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MN551 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Question :A 32-year-old man is complaining of burning,
itching, photophobia, and severe pain in his right eye after swimming in the ocean. To determine that the eye condition is corneal rather than a conjunctival disease, which of the following would be the distinguishing symptom?
A.) Burning B.) Itching c.) photophobia D.) Severe pain
Correct answer:Severe pain
Question :A woman with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
has been ordered by her primary care provider to have a hemoglobin A1C test for the first time. The woman states, "I don't see why you want to test my blood cells when it's sugar that's the problem." What aspect of physiology will underlie the care provider's response to the patient?
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A.)The amount of glucose attached to A1C cells reflects the average blood glucose levels over the life of the cell.
B)Hemoglobin synthesis by the bone marrow is inversely proportionate to blood glucose levels, with low A1C indicating hyperglycemia.
C)The high metabolic needs of red cells and their affinity for free glucose indicate the amount of glucose that has been available over 6 to 12 weeks.
D)Insulin is a glucose receptor agonist on the hemoglobin molecule, and high glucose suggests low insulin levels.
Correct answer:The amount of glucose attached to A1C
cells reflects the average blood glucose levels over the life of the cell.
Question :A 30 year old man with a diagnosis of type 1
diabetes is aware of the multiple effects that insulin has
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on his metabolism. Which of the following physiological processes are actions of insulin?
Correct answer:Facilitating triglycerides from glucose in
fat cells
Question :A three-year-old girl has just been diagnosed
with type 1A diabetes and her parents are currently receiving education from the diabetes education nurse at the hospital where their daughter is receiving treatment.How can the nurse best explain the etiology of their daughter's health problem to her parents?
A.) Environmental and lifestyle factors are known to play a part in the fact that her pancreas secretes and withholds insulin at the wrong times."
B.) "This tendency to produce insufficient amounts of insulin is likely something that she inherited."
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C.) "It's not known exactly why your daughter has completely stopped making insulin, and treatment will consist of your rigidly controlling her diet." D.) "The problem that underlies her diabetes is that her own body has destroyed the cells in herpancreas that produce insulin
Correct answer:"The problem that underlies her diabetes
is that her own body has destroyed the cells in her pancreas that produce insulin."
Question :Which of the following statements best
captures an aspect of the role of hormones in the body?
A.) Some chemical substances can function as hormones or be integrated with the central and peripheral nervous systems.
B)Hormones directly initiate many of the processes that contribute to homeostasis.