Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. Correctly identify the zone of the adrenal cortex that releases cortisol:

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

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

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4. 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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5. If a person's thyroid gland is malfunctioning, which of the following consequences will be readily observed?

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

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7. Which of the following is the main role of the prostate?

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