________ approaches understanding of the human body by studying the interactions of its parts.
A) Vitalism
B) Rationalism
C) Reductionism
D) Naturalism
E) Holism
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Question 2) Some ________ neurons are specialized to detect stimuli, whereas ________ neurons send signals to the effectors of the nervous system.
A) afferent; efferent
B) efferent; afferent
C) afferent; association
D) motor; sensory
E) efferent; association
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Question 3) You can smell the fragrance of your deodorant when you just put it on, but after a little while the smell fades. What explains this phenomenon?
A) The sensory projection of the sense of smell
B) The projection pathway of the sense of smell
C) The tonic nature of the sense of smell
D) The fast adaptation of the primary olfactory cortex to the smell of your deodorant
E) The phasic nature of the sense of smell
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Question 4) Arterial flow to the lower limb comes from the external iliac artery.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 5) Which of the following is the most common spinal curvature deformity?
A) Lordosis B) Kyphosis C) Scoliosis D) Herniation E) Osteosis
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Question 6) A mutation is ________.
A) a change in size or shape of a cell
B) a neutral change in DNA structure
C) a harmful change in DNA structure
D) a beneficial change in DNA structure
E) a change in DNA structure that might be beneficial, harmful, or neutral
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Question 7) Nerves are ________ of the nervous system.
A) tissues
B) organ systems
C) cells
D) organs
E) organelles
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Question 8) Changes in blood pressure are detected by ________ in certain arteries.
A) nociceptors
B) proprioceptors
C) thermoreceptors
D) chemoreceptors
E) mechanoreceptors
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Question 9) Taking apart a clock to see how it works is similar to ________ thinking about human physiology.
A) holistic
B) evolutionary
C) reductionist
D) comparative
E) inductive
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Question 10) Blood filtered through the hepatic sinusoids exits the liver via the hepatic veins.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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