Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. Why aren’t antibiotics useful during a common cold infection?

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

3. When doctors measure your blood pressure, they take two measurements. One is higher pressure, while the other is lower pressure. How does this correspond to the cardiac cycle?

4. Which of the following is released by the posterior pituitary?

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

6. What are the 3 main parts of the respiratory system?

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