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QUESTION 21 So Young is an 8 year old boy who has come to your health care clinic for a physical and complains of constant fatigue and says his favorite "sport" is Playstation Upon talking to his mother, you find out that his fasting glucose is chronically 300, well above normal limits for his age. She also brings in a copy of his pancreas blopsy which state that 8046 of his beta cells are destroyed. Based on your understanding of the types of diabetes, which of the following does so most likely to have? Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1) Diabetes Mellitus (Type II) Diabetes insipidus Diabetic Shock QUESTION 22 Hormones that stimulate endocrine cells elsewhere in the body to release their hormones are referred to as: Hypothalamic hormones Pituitary hormones Trophic/Tropic hormones Thalamic hormones

Answer 1

1. Diabetes Mellitus type I.

The blood sugar of young is very high considering that beta cells of pancreas is destroyed and not producing insulin to balance the glucose level in blood.That would have happened due to the her own immune system attacked on the beta cells of pancreas and destroying it.This condition is diabetes mellitus type I occurs due to autoimmune disease. The type II diabetes mellitus develops when the enough insulin is not produced by beta cells of pancreas or body becomes resistant to it.The diabetes insipidus develops due to the less production of the Vasopressin from the posterior pituitary causes production of lots of tasteless urine.Diabetic shock refers to the condition when blood glucose becomes very low (hypoglycemia).

2.Trophic /tropic hormones

The tropic hormones stimulates the endocrine cells elsewhere in the body to release their hormones.The example of the tropic hormones are - FSH and LH, ACTH and TSH. Other hormones mentioned in option A,B ,D directly stimulate the target cells.