Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. Match the correct symptom with a deficiency in ACTH, per the article:

2. Why do babies have more bones than adults?

3. Phantom pain is a phenomenon in which someone loses a limb to an accident or amputation, but can still feel pain in the limb after it is gone. To treat this condition, doctors sometimes stimulate nerves in other parts of the body, such as nerves in the face when someone suffers phantom pain in their arm. Why does this stop the pain from the phantom limb?

4. Which of these diseases has a clear genetic cause?

5. Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system?

6. The lymphatic system is important for which of the following reasons?

7. When thyroid hormone levels are low, the pituitary gland will release ______ TSH?