Hormones & Endocrinology

Question 1

Body is not relying on normal diet: (insulin)

Answer 1

Liver begins to utilize acetyl-CoA and produces ketone bodies because they are able to be transported and taken up by other tissues independent of insulin

Question 2

Greatest direct effect on mito (hormone)

Answer 2

Thyroid hormone

Question 3

GH decreases sensitivity of cellular receptors to insulin; therefore, a patient with acromegaly which is caused by the oversecretion of GH, would be expected to have:

Answer 3

A high blood glucose concentration

Question 4

Excessive secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) would cause:

Answer 4

Increased collecting duct permeability to water and elevated blood pressure