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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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

4. What refers to the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What case study does the author use as an example in his discussion of Alzheimer’s in Chapter 5?

2. How treatable are cardiac events, according to the author in Chapter 1?

3. What happened when Dr. Nuland was doing Mr. McCarty’s paperwork, according to the author in Chapter 1?

4. How does the author describe the degeneration of his grandmother in Chapter 3?

5. What seven primary causes of death does the author cite for elderly patients in Chapter 4?

6. What is a pathophysiologist? How does this relate to etymology, according to the author in Chapter 5?

7. What represents progress in cardiac care, according to the author in Chapter 2?

8. What does the author say in relation to the expectation of growing old in Chapter 4?

9. How does the author describe the progression of Alzheimer’s in Chapter 5?

10. How is “legal death” defined by the author in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the body’s need for oxygen and the symptoms and prognosis for shock. What is the significance of the quote, “man is an obligate aerobe”? How much blood is lost before a person enters the state of shock? How does the injury itself (i.e.: where the individual is losing blood from) affect the prognosis?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the major viruses affecting humankind as well as the discovery of the virus and its components. When was the first virus discovered? How? How do viruses replicate? What are common, nonlethal viruses? What are the most deadly viruses?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze mortality rates for the elderly in the past century. How has the lifespan of Americans evolved since 1900? What has caused this increase in the American lifespan? How has the extended lifespan of Americans affected the increase in Alzheimer’s disease?

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