1. What is the name of the study of the function of the body and body parts?
Negative feedback
X Physiology
Anatomy
Homeostasis
Irritability
2. An investigator who conducts an experiment to determine how the rate at which the heart beats is affected by temperature changes is most likely to be a(an)
anatomist.
X physiologist.
chemist.
biochemist.
biologist
3. Which of the following represents the basic structural and functional unit of life?
Atoms
Molecules
X Cells
Tissues
Organs
4. Which of the following lists best illustrates the idea of increasing levels of organization?
Cells, tissues, organelles, organs, systems
Tissues, cells, organs, organelles, systems
Organs, organelles, systems, cells, tissues
X Atoms, cells, tissues, organs, systems
Atoms, cells, organelles, organs, tissues
5. What is the system that controls and coordinates the body through hormones?
Digestive system
Integumentary system
x Endocrine system
Nervous system
Skeletal system
6. Which of the following organs would be found in the endocrine system?
Lymph vessels
Thyroid gland
Kidneys
Small intestine
Heart
7. Which two organ systems include the pancreas?
Reproductive and urinary systems
Urinary and respiratory systems
Digestive and endocrine systems
Endocrine and respiratory systems
Digestive and respiratory systems
8. Which of the following systems is accurately matched to the life function it provides?
Nervous system ? responsiveness
Integumentary system ? movement
Nervous system ? excretion
Muscular system ? maintaining boundaries
Respiratory system - digestion
9. Homeostasis in the human body is controlled primarily by which two body systems?
Cardiovascular and integumentary
Skeletal and endocrine
Nervous and endocrine
Cardiovascular and respiratory
Nervous and lymphatic
10. How is homeostasis defined?
The ability of human beings to keep the body weight within normal limits
The maintenance of a constant external temperature inside a room
The ingestion of enough food to keep pains from developing
The tendency of the body to maintain a stable internal environment
The ability of human body to reproduce
11. Most mechanisms involved in maintaining homeostasis are likely to involve which of the following?
Positive feedback mechanism
Negative feedback mechanism
Circular mechanism
Coordinated feedback
Positive correlation
12. Which of the following is the correct order of elements in a control system?
Stimulus, receptor, afferent pathway, control center, efferent pathway, effector, response
Receptor, stimulus, efferent pathway, control center, afferent pathway, effector, response
Receptor, stimulus, afferent pathway, control center, efferent pathway, effector, response
Effector, stimulus, efferent pathway, control center, afferent pathway, receptor, response
Stimulus, receptor, efferent pathway, control center, afferent pathway, effector, response
13. Which of the following is true of positive feedback systems?
They regulate heart and breathing rates, and operate in such a way that the initial stimulus is shut off or reduced.
They regulate heart and breathing rates.
They regulate heart and breathing rates, and operate in such a way that the initial stimulus is enhanced and increased.
They operate in such a way that the initial stimulus is enhanced and increased.
They operate in such a way that the initial stimulus is shut off or reduced.
14. A blood clot stimulating the formation of more blood clotting is an example of which of the following?
Positive feedback mechanism
Negative feedback mechanism
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Maintenance of borders
15. Which term best describes the genital area?
Cervical
Axillary
Gluteal
Sural
Pubic
16. When correctly situated in anatomical position, where are the feet in relation to the knees?
Deep
Proximal
Superior
Medial
Distal
17. The lungs and heart are situated in which body cavity?
Cranial
Dorsal
Spinal
Thoracic
Abdominopelvic
18. Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between the patellar and popliteal regions?
The patellar region is distal to the popliteal region.
The patellar region is superior to the popliteal region.
The patellar region is lateral to the popliteal region.
The patellar region is anterior to the popliteal region.
The patellar region is proximal to the popliteal region.
19. Which body cavity can be subdivided into four quadrants and nine regions?
Abdominopelvic cavity
Orbital cavity
Spinal cavity
Nasal cavity
Thoracic cavity
20. The dorsal body cavity houses which of the following?
Spinal cord and brain
Heart and lungs
Urinary and reproductive organs
Tongue
Digestive and reproductive organs
21. What is the name of the section that divides the body on the longitudinal plane into equal right and left parts?
Frontal
Coronal
Transverse
Oblique
Median (midsagittal)
22. In anatomical position, on which surface of the body are the face and palms?
Anterior
Posterior
Superior
Inferior
Distal
23. Glucose and starch are examples of what substance?
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Triglycerides
Phospholipids
Steroids
24. What organic compounds function in building tissues and acting as enzymes?
Salts
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Nucleic acids
25. Which of the following is a correct description of enzymes?
They help regulate growth and development.
