Which condition listed is one of the most common causes of mental retardation and the most common preventable cause of birth defects in the United States?
a) Emesis gravidarum
b) Metafemale syndrome
c) Turner's syndrome
d) Fetal alcohol syndrome
e) Klinefelter's syndrome
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Question 2) Where is the body's thermostat located?
a) Cerebral cortex
b) Preoptic area of the hypothalamus
c) Postoptic area of the hypothalamus
d) Thalamus
e) Cerebellum
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Question 3) Which of the following is a long drawn and deep inhalation immediately followed by a shorter but forceful exhalation?
a) sobbing
b) yawning
c) sighing
d) hiccupping
e) Valsalva maneuver
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Question 4) Which condition listed is a sex chromosome aneuploidy characterized by at least 3 X chromosomes (XXX)?
a) Emesis gravidarum
b) Metafemale syndrome
c) Turner's syndrome
d) Lethal gene
e) Klinefelter's syndrome
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Question 5) Which of the following is a deep inhalation through a widely opened mouth producing an exaggerated depression of the mandible, the precise cause of which is unknown?
a) sobbing
b) yawning
c) coughing
d) laughing
e) hiccupping
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Question 6) Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the metabolic rate and the rate of heat production?
a) Hormones
b) Nervous system
c) Food ingestion
d) Age
e) All of these are factors
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Question 7) Which condition listed is an infectious disease of childbirth resulting from an infection originating in the birth canal and affecting the mother's endometrium?
a) Emesis gravidarum
b) Puerperal fever
c) Turner's syndrome
d) Fetal alcohol syndrome
e) Klinefelter's syndrome
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Question 8) Which of the following is a series of convulsive inhalations followed by a single prolonged exhalation where the rima glottidis closes earlier than normal after each inhalation so only a little air enters the lung with each inhalation?
a) sobbing
b) sneezing
c) coughing
d) hiccupping
e) Valsalva maneuver
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Question 9) Which of the following helps the core temperature to increase?
a) Constriction of blood vessels of the skin.
b) Increase in cellular respiration.
c) Shivering.
d) Thyroid hormone induced increase in metabolic rate.
e) All of these are methods for core temperature increase.
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Question 10) Which condition listed gives rise to sterile females with virtually no ovaries and limited development of secondary sex characteristics?
a) Emesis gravidarum
b) Deformation
c) Turner's syndrome
d) Breech presentation
e) Klinefelter's syndrome
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