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What is caused by hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism?

Decreased serum phosphate level

Increased secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Bone tissue dystrophy with a decrease of its density

Skeletal muscle twitching or spasm, Weak cardiac contraction

Impairment of the action of hormones, NOT associated with damage to endocrine gland tissue is characteristic of

Decreased expression of hormone receptors on target cells

Lack of neurovascular factor regulating hormone secretion

Decreased secretion of tropic hormone of the adenohypophysis

Deficiency of substrate for hormone formation

Primary and secondary hypocortisolism can be distinguished by the following indicators

Blood plasma cortisol

Blood plasma glucose

Skin pigmentation

Blood plasma sodium

Hypersecretion of somatotropic hormone causes

adrenal insufficiency

Cushing's disease

gigantism / acromegaly

pituitary dwarfism

Typical signs of a TIA include:

loss of consciousness.

transient muscle weakness in a hand or leg.

headache, photophobia, and nuchal rigidity.

rapidly increasing intracranial pressure.

How does the sensitivity of the postsynaptic membrane of the striated muscle to acetylcholine change with damage to the motor nerve?

increases

decreases

stops

does not change

The cause of denervation syndrome is…

loss of effects of the nervous system on organs and tissues

damage to central motor neurons

increased spinal inhibition

disconnection of the cerebral cortex with the subcortical centers

Which of the following is the most common cause of brain damage in children with cerebral palsy?

Hypoxia

Hyperbilirubinemia

Trauma

Hypoglycemia

Which of the following statements is TRUE about malignant brain tumors?

Primary brain tumors rarely metastasize outside the CNS.

Brainstem tumors do not manifest signs until they are quite large.

Most brain tumors arise from malignant neurons.

The blood-brain barrier prevents secondary brain tumors.