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Which of the following muscle types is described as striated and under involuntary control?
A. cardiac muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. skeletal muscle
D. gluteus maximus
A. cardiac muscle
You don't have to tell your heart to beat
The corpus callosum is associated with which part of the brain?
A. cerebellum
B. pons
C. cerebrum
D. midbrain
C. cerebrum
The corpus callosum connects the two cerebral hemispheres
Which of the following describes the volume of air moved into or out of the lungs during a single respiratory cycle?
A. tidal volume
B. lung capacity
C. vital capacity
D. minimal volume
A. tidal volume
Which of the following is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
A. stratum basale
B. stratum spinosum
C. stratum lucidum
D. stratum corneum
D. stratum corneum
Come lets go sun bathing
Which of the following tissue types is avascular and contains a basement membrane?
A. connective
B. muscle
C. epithelial
D. nervous
C. epithelial
Epithelial tissue does not have a blood supply
Which of the following joints is a type of hinge joint?
A. finger interphalangeal joint
B. shoulder joint
C. cranial sutures
D. sternoclavicular joint
A. finger interphalangeal joint
Which of the following is classified as a fibrous joint?
A. intervertebral discs
B. symphysis pubis
C. cranial suture
D. elbow joint
C. cranial suture
Which of the following substances is a nitrogenous waste excreted by the body?
A. urea
B. electrolytes
C. carbon dioxide
D. water
a. urea
Proteins are made of amino acids that have a nitrogenous base. That nitrogenous base forms ammonia and is converted to urea in the liver
The thoracic cavity lies ____ to the abdominopelvic cavity.
A. dorsal
B. ventral
C. superior
D. inferior
C. superior
Which hormone is produced by the pancreas?
A. cholecystokinin
B. glucagon
C. gastrin
D. melatonin
B. glucagon
Glucagon is made by the pancreas in response to low blood glucose
Which of the following processes results in the formation of polar bodies?
A. oogenesis
B. mitosis
C. spermatogenesis
D. gonadogenesis
A. oogenesis
Which of the following receptor types detects pain stimuli?
A. nociceptors
B. proprioceptors
C. photoreceptors
D. baroreceptors
A. nociceptors
Nociceptors detect pain
Proprioceptors detect positioning and movement
Photoreceptors detect light
Baroreceptors detect pressure
Which of the following hormones surges right before ovulation to help trigger this event?
A. testosterone
B. estrogen
C. FSH
D. LH
D. LH
Luteinizing Hormon
Which of the following neurons carries a sensory stimulus to the central nervous system?
A. interneuron
B. motor neuron
C. efferent neuron
D. afferent neuron
D. afferent neuron
Remember "A" like arriving to CNS
In which of the following structures will filtrate enter after it leaves the distal convoluted tubule?
A. glomerulus
B. proximal convoluted tubule
C. loop of Henle
D. collecting duct
D. collecting duct
The collecting duct is after the distal convoluted tubule
Which of the following structures found in compact bone forms channels that contains blood vessels and nerves?
A. lacunae
B. lamellae
C. osteon
D. haversian canal
D. haversian canal
The osteon is the functional unit of bone and the haversian canal runs in the center of it
Which of the following cells is not a nonspecific phagocytic white blood cell?
A. t lymphocytes
B. neutrophils
C. macrophages
D. monocytes
A. t lymphocytes
Which of the following will blood enter after it leaves the pulmonary vein?
A. right atrium
B. left atrium
C. lungs
D. tricuspid valve
B. left atrium
pulmonary veins bring blood back to the heart through the left atrium
What type of immunity classification is represented if Jane is exposed to a virus and her immune system begins to make antibodies against the viral antigens?
A. naturally acquired active immunity
B. naturally acquired passive immunity
C. artificially acquired active immunity
D. artificially acquired passive immunity
A. naturally acquired active immunity
natural means not man made, body does it on it's own
artificial means man made intervention
active means that your body specifically makes the antibodies
passive means someone else makes the antibodies and they get transferred to you
Drew observes an unidentified slide under the microscope. She notes that the cells are multinucleated and show striations. Which type of cell or tissue is she most likely observing?
