1. Which of these endocrine glands situated in the brain interacts closely with the hypothalamus?
2. Why do diseases involving abnormally folded proteins preferentially attack the nervous system?
3. Which of these endocrine disorders can specifically affect women during the course of pregnancy?
4. If your pituitary gland was removed, what would happen to CRH production in the Hypothalamus? (Look at the graphic of the relationship between the pituitary and hypothalamus for help.)
5. 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?
6. Where is the pituitary gland located?
7. Which of these statements about the CNS is NOT true?
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