NUR 2092 Pharmacology Ch 34
Introduction to the Endocrine system
Questions and Answers
Which cells release erythropoietin and renin in response a decrease in the
pressure of the blood entering the glomerulus? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Juxtaglomerular cells
The main connecting link between the nervous system and the endocrine
system is the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hypothalamus.
A client has returned to the floor after having a thyroidectomy for thyroid
cancer. The nurse knows that sometimes during thyroid surgery the
parathyroid glands can be injured or removed. What laboratory finding may
be an early indication of parathyroid gland injury or removal? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hypocalcemia
, Which gland was traditionally considered the master gland? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Pituitary
Which hormones are produced in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary
gland? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Endorphins
Enkephalins
What is a principal effect of cortisol? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased glucose
levels
What best describes hormones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secreted directly into the
bloodstream
Which would a nurse expect to find as a primary effect of cortisol
secretion? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased glucose levels
Which hormones are produced by the ovaries? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Estrogen
Progesterone
Damage to which lobe of the pituitary gland would result in problems
related to the function of stimulating hormones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior
Introduction to the Endocrine system
Questions and Answers
Which cells release erythropoietin and renin in response a decrease in the
pressure of the blood entering the glomerulus? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Juxtaglomerular cells
The main connecting link between the nervous system and the endocrine
system is the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hypothalamus.
A client has returned to the floor after having a thyroidectomy for thyroid
cancer. The nurse knows that sometimes during thyroid surgery the
parathyroid glands can be injured or removed. What laboratory finding may
be an early indication of parathyroid gland injury or removal? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hypocalcemia
, Which gland was traditionally considered the master gland? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Pituitary
Which hormones are produced in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary
gland? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Endorphins
Enkephalins
What is a principal effect of cortisol? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased glucose
levels
What best describes hormones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secreted directly into the
bloodstream
Which would a nurse expect to find as a primary effect of cortisol
secretion? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased glucose levels
Which hormones are produced by the ovaries? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Estrogen
Progesterone
Damage to which lobe of the pituitary gland would result in problems
related to the function of stimulating hormones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior
