Researchers in the Netherlands studied the effects of parental care giving in European kestrels over 5 years. The researchers transferred chicks among nests to produce reduced broods (three or four chicks), normal broods (five or six), and enlarged broods (seven or eight). They then measured the percentage of male and female parent birds that survived the following winter. (Both males and females provide care for chicks.) Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from this graph?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Oxytocin is formed primarily in the paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus. Which of the following statement is FALSE regarding oxytocin?

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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is treated with thiazide diuretics. The usefulness of thiazide diuretics in treating nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is explained as follows:

a. Thiazide diuretics inhibit Na+ reabsorption in the early distal tubule. By preventing dilution of the urine at that site, the final, excreted urine is less dilute.

b. Thiazide diuretics decrease glomerular filtration rate; because less water is filtered, less water is excreted.

c. Thiazide diuretics, by increasing Na+ excretion, can cause a secondary ECF volume contraction.

Which one of the following combination of above statements is correct?

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The factors that stimulate or inhibit the secretion of ADH by the posterior pituitary are:

a. Pain, nausea, hypoglycemia, and various drugs all inhibit the secretion of ADH. 

b. Pain, nausea, hypoglycemia, and various drugs all stimulate the secretion of ADH. 

c. Ethanol, α-adrenergic agonists, and atrial natriuretic peptide inhibit secretion of ADH.

d. Nicotine, opiates, antineoplastic agents stimulate the secretion of ADH. 

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?

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Primary site of action of thiazide diuretics in the nephron is;

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ADH has two actions, one on the kidney and the other on vascular smooth muscle, these actions are mediated by different receptors, different intracellular mechanisms, and different secondary messengers.

a. The major action of ADH is to increase the water permeability of principal cells in the late distal tubule and collecting duct.

b. The receptor for ADH on the principal cells is a V2 receptor, which is coupled to adenylyl cyclase via a Gs protein. 

c. The second messenger is cAMP, via phosphorylation steps, directs the insertion of water channels, aquaporin 2 (AQP2), in luminal membranes.

d. The receptor for ADH on the principal cells is a V1 receptor, which is coupled to phospholipase C via Gq protein.

Which one of the following combination of above statements is correct?

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Vasopressin has two actions, one on the kidney and the other on vascular smooth muscle, Contraction of vascular smooth muscle are mediated by different receptors, different intracellular mechanisms, and different second messengers,

a. The receptor for ADH on vascular smooth muscle is a V1 receptor

b. The receptor for ADH on the vascular smooth muscle is a V2 receptor

c. The second messenger for this action is IP3/Ca2+ 

d. The second messenger is cAMP.

Which of the above is/are correct?