Anatomy and Physiology Questions

Which of the following is true about stress and the immune system a Short term bursts of stress have a beneficial impact on a person s immune system b Chronic stress has a beneficial impact on a person s immune system c There is no relationship between stress and the immune system d Short term bursts of stress have a negative impact on a person s immune system

5 points Save Xinyi studied very hard for her nursing board exams while still maintaining her full time job and other responsibilities Two days after she completed her exams she came down with a nasty cold What among the following likely happened to contribute to Xini s illness a It is likely that due to Xinyi s alarm response her amygdala no longer functioned at a healthy level b Xinyi likely has elevated levels of cortisol for too long and has now experienced adrenal fatigue c It is likely that levels in stress hormones Xinyi experienced suppressed the activity of her white blood cells d It is likely that a low platelet count caused by Xinyi s alarm reaction caused her to become ill

5 poin Which among the following is a key difference between positive psychology and humanism a Positive psychology practices less experimental methodology whereas humanism conducts many research experiments b Positive psychology emphasizes scientific research and reasoning whereas humanism does not c Positive psychology focuses more on people who fall within the norm whereas humanism focuses on abnormal psychological experiences in people d Positive psychology studies optimism whereas humanism tends to focus on pessimism

A response to stress that targets the negative emotions arising from the situation is called O a problem focused b emotion focused Oc action focused coping d relationship focused coping coping coping

5 points Save Answer Trey has learned that he has a cardiac problem that requires surgery He is shocked and also fears what lies ahead for him Which among the following scenarios will likely be the healthiest way for Trey to cope with this a Trey decides to educate himself on his condition procedure and follow up treatments so that he has some control over his circumstances b Trey decides not to deal with the stress of his condition at this time by immersing himself in his studies and sports c Trey decides to dismiss the specialist s advice and come up with his own alternative treatment plan d Trey decides to use some escape techniques such as avoiding his appointments and recommendations and diverting his attention elsewhere such as attending parties and concerts

5 points Save Even in very poor areas of the world where vaccinations and antibiotics are available people are still dying of infections and preventable diseases Why a People in poor countries may have vaccinations but still spend a lot of time eating fast food and fatty fried foods b The significant stresses of lack of nutrition resources and the need for long and stressful work still exist c Many individuals do not respond at all to vaccinations that could protect them d People are consistently refusing vaccinations and antibiotics when available

What is likely to happen to individuals who are exposed to alcohol at an early age a They are likely to learn to model appropriate alcohol consumption b They are more likely to develop alcohol dependence later in life c They are likely to avoid alcohol until a much later age d They are likely to see alcohol as a normal beverage that adults sometimes enjoy

5 points How has our definition of health changed in recent years a In recent years health has been defined in terms of the absence of both chronic and acute conditions The past focused mostly on acute conditions b In recent years health has been defined as the absence of disease or illness Save Answer c In recent years the definition of health has expanded to the attainment of a positive state of well being rather than just the absence of disease d In recent years the definition of health has progressed to a more detailed definition that focuses solely on biological malfunction and critical diseases rather than just the absence of all disease

5 points Save Ans Among the following scenarios which best demonstrates resilience when confronted with stress a Frank learns that he will be laid off from his job after working there for 15 years He deals with his stress by confronting the company s CEO with his feelings of anger and loss b Antonio is presented with a project that is difficult to carry out but decides to view this project as a challenge that will also contribute to his personal growth c Chance has experienced a sports related injury He copes with this by avoiding the advice of his trainer and continuing to try to perform his best on the field d Monique is experiencing the loss of a relationship To cope with this she chooses to explain to people all of the ways that her former partner contributed to the demise of their relationship

Selye s alarm reaction phase is the same process as a the behaviorist response Ob Selye s resistance phase Oc Freud s psychoanalytic response Od Cannon s fight or flight response

5 points Save Ans A local community college would like to be perceived as a positive institution among its students Which of the following is the best recommendation for the college to focus its efforts on a The college could ensure that students have a better variety of healthy foods in the cafeteria so they have good nutrition and more energy for studying b The college could invest in a larger study center with more comfortable furniture and snacks c The college could make its policies and student expectations in a student handbook that is made available to each student when they purchase their books for the semester d The college could work on student satisfaction by ensuring that students have the opportunity for growth and engagement

5 points Save Ans You are looking into programs that could help a friend manage their stress better Applying what you have learned about health psychology you emphasize programs that a build upon one s sense of commitment openness to challenge and sense of control b isolate individuals from social circles or anything that would interfere with their ability to focus on their own goals and self concept c utilize recreational substances as a means to relax and deal better with stressful situations d use psychoanalysis to determine unconscious causes of stress

One critical factor in people s happiness is the strength of their a individualism Ob financial standing Oc self awareness Od interpersonal relationships

Martin would like to perform more tasks that elicit gratitude in his relationship Which among the following are the best options a Ensuring that he and his partner sit down together and air out personal grievances and perceived faults with one another b Quality time together and emotional investment doing little things to please his partner c Sending his partner on an expensive vacation so he can get away for a few days and enjoy the beach Od Lavish gifts such as expensive jewelry expensive concerts and or sporting events and trips

