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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to neurotransmitters that are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm?
(a) Atria.
(b) Ventricles.
(c) Metabolomics.
(d) Endorphins.

2. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?
(a) Reproduce.
(b) Die.
(c) Become infected.
(d) Fight disease.

3. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Myocardial infarction.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Asphyxia.

4. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

5. What refers to systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind?
(a) Microbiology.
(b) Pathophysiology.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Metabolomics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In examining the “Near-Death Experience” in Chapter 6, Dr. Nuland presents statistics from the case studies of what psychologist?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?

3. What term from Chapter 6 refers to something pertaining to or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes?

4. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?

5. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

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