What are the two major physical changes in the brain that are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease?
a. aluminum deposition and edema
b. amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
c. amyloid plaques and hypertrophy
d. calcification and hypertrophy
e. aluminum deposition and neurofibrillary tangles
b
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A) leptin B) ghrelin C) thyroid hormone D) cholecystokinin
Night blindness can be caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?
a. Vitamin K b. Vitamin A c. Vitamin D d. Biotin
Which portion of the nutrition care process requires appropriate data collection?
a. Nutrition diagnosis b. Nutrition assessment c. Nutrition collection d. Nutrition intervention e. Nutrition prescription
Pathophysiological factors related to diabetes include all of the following except:
a. cells do not respond to insulin. b. the pancreas may not produce insulin at all. c. beta cells do not secrete adequate levels of insulin. d. symptoms correlate with the degree of hyperglycemia.