Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

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

2. Why is massage sometimes recommended to reduce lymphedema?

3. Which of these endocrine disorders can specifically affect women during the course of pregnancy?

4. Which of these pathogen:disease pairs is correct?

5. When you bite into a crisp, sweet apple you can feel something within your cheek reacting strongly. What is this sensation?

6. 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?

7. 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?