1. While sitting, a patient experienced a heart rate of 110 beats/minute, hypertension, and pupil dilation....

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1. While sitting, a patient experienced a heart rate of 110beats/minute, hypertension, and pupil dilation. His diet habits hadnot change and he did not gain or lose weight. Lab results revealednormal blood electrolytes, glucose, and thyroid hormone levels. Hemay have an excessive secretion of the following:
a) Epinephrine
b) Aldosterone
c) Antidiuretic Hormone
d) Acetylcholine
e) Thyroid Hormone
2. Patient in the question #1 was diagnosed with ahypersecreting tumor from the following:
a) Adrenal Medulla
b) Adrenal Cortex
c) Thyroid
d) Pituitary
e) Hypothalamus

3. A 30 year old male patient has experienced weight losswithout dieting, increased perspiration, thinning skin and hairchanges, tachycardia-at-rest, hypertension, and hot intolerance. Hehad blurred and double vision. Lab results showed an abnormallyhigh levels of TSH, and normal blood levels of electrolytes,epinephrine, and norepinephrine. The weight loss was due to thefollowing:
a) Hypermetabolism
b) Hypometabolism
c) Hypercalcemia
d) Hypocalcemia
e) None of the Above
4. The patient in question #3 may have had excessive secretionof the following:
a) Cortisol
b) Growth Hormone
c) Thyroid Hormone
d) Norepinephrine
e) None of the Above
5. The patient in question #3 was diagnosed with thefollowing:
a) Hypoaldosteronism
b) Hypothyroidism
c) Hyperthyroidism
d) Addison’s disease
e) Cushing Disease

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Ans 1 As per the question patient has normal levels of thyroid hormone it eliminates the option excessive levels of thyroid could have caused these symptoms Also thyroid hormone thyroxine is mainly responsible for maintaining the metabolism of fats carbohydratesand proteins It also    See Answer
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