Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. Where is the pituitary gland located?

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

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4. A group of surgeons is working hard on a liver transplant. The procedure lasts for over 12 hours during which time they were mostly standing, focusing deeply, and looking intently at the surgical surfaces. If it was possible to measure their physiological parameters, which of these changes would be seen in their bodies?

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5. Which of these is an inflammatory condition?

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6. Which of the following organs is MOST LIKELY to be impaired if blood urea nitrogen levels are high?

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7. Meat, carbonated beverages, cheese, eggs and even milk have been linked to a decrease in blood pH. How might these things affect bone health?

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