you have patients that have been involved in a car accident, a serious fall, a boxing match and a skiing accident. Due to their injuries, their bodies will undergo a tremendous amount of tissue repair. Which of the following would have the lowest positive impact on their bodies; abilities to mend the tissue damage caused by their injuries and why? a) increased calcium levels b) increased O2 levels c) increase in insulin levels d) increased nitric oxide levels e) increased angiotensin II levels

Ema, aged one year, and her mother Ogwa recently moved to Canterbury from Nigeria. On 2 January, Ogwa brought Ema to A&E, concerned about Ema’s severely swollen hands and feet and persistent extreme irritability. Ogwa is generally fit and well. Until now, Ema has had no medical issues. Ema’s father is also well and healthy with no known medical issues. (He remains in Nigeria temporarily due to the nature of his work and plans to join his wife and daughter in Canterbury soon.) No one in the family has participated in any disease screening programmes. Your lab is to undertake a full blood count, blood films and Hb electrophoresis for both the mother and daughter. Unfortunately, the sample of blood to be used to make Ema’s blood films was lost when it was accidentally dropped by the courier upon delivery to your lab. As blood samples were also sent for further tests to a hospital in London, the lab there has kindly agreed to use an aliquot of the blood sample to make and analyse the…

Under stressful conditions epinephrine is released from the adrenal medulla. The release of epinephrine has which of the following effects on glucose metabolism? A) glycogenolysis is stimulated B) glycogenesis is inhibited C) adenylate cyclase is activated D) Both A and B E) All of the above

Osteoclast activity decreases a) Growth hormone (GH) b) Calcitonin c) Sex steroids d) Parathormone (PTH)