HyprPaper 5- Skin & Endocrine System

Which statement about the arterial supply of the adrenal glands is INCORRECT?

Which statement about the venous drainage of the adrenal gland is true?

Which statement about the relationships of the left adrenal gland is INCORRECT?

Which hypothalamic nucleus is correctly placed in a named regional zone of the hypothalamus?

Which one of the following statements regarding the suprarenal gland and paraganglia is FALSE?

Which one of the following statements is CORRECT with reference to the development of the hypophysis cerebri?

Which one of the following statements with regards to the development of the thyroid and parathyroid is CORRECT?

Which one of the following statements with regards to the development of the pancreas is FALSE?

Which one of the following stems indicates the FALSE statement?

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?

Several of the hormones secreted from the pituitary are:

Which of the following conditions is likely to be associated with a decreased serum calcium, increased alkaline phosphatase and increase phosphorus?

A 6-year old child was diagnosed with rickets. Which of the following combination of tests in the serum are diagnostically characteristic?

Which of the following disease conditions can be associated with either hypocalcemia or hypercalcaemia?

A 50-year old woman is noted to have a high serum calcium, low-normal phosphate and normal albumin on routine biochemistry test. She is asymptomatic. The most useful additional blood test would be?

An asymptomatic 60-year old man is found to have an isolated raised alkaline phosphatase on routine biochemistry. Serum calcium and phosphate levels are normal. The most likely diagnosis is?

A 45-year lod woman presented to her general practitioner with recurrent renal calculi. Radiological examination reveleaed generalized demineralization of bone. Serum calcium was elevated. Which of the following is the most likely cause of her condition?

What organism is the causative agent for bullous impetigo?

What antibiotic can be recommended to treat impetigo?

Group A streptococcus causes which of the following?

How many classes can hormones be divided into, using their chemcial structures as the basis?

Based on their molecular mechanism of action hormones can be divided into …………….. classes:

……………. is an example of a hormone that acts on the cell surface:

Epinephrine elicits its fight or flight action by converting ATP to ………………

Which is the primary target organ of glucagon?

Which organ secretes glucagon?

Which sub-cellular organelle does ribosomal biosynthesis of proinsulin occur in?

Cleavage of proinsulin to insulin occurs in the ………..

In man, cholesterol serves as the precursor of all the following, EXCEPT:

All of the following steroid hormones are secreted from the adrenal gland in significant quantity, EXCEPT

Glycogen phosphorylase is

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the release of hypophyseal hormones?

Which part of the hypophysis receives hypothalamic secretions?

Which of these hormones plays a major role in circadian rhythm?

Vasopressin is the same hormone as

In men, hyperprolactinaemia could result in all of the following EXCEPT

The general adapatation syndrome (GAS) is activated by the:

Which of the following statements is true regarding growth hormone?

The release of posterior pituitary hormones is controlled by:

Which of the following is the correct site of oxytocin secretion?

Which of the following is TRUE about the adrenal cortex?

Regarding growth hormone:

Hyper secretion of aldosterone can cause:

The action of glucocorticoids involves

Which of the following hormones is NOT secreted by the anterior pituitary?

Which of the following hormones’ secretion is increased during sleep?

Which one of the following statements is true regarding the action of growth hormone?

In growth hormone deficiency, the alcohol-induced hpyoglycemai is due to

Which of the following is a potent inhibitor of ADH release?