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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Increases.
(b) Begins to stagger.
(c) Remains stagnant.
(d) Decreases.

2. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 56.
(b) 29.
(c) 35.
(d) 43.

3. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to any detached, traveling intravascular mass carried by circulation which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site distant from its point of origin?
(a) Agonal.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Embolus.
(d) Atria.

5. What is described by the author in Chapter 5 as a physician who will investigate a disease by evaluating its origins and symptoms?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Pathophysiologist.
(c) Radiologist.
(d) Optometrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

2. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?

4. What does TIA stand for?

5. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?

(see the answer key)

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