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.Management Sciences
Category: Endocrinology
Hyperthyroidism can be caused by____________?
A. Clonidine
B. Amiodarone
C. Hydralazine
D. Penicillamine
Glucocorticoids have all the following actions except_______________?
A. Increase in blood glucose level
B. Increase in protein catabolism
C. Anti – insulin action in peripheral tissues
D. Decrease in glucose uptake by the heart
Posterior pituitary insufficiency leads to______________?
A. Diabetes mellitus
B. Diabetes insipidus
C. Dwarfism
D. Cretinism
A phaeochromocytoma is a tumour of the____________?
A. Adrenal cortex
B. Parathyroids
C. Pituitary
D. None of the above
Aldosterone production is controlled by _____________?
A. Anterior pituitary gland
B. Posterior pituitary gland
C. Hypothalamus
D. Adrenal gland
Epinephrine is most closely related in structure to ____________________?
A. Niacin
B. Tyrosine
C. Methionine
D. Glycerol
Noradrenaline is differentiated from adrenaline by increasing___________?
A. Heart rate
B. Cardiac output
C. Peripheral resistance
D. All of the above
Hypercalcemia associated with malignancy is most often mediated by _____________?
A. Parathyroid hormone ( PTH)
B. Parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP)
C. Interleukin – 6 ( IL- 6)
D. Calcitonin
Insulin facilitates glucose uptake in____________?
A. Kidney tubules
B. Red blood cells
C. Brain
D. Skeletal muscle
The following hormones increase the blood glucose level except_____________?
A. Thyroxine
B. Parathormone
C. Growth Hormone
D. Epinephrine
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