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Final Exam: NR 507 / NR507 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pathophysiology | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain
Question:
The most common disorder of thyroid function
Answer:
Hypothyroidism
Question:
What percentage of the U.S. population does hypothyroidism affect?
Answer:
0.1% - 2%
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Question:
Hypothyroidism is most common in?
Answer:
Women and the elderly
Question:
What hormone is released by the anterior pituitary?
Answer:
thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Question:
What hormone is produced in the hypothalamus?
Answer:
Thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH)
Question:
What disease is caused from hyperthyroidism?
Answer:
Graves' disease
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Question:
What are the two categories of ophthalmopathy associated with Graves' disease?
Answer:
Functional abnormalities Infiltrative changes
Question:
Ophthalmopathy functional abnormalities are
Answer:
Lag of the globe on upward gaze or a lag of the upper lid on downward gaze caused by hyperactivity of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
Question:
Ophthalmopathy infiltrative changes are
Answer:
Protrusion of the eyeball (exophthalmos) caused from increased secretion of hyaluronic acid, adipogenesis, inflammation, and edema of the orbital contents and strabismus and diplopia caused from periorbital edema, and extra ocular muscle weakness.
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Question:
Two distinguishing factors of Graves' disease are
Answer:
Pretibial myxedema Exophthalmos
Question:
exophthalmos
Answer:
protrusion of the eyeball
Question:
pretibial myxedema
Answer:
dry, waxy swelling of the front surfaces of the lower legs
Question:
Hyperthyroidism treatment goal
Answer:
Directed at controlling excessive TH production, secretion, or action
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