EEOB 2520 Final Exam | questions
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During Spring Break, a student was shadowing Dr. Brutus Buckeye during one of his
emergency Department shifts. He watched the doctor administier a tropical cream (i.e.
placed on the skin) containing an endocrine that a patient was lacking. Which correct
statement did Dr. Brutus provide the student about this endocrine? When
appropriately produced in an individual: - ANSWER 1) It is not packaged into vesicles.
2) It will not usually travel alone in the plasma.
Which of the following is NOT a difference between the contraction of skeletal and
smooth muscle? - ANSWER 1) The location (compartment) of the calcium during
contraction
2) The presence of tropomysin in association with the actin.
Relaxation of smooth muscle - ANSWER 1) Involves returning calcium to the interstitial
fluid via carrier-mediated transporter
2) Does not involve removing calcium bound to troponin.
3) Does not change the position of tropomyosin
Growth-hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is to ____ as somatostatin (SS) is to
____. - ANSWER Stimulatory - inhibitory
Which is a correct statement about beta-endorphin's actions in humans? - ANSWER
1) It will NOT increase the actions of cortisol
,2) It is released by the anterior pituitary gland
3) The cause of it's release is unknown.
4) It currently does NOT limit pain sensation
The negative Feedback process is reduced in _____ leading to high levels of ____. -
ANSWER hypothyroidism - TSH
_____ is an endocrine _____ released by the ___. [Note: PG = pituitary gland] -
ANSWER 1) Oxytocin - 1 - posterior PG
2) Dopamine - 1- hypothalamus
3) Growth hormone (GH) -2- anterior PG
4) Luteinizing hormone (LH) -2- anterior PG
Which of the following body processes would NOT be greatly influenced by wide
fluctuations in the amount of circulating thyroid hormones? - ANSWER The
functionality of the immune system
Which is a correct pairing of hypothalamic endocrine and eventual gland stimulated? -
ANSWER 1) Gonadotropin -releasing hormone and gonads 2) Growth hormone -
releasing hormone (GHRH) - liver
During his latest exploration of alien worlds, Alex was bitten by an animal that injected a
venom that inhibits growth. Which is a correct mechanism for how it could function?
The venom: - ANSWER 1) Increases cortisol production
2) Decreases IGF-1 production
3) Increases insulin catabolism
4) Decreases somatostatin (SS) catabolism
Which is a correct statement about endocrines? - ANSWER 1) Oxytocin is NOT only
used as an endocrine.
2) T4 production occurs within the follicle
, 3) Prolactin will impact the mammary glands.
4) Vasopressin is NOT released by the hypothalamus.
Which is a correct statement about the endocrines released by the gonads? - ANSWER
1) They do typically have an anabolic effect
2) They limit growth at the epiphyseal plates
3) They promote the secretion of IGF-1
4) They do NOT impact the level of beta-lipotropin.
As Dr. Bronson calls for scantrons to be raised, you realize that you have not
completed yours properly and become terrified that you will be the one called to the
front of the entire class. Which is a correct statement about the physiological changes
that will occur in you as you wait for your name to called? - ANSWER 1) not an
increase in the production of endocrines by the posterior pituitary gland,
2) in increased release of the polar, amine endocrines of epinephrine and
norepinephrine
3)an increased release of the steroid cortisol from the adrenal cortex
4) an increased production and release of a hypophysiotropic endocrine by the
hypothalamus.
Which is a correct statement about the impact of endocrines? - ANSWER 1) a
person's height is not only impacted by the growth hormone (GH) levels
2) steroid hormones are not responsible for cell proliferation at the epiphyseal plates
3) growth hormone (GH) and IGF-1 will not impact the muscles in the same manner
4) the receptors of the follicular cells do not have a higher affinity for T3 than T4.
During his latest shift in the emergency room (ED), Dr. Brutus Buckeye treats a patient
with severe rheumatoid arthritis who is currently suffering from the impacts of being
over-prescribed exogenous corticosteroids to alleviate his arthritis symptoms. Correct
symptoms that the doctor observed that indicated the overdosing had occurred are
that his plasma ______ levels were abnormally low and his cheek area had noticablely
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