Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Adrenal virilism occurs when the adrenal cortex of a man produces too much androgen.
2. A syndrome is a group of symptoms and signs that present a clinical picture of a disease.
3. Pheochromocytoma is usually a cancerous tumor of the adrenal medulla.
4. Ketoacidosis may result in death of a diabetic patient.
5. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Answer 1

1. FALSE
Adrenal virilism occurs when the adrenal cortex of a woman, not a man, produces
too much androgen.
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
Pheochromocytoma is usually a benign tumor, not a cancerous tumor, of the
adrenal medulla.
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
Type 2, not Type 1, diabetes mellitus is also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus.