BIO 669 Quiz 3 Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions With 100% Correct Answers Latest Update
2024/2025.
A hormone not involved in sugar metabolism is - ANSWER aldosterone
A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary tumor not related to hormones includes:
a. Visual disturbances
b. Muscle weakness
c. Respiratory depression
d. Hearing disturbances - ANSWER visual disturbances
The regulation shown by a hormone feeding back on the organ that released it, in addition to the
physiologic effect feeding back on that same producing/secreting organ that released the hormone is
termed: - ANSWER Ultra short feedback loop
Which of the following characteristics is typical of rapid and long lasting response hormones? -
ANSWER Carrier bound and lipid soluble
Chromaffin cells are found in the: - ANSWER adrenal gland
Besides having anti-inflammatory effects, cortisol (and thus most glucocorticoids) will also: -
ANSWER Reduce protein synthesis in cells
Hyperthyroidism resulting from Graves disease will present with all of the following EXCEPT: -
ANSWER Increased levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
Which of the following is not a chronic complication of diabetes mellitus?
a. Retinopathy
b. Increased risk of infection
c. Paresthesias and neuropathy
d. All of the above are chronic complications of diabetes mellitus
e. Microvessel and peripheral vascular disease - ANSWER All of the above are chronic
complications of diabetes mellitus
Panhypopituitarism will result in a decrease in all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER oxytocin
Acromegaly, first developed as a 25 yo adult, will over time result in: - ANSWER Thickened
bones, especially forehead and hands, plus proximal myopathy
Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on nearby cells and are thereby said to have _____ effects
- ANSWER paracrine
Solutions With 100% Correct Answers Latest Update
2024/2025.
A hormone not involved in sugar metabolism is - ANSWER aldosterone
A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary tumor not related to hormones includes:
a. Visual disturbances
b. Muscle weakness
c. Respiratory depression
d. Hearing disturbances - ANSWER visual disturbances
The regulation shown by a hormone feeding back on the organ that released it, in addition to the
physiologic effect feeding back on that same producing/secreting organ that released the hormone is
termed: - ANSWER Ultra short feedback loop
Which of the following characteristics is typical of rapid and long lasting response hormones? -
ANSWER Carrier bound and lipid soluble
Chromaffin cells are found in the: - ANSWER adrenal gland
Besides having anti-inflammatory effects, cortisol (and thus most glucocorticoids) will also: -
ANSWER Reduce protein synthesis in cells
Hyperthyroidism resulting from Graves disease will present with all of the following EXCEPT: -
ANSWER Increased levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
Which of the following is not a chronic complication of diabetes mellitus?
a. Retinopathy
b. Increased risk of infection
c. Paresthesias and neuropathy
d. All of the above are chronic complications of diabetes mellitus
e. Microvessel and peripheral vascular disease - ANSWER All of the above are chronic
complications of diabetes mellitus
Panhypopituitarism will result in a decrease in all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER oxytocin
Acromegaly, first developed as a 25 yo adult, will over time result in: - ANSWER Thickened
bones, especially forehead and hands, plus proximal myopathy
Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on nearby cells and are thereby said to have _____ effects
- ANSWER paracrine
