Which of the following medications is used to treat hyperglycemia?
A) corticosteroids
B) insulin
C) aquaretics
D) thyroid replacement hormone
B) insulin
Insulin is used to lower blood sugar levels. Corticosteroids treat Addison's disease.
Aquaretics treat hyponatremia. Thyroid replacement hormone replaces thyroid hormones in
hyposecretion disorders of the thyroid.
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Fill in the missing word in the definition for the key term.
A child with cystic fibrosis (CF) asks the nurse why he has this disease, but his parents are perfectly healthy. The nurse explains:
A) Environmental conditions affect on alleles and therefore who get CF B) Both parents are carriers and have a recessive genotype with alleles for CF. C) One of your parents may have a mild recessive form of CF. D) Both parents have homozygous pairing of two alleles for CF.
Myofibril strands within muscles contain
A) fascicles. B) actin and myosin. C) motor units. D) smooth muscle.
Excessive formation and growth of normal cells is:
A) hypercalcemia. B) hyperkalemia. C) hyperplasia. D) hyperhidrosis.