In 1900 the leading causes of death in the United States were O a occupational and home accidents Ob heart disease cancers and diabetes c strokes d pneumonia influenza and tuberculosis

5 points Grace retired five years ago but still stays very busy volunteering When she discusses her activities Grace reports that she feels that she is making others lives better an she feels fulfilled Grace is experiencing a individualization b the meaningful life c the pleasant life d self concept Save An

5 points Sav Kolton is physically healthy but wants to work on increasing his level of overall happiness Which among the following would be the best recommendation for Koltor a To increase his happiness Kolton could focus more on enjoying small moments of pleasure such as his favorite dessert b Work harder so he doesn t think about the negatives c Kolton could spend time nurturing close relationships d Getting things done that he s been wanting to do

Which of the following is a trait that positive psychologists recognize as contributing to well being O a prediction Ob anticipation Oc hope Od optimism

A person begins to build a tolerance to alcohol when they a use drugs with alcohol b only drink one type of alcohol Oc drink stronger drinks d have been drinking for a long period of time E

Which of the following is a description of a binge drinker a Malachi who has two shots at the bar every Friday b Hubert who has one drink at a work party with his colleagues c Marisol who has at least 5 drinks when she goes out to the bar d Shelly who has two glasses of wine every Friday

Please define the following Medical Term Endocrinopathy using the following format 1 Divide the word into word parts and label each word part 1 Point 2 Define each word part separately 1 Point 3 Then put the definitions of your word parts together to form a complete and logical definition c the term 1 Point Example on how to define the word Oncology using the above format 1 onc o logy onc word root o combining vowel logy suffix 2 onc o tumor mass logy study of 3 The study of tumors The definition must be in your own words based on what you have learned thus far in the course A dictionary textbook Internet or other outside definition will not count for credit

An injury to the tissue which connects bone to muscle is a a strain

If you have a hard lump at the base of your big toe you probably have a bone spurs

An area of the body which would contain smooth muscle would be stomach and intestines Question 18

Match each test with the most appropriate indication for diagnosis For diagnosing lessening in bone density For diagnosing gout For diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis For diagnosing inflammation as in arthritis bone scan DEXA Choose Choose uric acid rheumatoid factor erythrocyte sedimentation rate bone scan DEXA Choose

Which statement best describes how manufacturing innovations led to growth in cities A As more goods were available people had more time to enjoy entertainment options in the city B As factories grew more people moved to the city looking for white collar jobs C As goods became cheaper people moved to cities to find jobs in new department stores D As factories grew more people moved to the city looking for fin

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first time that A the United States passed legislation preventing immigrants from legally working in the United States B the United States designated specific land areas where immigrants had to live OC the United States barred immigration based on national origin D the United States forced immigrants from a specific country to leave

dmij 1pqqu on to 5 Correctly identify both intact and transected cut muscles depicted in the illustration using the key given at the right Key IC a b C d biceps brachii cut deltoid external oblique e internal oblique pectoralis major pectoralis minor rectus abdominis f g h external intercostals i j serratus anterior trapezius

8 The events that occur at a neuromuscular junction are depicted below Identify every structure provided with a leader line Note The pink arrows depict the propagation of the action potential Key a b d c myelinated axon of motor neuron e f axon terminal of motor neuron g h motor neuron axon branch i j muscle fiber sarcolemma of muscle fiber synaptic cleft synaptic vesicle containing ACh terminal cistern of the SR triad T tubule intenses cial DIFO

5 The drawing and photomicrograph below show a relaxed sand cated by a leader line or bracket The number 2 in parentheses indicates that the structure will be labeled twice Key a b C d e f actin filament A band H zone I band 2 M line myosin filament AAAAAAAAAAA sheath 4 g Z disc 2 6 On the following figure label the endomysium epimysium a fascicle a muscle fiber a myofibril perimysium and the tendon sheath

9 Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious bacterial infection Necrosis is death of tissues in the body Considering the organization of the connective tissue sheaths of skeletal muscle explain how this infection could spread rapidly throughout the body 10 The bacterium Clostridium botulinum secretes botulinum toxin a neurotoxin The toxin blocks the release of acetylcholine from the axon terminal of a motor neuron Explain how the toxin binding would change the normal sequence of events at the neuromuscular junction

5 points Save Answ Axel is a psychologist studying language development in human infants He provides babies with a series of letters at six weeks old and again on their first birthday and measures how long they look at each letter as an indicator of their interest in the stimulus What is he likely to find if he compares the babies interest in the letters at the two time points a Babies will look at consonants for longer at one year old compared to at six weeks old b How long the babies look at each letter is dependent upon their cultural background c Babies will look at the letters for the same amount of time at each assessment d Babies will look at vowels for longer at one year old compared to at six weeks old

