Addison just went through a hard break up while trying to studyfor her MCAT exam. The breakup has caused her to suffer fromextreme depression while studying has caused her to develop extremestress. The stress and depression have increased her bloodpressure. She not only has an increase in her blood pressure buther heart sounds also swish and whistle.
1. What effect does the extreme stress and depressioncausing her blood pressure to increase have on herheart?
A. screws up her cordae tendinae causing a prolapse
B. damages her semilunar valves
C. stops the blood flow in her heart
D. increases the SA nodes causing more permeability
E. two of the above are correct
2. What have the heart sounds that swish and whistledone to damage Addison’s heart?
A. created accumulated scare tissue
B. damaged the four valves within the heart
C. harms the blood flow by going in multiple directions throughthe heart
D. three of the above are correct
E. two of the above are correct
3. Addison’s adrenal glands have not been producing agood amount of cortisol due to her studying for the MCAT exam. Whyis that so?
A. the hormones that regulate her body are not active
B. her stress levels are increasing causing her immune system toslow down
C. she is suffering from adrenal insufficiency
D. two of the above are correct
E. none of the above are correct