthcare professional assesses the person for which of these?
a. Previous thyroid surgery
b. Urine osmolality
c. Serum electrolytes
d. Use of glucocorticoids
d. Use of glucocorticoids
- A person may experience which complications as a result of a reduction in parathyroid hormone (PTH)? (Select all that apply.)
a. Muscle spasms
b. Tonic-clonic seizures
c. Laryngeal spasms
d. Hyporeflexia
e. Asphyxiation
a. Muscle spasms
b. Tonic-clonic seizures
d. Hyporeflexia
e. Asphyxiation
A chronic complication of diabetes mellitus is likely to result in microvascular complications in which areas? (Select all that apply.)
a. Eyes
b. Coronary arteries
c. Renal system
d. Peripheral vascular system
e. Nerves
a. Eyes
c. Renal system
e. Nerves
What are clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism? (Select all that apply.)
a. Intolerance to heat
b. Restlessness
c. Constipation
d. Bradycardia
e. Lethargy
c. Constipation
d. Bradycardia
e. Lethargy