Question: What happens in diabetes mellitus?
Answer Choices:
A defect in insulin’s action.
Both a and b are correct.
A deficit in insulin secretion.
Answer: Both a and b are correct.
Question: Atherosclerosis/arteriosclerosis can be a cause of vascular dementias
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Congenital insensitivity to pain, or congenital analgesia, is a rare disease that prevents someone from feeling pain.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Buffalo hump and moon face are found in which disease?
Cushing’s syndrome
Answer Choices:
Diabetes insipidus
Addison’s disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Answer: Cushing’s syndrome
Question: Intense fear of discomfort is found in which psychiatric disorder?
Delirium
Answer Choices:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Manic disorder
Panic disorder
Answer: Panic disorder
Question: Which hormones are secreted by the pancreas?
a. insulin
Answer Choices:
b. glucagon
c. both a and b are true
d. pepsin
Answer: c. both a and b are true
Question: Which is not true for the endocrine system:
Maintains homeostasis (internal balance) of the body.
Answer Choices:
Consists of glands with ducts.
Main function is regulatory.
Endocrine glands produce hormones.
Answer: Consists of glands with ducts.
Question: Hormones secreted by the hypothalamus control hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Lack of which hormone can cause Diabetes Insipidus?
Glucagon
Answer Choices:
Antidiuretic hormone
Thyroid
Oxytocin
Answer: Antidiuretic hormone
Question: Which senses are considered to be the “chemical senses”?
Answer Choices:
Taste and smell
Hearing and smell
Touch and taste
Sight and taste
Answer: Taste and smell
Question: Which one is not part of the endocrine system?
Thyroid gland
Answer Choices:
Islets of Langerhans in pancreas
Pituitary gland
Salivary gland
Answer: Salivary gland
Question: Posterior pituitary does not produce any hormone, rather stores hormones produced by the hypothalamus.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Deficiency of which mineral can cause hypothyroidism?
Answer Choices:
Iron
Iodine
Calcium
Answer: Iodine
Question: Which one is the most frequently occurring psychiatric condition?
Depressive disorder
Answer Choices:
Anxiety disorder
Paranoia
Mania
Answer: Anxiety disorder
Question: Which one is the most common bipolar disorder?
Cyclothymia
Answer Choices:
Bipolar I disorder
Bipolar II disorder
Bipolar N disorder
Answer: Bipolar I disorder