A. neurons
B. skeletal muscle
C. osteoblasts
D. cardiac muscle
B. skeletal muscle
Which of the following systems keeps fluid from accumulating is tissue spaces?
A. lymphatic system
B. circulatory system
C. urinary system
D. reproductive system
A. lymphatic system
Which of the following structures contains deoxygenated blood?
A. left ventricle
B. pulmonary vein
C. aorta
D. pulmonary artery
D. pulmonary artery
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
If Mary has Type A positive blood, what type of blood can she receive? (Select all that apply)
A. O-
B. AB-
C. A-
D. O+
E. B+
A. O-
C. A-
D. O+
Which of the following substances would not be found in the filtrate?
A. glucose
B. red blood cells
C. sodium
D. urea
B. red blood cells
Which of the following structures controls the movement of chyme from the stomach into the small intestine?
A. cardiac sphincter
B. lower esophageal sphincter
C. ileocecal sphincter
D. pylori sphincter
D. pylori sphincter
Which of the following will occur when the parasympathetic nervous system is activated?
A. digestion increases
B. pupils dilate
C. bladder relaxation
D. heart rate increases
A. digestion increases
Parasympathetic - rest and digest
Which of the following electrolytes is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum during muscle contraction?
A. calcium
B. sodium
C. potassium
D. chloride
A. calcium
calcium causes the troponin-tropomyosin complex to shift and cause muscle contractions
Which of the following enzymes found in pancreatic juice functions to digest proteins?
A. lactase
B. amylase
C. trypsin
D. pepsin
C. trypsin
Amylase - digest cards
Pepsin - also digests protein, but in the stomach
Trypsin - digests proteins, made in pancreas
A mutation in which of the following proteins would directly impact the muscular system?
A. albumin
B. hemoglobin
C. actin
D. fibrinogen
C. actin
Where are epinephrine and norepinephrine produced?
A. hypothalamus
B. adrenal cortex
C. adrenal medulla
D. anterior pituitary
C. adrenal medulla
MEN = stress
(medulla, epinephrine, norepinephrine)
Which part of the heart is inflamed in a patient diagnosed with endocarditis?
A. muscle layer of heart
B. heart valves
C. membrane sac around heart
D. serous pericardium
B. heart valves
Endocarditis is the inflammation of the endocardium which would include the heart valves, pericarditis would affect sac around
Which of the following sheaths of connective tissue surrounds a fascicle in skeletal muscle?
A. endomysium
B. perimysium
C. myofibril
D. epimysium
B. perimysium
Epimysium surrounds the whole muscle and endomysium surrounds the muscle fiber
Which of the following muscles would be found in the leg?
A. deltoid
B. teres major
C. trapezius
D. vastus lateralis
D. vastus lateralis
Which of the following hormones is released from alpha cells in the pancreas?
A. insulin
B. glucagon
C. somatostatin
D. amylase
B. glucagon
Insulin would be beta cells in the pancreas
Which of the following cell types is part of the adaptive immune system?
A. reticulocytes
B. goblet cell
C. plasma cell
D. monocyte
C. plasma cell
Monocytes are innate immune system (nonspecific); plasma cells are b cells that make antibodies so they are adaptive
Which of the following muscles is found in the trunk of the body?
A. brachialis
B. pectoralis major
C. vastus lateralis
D. gastrocnemius
B. pectoralis major
What is the name of the structure of nerve fibers that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres?
A. hippcampus
B. cerebral cortex
C. corpus callosum
D. transverse fissure
C. corpus callosum
Which of the following cells controls the blood brains barrier?
A. astrocytes
B. oligodendrocytes
C. schwann cells
D. microglia
A. astrocytes
Which of the following hormones is secreted by the adrenal cortex?
A. antidiuretic hormone
B. aldosterone
C. epinephrine
D. glucagon
B. aldosterone
Aldosterone, cortisol & androgens are in the adrenal cortex
Which of the following cell types produces antibodies?
A. B cells
B. T cells
C. neutrophils
D. monocytes
A. B cells
