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Question 1

A review of the patient’s medical chart shows BP of 168/90 mm
Hg, triglyceride level of 160 mg/dL, and a fasting blood glucose
level of 115 mg/dL. The patient’s BMI is 40 kg/m2 and his
waistline is 54-inches. What are these findings suggestive of?
A. Chronic heart disease
B. Type 2 Diabetes
C. Metabolic Syndrome
D. Stage 1 Hypertension

Answer 1

C. Metabolic Syndrome

Question 2

Metabolic syndrome

Answer 2

consists of signs and symptoms that are risk factors
and are strongly linked to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
stroke.

Question 3

Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed if

Answer 3

3 signs or more are present

Question 4

metabolic syndrome waist circumference

Answer 4

> 40 in in men or > 35 in women

Question 5

Metabolic syndrome triglyceride level

Answer 5

150 or higher

Question 6

Metabolic syndrome HDL level

Answer 6

< 40 in men or < 50 in women

Question 7

Metabolic syndrome BP

Answer 7

Systolic BP = 130 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP = 85 mm Hg

Question 8

Metabolic syndrome fasting

Answer 8

> 100

Question 9

What are the two glands of the Hypothalamus

Answer 9

Anterior and posterior pituitary

Question 10

Anterior pituitary hormones

Answer 10

ACTH
TSH
FSH &LH
GH
Prolactin

Question 11

What are the posterior pituitary

Answer 11

ADH/vasopressin 5
oxytocin

Question 12

ACTH acts on

Answer 12

adrenal cortex

Question 13

TSH acts on

Answer 13

thyroid gland

Question 14

FSH and LH acts on

Answer 14

ovaries & testes

Question 15

GH acts on

Answer 15

Bones & tissues

Question 16

Prolactin

Answer 16

milk production in breast

Question 17

ADH/vasopressin

Answer 17

regulates water and mineral balance, water retention

Question 18

Oxytocin

Answer 18

stimulates uterine contraction during birth

Question 19

Hypothalamus

Answer 19

responsible for regulation of the ANS (body temp, appetite, thirst, sexual behavior, rage, fear, blood pressure, sleep)

Question 20

Pituitary gland

Answer 20

secretes endorphins and reduces a person’s sensitivity to pain. It controls ovulation and works as a catalyst for the testes and ovaries to create sex hormones

Question 21

Thyroid gland

Answer 21

produces hormones that act to control the rate at which cells burn the fuel from food

Question 22

Parathyroid gland

Answer 22

regulate calcium and phosphate metabolism

Question 23

Adrenal gland

Answer 23

produces corticosteroids that will regulate water and sodium balance, the body’s response to stress, the immune system, and metabolism

Question 24

What cause Addison’s disease

Answer 24

infections, neoplasm, hemorrhage, autoimmune process

Question 25

What is insufficient with Addison’s disease?

Answer 25

adrenal insufficiency -decreased cortisol and aldosterone

Question 26

What is the blood pressure of Addison’s disease

Answer 26

decreased BP, dehydration