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Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. If your spinal cord is damaged, why might you lose the ability to move your limbs?

A.The spinal cord carries nerve signals from the brain, to the body, and back again.

B.This does not happen when your spinal cord is damaged.

C.You need your spinal cord to send hormonal signals to your arms and legs.

2. Which of these statements about the CNS is NOT true?

A.The CNS is made of the brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves

B.The CNS is protected by skeletal structures, three meningeal membranes, and CSF

C.The cerebellum receives auditory and visual stimuli to coordinate autonomic functions

D.None of the above

3. If you are working around patients with tuberculosis, why is it important that you get vaccinated for the disease?

A.It is not important, you will be fine.

B.TB can be asymptomatic, but can still cause lung damage

C.There is no vaccine for TB

D.None of the above.

4. Which of the following is NOT an important function of the digestive system?

A.Eliminating wastes from the blood.

B.Breaking down macromolecules within food to provide energy.

C.Regulating digestive enzymes.

5. Which of these is an inflammatory condition?

A.Lordosis

B.Scoliosis

C.Kyphosis

D.Arthritis

6. Why do diseases involving abnormally folded proteins preferentially attack the nervous system?

A.There are more proteins in neurons

B.Neurons do not have the capacity to rectify misfolded proteins

C.Neurons have a limited capacity for regeneration

D.All of the above

7. A miracle of modern science is the heart transplant. Doctors, using the still viable heart from a deceased person, can replace the heart of someone who has a bad or damaged heart. The doctors simply put the patient on life support, remove their heart, put the new one in and shock it back into rhythm. Why does electricity reactivate the heart?

A.Nerves work by passing electrical signals

B.Muscles are stimulated by electrical signals

C.Once reactivated, the heart tissue can excite itself

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