5 points Save Michelle is deaf and uses American Sign Language ASL to communicate She suffers a stroke in the right hemisphere of her brain What is likely to happen to her abi to communicate a She will be able to produce ASL but unable to comprehend any other language b She will be able to read language but unable to produce ASL c She will not experience any deficits in using language to communicate d She will be unable to recognize differences in gestures used in ASL

5 points Terrance is getting ready to start elementary school His older sister explains to him what a classroom is like by describing in detail her kindergarten classroom In this example she is helping him form a concept of a classroom using a functional fixedness b an exemplar c overlapping features d a prototype Save

5 points Save Answ Paul is dissatisfied with the fact that he is spontaneous when making decisions and often chooses risky options over safer alternatives Paul thinks he will never get better at making decisions and considers deferring all future major decisions to his wife Is Paul correct in this assessment a Yes decision making ability is fixed once an individual s prefrontal cortex has fully matured b No decision making is a skill that he can be taught at any age c No because peers including spouses are likely to have the same level of decision making ability d Yes he may be able to learn to make occasional safe decisions but his default will always be to choose the risky option

5 points Save A Celeste is unsure whether she should stay home to study this weekend or attend her college s football game To make this decision she conducts a cost benefit analysis outlining the possible outcomes of each option and weighing the probability of each In this scenario Celeste is using a utility theory b an algorithm c an exemplar d framing effects

Which of the following examples best supports Gardner s theory of multiple intelligences a Pilar scores similarly to children two grades ahead of her on an IQ test b Lisa earns straight As in all of her college courses c Ricky has autism spectrum disorder and scores below his peers on an IQ test d Mario is a gifted mathematician but is completely unable to play an instrument t

Wernicke s area is located in the brain s a frontal lobe b parietal lobe Oc temporal lobe d occipital lobe

5 poin Raul is a baker who considers himself an expert at knowing different variations of bread Whorf s hypothesis of linguistic relativity suggests that Raul will a think about bread in the same way as someone with a more limited knowledge of bread b think differently about bread compared to someone with a more limited knowledge of bread c be able to name more words that rhyme with bread compared to someone with a more limited knowledge of bread d be able to name fewer words that rhyme with bread compared to someone with a more limited knowledge of bread

Compared to children with average IQ scores children with superior IQ scores demonstrate a thickening in their brain s gray matter at a the same age b an older age c a faster rate d a younger age

5 poim Claude is an artist known for turning common household goods into stunning sculptures Claude s ability to use these goods in this manner suggests he is a high in functional fixedness b low in functional fixedness c using the representativeness heuristic d using the availability heuristic

Mabel has Williams Syndrome Which of the following best describes how this condition affects language development a She is more likely to be bilingual than her peers b She will likely know more words than her peers c She will likely know fewer words than her peers d She will be unable to communicate using language

5 points Galen is a real estate agent who wants to increase the number of potential buyers that attend his open houses He decides to address this problem by changing his advertisements After three months of using the new advertisements he decides to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy Which of the following describes a way for Galen to carry out his plan a comparing the number of people who attend his open house to the national average he finds online b comparing the number of people who attend his open house now to other agents in his area c comparing the number of people who attend his open houses now to the number of people who attended before he changed his advertising d getting data from the advertising company as to whether people click on his ads more than others featured on the same site Save An

5 points When asked to think of a dog both Ryan and Webb bring to mind the mental image of a Beagle to represent the concept of dog What is the best explanation for both men having the same exemplar for this concept a Both men have only ever owned Beagles as dogs b Both men are adults which means they have the same exemplars for all concepts c All humans use Beagles as the exemplar for dogs d Both men have owned dogs before but never a Beagle Save

According to Simon and Binet s original conceptualization of intelligence which child would have the highest mental age a Lily a five year old who performed similar to other five year olds on a mental task b Scout a seven year old who performed similar to six year old children on a mental task c Louis a four year old who performed similar to six year old children on a mental task d Marnie an eight year old who performed similar to nine year old children on a mental task

Lewis Terman calculated children s intelligence quotient IQ by a dividing their mental age by their chronological age and multiplying by 100 b subtracting their chronological age from 100 Oc dividing their chronological age by their mental age and multiplying by 100 Od subtracting their mental age from 100

5 points Save Irina is in the hospital for a suspected stroke Her doctors ask her to describe her symptoms to them They notice that Irina is having trouble with speech production and isn t able to tell them Which of the following disorders would best describe Irina s circumstance a dyslexia O b Williams syndrome Oc Down syndrome Od Broca s aphasia

GOPEDIA 31 Which structure above is phagocytic destroying pathogens in the process 31 A a B b C c 32 Which structure on the diagram is an astrocyte 32 A a B b x C c

33 These support cells are found in the central nervous 33 system A astrocytes and satellite cells 3 oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells C astrocytes and ependymal cells D Schwann cells and satellite cells

w W www wwww www www wwww 1 F G H In this diagram of a sarcomere which of the labeled parts structures will shorten as the sarcomere contracts A A and B B B and C C A and G D A and H C D E 34