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Unit 5 Endocrine System Test Study Guide—Friday 1.22.16 (20 MC, 4 Short Answer, 65 points)
What are the survival needs and life functions fulfilled by the endocrine system? (1 MC)
Which hormones are released from which endocrine glands? What is the function of the hormone? (3 MC, SA)
What are the differences between the amino acid hormones and steroid hormones? (1 MC)
What is diabetes mellitus? Type 1 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes? (2 MC)
How is a patient diagnosed with diabetes mellitus? Prediabetes? T1D? T2D? (1 MC)
What are the symptoms, characteristics, and treatments for diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus? (1 MC, SA)
What are GLUT2 and GLUT4 used for? (1 MC)
What are hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia? Which hormones are released after each condition? (2 MC)
What are some complications of diabetes? (1 MC)
What is the mechanism for lowering high blood glucose levels? (2 MC)
How does ketoacidosis occur? (1 MC)
How do feedback mechanisms regulate blood glucose levels? (1 MC, SA)
What is the pathoanatomy and pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus? (1 MC)
Diagnose a patient with the appropriate endocrine disorder. What is T1D? T2D? Diabetes Insipidus? Acromegaly?
Insulinoma? Graves disease? Hashimoto’s disease? (2 MC, SA)
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Unit 5 Endocrine System Test Study Guide—Friday 1.22.16 (20 MC, 4 Short Answer, 65 points)
What are the survival needs and life functions fulfilled by the endocrine system? (1 MC)
Which hormones are released from which endocrine glands? What is the function of the hormone? (3 MC, SA)
What are the differences between the amino acid hormones and steroid hormones? (1 MC)
What is diabetes mellitus? Type 1 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes? (2 MC)
How is a patient diagnosed with diabetes mellitus? Prediabetes? T1D? T2D? (1 MC)
What are the symptoms, characteristics, and treatments for diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus? (1 MC, SA)
What are GLUT2 and GLUT4 used for? (1 MC)
What are hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia? Which hormones are released after each condition? (2 MC)
What are some complications of diabetes? (1 MC)
What is the mechanism for lowering high blood glucose levels? (2 MC)
How does ketoacidosis occur? (1 MC)
How do feedback mechanisms regulate blood glucose levels? (1 MC, SA)
What is the pathoanatomy and pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus? (1 MC)
Diagnose a patient with the appropriate endocrine disorder. What is T1D? T2D? Diabetes Insipidus? Acromegaly?
Insulinoma? Graves disease? Hashimoto’s disease? (2 MC, SA)
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Unit 5 Endocrine System Test Study Guide—Friday 1.22.16 (20 MC, 4 Short Answer, 65 points)
What are the survival needs and life functions fulfilled by the endocrine system? (1 MC)
Which hormones are released from which endocrine glands? What is the function of the hormone? (3 MC, SA)
What are the differences between the amino acid hormones and steroid hormones? (1 MC)
What is diabetes mellitus? Type 1 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes? (2 MC)
How is a patient diagnosed with diabetes mellitus? Prediabetes? T1D? T2D? (1 MC)
What are the symptoms, characteristics, and treatments for diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus? (1 MC, SA)
What are GLUT2 and GLUT4 used for? (1 MC)
What are hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia? Which hormones are released after each condition? (2 MC)
What are some complications of diabetes? (1 MC)
What is the mechanism for lowering high blood glucose levels? (2 MC)
How does ketoacidosis occur? (1 MC)
How do feedback mechanisms regulate blood glucose levels? (1 MC, SA)
What is the pathoanatomy and pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus? (1 MC)
Diagnose a patient with the appropriate endocrine disorder. What is T1D? T2D? Diabetes Insipidus? Acromegaly?
Insulinoma? Graves disease? Hashimoto’s disease? (2 MC, SA)