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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes all of the following except one, which is the exception?

When the metabolic demands of the heart exceed the ability of the coronary arteries to supply adequate oxygen and blood flow to the heart, it is known as:

Blood volume, peripheral resistance and cardiac output are all components related to:

Thiazide diuretics decrease blood pressure by inhibiting sodium chloride (NaCl) reuptake back into the blood.

Which enzyme is responsible for switching between glycogen synthesis and glycogen breakdown, and how is it regulated?

Which enzyme catalyzes the conversion of glucose-1-phosphate to UDP-glucose?

How does epinephrine regulate glycogen metabolism in muscle cells?

What is the starting substrate for phosphoglucomutase?

Which of the following describes the dual function of the glycogen debranching enzyme during glycogen breakdown?

Even though he feels fine, a 55-year-old Asian patient is worried. He knows he is carrying too much weight because he is 5 feet 8 inches and weighs over 250 pounds and that he doesn’t eat right. His diet has too much fat in it, he hates fruit, and rarely eats vegetables. He works for the local department store and has a very hectic schedule. He has two close relatives who died of prostate cancer, his father at age 60 and his brother at age 56. He asks the nurse if he too should worry about prostate cancer.  As a nurse what risk factors for prostate does your patient have? (Select all that apply)