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A&P HESI A2 PRACTICE TEST 100 QUESTIONS with Verified Answers WHICH IS AN ANTERIOR FEATURE OF THE HUMAN HEAD? A. THE NOSE B. THE EARS C. THE OCCIPITAL LOBE D. THE TEMPORAL LOBE - CORRECT ANSW... ER THE NOSE WHAT IS THE PRIMARY HORMONE SECRETED BY THE THYROID? A. OXYTOCIN B. TSH C. ADRENALINE D. T4 (THYROXINE) - CORRECT ANSWER T4 (THYROXINE) ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A GOITER, MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO AFFECT__________. A. SWALLOWING B. INSULIN LEVELS C. SLEEP D. DIGESTION - CORRECT ANSWER SWALLOWING WHICH KINDS OF MUSCLES ARE INVOLVED IN PERISTALSIS? A. SMOOTH MUSCLES B. CARDIAC MUSCLES C. SKELETAL MUSCLES D. EPAXIAL MUSCLES - CORRECT ANSWER SMOOTH MUSCLES WHAT MIGHT AN INJURY TO THE PARIETAL LOBE EFFECT? A. BREATHING B. ATTENTION C. MEMORY D. PERCEPTION - CORRECT ANSWER PERCEPTION WHY MIGHT CERTAIN YOUNG PEOPLE BE UNDERWEIGHT? A. THEY ARE GROWING IN HEIGHT FASTER THAN THEY ARE GAINING WEIGHT. B. THEY EAT LITTLE PROTEIN AND TOO MUCH FAT AND SUGAR. C. THEY EAT SEVERAL MEALS A DAY AND FAIL TO EXERCISE ENOUGH. D. THEY SELDOM EAT A MEAL THAT CONTAINS FOODS FROM ALL FOOD GROUPS. - CORRECT ANSWER THEY ARE GROWING IN HEIGHT FASTER THAN THEY ARE GAINING WEIGHT. HOW DOES THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORK WITH THE URINARY SYSTEM? A. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONTROLS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE URETER. B. THE URINARY SYSTEM REMOVES TOXINS FROM THE PRODUCTS OF URINATION. C. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MANUFACTURES HORMONES THAT INFLUENCE URINATION. D. THE URINARY SYSTEM ELIMINATES SOME WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION. - CORRECT ANSWER THE URINARY SYSTEM ELIMINATES SOME WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION. WHICH GLAND IS LOCATED SUPERIOR TO THE KIDNEY? A. PITUITARY B. ADRENAL C. HYPOTHALAMUS D. PANCREAS - CORRECT ANSWER ADRENAL TO WHAT TWO SYSTEMS MIGHT THE URETHRA BELONG? A. REPRODUCTIVE AND ENDOCRINE B. URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE C. ENDOCRINE AND URINARY D. DIGESTIVE AND CARDIOVASCULAR - CORRECT ANSWER URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE THE AXIAL SKELETAL SYSTEM CONTAINS ALL OF THESE EXCEPT_______________. A. THE SKULL B. THE RIBS C. THE BREASTBONE D. THE RADIUS - CORRECT ANSWER THE RADIUS THE GALL BLADDER IS PART OF THE ________________. A. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. URINARY SYSTEM C. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WHICH IS not AN EXAMPLE OF A NONSPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE? A. INFLAMMATION B. VASODILATION C. RELEASES OF HISTAMINE D. PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES - CORRECT ANSWER PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING ELECTROLYTES? A. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. THE URINARY SYSTEM C. THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER THE URINARY SYSTEM WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CORONARY ARTERY? A. IT CARRIES OXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE HEART. B. IT CARRIES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE LUNGS. C. IT DISTRIBUTES BLOOD TO THE BODY. D. IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE HEART MUSCLES. - CORRECT ANSWER IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE HEART MUSCLES. WHAT CONDITION MIGHT RESULT FROM LACK OF VITAMIN C? A. KWASHIORKOR B. PELLAGRA C. RICKETS D. SCURVY - CORRECT ANSWER SCURVY HOW DOES THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM