Human Anatomy and Physiology Answers

2. A patient is reported with low blood pressure.  

Briefly or diagrammatically explain the renal response to  

this condition. Explain the involvement of important  

hormones in the process.

10: A patient goes to the clinic with symptoms of muscle spasm, hallucinations, weak and  brittle bones. Tests showed decreased levels of calcitriol in blood but higher levels of calcitonin.  Explain the cause of symptoms observed and how the altered levels of the two hormones mentioned  might have been the cause.

 9. In a slow progressive disease in humans, muscle function is lost around 35 years of  age. Design experiments to identify the molecular players involved in the disease development and  how you will try to find the cure for it.

7. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) results from a mutation in Dystrophin gene. Can  you treat the disease by injecting recombinant form dystrophin protein? Explain!

5. Why does a skeletal muscle twitch last longer  

than a skeletal muscle action potential?

4. Describe the renal regulatory pathway that  

controls the permeability of the nephron’s collecting duct.

3. A particular mammalian tissue suddenly  

exhibits increased oxygen consumption. List the  

physiological mechanisms that will help in fulfilling the  

tissue’s oxygen demand. Integrate the concepts of  

cardiovascular physiology and gas transport to provide a  

complete response. 

What makes sure that the action potential can travel a great distance along an axon without degrading?

Many years ago, there was a famous case of a boy born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). His physicians placed him in a pathogen-free chamber that resembled a giant glass bubble. What purpose was served by doing this? What treatments are available today that might have helped this boy?

angela's physician suspects that angela has just suffered a myocardial infarction, or heart attackshe tells angela that she is going to take a blood sample so that the hospital lab can perform a test to confirm her diagnosis . what information can angela's blood yield to help the physician?