NAPSRx Final Exam 1 Latest 2023-2024

NAPSRx Final Exam 1 (Latest 2023-2024)

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• At age 85, Lyle's immune system does not respond to vaccines as

well as it did when he was younger. The atrophy of which endocrine gland is likely responsible for this?

Answer: Thymus

• Which organ is responsible for synthesizing atrial natriuretic

peptide?

Answer: -The heart

• Mineralcorticoid is to aldosterone as glucocorticoid is to

Answer: Cortisol

• One of the least complicated of the endocrine control systems

directly responds to changing blood levels of ions and nutrients.What is this mechanism?

Answer: Humoral stimulation

• Thyroid hormone enters target cells in a manner similar to .

Answer: steroid hormones

• Normal development of the immune response is due in part to

hormones from the .

Answer: Thymus gland

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• The most important mineralcorticoid regulator of electrolytes in

extracel- lular fluid is .

Answer: Aldosterone

• Lisa starts to feel hungry and worries her blood sugar level may

be drop- ping. What hormone helps prevent a drop in blood sugar level?

Answer: Glucagon

• Steroid hormones exert their action by .

Answer: entering the nucleus of a cell and initiating or altering the

expression of a gene

• Aldosterone .

Answer: functions to increase sodium reabsorption

• Which of the following is NOT a parathyroid gland mechanism to

maintain adequate levels of blood calcium?

Answer: inhibition of calcitonin synthesis

• A man has been told he is NOT synthesizing enough FSH

and may be unable to father a child. Chose the correct statement to explain this problem.

Answer: FSH stimulates sperm production in the testes.

• The single most important regulator of calcium levels in the

blood is

Answer: Parathyroid hormone

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• Oxytocin .

Answer: release is an example of a positive feedback mechanism.

15. ADH .

Answer: secretion is inhibited by alcohol

• Which of the following is NOT a category of endocrine gland

stimulus?-

Answer: enzymatic

• Virtually all amino acid-based hormones exert their

signaling effects through intracellular .

Answer: second messengers

• The parathyroid glands respond to which type of stimulus?

Answer: humoral

• Which hormone is synthesized from cholesterol?

Answer: testosterone

• Which synthetic hormone can be administered to help

someone adjust to a new time zone?

Answer: Melatonin

• The major targets of growth hormone are .

Answer: Bones and skeletal muscles

• Johanna is significantly shorter than normal for her age. Her

doctor recommends hormone treatment before her growth plates ossify in her long bones. Which hormone is recommended?

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