Question 1
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor stability
and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis
CORRECT ANSWER
a. positive feedback
Question 2
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
b. gums
Question 3
Which of the following is true?
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,a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly
CORRECT ANSWER
d. there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Question 4
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
Question 5
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at high
altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Acclimatization
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,Question 6
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Iatrogenic
Question 7
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Neonatal
Question 8
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign
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, CORRECT ANSWER
d. Sign
Question 9
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate
CORRECT ANSWER
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Question 10
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
Question 11
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
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An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor stability
and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis
CORRECT ANSWER
a. positive feedback
Question 2
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
b. gums
Question 3
Which of the following is true?
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,a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly
CORRECT ANSWER
d. there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Question 4
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
Question 5
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at high
altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Acclimatization
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,Question 6
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Iatrogenic
Question 7
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Neonatal
Question 8
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign
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, CORRECT ANSWER
d. Sign
Question 9
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate
CORRECT ANSWER
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Question 10
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
Question 11
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
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