NKU BIO 669 Quiz 3 Questions With Complete
Solutions
A clinical feature of Addison's disease is: Correct
Answers Hyperpigmentation
A hormone not involved in sugar metabolism is:
Correct Answers Aldosterone
A hypodermic injection of epinephrine would:
Correct Answers increase heart rate, increase
blood pressure, dilate the bronchi, and decrease
peristalsis
A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary
tumor not related to hormones include: Correct
Answers Visual disturbances
Absence of thyroxine would result in: Correct
Answers depression of the CNS and lethargy
Acromegaly, first developed as a 25 year old adult,
will overtime result in: Correct Answers Thickened
bones, especially forehead and hands, plus
proximal myopathy
ADH and oxytocin are usually released from the
pituitary in response to: Correct Answers Direct
stimulation by synapsing neurons
, All of the following are clinical effects of primary
hyperaldosteronism except: Correct Answers
decreased neuromuscular excitability
An important anabolic hormone which has many of
its effects mediated by IGF's is: Correct Answers
Growth hormone
Besides having anti-inflammatory effects, cortisol
(and thus most glucocorticoids) will also: Correct
Answers Reduce protein synthesis in cells
Calcitonin is secreted by the ______ gland Correct
Answers thyroid
Chromaffin cells are found in the: Correct Answers
adrenal gland
Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on
nearby cells and are thereby said to have _______
effects Correct Answers paracrine
Decreased hypothalamic function of all associated
hormones will result in an increase in the anterior
pituitary production/release of: Correct Answers
Prolactin
Diabetes insipidus is best described as: Correct
Answers An insufficiency in ADH amount or
response
Solutions
A clinical feature of Addison's disease is: Correct
Answers Hyperpigmentation
A hormone not involved in sugar metabolism is:
Correct Answers Aldosterone
A hypodermic injection of epinephrine would:
Correct Answers increase heart rate, increase
blood pressure, dilate the bronchi, and decrease
peristalsis
A possible symptom of an expanding pituitary
tumor not related to hormones include: Correct
Answers Visual disturbances
Absence of thyroxine would result in: Correct
Answers depression of the CNS and lethargy
Acromegaly, first developed as a 25 year old adult,
will overtime result in: Correct Answers Thickened
bones, especially forehead and hands, plus
proximal myopathy
ADH and oxytocin are usually released from the
pituitary in response to: Correct Answers Direct
stimulation by synapsing neurons
, All of the following are clinical effects of primary
hyperaldosteronism except: Correct Answers
decreased neuromuscular excitability
An important anabolic hormone which has many of
its effects mediated by IGF's is: Correct Answers
Growth hormone
Besides having anti-inflammatory effects, cortisol
(and thus most glucocorticoids) will also: Correct
Answers Reduce protein synthesis in cells
Calcitonin is secreted by the ______ gland Correct
Answers thyroid
Chromaffin cells are found in the: Correct Answers
adrenal gland
Cytokines are chemical messengers that act on
nearby cells and are thereby said to have _______
effects Correct Answers paracrine
Decreased hypothalamic function of all associated
hormones will result in an increase in the anterior
pituitary production/release of: Correct Answers
Prolactin
Diabetes insipidus is best described as: Correct
Answers An insufficiency in ADH amount or
response