WORK WITH THE SKELETAL SYSTEM? A. MUSCLES ATTACHED TO TENDONS CONTRACT TO BEND THE SKELETON AT THE JOINTS. B. THE HARD BONES OF THE SKELETON PROTECT THE VOLUNTARY MUSCLES OF THE LIMBS. C. THE CARDIAC MUSCLES PRODUCE CALCIUM THAT IS NEEDED FOR STURDY BONES. D. SMOOTH MUSCLES ON INTERNAL ORGANS LEACH EXCESS MINERALS FROM THE BONES. - CORRECT ANSWER MUSCLES ATTACHED TO TENDONS CONTRACT TO BEND THE SKELETON AT THE JOINTS. WHICH IS not PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND? A. FSH B. TRH C. LH D. ADH - CORRECT ANSWER TRH THE RIBS ARE ____________ TO THE LUNGS IN THE HUMAN BODY? A. MEDIAL B. SUPERIOR C. ANTERIOR D. DEEP - CORRECT ANSWER ANTERIOR WHAT IS THE NORMAL pH OF HUMAN ARTERIAL BLOOD? A. 6.8 B. 7.4 C. 7.9 D. 8.2 - CORRECT ANSWER 7.4 WHICH CUT IS CONSIDERED A CROSS SECTION? A. SAGITTAL OR FRONTAL SECTION B. A CUT ALONG THE CORONAL PLANE C. A CUT ALONG THE MEDIAN PLANE D. A CUT THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE - CORRECT ANSWER A CUT THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE WHICH ENZYME FUNCTIONS TO BREAK DOWN SPECIFIC SUGAR? A. CATALASE B. LIPASE C. PROTEASE D. LACTOSE - CORRECT ANSWER LACTOSE THE HYPOTHALAMUS IS PART OF THE _______________. A. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM D. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WHICH MINERAL HELPS TO MAINTAIN FLUID BALANCE IN THE BODY? A. POTASSIUM B. COBALT C. CHROMIUM D. SULFUR - CORRECT ANSWER POTASSIUM THE SKULL IS ______________ TO THE SPINAL CORD. A. ANTERIOR B. POSTERIOR C. LATERAL D. SUPERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER SUPERIOR WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRATING VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS? A. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM B. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM C. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER NERVOUS SYSTEM THE LATERAL SIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE WOULD BE_____________. A. THE KNEECAP B. CLOSEST TO THE LEFT KNEE C. FARTHEST FROM THE LEFT KNEE D. ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE KNEE - CORRECT ANSWER FARTHEST FROM THE KNEE IN WHICH PART OF THE LUNGS DO NEARLY ALL THE GASEOUS EXCHANGES BETWEEN AIR AND BODY TAKE PLACE? A. PLEURA B. TRACHEA C. BRONCHIOLES D. ALVEOLI - CORRECT ANSWER ALVEOLI HOW DO THE INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES BETWEEN THE RIBS ASSIST WITH RESPIRATION? A. BY PROTECTING THE DELICATE BRONCHIOLES AND ALVEOLI. B. BY SIGNALING A DECREASE IN INTRA-ALVEOLAR PRESSURE. C. BY ENLARGING AND REDUCING THE SPACE IN THE THORAX D. BY MAINTAINING A MEDIAL SEPARATION BETWEEN PLEURAE. - CORRECT ANSWER BY ENLARGING AND REDUCING THE SPACE IN THE THORAX IN WHICH ORGAN DO MUSCLES PUSH FOOD INTO THE STOMACH VIA PERISTALSIS? A. MOUTH B. SMALL INTESTINE C. EPIGLOTTIS D. ESOPHAGUS - CORRECT ANSWER ESOPHAGUS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON, WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT CALORIC INTAKE? A. IT SHOULD INCREASE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. B. IT SHOULD DECLINE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. C. IT SHOULD REMAIN CONSTANT OVER A LIFETIME. D. IT SHOULD DECLINE AND THEN INCREASE WITH AGE. - CORRECT ANSWER IT SHOULD DECLINE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. THE CORPUS CALLOSUM FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN _____________________. A. THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN. B. THE SKELETAL AND NEURAL SYSTEMS. C. THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. D. THE THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS. - CORRECT ANSWER THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN. HOW DOES THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM WORK WITH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM? A. THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM REMOVES HEAT FROM THE NEURONS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. B. