Anatomy and Physiology Quiz 1

1. 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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2. What would be a consequence of removing the prostate gland from an otherwise healthy male?

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3. Why can a high protein diet lead to blood acidification?

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4. Why is the hyoid bone called a floating bone?

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5. What is the name of the gland analogous to the prostate gland, but found within females?

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

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7. Which of these organs secretes glucagon?

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