Anatomy and physiology Exam#1
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| Q.1) | Physical and chemical changes or reactions that occur within the body are collectively known as |
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| Q.2) | Which of the following lists best illustrates the idea of increasing levels of complexity? |
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| Q.3) | Which of the following is not an example of a homeostatic mechanism? |
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| Q.4) | Homeostasis is defined as the |
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| Q.5) | How is oxygen used by living organisms? |
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| Q.6) | Which of the following organs is located in the abdominopelvic cavity? |
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| Q.7) | The membrane on the surface of a lung is called the |
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| Q.8) | A section that separates the body in to right and left portions would be the |
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| Q.9) | The thoracic cavity lies where in relationship to the abdominopelvic cavity? |
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| Q.10) | When the body is placed in the anatomical position, which of the following is not true? |
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| Q.11) | A mechanism functioning to maintain a stable internal environment is most likely to involve |
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| Q.12) | A parietal membrane __________, where as a visceral membrane ______________. |
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| Q.13) | The diaphragm separates the thoracic and the abdominopelvic cavities. |
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| Q.14) | The elbow is distal to the wrist. |
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| Q.15) | A decomposition reaction can be symbolized by |
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| Q.16) | Electrolytes are substances that |
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| Q.17) | The pH scale measures the |
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| Q.18) | Synthesis reactions are particularly important in the body for |
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| Q.19) | A covalent bond is characterized by |
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| Q.20) | Lipids are characterized by |
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| Q.21) | The general characteristics of proteins are that they |
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| Q.22) | An enzyme is defined as a |
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| Q.23) | Sodium ions and calcium ions are examples of |
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| Q.24) | Table sugar breaking down into glucose and fructose is an example of |
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| Q.25) | water causes substances formed with ionic bonds to |
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| Q.26) | which of the following is not hydrophylic? |
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| Q.27) | The symbol Na+ represents a sodium atom that has lost an electron |
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| Q.28) | Glycogen is a complex polysaccharide that is synthesized by the body |
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| Q.29) | The endoplasmic reticulum is best described as a |
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| Q.30) | The movement of molecules through a membrane by filtration depends upon the presence of |
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| Q.31) | Which of the following processes involves the use of specific carrier molecules? |
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| Q.32) | If the concentration of glucose in the water outside of a cell is higher than the concentration inside, |
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| Q.33) | Because of mitosis and cytoplasmic division, the resulting cells contain |
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| Q.34) | The 2 major components of the cell membrane are |
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| Q.35) | The cell membrane functions to |
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| Q.36) | Which of the following is not a factor that influences the rate of diffusion? |
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| Q.37) | What characteristic is shared by simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion? |
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| Q.38) | What occurs if a red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic solution? |
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| Q.39) | In what phase of mitosis do the chromosomes duplicate? |
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| Q.40) | Which of the following is isotonic to red blood cells? |
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| Q.41) | A selectively permeable membrane is defined as one that |
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| Q.42) | Which of the following organelles has its structures and function correctly described? |
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| Q.43) | Osmosis is defined as the movement of |
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| Q.44) | The relationship of osmotic pressure and the number of solute particles in a solution is |
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| Q.45) | A hypertonic solution |
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| Q.46) | Lipids are synthesized in |
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| Q.47) | Cytoplasm occurs between the cell membrane and the nuclear envelope of a cell |
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| Q.48) | A cell that secretes a large quantity of protein, would have a larger number of lysosomes for this function |
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| Q.49) | A 5% glucose solution is isotonic to human cells |
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| Q.50) | The movement of sodium ions from a region of lower concentration inside a cell toward a region of higher concentration outside the cell is accomplished by |
| Q.51) | The outer membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum has organelles called __________ attached to it. |
| Q.52) | In dehydration synthesis of a carbohydrate, |
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| Q.53) | When a sucrose molecule is decomposed to yield a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule, |
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| Q.54) | The reactions of anaerobic respiration occur in the |
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| Q.55) | Which of the following substances increases in amount during cellular respiration? |
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| Q.56) | Which of the following is an example of catabolism? |
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| Q.57) | What is the function of ADP molecules living in cells? |
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| Q.58) | In the citric acid cycle, |
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| Q.59) | Cellular respiration is defined as the process by which |
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| Q.60) | Anaerobic respiration involves chemical reactions in ____________, where as aerobic respiration involves reactions in ____________. |
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| Q.61) | The process of copying DNA information into the structure of the mRNA molecule is called which of the following? |
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| Q.62) | During the anaerobic phase of respiration, pyruvic acid is transformed in to glucose |
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| Q.63) | An ATP molecule consists of an adenine, a ribose and 3 phosphates. |
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| Q.64) | Which of the following is not one of the 4 basic body tissues |
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| Q.65) | A basement membrane occurs between |
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| Q.66) | Epithelial tissue functions in |
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| Q.67) | The muscle tissue that can be consciously controlled is |
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| Q.68) | Connective tissue fibers are produced by |
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| Q.69) | A general characteristic of connective tissue is that it |
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| Q.70) | Adipose tissue is a specialized form of |
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| Q.71) | Epithelial tissues are characterized by a lack of blood vessels |
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| Q.72) | The tissue that covers all body surfaces is |
| Q.73) | A single layer of flattened epithelium would constitute the tissue called |
| Q.74) | Membranes lining the body cavities that lack openings to the outside are called |
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| Q.75) | The primary means by which body heat is lost |
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| Q.76) | Which of the following is a normal response to excessive loss of body heat in a cold environment? |
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| Q.77) | Exposure to ultraviolet light causes the skin to darken by stimulating the production of |
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| Q.78) | An example of a serous membrane is |
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| Q.79) | Sweat functions to cool the body by |
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| Q.80) | Which of the following layers of the epidermis consists of a single row of columnar cells that undergo mitosis and includes pigment producing melanocytes? |
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| Q.81) | Shafts of hair are composed of |
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| Q.82) | Eccrine sweat glands differ from sebaceous glands |
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| Q.83) | Epidermal cells are supplied with nutrients from blood vessels located in the |
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| Q.84) | Serous membranes are characterized by __________, whereas mucous membranes are characterized by____________. |
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| Q.85) | Epidermis is distinguished by being _____________, whereas the dermis is distinguished by being __________. |
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| Q.86) | A hair is distinguished from a hair follicle by |
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| Q.87) | The subcutaneous layer can be described as |
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| Q.88) | The tough layer of waterproof material that makes up the outermost portion of the wpidermis is called the stratum lucidum |
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| Q.89) | the outermost layer of the epidermis is stratum basale and the innermost layer is the stratum corneum |
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