Which of the following is not released by the anterior pituitary? |
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Which of the hormones released from the anterior pituitary is not controlled by some form of feedback loop? |
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Which layer of the adrenal cortex am I referring to in the hints? Give the name, dash, then a number with 1 being furthest out, and 3 being furthest towards medulla. |
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This endocrine condition is associated with chronic high cortisol concentration in the blood? |
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Adrenal tumors cause hyperadrenocorticism around this percentage of the time, the rest being pituitary tumors. |
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Which of the following is not characteristic of Cushing's patients? |
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Increased ALP as a test for HAC has high ______. |
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If you collect a morning urine sample from a suspected Cushing's patient, what ratio would you screen for? |
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If on low dose dexamethasone suppression tests you saw no dip in elevated cortisol at 4 hours, this suggests? |
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True or false: an exaggerated response to an ACTH stim test is indicative of adrenal tumor as the origin of cushing's signs? |
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The plasma concentration of this hormone may distinguish pituitary from adrenal tumors in cushings cases? |
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True or false: HAC is uncommon in cats, but is primarily adrenal tumor dependent when it occurs? |
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This is the most common etiology of hyperadrenocorticism in horses |
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True or false: HAC horses tend to have alopecia comparable to dogs? |
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This dopamine agonist is the treatment for HAC in horses? |
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Which of the following is the most common cause of HAC in ferrets? |
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True or false: high cortisol concentrations are not typical in hyperadrenocorticism? |
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The clinical manifestation of Addison's disease (hypoadrenocorticism) is largely due to deficiency of this hormone? |
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Which of the following is not indicative of hypoadrenocorticism? |
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An Na/K ratio lower than __:1 is suggestive of Addison's, and lower than __ :1 makes it extremely likely. |
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What is your go-to confirmatory test for Addison's? |
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What is another name for thyroglobulin? |
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True or false: TSH release is controlled by a negative feedback loop involving pre-made T3 (secreted in small amounts from the thyroid?) |
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True or false: T4 can only be de-iodinated to T3? |
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How much of the thyroid gland must be destroyed to get the primary hypothyroidism most common in canines? |
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Which of the following would not be typical of a hypothyroid patient? |
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Which of the following would be abnormally low in most hypothyroid patients? |
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True or false: a patient with under 10 nmol/L of T4 on tT4 assay is hypothyroid? |
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Which of the following drugs would actually tend to INCREASE T4 concentration? |
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How do you separate free T4 from total? |
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This assay is less sensitive than fT4, but quite specific, as the concentration being tested will rise befroe T4 falls. |
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Which of the following tests is not useful in diagnosing hypothyroidism? |
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Which is the best antibody finding to confirm hypothyroidism? |
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An enlarged thyroid is often referred to as this? |
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What is the most common histologic diagnosis in hyperthyroid cats? |
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Which is not a normal sign of feline hyperthyroidism? |
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Name a laboratory abnormality you'd expect with hyperthyroidism? |
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This is your specific and sensitive go to assay if total T4 is borderline on feline hyperthyroidism suspects |
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True or false: a T3 suppression test will not interfere with T4 assays, and should show decreased T4 in non-hyperthyroid cats. |
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Canine hyperthyroidsim, highly unusual, is almost always associated with this? |
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True or false: feline hypothyroidism, though very rare, is often a primary disease as in canines? |
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Name one of two tests you might use for equine hypothyroidism? |
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Name the hormonal secretion of each cell type in the pancreatic islets of langerhans? |
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This type of primary diabetes mellitus is almost always dependent on insulin treatment, and is due to beta cell loss? |
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This type of primary diabetes is due to insulin resistance or unresponsive beta cells. Typically treated with oral hypoglycemics. |
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Name a drug that may act as an insulin antagonist to produce secondary DM? |
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True or false: up to half of all feline cases of DM are type II? |
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Which of the following is not an etiology of carbohydrate intolerance with type II DM? |
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Which of the following is not a clinical sign of DM? |
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What gender of dog is more affected by DM? Cat? |
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Name a complication of DM? |
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True or false: human insulin kits work well on cats but not always dogs? |
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When measuring glycosylated hemoglobin (gHb) levels, what do you use to yield valid results? |
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The concentration of glycated serum proteins (ketoamines) can be interfered with by hypoalbuminemia and hypertriglyceridemia. What is the period of glycemic control evaluated? |
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Name one of the three ketones that builds up with DKA? |
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True or false: ketone tests detect mainly beta-hydroxybutyrate, the main product of ketosis? |
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This is the primary electrolyte imbalance that results form DKA? |
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This tumour of the pancreatic beta cells can cause hypoglycemia, weakness and seizures? |
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In which species is insulinoma the most common tumour? |
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This is the name for vomiting, diarrhea, GI ulceraiton and pancreatic masses in association with a gastrinoma? |
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This is a tumour of the pancreatic alpha cells, which only occurs in dogs, causing superficial necrolytic dermatitis, stomatitis, glossitis, diarrhea, venous thrombosis. |
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Hyperparathyroidism leads to an increase in this hormone's production by the kidney. |
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An adenoma causing hyperparathyroidism will be composed of these cells. |
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Which of the following is not a diagnostic criterion for hyperparathyroidism? |
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For each of the following presentations, please guess which hyperparathyroidism DDx you'd be dealing with? |
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Seizures, tetany, facial rubbing and muscle fasciculations are the history items in this uncommon result of autoimmune disease? |
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What are the two embryological origins of endocrine tissues? |
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Which of the following is a primary cause of hyperfunction? |
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What is the largest endocrine gland of the body? |
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