ANSWER: Normal functions.
Quiz What do Phase IV clinical drug trials involve?
,ANSWER: Testing a drug only on the specific human population who have the condition that the drug is
intended to treat.
Quiz What is the result of negative feedback?
ANSWER: A response that opposes the original deviation from normal.
Quiz Is blood clotting an example of positive feedback?
ANSWER: Yes, because the action of the effector enhances the stimulus.
Quiz What is the purpose of daily thyroid hormone replacement medication?
ANSWER: To maintain normal thyroid hormone levels.
Quiz What does stratified epithelial tissue provide?
ANSWER: Protection, but it does not transport substances between the internal and external
environments.
Quiz What is the function of sebaceous glands?
ANSWER: To lubricate the skin.
Quiz Can enamel be regenerated?
,ANSWER: No, enamel cannot be regenerated.
Quiz How can motor nerve fibers in the skin regulate blood flow?
ANSWER: By affecting the diameter of cutaneous blood vessels.
Quiz Are blood plasma and interstitial fluid separated from each other?
ANSWER: Yes, but there is communication and exchange between these fluids.
Quiz What does physiology emphasize?
ANSWER: Cause-and-effect mechanisms.
Quiz What is the study of how disease or injury alters physiological processes called?
ANSWER: Pathophysiology.
Quiz What is the first step in the scientific method?
ANSWER: The formation of a hypothesis.
Quiz Which phase of clinical trials maximizes the number of test participants?
ANSWER: Phase III clinical trials.
, Quiz What do Phase I clinical trials NOT involve?
ANSWER: Testing on the target human population.
Quiz What is the term for measurements in an experiment where the subject's group status is
unknown?
ANSWER: Blind measurement.
Quiz What makes a hypothesis scientific?
ANSWER: It can be tested.
Quiz What must a theory be based on to be considered scientific?
ANSWER: Reproducible data.
Quiz What is the normal range of blood glucose concentration after fasting?
ANSWER: Approximately 70 to 99 mg/100 ml.
Quiz What is the normal range of arterial blood pH?
ANSWER: 7.35-7.45.