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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1878.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to any detached, traveling intravascular mass carried by circulation which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site distant from its point of origin?
(a) Embolus.
(b) Atria.
(c) Plasmid.
(d) Agonal.

3. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) In his home.
(b) A tennis court.
(c) A hiking trail.
(d) At his office.

4. Who wrote Researches into the Physical History of Mankind?
(a) James Cowles Prichard.
(b) Phil Whiting.
(c) Harvey Nuland.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

5. When was Researches into the Physical History of Man published?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

3. What term, commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die?

4. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?

5. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

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