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CIRCULATES NUTRIENTS OUTWARD TO THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM. C. TOUCH INPUT VIA THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SENDS MESSAGES TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. D. MESSAGES FROM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECT THE COLOR AND TEXTURE OF THE SKIN. - CORRECT ANSWER TOUCH INPUT VIA INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SENDS MESSAGES TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. WHEN THE PULMONARY VALVE AND AORTIC VALVES ARE OPEN, WHERE CAN BLOOD FLOW? A. BETWEEN THE TWO VENTRICLES OF THE HEART. B. FROM ATRIUM TO VENTRICLE WITHIN THE HEART. C. BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE REST OF THE BODY. D. BETWEEN THE ATRIA IN THE HEART. - CORRECT ANSWER BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE REST OF THE BODY. WHICH MIGHT BE A RESULT OF STENOSIS, OR NARROWING OF THE HEART VALVE? A. ABDOMINAL PAIN B. BLOOD CLOTS C. EDEMA (SWELLING) OF ORGANS D. IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT - CORRECT ANSWER IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS THE HUMAN SKULL CONTAINS ABOUT HOW MANY BONES? A. ABOUT 5 B. ABOUT 30 C. ABOUT 60 D. ABOUT 210 - CORRECT ANSWER ABOUT 30 THE ARTERIES ARE PART OF THE _________________. A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM WHICH IS A SECONDARY DEFENSE FOR THE BODY AGAINST PATHOGENS? A. TEARS B. URINE C. INFLAMMATION D. MUCUS - CORRECT ANSWER INFLAMMATION WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR STORING MINERALS? A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER SKELETAL SYSTEM THE VENA CAVAE DRAIN BLOOD FROM THE BODY INTO THE ______________? A. RIGHT ATRIUM B. RIGHT VENTRICLE C. LEFT ATRIUM D. LEFT VENTRICLE - CORRECT ANSWER RIGHT ATRIUM BERIBERI IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY LACK OF ______________________. A. THIAMINE B. VITAMIN C C. NIACIN D. PROTEIN - CORRECT ANSWER THIAMINE HOW DOES THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WORK WITH THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM? A. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM TRANSFORMS MINERALS INTO USEFUL NUTRIENTS. B. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DETERMINES THE SEX OF THE EMBRYO. C. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM CONTROLS THE GROWTH OF SECONDARY SEX ORGANS. D. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PRODUCES CHEMICALS THAT REGULATE SEXUAL FUCTIONS. - CORRECT ANSWER THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PRODUCES CHEMICALS THE REGULATE SEXUAL FUCTIONS. WHICH HORMONE CONTROLS SLEEP, MOOD, AND APPETITE? A. SEROTONIN B. OXYTOCIN C. CORTISOL D. ALDOSTERONE - CORRECT ANSWER SEROTONIN WHICH PART OF THE BRAIN IS MOST POSTERIOR? A. FRONTAL LOBE B. PARIETAL LOBE C. TEMPORAL LOBE D. OCCIPITAL LOBE - CORRECT ANSWER OCCIPITAL LOBE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A HDL CHOLESTEROL LEVEL THAT MIGHT WARRANT REGULAR TESTING? A. 70 B. 60 C. 50 D. 40 - CORRECT ANSWER 40 HOW DOES A TRANSVERSE SECTION DIVIDE THE BODY? A. INTO RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS B. INTO UPPER AND