Anatomy & Physiology
This is for our first in class anatomy and physiology exam.
- 1.
What are the 11 organ systems?
- A.
Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, male and female reproductive
- B.
Integumentary System Skeletal System Skeletal System Muscular System Nervous System Nervous System
Correct Answer
A. Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, male and female reproductive -
- 2.
Hair, nails, and skin included?
- A.
Integumentary
- B.
Skin
- C.
Lymphatic
- D.
Skeletal
- E.
Nervous
Correct Answer
A. Integumentary -
- 3.
Bones and Joints Included?
- A.
Integumentary System
- B.
Cardiovascular System
- C.
Skeletal System
- D.
Lymphatic System
- E.
Nervous System
Correct Answer
C. Skeletal System -
- 4.
Serves to protect and support body organs, framework for muscles, blood cells formed in bones, stores minerals?
- A.
Lymphatic System
- B.
Nervous System
- C.
Endocrine System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Skeletal System
Correct Answer
E. Skeletal System -
- 5.
Manipulation of the environment, locomotion, facial expression, maintains posture, produces heat?
- A.
Lymphatic System
- B.
Reproductive System
- C.
Muscular System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Integumentary System
Correct Answer
C. Muscular System -
- 6.
Includes the brain, sensory receptor, nerves, and spinal cord?
- A.
Cardiovascular System
- B.
Nervous System
- C.
Lymphatic System
- D.
Reproductive System
- E.
Skeletal System
Correct Answer
B. Nervous System -
- 7.
Fast acting control system of the body, responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands?
- A.
Integumentary System
- B.
Muscular System
- C.
Urinary System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Nervous System
Correct Answer
E. Nervous System -
- 8.
Includes the thyroid gland, thymus, adrenal gland, pancreas, ovary, testis, pituitary gland, and pineal gland?
- A.
Lymphatic System
- B.
Nervous System
- C.
Endocrine System
- D.
Skeletal System
- E.
Cardiovascular System
Correct Answer
C. Endocrine System -
- 9.
Glands secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use?
- A.
Endocrine System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Cardiovascular System
- D.
Urinary System
- E.
Reproductive System
Correct Answer
A. Endocrine System -
- 10.
Includes the heart and blood vessels?
- A.
Lymphatic System
- B.
Nervous System
- C.
Urinary System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Muscular System
Correct Answer
D. Cardiovascular System -
- 11.
Blood vessels transport blood, which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and wastes?
- A.
Skeletal System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Urinary System
- D.
Reproductive System
- E.
Cardiovascular System
Correct Answer
E. Cardiovascular System -
- 12.
Includes red bone marrow, the thymus, lymphatic vessels, the thoracic duct, spleen, and lymph nodes?
- A.
Lymphatic System
- B.
Urinary System
- C.
Endocrine System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Muscular System
Correct Answer
A. Lymphatic System -
- 13.
Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood; disposes of debris in the lymphatic stream; houses white blood cells (lymphocytes) involved in immunity. The immune response mounts the attack against foreign substances within the body?
- A.
Endocrine System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Skeletal System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Reproductive System
Correct Answer
B. Lymphatic System -
- 14.
Includes the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, and lungs?
- A.
Endocrine System
- B.
Cardiovascular System
- C.
Skeletal System
- D.
Respiratory System
- E.
Muscular System
Correct Answer
D. Respiratory System -
- 15.
Keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide; the gaseous exchanges occur through the walls of the air sacs of the lungs?
- A.
Urinary System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Respiratory System
- D.
Cardiovascular System
- E.
Endocrine System
Correct Answer
C. Respiratory System -
- 16.
Includes the oral cavity, esophagus, large intestine, liver, stomach, small intestine, rectum, and anus?
- A.
Digestive System
- B.
Cardiovascular System
- C.
Reproductive System
- D.
Endocrine System
- E.
Muscular System
Correct Answer
A. Digestive System -
- 17.
Breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells; indigestible foodstuffs are eliminated as feces?
- A.
Respiratory System
- B.
Cardiovascular System
- C.
Muscular System
- D.
Endocrine System
- E.
