Maybe I'm just completely misunderstanding but I've taken a couple of MCAT tests and every time they ask me, for example
"An RIA for antidiuretic hormone (ADH) performed on a healthy person yielded a concentration of 3 pg/mL. If an RIA were performed on a patient suffering from severe blood loss, which of the following ADH concentrations would the RIA most likely yield"
The stuff about RIA is irrelevant. The point is, I'm wondering if this question is asking for the levels of ADH that will cause a person to suffer from severe blood loss or how ADH levels will respond in response to a person having severe blood loss.
Another example would be
"If the pH of blood were to increase to 7.6, what would be the likely outcome?"
So is this question asking what will happen when the body is more basic --> increase in CO2 exhalation
OR
is it asking what will the body do to bring the pH level down to 7.4 (normal body pH level)?? --> decrease in CO2 exhalation
I completely understand these mechanisms but it's difficult to determine what exactly the question is asking and I am always stuck between two choices.
"An RIA for antidiuretic hormone (ADH) performed on a healthy person yielded a concentration of 3 pg/mL. If an RIA were performed on a patient suffering from severe blood loss, which of the following ADH concentrations would the RIA most likely yield"
The stuff about RIA is irrelevant. The point is, I'm wondering if this question is asking for the levels of ADH that will cause a person to suffer from severe blood loss or how ADH levels will respond in response to a person having severe blood loss.
Another example would be
"If the pH of blood were to increase to 7.6, what would be the likely outcome?"
So is this question asking what will happen when the body is more basic --> increase in CO2 exhalation
OR
is it asking what will the body do to bring the pH level down to 7.4 (normal body pH level)?? --> decrease in CO2 exhalation
I completely understand these mechanisms but it's difficult to determine what exactly the question is asking and I am always stuck between two choices.