Exam 17: Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation

A 45-year-old female has elevated thyroxine production.Which of the following would accompany this condition?

A student asks the instructor which of the following is the most potent naturally occurring glucocorticoid.How should the instructor respond?

If a patient had a problem with the adrenal medulla,which of the following hormones should the nurse monitor?

Which nutrient would the nurse encourage the patient to consume for thyroid hormone synthesis?

The nurse is teaching the staff about aldosterone.Which information should the nurse include? The main site of aldosterone synthesis is the:

A nurse recalls direct stimulation of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas by the autonomic nervous system is an example of _____ control.

An aide asks the nurse what activates tyrosine.What is the nurse's best response?

If a patient's posterior pituitary is removed,which hormone would the nurse expect to decrease?

A patient wants to know what can cause ACTH to be released.How should the nurse respond?

When the endocrinologist asks the staff how the releasing hormones that are made in the hypothalamus travel to the anterior pituitary,how should the staff reply? Via the:

An endocrinologist is teaching about aldosterone secretion.Which information should the endocrinologist include? Aldosterone secretion is regulated by:

When insulin binds to its receptors on muscle cells,an increase in glucose uptake by the muscle cells occurs.This is an example of a _____ effect by a hormone.

A nurse recalls insulin has an effect on which of the following groups of electrolytes?

A nurse is teaching a patient about insulin.Which information should the nurse include? Insulin is primarily regulated by:

An endocrinologist isolated a new hormone and found it to be a water-soluble amine.Which of the following is most like this new hormone?

A nurse recalls prolactin-inhibiting factor's target tissue is the:

A patient has researched lipid-soluble hormones on the Internet.Which information indicates the patient has a good understanding? Lipid-soluble hormone receptors cross the plasma membrane by:

A 50-year-old male patient is deficient in ADH production.Which of the following assessment findings would the nurse expect to find?

If a patient had a problem with the hypothalamus,which of the following hormones would be affected?

A 39-year-old female is recovering from the birth of her third child.Which hormone would help prevent uterine bleeding?