Acute consequences of diabetes mellitus:
a. include changes in thirst and urine production
b. include changes in blood vessel structure
c. include changes in nervous system structure
d. include changes associated with metabolic dysfunction
e. only two of the above
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Question 2) Which of the following does not characterize diabetes mellitus?
a. increased glucose utilization due to excessive glucose availability.
b. polyuria due to the osmotic effect of glucose in the urine.
c. acidosis due to the ketosis accompanying abnormal fat metabolism.
d. polydipsia due to dehydration.
e. hyperglycemia due to reduced glucose entry into the cells and increased hepatic output of glucose.
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Question 3) Insulin
a. facilitates the entry of glucose into brain tissue.
b. promotes glucose output by the liver.
c. lowers blood glucose levels.
d. both facilitates the entry of glucose into brain tissue and lowers blood glucose levels are correct.
e. all of these answers.
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Question 4) Increased levels of which of the following hormones would not result in increased blood fatty acid levels?
a. glucagon
b. growth hormone
c. insulin
d. epinephrine
e. cortisol
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Question 5) Excess circulating glucose:
a. is stored as glycogen
b. is transformed to fatty acids and glycerol
c. can eventually be converted to triglycerides
d. both (a) and (b)
e. all of the above
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Question 6) Which of the following does not stimulate insulin secretion?
a. elevated blood amino acid concentration.
b. gastrointestinal hormones.
c. a fast-food hamburger.
d. starvation.
e. elevated blood glucose concentration.
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Question 7) Which of the following is not an outcome of insulin secretion?
a. increases GLUT-4 mobilization.
b. promotes glucose uptake by neural tissue.
c. inhibits lipolysis.
d. promotes glycogenesis.
e. encourages protein synthesis.
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Question 8) Insulin
a. promotes the insertion of additional glucose transporters in the plasma membranes of insulin-dependent cells.
b. stimulates glycogenesis and inhibits glycogenolysis.
c. secretion is increased in response to a fall in blood glucose concentration.
d. two of these answers.
e. all of these answers.
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Question 9) Glucocorticoids cause all of the following except
a. carbohydrate conservation.
b. protein degradation.
c. increased metabolic rate.
d. mobilization of fats for energy.
e. anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects at pharmacological levels.
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Question 10) Glucocorticoids cause all of the following except
a. carbohydrate conservation.
b. protein degradation.
c. increased metabolic rate.
d. mobilization of fats for energy.
e. anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects at pharmacological levels.
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