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This is OPTIONAL BONUS QUESTION #3, which will assess Student Learning Outcomes. In particular, these questions will focus on your ability to analyze human health and medical issues using scientific methodology.  Please read each question below and select the BEST answer from the pull-down menus to the right of each question.  Answer choices can be used more than once or not at all.

Chronic, long-term smoking causes damage to alveoli and significantly decreases the normal surface area for gas exchange in the lungs.  This life-threatening condition is called ________.

Study the urinary system diagram shown below carefully.  Use this diagram and the pull-down menus to answer the following questions:

This type of lipid should be included in a healthy diet to help ward off heart disease and the damaging effects of high fructose corn syrup.

Why is the pancreas considered both an endocrine and an exocrine gland?

Maggie has made some significant changes in her diet lately and she’s pretty proud of herself.  By analyzing her diet over the last week, it seems as though 20% of her calories are coming from carbohydrates, 55% are coming from proteins, and 25% are coming from fats.  She is also getting the typical 2000 calories per day for adult female.   Based on the information you learned in this class, would you say that her new diet is healthy or unhealthy, long-term?

This is OPTIONAL BONUS QUESTION #4, which will assess Student Learning Outcomes. In particular, these questions will focus on your ability to describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the human body using biologically and scientifically-valid concepts.  Please read each question below and select the BEST answer from the pull-down menus to the right of each question.  Answer choices can be used more than once or not at all.

The process that pushes a bolus of food through the esophagus to the stomach is called _______.  

What causes a neuron’s resting membrane potential?