Rutgers Test A&P1 Questions.docx
Rutgers Test Questions
Intro
- Which is an example of homeostasis - sweating when you get hot
- Which of the following represents feedback inhibition in a multistep biosynthetic pathway? - The question is asking what would cause feedback inhibition. More simply it is asking which of the choices describes a scenario where the body does not get feedback; meaning the body’s ability to sense when something is out of homeostasis is off. Any step that blocks the first step of recognizing something is wrong meets this criteria.
- What cut divides the anteriorly and posteriorly - Coronal/frontal
- What cut divides the Left & right - Sagittal
- What type of scientist/doctor would test the heart under different temperatures - Physiologist, because he studying how the heart works and physiology is the study of function
Chemistry
- Which bond is made by a positive anion and negative cation combining - ionic
- What is the energy molecule - ATP
- What chemical process makes most of the macromolecules (fatty acid chain, starches, proteins) in our body - Dehydration synthesis: connects molecules by removing a water molecule. REMOVAL OF WATER
- Which of the following is an example of catabolism - breakdown of large molecules into smaller ones
- What describes substances that dissociate in water - salts because the ionic bonds interact in polar water OR electrolytes because the charges interact with polar water molecules
- Which of the following best describes CO2 - A compound in the air. Not an element, or molecule since it contains more than one type of atom.
- What elements make up 95% of the human body - Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, & Oxygen (C,H,O,N)
- Which metabolic pathway or process converts 1 molecule of glucose into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid - Glycolysis. The first step in aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
- Which of the following scenarios represents passive transport - Following the gradient; movement using no energy.
Cells & Histology
- Cells die by the process of necrosis when they are deprived of a blood supply for a period of time, a condition known as ischemia. Ischemia results in the slowing and eventual stopping of cellular processes which produce ATP. The inactivation of which ATP-dependent protein in these cells results in water coming into the cells causing them to swell before breaking down? - ATP dependent sodium potassium pumps
- This disease affects lipase & fatty acids so what kind of cell is affected - adipocytes
- Blood is what type of tissue - connective
- Identify Microscope view of tissue (usually bone) - seeing rings with a central lumen(canal)
- What of the following structure receive signals that allow for communication with other cells - receptors
- Which tissue would be touching blood in a blood vessel - epithelial
- How many bases are needed for 1 amino acid - 3
- What is the name of the supportive network created by thin collagen fibers - ground substance
- What would happen if you added a HYPERTONIC solution to the body - Hypertonic means a lot of stuff in the solution, which would draw more water out to mix with the stuff. This would cause the cells to shrivel and shrink.
- Which part of protein synthesis uses DNA as a template - mRNA
- Long fibrous triple braided protein - collagen fibers
- Where does the electron transport chain occur - Inside the the mitochondria, across the cristae of the inner membrane
- What type of compounds provide the cell with structure and support - Proteins, they provide structural support for most of the body
- Which delivers the specific amino acid to the chain in protein synthesis - tRNA
- What occurs in the Endoplasmic reticulum - Protein synthesis/remodeling
- Elongated cells that can contract - muscles
- What 2 molecules make up a cell membrane - Lipids & proteins
- Meiosis vs mitosis daughter cells, number of chromosomes - Mitosis results in 2 equal cells both with 23 chromosome pairs. Meiosis first has the same result but then continues to 4 cells with 23 single chromosomes.
- If a single base in mRNA is removed during the translation of mRNA into proteins what would happen - Every base in the entire RNA strand is shifted down one spot. This creates an error in every codon trio for the remainder of the strand.
- Totipotent Cells - this cell can become embryo or placenta; pluripotent cells become more body cells; and multipotent cells differentiate from origin. Mesenchymal cells (multipotent) can become bone or cartilage but not nerves.
