Which of the following conditions is an autoimmune disease?
A) Graves' disease
B) Recklinghausen disease
C) Addison's disease
D) Hashimoto's thyroiditis
D) Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease. Graves' disease, Recklinghausen
disease, and Addison's disease are not autoimmune diseases.
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The autonomic nervous system directly controls all the following, EXCEPT the
A. ability to digest food. B. speed of your heart rate. C. ability to write. D. ability to alter your blood pressure.
The arm curl exercise on the weight machine can also be used to measure strength and endurance of the:
A) arm flexors. B) elbow flexors. C) chest and posterior arm. D) abdominal muscles. E) lower leg.
The use of over-the-counter antihistamines is a form of immunotherapy.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The fight-or-flight mechanism works best when the form of stress is acute. 2. Diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, aging, asthma, and even cancer, that develop because of stress are termed psychosomatic diseases. 3. Unnecessarily seeing a situation as hopeless, harmful, or negative is termed faulty stress. 4. The personality that exhibits social inhibition, worry, and gloom is Type A. 5. Even when highly stressed, some individuals have the ability to resist the ill effects of stress. These individuals are termed Type C.