Digestive System
Correct Answer
E. Digestive System -
- 18.
Includes the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra?
- A.
Reproductive System
- B.
Urinary System
- C.
Lymphatic System
- D.
Endocrine System
- E.
Respiratory System
Correct Answer
B. Urinary System -
- 19.
Eliminates nitrogenous waste from the body, regulates water, electrolyte and acid-based balance of blood?
- A.
Respiratory System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Digestive System
- D.
Urinary System
- E.
Endocrine System
Correct Answer
D. Urinary System -
- 20.
Includes the prostate gland, ductus deferens, scrotum, testis, and penis?
- A.
Endocrine System
- B.
Lymphatic System
- C.
Urinary System
- D.
Male Reproductive System
- E.
Female Reproductive System
Correct Answer
D. Male Reproductive System -
- 21.
Includes the mammary glands, ovaries, uterine tube, uterus, and vagina?
- A.
Female Reproductive System
- B.
Urinary System
- C.
Endocrine System
- D.
Lymphatic System
- E.
Digestive System
Correct Answer
A. Female Reproductive System -
- 22.
The bodies ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world changes continuously?
- A.
Osmosis
- B.
Homeostasis
- C.
Phagocytosis
- D.
Negative Feedback
- E.
Positve Feedback
Correct Answer
B. Homeostasis -
- 23.
What factors are involved in homeostatic control mechanisms?
- A.
Variable, Receptor, Stimuli, Control Center, Effector
- B.
Set point, Receptor, Stimulu, Control Center, Effector
- C.
Negative Feedback
- D.
Positive Feedback
- E.
Both C and D
Correct Answer
A. Variable, Receptor, Stimuli, Control Center, Effector -
- 24.
The factor or event being regulated?
- A.
Control Center
- B.
Stimuli
- C.
Effector
- D.
Receptor
- E.
Variable
Correct Answer
E. Variable -
- 25.
Some type of sensor that monitors the environment and responds to stimuli by sending input to the control center?
- A.
Effector
- B.
Control Center
- C.
Receptor
- D.
Set Point
- E.
Stimuli
Correct Answer
C. Receptor -
- 26.
Changes?
- A.
Control Center
- B.
Stimuli
- C.
Variable
- D.
Receptor
- E.
Effector
Correct Answer
B. Stimuli -
- 27.
Determines the set point, analyzes the input it receives and then determines the appropriate response or course of action?
- A.
Effector
- B.
Receptor
- C.
Variable
- D.
Control Center
- E.
Stimuli
Correct Answer
D. Control Center -
- 28.
The level or range at which a variable is to be maintained?
- A.
Effector
- B.
Set Point
- C.
Variable
- D.
Stimuli
- E.
Receptor
Correct Answer
B. Set Point -
- 29.
Provides the means for the control centers response (output) to the stimulus?
- A.
Set Point
- B.
Receptor
- C.
Control Center
- D.
Effector
- E.
Stimuli
Correct Answer
D. Effector -
- 30.
Acts the same way in which a home heating system would?
- A.
Homeostatic Imbalance
- B.
Positive Feedback Mechanism
- C.
Negative Feedback Mechanism
Correct Answer
C. Negative Feedback Mechanism -
- 31.
Regulation of body temperature, withdrawal reflex, control of blood volume by ADH, regulates heart rate, blood pressure, rate and depth of breathing?
- A.
Positive Feedback Mechanism
- B.
Negative Feedback Mechanism
- C.
Homeostatic Imbalance
Correct Answer
B. Negative Feedback Mechanism -
- 32.
Change proceeds in the same direction?
- A.
Positive Feedback Mechanism
- B.
Negative Feedback Mechanism
- C.
Homeostatic Imbalance
Correct Answer
A. Positive Feedback Mechanism -
- 33.
Controls infrequent events, release of oxytocin to intensify contractions, blood clotting?
- A.
Homeostasis
- B.
Negative Feedback Mechanism
- C.
Positive Feedback Mechanism
Correct Answer
C. Positive Feedback Mechanism -
- 34.
Disturbance of homeostasis?
- A.
Negative Feedback Mechanism
- B.
