Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. 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?

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2. Which of these organs contains the pyloric sphincter?

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3. Which of these sections of the small intestine receives chyme from the stomach?

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4. Which of the following is NOT a function of the autonomic nervous system?

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5. If your pituitary gland was removed, what would happen to CRH production in the Hypothalamus? (Look at the graphic of the relationship between the pituitary and hypothalamus for help.)

 

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6. Why would workers in a shipyard exposed to asbestos be at a higher risk for coronary artery disease?

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7. Which of these statements about the vagus nerve is true?

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