Case 1: The Cold ColonelYou are called upon to visit the ailing Col. Lemon. Before you see him, you speak with three witnesses who were with himwhen he fell ill.Witness statements:I Ms. Magenta: “Col. Lemon has been hot-blooded for as long as I've known him. But I noticed that he couldn'tseem to keep warm. He kept complaining about being cold..."I Mr. Olive: “Just between you and me, I've noticed that the old chap has put on quite a bit of weight lately."I Professor Purple: “The colonel and I used to go on major expeditions together. Now he just doesn't seem to havethe energy to do much of anything." You see the colonel and collect some blood to send off to the lab. The analysis comes back as follows:T3 (triiodothyronine): 0.03 ng/dl (normal: 0.2–0.5 ng/dl)T4 (thyroxine): 1.1 µg/dl (normal: 4-7 µg/dl)TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone): 86 mU/A (normal: 0.3–4.0 mU/A)d?Based upon the witness statements and the laboratory analysis, what is your final diagnosis?

Hormones are defined as the chemical messengers that are produced from the endocrine gland. These…

You see the colonel and collect some blood to send off to the lab. The analysis comes back as follows: T3 (triiodothyronine): 0.03 ng/dl (normal: 0.2-0.5 ng/dl) T4 (thyroxine): 1.1 pg/dl (normal: 4-7 µg/dl) TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone): 86 mU/ (normal: 0.3-4.0 mU/) Based upon the witness statements and the laboratory analysis, what is your final diagnosis?

You see the colonel and collect some blood to send off to the lab. The analysis comes back as follows: T3 (triiodothyronine): 0.03 ng/dl (normal: 0.2-0.5 ng/dl) T4 (thyroxine): 1.1 pg/dl (normal: 4-7 µg/dl) TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone): 86 mU/ (normal: 0.3-4.0 mU/) Based upon the witness statements and the laboratory analysis, what is your final diagnosis?

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

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