TEAS 7 Anatomy & Physiology Practice Questions - Multiple Choice

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