Integumentary System
- What is the whitish half crescent part of the nail above the cuticle - lunula
- What protein makes out skin waterproof - keratin
- What pigments protect skin from rays of the sun - Eumelanin & pheomelanin
- What is the layer of the skin containing fat - Subcutaneous layer or Hypodermis
- What type of receptor would be most common in the fingertips - Meissner corpuscles
- What is the rule of 9s used for - Determining how much of the body is burnt
- Which fibers give skin flexibility - elastic fibers
- Which prevents drying of the eardrum - cerumen
- Top layer of skin - epidermis
- Secretions from which gland cause Body Odor with bacteria - Apocrine (armpit)
- What layer of the epidermis contains columnar cells - stratum basale
- Which of the following may occur after the dermis is ruptured - stretch marks
- Subcutaneous layer has more ____ than the dermis - Adipose
Skeletal System
- Which cells are responsible for bone resorption(breakdown of bone)? - osteoclasts
- What type of joint is found connecting the flat bones of skull - fibrous
- Steps in healing a bone fracture - hematoma, invasion, fibro callus, bony callus
- The connection between bones in the skull - sutures
- The fluid sac in synovial joints - Bursae
- If someone suffers from a cleft palate, what bone is affected - maxilla (upper jaw)
- Cartilage = chondro
- If palms are forward but i turn them back, what movement did i do - pronation
- What is the most inferior part of the sternum - xiphoid process
- Shaft of a long bone - diaphysis
- Where is the foramen magnum - bottom of skull in occipital bone
- Lumen are found in what - bone
- Largest and most complex of synovial joints - ball and socket (shoulder & hip)
- Which cartilage makes bone - hyaline
- which of the following secretes ground substance in bone - osteoblasts
- Skin of bone - periosteum
- Which of the following describes haversian systems/osteons - basic unit of compact bone
- What system produces blood cells - skeletal
- What makes cartilage - chondroblasts
- Moving a joint so the angle decreases - flexion
- What is part of the axial skeleton - skull, spine, sternum, bony thorax
- What spinal section would have intercostal nerves - thoracic because intercostal means in between ribs
- What does a clear epiphyseal plate mean - The epiphyseal plate is the growth plate. Seeing it more clearly means there is still space for the bones to grow and therefore the person is not done growing, young.
- Which bone contains the Foramen Magnum - That is the hole for the spinal cord, Occipital bone
Muscle System
- Which layer of connective tissue surrounds the muscle fascicle? - perimysium
- What is the thick filament - myosin
- An error on the TTN gene for the TITAN protein would cause an issue where - Titan holds actin to the z disk, therefore it is an issue in MUSCLES, leading to HEART problems since the heart is made of cardiac muscle
- What number is trapezius muscle
- What best describes a sarcomere - section of myofibril
- Where is rectus abdominis - abs/ belly
- What surrounds a muscle fascicle - perimysium
- What part of skeletal muscle releases calcium - Sarcoplasmic reticulum
- Which leads to muscle fatigue - lack of oxygen; build up of lactic acid
- What generates muscle movement - myosin pulling actin
- What muscle extends the elbow - tricep
- What muscle assists with breathing - Diaphragm
- What muscle raises your arm to shoulder level - deltoid
Nervous System
Peripheral
- Which body system involves dendrites - Nervous System
- Nissl bodies - found in the cell bodies of neurons giving them structure and contain rough ER
- Nodes of ranvier are regulated by which system - peripheral nervous system
- How many axons in a multipolar neuron - 1
- An issue with efferent nerves would create problems where? - any motion because efferent nerves go away from the CNS meaning they control muscles
- Which structure is associated with the myelin sheath in the PNS - Schwann cells
- Which of the following describes a cluster of nerve bodies in the PNS - Ganglia
- Neurotransmitters like glutamate will be found in the… - synapse
- Action potential moves fastest - myelinated axons
- What nerve is equilibrium(balance) - Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) aka Auditory nerve but remember that balance is managed by the inner ear
- What do neuroglia do? - Neuroglia/Glia/Glial Cells are neuron helpers. The control the environment around the neurons and create myelin sheath
- What type of nerves exist in the anterior root of a spinal nerve - Even though they can eventually merge Sensory neurons make up the dorsal root and Motor neurons exit through the anterior root
- What do spinal nerves do - Motor & Sensory Functions (only cranial nerves are sometimes limited to a single function)
- Which best describes a reflex? - A reflex is an immediate neural response that comes from the spinal cord. No brain involvement. Requires a strong stimulus to cause.
- Bell's palsy affects - facial nerve (seven VII)
Central
- What is the thin stalk that connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus - infundibulum
- If the motor area on the left brain is damaged, what will be affected - the right side of the body
- What structure allows communication between brain hemispheres - corpus callosum
- Layers of meninges - dura, arachnoid, pia
- Where is cerebrospinal fluid formed - ventricles
- What is pia mater - inner layer of meninges
- Baroreceptors in arteries detect what? - pressure
- What describes brain and spinal cord - central nervous system
Special Senses
- What is cataracts - clouding of the lens in the eye
- What is the sensor in ear - organ of Corti
- What sense is olfactory - Smell
- Order in which light passes through the eye - Cornea, AH, pupil, lens, VH, Retina
- What sensors take in light vs color - rods = light/ cones = color
- Which of the auditory ossicles (earbones) is attached to the tympanic membrane(ear drum) - malleus (hammer)
- What category do olfactory receptors belong - Chemoreceptors
- Receptors for hearing and balance - inner ear
- What part of the eye has the receptors on it - retina
- Where is the highest concentration of cones - fovea macula