The three levels of dysfunction that may be evaluated in a patient with an endocrine problem are primary, secondary, and tertiary.
The possible defective sites that correspond to these primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of dysfunction are, respectively:
A) Pituitary, target gland, hypothalamus
B) Hypothalamus, target gland, pituitary
C) Pituitary, hypothalamus, target gland
D) Target gland, pituitary, hypothalamus
E) Target gland, hypothalamus, pituitary
Question 2
Urinary aminolevulinic acid (ALA) levels are increased in all of the following disorders, except:
A) Acute intermittent porphyria
B) Coproporphyria
C) Protoporphyria
D) Variegate porphyria