LOWER REGIONS C. INTO FRONT AND BACK REGIONS D. BETWEEN THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL CAVITIES - CORRECT ANSWER INTO UPPER AND LOWER REGIONS WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AMYLASE? A. BREAKING DOWN STARCH B. DIGESTING FAT C. BREAKING DOWN PROTEIN D. ABSORBING WATER - CORRECT ANSWER BREAKING DOWN STARCH THE SPLEEN IS PART OF THE _______________. A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. URINARY SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER LYMPHATIC SYSTEM WHICH MINERAL IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS? A. SELENIUM B. CALCIUM C. MAGNESIUM D. COPPER - CORRECT ANSWER COPPER THE DORSAL BODY CAVITY IS ____________ TO THE VENTRAL BODY CAVITY. A. MEDIAL B. DEEP C. POSTERIOR D ANTERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER POSTERIOR WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVENTING WATER LOSS? A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. URINARY SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM WHICH IS AN ANTERIOR MUSCLE? A. GLUTEUS MAXIMUS B. QUADRICEPS FEMORIS C. BICEPS FEMORIS D. ABDUCTOR MAGNUS - CORRECT ANSWER QUADRICEPS FEMORIS HOW MIGHT THE HEADREST ON A CAR PREVENT TRAUMATIC INJURY? A. BY LIMITING HYPERFLEXION OF THE NECK. B. BY LIMITING HYPEREXTENSION OF THE NECK. C. BY REDUCING VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION. D. BY PREVENTING DISC DEGENERATION. - CORRECT ANSWER BY LIMITING HYPEREXTENSION OF THE NECK. WHICH MIGHT YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN A WHIPLASH INJURY? A. CARDIOPULMONARY PROBLEMS B. SIDE TO SIDE SPINAL CURVATURE C. EVENTUAL HERNIATION OF DISCS D. TRAUMATIC INJURY TO LIGAMENTS - CORRECT ANSWER TRAUMATIC INJURY TO LIGAMENTS MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS THAT NORMALLY MOVE FOOD ALONG THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ARE KNOWN AS ________________. A. DEFECATION B. OSMOSIS C. PERISTALSIS D. CIRCULATION - CORRECT ANSWER PERISTALSIS WHICH TYPE OF NUTRIENTS DOES not PROVIDE THE BODY WITH ENERGY? A. VITAMIN B. CARBOHYDRATE C. FAT D. PROTEIN - CORRECT ANSWER VITAMIN WHERE WOULD YOU BE LIKELY TO FIND A SCHWANN CELL? A. IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM B. IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM C. IN THE SKELETAL SYSTEM D. IN THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM HOW DOES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WORK WITH THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM? A. THE MUSCLE OF THE BODY PRODUCE CHEMICALS THAT FEED THE NERVES. B. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TELLS THE MUSCLES HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT. C. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM RELEASES CHEMICALS THAT REMOVE EXCESS WASTE FROM THE MUSCLES. D. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM PROVIDES INPUT THAT ALLOWS THE NERVES TO MAKE DECISIONS. - CORRECT ANSWER THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TELLS THE MUSCLES HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM INCLUDES THE FEMORAL, RADIAL, AND ULNAR NERVES? A. SOMATIC B. AUTONOMIC C. SYMPATHETIC D. PARASYMPATHETIC - CORRECT ANSWER SOMATIC WHERE MIGHT A HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC BE MOST LIKELY TO CREATE PAIN? A. ALONG THE RADIAL NERVE B. WITHIN THE SPINAL CORD C. ALONG THE SCIATIC NERVE D. ALONG THE TIBIAL NERVE - CORRECT ANSWER ALONG THE SCIATIC NERVE WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BONE IN THE HUMAN THIGH? A. ULNA B. FEMUR C. RADIUS D. HUMERUS - CORRECT ANSWER FEMUR THE OVARIES ARE PART OF THE _________________. A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. NERVOUS SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES, WHICH ONE IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEFENSE FROM THE OTHERS? A. A LOW pH IN THE THE STOMACH B. CILIA PRESENT IN THE TRACHEA C. BODY CELLS RECOGNIZING A PATHOGEN D. MUCUS PRESENT IN THE NASAL CAVITY - CORRECT ANSWER BODY CELLS RECOGNIZING A PATHOGEN WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING MUSCLE GROWTH? A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. NERVOUS SYSTEM D. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WHICH PARTS OF THE HEART ARE SEPARATED BY THE MITRAL VALVE? A. LEFT ATRIUM AND RIGHT ATRIUM B. RIGHT ATRIUM AND RIGHT VENTRICLE C. LEFT VENTRICLE AND RIGHT VENTRICLE D. LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE - CORRECT ANSWER LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE HOW MIGHT VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY PRESENT? A. AS BLEEDING GUMS B. AS SWOLLEN EXTREMITIES C. AS RED PATCHES D. AS CROOKED BONES - CORRECT ANSWER AS CROOKED BONES HOW DOES THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM WORK WITH THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM? A. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS FOR THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. B. LYMPH DRAWS EXCESS FLUID FROM THE CELLS AND DEPOSITS IT INTO THE BLOOD VESSELS. C. THE HEART REGULATES THE PRODUCTION OF LYMPH IN THE LYMPH GLANDS. D. WHITE CELLS FROM THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM ELIMINATES EXCESS RED BLOOD CELLS.Q - CORRECT ANSWER LYMPH DRAWS EXCESS FLUID FROM THE CELLS AND DEPOSITS IT INTO THE BLOOD VESSELS. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE? A. INCREASE ENERGY LEVELS B. STIMULATING CELL REPRODUCTION C. SPEEDING UP METABOLISM D. ACTIVATING VITAMIN D - CORRECT ANSWER ACTIVATING VITAMIN D WHICH FEATURE OF THE EAR IS MOST MEDIAL? A. PINNA B. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE C. COCHLEA D. OUTER CANAL - CORRECT ANSWER COCHLEA WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED NORMAL VALUES FOR THE MEASURE OF A PERSON'S PULSE AND BLOOD PRESSURE? A. 55 BEATS PER MINUTE AND 75 OVER 60 MM HG B. 72 BEATS PER MINUTE AND 120 OVER 80 MM HG C. 100 BEATS PER MINUTE AND 140 OVER 100 MM HG D. 160 BEATS PER MINUTE AND 100 OVER 70 MM HG - CORRECT ANSWER 72 BEATS PER MINUTE AND 120 OVER 80 MM HG HOW DOES A SAGITTAL SECTION DIVIDE THE BODY? A. INTO RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS B. INTO UPPER AND LOWER REGIONS C. INTO FRONT AND BACK REGIONS D. BETWEEN THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL CAVITIES - CORRECT ANSWER INTO RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS HOW IS PEPSIN USED BY THE BODY? A. TO BREAK DOWN PROTEIN B. TO BREAK DOWN STARCHES C. TO EMULSIFY FATS AND OILS D. TO ABSORB WATER AND NUTRIENTS - CORRECT ANSWER TO BREAK DOWN PROTEIN THE ESOPHAGUS IS PART OF THE _______________. A. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM C. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WHICH MINERAL SUPPORTS THE FUNCTION OF THE THYROID? A. MANGANESE B. IODINE C. PHOSPHOROUS D. ZINC - CORRECT ANSWER IODINE THE CHEEKBONES ARE ____________ TO THE NOSE. A. ANTERIOR B. PROXIMAL C. DEEP D. LATERAL - CORRECT ANSWER LATERAL WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING ANTIBODIES? A. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER LYMPHATIC SYSTEM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS ANATOMICALLY CORRECT? A. THE KNEE IS DISTAL TO THE ANKLE. B. THE HEART IS INFERIOR TO THE DIAPHRAGM. C. THE HIP IS PROXIMAL TO THE KNEE. D. THE WRIST IS PROXIMAL TO THE ELBOW. - CORRECT ANSWER THE HIP IS PROXIMAL TO THE KNEE IF YOU WANTED TO SEPARATE THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY FROM THE THORACIC CAVITY, WHICH PLANE WOULD YOU USE? A. SAGITTAL B. TRANSVERSE C. FRONTAL D. CORONAL - CORRECT ANSWER TRANSVERSE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SAMPLE OF TISSUE THAT HAS PILLAR SHAPED CELLS ARRANGED TIGHTLY TOGETHER. A. SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM B. CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM C. COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM D. TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM - CORRECT ANSWER COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM THE EPIDERMIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A: A. CELL B. TISSUE C. ORGAN D. SYSTEM - CORRECT ANSWER TISSUE WHICH TYPE OF TISSUE PROVIDES SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE FOR THE ORGANS? A. EPITHELIAL B. CONNECTIVE C. MUSCLE D. NERVOUS - CORRECT ANSWER CONNECTIVE WITHIN WHICH EPIDERMAL LAYER OF THE SKIN DOES MITOSIS OCCUR? A. STRATUM LUCIDUM B. STRATUM GRANULOSUM C. STRATUM CORNEUM D. STRATUM GERMINATIVUM - CORRECT ANSWER STRATUM GERMINATIVUM THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON INFORMS YOU THAT YOU HAVE BROKEN THE MIDDLE REGION OF THE HUMERUS. A. EPIPHYSIS B. ARTICULAR CARTILAGE C. PERICHONDRIUM D. DIAPHYSIS - CORRECT ANSWER DIAPHYSIS GOING FROM SUPERIOR TO INFERIOR, THE SEQUENCE OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN IS: A. SACRAL, COCCYX, THORACIC, LUMBAR, AND CERVICAL B. COCCYX, SACRAL, LUMBAR, THORACIC, AND CERVICAL C. CERVICAL, LUMBAR, THORACIC, SACRAL, AND COCCYX D. CERVICAL, THORACIC, LUMBAR, SACRAL, AND COCCYX - CORRECT ANSWER CERVICAL, THORACIC, LUMBAR, SACRAL, AND COCCYX THE CELLS THAT FORM COMPACT BONE ARE CALLED: A. OSTEOCLASTS B. NEUROGLIA C. OSTEOBLASTS D. CANCELLOUS - CORRECT ANSWER OSTEOBLASTS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE OF SKELETAL MUSCLES? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) A. SKELETAL MUSCLE COMPRISES 10% OF THE BODY'S WEIGHT. B. SKELETAL MUSCLE ATTACHES TO BONES BY TENDONS C. MUSCLE CONTRACTION HELPS KEEP THE BODY WARM D. SKELETAL MUSCLES CONTINUOUSLY CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN POSTURE. - CORRECT ANSWER SKELETAL MUSCLE ATTACHES TO BONES BY TENDONS. MUSCLE CONTRACTION HELPS KEEP THE BODY WARM SKELETAL MUSCLES CONTINUOUSLY CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN POSTURE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NEEDED FOR A MUSCLE CELL TO CONTRACT? A. CALCIUM AND (ADP) B. CALCIUM AND (ATP) C. POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM D. SODIUM AND CALCIUM - CORRECT ANSWER CALCIUM AND ATP IF AN IMPULSE IS TRAVELING FROM A SENSE RECEPTOR TOWARD THE SPINAL CORD, IT IS TRAVELING ALONG WHAT TYPE OF NEURON? A. MOTOR NEURON B. SENSORY NEURON C. INTERNEURON D. BIPOLAR NEURON - CORRECT ANSWER SENSORY NEURON WHAT DOES THE PARATHYROID HORMONE REGULATE? A. MAGNESIUM B. CALCIUM C. CALCITONIN D. GLUCOCORTICOIDS - CORRECT ANSWER CALCIUM WHERE ARE THE PRESSORECEPTORS AND CHEMORECEPTORS (SPECIALIZED SENSORY NERVES THAT ASSIST WITH THE REGULATION OF CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION) LOCATED? A. CIRCLE OF WILLIS B. CEREBRAL ARTERIES C. ABDOMINAL AORTA D. CAROTID BODY - CORRECT ANSWER CAROTID BODY BILE IS SECRETED INTO WHICH ORGAN? A. SMALL INTESTINE B. LIVER C. LARGE INTESTINE D. STOMACH - CORRECT ANSWER SMALL INTESTINE WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PROGESTERONE IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM? A. STIMULATES OVULATION B. CONVERSION OF THE FOLLICLE TO THE CORPUS LUTEUM C. STIMULATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDOMETRIUM D. STIMULATES THE START OF MENSTRUATION - CORRECT ANSWER STIMULATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDOMETRIUM HOW DOES THE TRACHEA REMAIN OPEN LIKE A HOLLOW TUBE? A. AIR PRESSURE INSIDE KEEPS IT OPEN B. SUPPORTING CARTILAGINOUS RINGS KEEP IT OPEN C. IT IS REINFORCED WITH BONE THAT CANNOT COLLAPSE D. SPECIAL MUSCLES ARE WORKING TO KEEP THE TRACHEA OPEN - CORRECT ANSWER SUPPORTING CARTILAGINOUS RINGS KEEP IT OPEN WHAT MINERAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION? A. CHLORIDE B. SODIUM C. CALCIUM D. MAGNESIUM - CORRECT ANSWER CALCIUM A TISSUE EXAMINED UNDER THE MICROSCOPE EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: CELLS FOUND ON INTERNAL SURFACE OF STOMACH, NO EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, CELLS TALL AND THIN, NO BLOOD VESSELS IN THE TISSUE. WHAT TYPE OF TISSUE IS THIS? A. EPITHELIAL B. CONNECTIVE C. MUSCLE D. CARTILAGE E. NERVOUS - CORRECT ANSWER EPITHELIAL WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EPITHELIAL TYPES IS CORRECTLY MATCHED WITH ITS MAJOR FUNCTION? A. SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM-SECRETION OR ABSORPTION B. STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM- CHANGES SHAPE WHEN STRETCHED C. STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM- DIFFUSION D. SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM- SECRETION OR ABSORPTION - CORRECT ANSWER SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM- SECREATION OR ABSORPTION NERVE TISSUE IS COMPOSED OF NEURONS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS THAT ARE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? A. OSTEOBLASTS B. NEUROGLIA C. OSTEOCLASTS D. ARTERIOLES - CORRECT ANSWER NEUROGLIA IN WHAT PART OF THE BODY WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND AN ESPECIALLY THICK STRATUM CORNEUM? A. BACK OF THE HAND B. HEEL OF THE FOOT C. ABDOMEN D. OVER THE SHIN - CORRECT ANSWER HEEL OF THE FOOT TESTICULAR ACTIVITY IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF WHICH HORMONE? A. FSH B. LH C. GH D. BOTH FSH AND LH - CORRECT ANSWER BOTH FSH AND LH JEFFERY HAS CONTRACTED BULBAR POLIOMYELITIS, AND IT HAS AFFECTED THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA. THE DOCTORS WARNED THE FAMILY THAT HIS CONDITION IS GRAVE AND DEATH MAY BE IMMINENT. WHAT FUNCTIONS OF THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA HAVE WARRANTED SUCH A DIRE PROGNOSIS? A. THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONTAINS VITAL CENTERS THAT CONTROL HEART ACTION, BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER, AND RESPIRATION. B. THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONTAINS NEURAL CONNECTIONS OF THE RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM. C. THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONTAINS THE PINEAL GLAND, WHICH CONTROLS THE VITAL CENTERS. D. THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONTAINS THE CORPORA QUADRIGWMINA, WHICH CONTROLS THE NEURAL TRANSMISSION OF IMPULSES ALONG THE SPINAL CORD. - CORRECT ANSWER THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONTAINS VITAL CENTERS THAT CONTROL HEART ACTION, BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER, AND RESPIRATION. WHICH HORMONE INITIATES THE PREPARATION OF THE ENDOMETRIUM OF THE UTERUS FOR PREGNANCY? A. FSH B. ESTROGEN C. LH D. PROGESTERONE - CORRECT ANSWER ESTROGEN [Show More]

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