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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?
(a) 56.
(b) 78.
(c) 68.
(d) 61.

2. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Neoplasm.
(d) Aphasia.

3. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(b) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(c) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(d) “Looking after the sick and injured.”

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?
(a) Asphyxia.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Exsanguination.
(d) Metastasis.

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Shock.
(d) Cellular aging.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

2. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

3. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?

5. What is the title of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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