NKU BIO 669 TEST 3 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS COMPLETE PASS GUIDE
●● A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary tumor not related to
hormones include:
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)
●● Panhypopituitarism will result in a decrease in all of the following
except:
Answer: oxytocin
●● Which of the following is not a chronic complication of diabetes
mellitus?
Answer: All of the above are chronic complications of diabetes mellitus
(retinopathy, increased risk of infection, paresthesias and neuropathy)
●● Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on nearby cells and are
thereby said to have _______ effects
Answer: paracrine
●● If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child
will
Answer: become a dwarf but have fairly normal body proportions
●● The anterior pituitary secretes all of the following except:
Answer: antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS COMPLETE PASS GUIDE
●● A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary tumor not related to
hormones include:
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)
●● Panhypopituitarism will result in a decrease in all of the following
except:
Answer: oxytocin
●● Which of the following is not a chronic complication of diabetes
mellitus?
Answer: All of the above are chronic complications of diabetes mellitus
(retinopathy, increased risk of infection, paresthesias and neuropathy)
●● Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on nearby cells and are
thereby said to have _______ effects
Answer: paracrine
●● If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child
will
Answer: become a dwarf but have fairly normal body proportions
●● The anterior pituitary secretes all of the following except:
Answer: antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