Positive Feedback Mechanism
- C.
Homeostatic Imbalance
- D.
Homeostasis
Correct Answer
C. Homeostatic Imbalance -
- 35.
Vertical plane that divides the body into left and right?
- A.
Transverse Plane
- B.
Sagittal Plane
- C.
Frontal Plane
- D.
Parasagittal Plane
Correct Answer
B. Sagittal Plane -
- 36.
Lies exactly in the midline or midsagittal region?
- A.
Median Plane
- B.
Frontal Plane
- C.
Transverse Plane
- D.
Sagittal Plane
Correct Answer
A. Median Plane -
- 37.
Offset from the midline?
- A.
Sagittal Plane
- B.
Median Plane
- C.
Frontal plane
- D.
Parasagittal plane
- E.
Transverse Plane
Correct Answer
D. Parasagittal plane -
- 38.
Lies vertically, divide the body into anterior and posterior?
- A.
Sagittal Plane
- B.
Frontal Plane
- C.
Transverse Plane
- D.
Coronal Plane
- E.
Midsagittal Plane
Correct Answer
B. Frontal Plane -
- 39.
Runs horizontally and divides the body into superior and inferior regions?
- A.
Midsagittal Plane
- B.
Sagittal Plane
- C.
Median Plane
- D.
Frontal Plane
- E.
Transverse Plane
Correct Answer
E. Transverse Plane -
- 40.
Cuts made diagonally between the horizontal and vertical planes?
- A.
Frontal
- B.
Sagittal
- C.
Oblique Sections
- D.
Transverse
- E.
Median
Correct Answer
C. Oblique Sections -
- 41.
What are the two body cavities?
- A.
Dorsal
- B.
Thoracic
- C.
Pelvic
- D.
Ventral
- E.
Pleural
Correct Answer(s)
A. Dorsal
D. Ventral -
- 42.
Cavity that protects the nervous system organs?
- A.
Dorsal
- B.
Pleural
- C.
Spinal
- D.
Thoracic
- E.
Ventral
Correct Answer
A. Dorsal -
- 43.
Cavity that encloses the brain?
- A.
Thoracic Cavity
- B.
Pelvic Cavity
- C.
Abdominal Cavity
- D.
Dorsal Cavity
- E.
Cranial Cavity
Correct Answer
E. Cranial Cavity -
- 44.
Cavity that includes the cranial and spinal cavity?
- A.
Thoracic
- B.
Dorsal
- C.
Pelvic
- D.
Spinal
- E.
Cranial
Correct Answer
B. Dorsal -
- 45.
Cavity that includes the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity?
- A.
Ventral
- B.
Dorsal
- C.
Pelvic
- D.
Thoracic
- E.
Pleural
Correct Answer
A. Ventral -
- 46.
Surrounded by the ribs and the muscles of the chest?
- A.
Dorsal Cavity
- B.
Spinal Cavity
- C.
Abdominal Cavity
- D.
Pelvic Cavity
- E.
Thoracic Cavity
Correct Answer
E. Thoracic Cavity -
- 47.
Each envelopes a lung?
- A.
Dorsal Cavity
- B.
Spinal Cavity
- C.
Abdominal Cavity
- D.
Pleural Cavity
- E.
Cranial Cavity
Correct Answer
D. Pleural Cavity -
- 48.
Surrounds remaining thoracic organs?
- A.
Pericardial Cavity
- B.
Medial Mediastinum
- C.
Pelvic Cavity
- D.
Ventral Cavity
- E.
Thoracic Cavity
Correct Answer
B. Medial Mediastinum -
- 49.
Encloses the heart?
- A.
Pericardial Cavity
- B.
Thoracic Cavity
- C.
Ventral Cavity
- D.
Pleural Cavity
- E.
Pelvic Cavity
Correct Answer
A. Pericardial Cavity -
- 50.
Contains the stomach, intestines, spleen, liver, and other organs?
- A.
Pelvic Cavity
- B.
Pericardial Cavity
- C.
Ventral Cavity
- D.
Cranial Cavity
- E.
Abdominal Cavity
Correct Answer
E. Abdominal Cavity -
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