Deck 17: Pancreas

Question 1

The alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas produce:

A) Insulin.
B) Glucagon.
C) Somatostatin.
D) Pancreatic polypeptide.

Answer 1

Glucagon.

Question 2

All of the following are tests of exocrine pancreatic function EXCEPT:

A) Secretin/cholecystokinin.
B) Pancreatic elastase.
C) Fecal fat.
D) Insulin.

Answer 2

Insulin.

Question 3

The gold standard for evaluating pancreatic exocrine function is:

A) Secretin/cholecystokinin.
B) Pancreatic elastase.
C) Fecal fat.
D) Insulin.

Answer 3

Secretin/cholecystokinin.

Question 4

Slide 2 in the fecal fat procedure measures:

A) Neutral fats (triglycerides).
B) Soaps and neutral fats.
C) Fatty acids, soaps and neutral fats.
D) Soaps.

Question 5

Insulin and C-peptide levels are important in diagnosing:

A) Glucagonomas.
B) Insulinomas.
C) Somatostatinomas.
D) Pancreatic neoplasms.

Question 6

The marker for colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma is:

A) CA 19-9.
B) CA 15-3.
C) CA 27-29.
D) CA-125.

Question 7

Which enzyme serves as the activator for the remaining pancreatic enzymes?

A) Chymotrypsin
B) Phospholipase-A₂
C) Trypsin
D) Elastase

Question 8

Ranson's Indicators of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis include all of the following tests EXCEPT:

A) Glucose.
B) Lactate dehydrogenase.
C) BUN.
D) Alanine transaminase.

Question 9

Complications of acute pancreatitis include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Adult respiratory distress syndrome.
B) Hypotriglyceridemia.
C) Pseudocyst formation.
D) Splenic varices.

Question 10

A neoplasm that blocks the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas is:

A) Insulinoma.
B) Somatostatinoma.
C) Glucagonoma.
D) Pancreatic cancer.

Question 11

Laboratory evidence of which protein is diagnostic of cystic fibrosis?

A) Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein
B) Cystic fibrosis regulator protein
C) Cystic fibrosis sweat protein
D) All of the above