Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. Which of these is a function of the respiratory system?

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

3. How will darkness affect melatonin secretion? Choose the best answer.

4. Match the correct symptom with overexpression of LH, per the article:

5. 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?

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

7. A pacemaker is a small electrical device inserted into the chest, which sends a repetitive signal to the sinoatrial node. Why would this be necessary?