Exam 38: Assisting in Endocrinology

__________ results in fruity-smelling breath.

Oral hypoglycemics are used to treat diabetes type 2.

The parathyroid glands produce a hormone that maintains potassium blood levels.

Insulin typically is administered in the vastus lateralis in pediatric patients.

The posterior lobe of the pituitary (neurohypophysis) produces which of the following?

Severe hypoglycemia in a patient with diabetes who takes insulin may result in which of the following?

Patients with diabetes __________ stop producing insulin in the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans.

Two of your patients are being seen in the office today. One is suspected of having hypothyroidism and the other hyperthyroidism. Summarize three signs and symptoms you would expect to see in each patient.

A patient with diabetes type 1 frequently experiences hypoglycemic episodes, and the physician asks you to give her information about the Rule of 15. What should this information include?

Which of the following is often called the "master gland"?

Polyphagia associated with diabetes mellitus means that the patient is extremely thirsty.

Where is epinephrine produced?

Which statement is true about the macrovascular diseases that can occur in people with diabetes?

Patients with diabetes type 1 must take multiple oral or injected doses of insulin throughout the day.

The goal of diabetic management is to maintain normal blood glucose levels.

The anterior pituitary produces __________, which stimulates egg production in the female and sperm development in the male.

Another term for __________ is somatotropic hormone, which stimulates tissue growth at the epiphyseal plates in children before puberty.

Hypopituitary dwarfism is

Which of the following occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce insulin because autoimmune, genetic, or environmental factors have destroyed the beta islet cells?

A disease that results in enlargement of the bones of the hands, feet, jaws, and cheeks is