While Checking the Lab Results for a Patient with Graves

question 26

Multiple Choice

While checking the lab results for a patient with Graves disease,the nurse would check the T₃ level to be abnormally:

• A) Low
• B) High
• C) Variable
• D) Absent

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Definitions:

Precapillary Sphincters

Circular muscular valves located at the entrance of capillaries, regulating blood flow into the capillary beds according to the body's needs.

Tunica Media

Middle, usually muscular, coat of an artery or another tubular structure.

Capillary Beds

Networks of capillaries, the smallest blood vessels, that facilitate the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and tissues.

Precapillary Sphincters

Circular muscular valves located at the entrance of capillary beds, controlling blood flow into those beds.