KROK 1 2007 – Question 122 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Inhabitants of territories with cold climate have high content of an adaptive thermoregulatory hormone. What hormone is meant?
- A. Thyroxin
- B. Glucagon
- C. Cortisol
- D. Somatotropin
- E. Insulin
Hint
Think of the hormone whose main effect is to raise basal metabolic rate and heat production, and whose level increases during long-term adaptation to cold.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Physiology
- As a result of damage to certain structures of brainstem an animal lost orientation reflexes. What structures were damaged?
- Osmotic pressure of a man’s blood plasma is 350 mosmole/l (standard pressure is 300 mosmole/l). First of all it will result in high secretion of the…
- A hypertensive glucose solution was introduced to a patient. It will intensify water movement:
- According to audiometry data a patient has a disturbed perception of medium-frequency sounds. It might have been caused by a damage of:
- A woman with III (B), Rh− blood group born a child with II (A) blood group. The child is diagnosed with hemolytic disease of newborn as a result of…
- Long-term starvation cure of a patient resulted in diminished ratio of albumines and globulines in plasma. What of the following will be result of…