Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. What is the role of PSA in the male body?

2. If you suddenly lost your pineal gland, which of the following symptoms would you likely experience?

3. With Cushing's Syndrome, cortisol is overproduced by the adrenal glands. Why is this a bad thing?

4. 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?

5. A fish heart has only two chambers: a single atrium and a single ventricle. Which of the following is a reason fish do not need a 4-chambered heart?

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

7. When scientists compared the pineal glands of two birds, one nocturnal and the other diurnal, they noticed that the pineal gland of the nocturnal bird was smaller and less connected. Which hypothesis below supports this finding?