They increase the rates of chemical reactions by at least a millionfold.
They are highly specialized nucleotides that recognize, bind with, and inactivate bacteria, toxins, and some viruses.
They are essential to ALL chemical reactions in the body.
They provide energy for the reactions they catalyze.
26. Which of the following is NOT considered a cytoplasmic organelle?
Golgi apparatus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Peroxisomes
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
27. Where are ribosomes found?
Only in the cytoplasm
On the Golgi apparatus
Only on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
Only on the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
In the cytoplasm and on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
28. What organelle contains enzymes produced by ribosomes and is packaged by the Golgi apparatus?
Peroxisome
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Ribosome
Lysosome
Golgi apparatus
29. What is the name of the process by which molecules move from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration?
Bulk transport
Filtration
Osmosis
Active transport
Diffusion
30. Which of the following is correct about passive processes that move substances across membranes?
They utilize ATP.
They employ protein pumps.
They include exocytosis and endocytosis.
They require no ATP.
They transport substances against their concentration gradients.
31. What assists the movement of substances by facilitated diffusion?
Protein carrier or channel
Lysosomes
Solute pumps
Aquaporins
ATP
32. Which of the following is the most accurate match between tissue type and general function?
Epithelial------connect body parts
Muscle------secretory or glandular
Connective-------contract and shorten
Nervous------conduct electrochemical impulses
skeletal ------ excrete waste products
33. Which of the following is the correct order of phases of mitosis?
Prophase, anaphase, telophase, metaphase
Metaphase, anaphase, prophase, telophase
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Prophase, interphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Telophase, metaphase, anaphase, prophase
34. What type of connective tissue covers the ends of bones at joints?
Areolar
Dense (fibrous)
Fibrocartilage
Hyaline cartilage
Elastic
35. What tissue is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix?
Epithelial tissue
Muscle tissue
Connective tissue
Brain tissue
Nervous tissue
36. Which of these characteristics best describes cardiac muscle tissue?
Voluntary movement and cells striations
Attached to the skeleton
Multinucleate and long, cylindrical cells
Single nucleus and spindle-shaped cells
Involuntary movement and cell striations
37. What type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach, and in the walls of blood vessels?
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
Both smooth muscle and skeletal muscle
Both cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle
38. What type of tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
Adipose tissue
Fibrous connective tissue
Muscle tissue
Loose connective tissue
Cartilage
39. What type of tissue forms the outer layer of skin?
Simple squamous
Stratified squamous
Transitional
Areolar
Simple columnar
40. What type of epithelial tissue lines the interior of blood vessels?
Simple squamous
Simple cuboidal
Simple columnar
Transitional
Pseudostratified columnar
41. Which tissue has goblet cells?
Simple cuboidal
Simple columnar
Simple squamous
Stratified squamous
Transitional
42. What type of connective tissue prevents muscles from pulling away from bones during contraction?
Dense connective
Areolar
Elastic
Hyaline cartilage
Adipose
43. What kind of connective tissue acts like a sponge, soaking up fluid when edema occurs?
Areolar
Adipose
Dense irregular
Reticular
Vascular
44. Which moist epithelial membrane lines body cavities that open to the exterior?
Serous
Cutaneous
Mucous
Peritoneum
Synovial
45. What is the innermost serous membrane covering the outside of the heart?
Synovial layer
Visceral pericardium
Visceral pleura
Peritoneum
Parietal pericardium
46. What is the only dry membrane in the body?
Mucous membrane
Basement membrane
Cutaneous membrane
Serous membrane
Synovial membrane
47. Where are mucous membranes located?
Lining joint cavities
Covering the heart
Lining the stomach
Covering the brain
Surrounding muscle tissue
48. What type of connective tissue attaches skin to underlying muscles and forms a supporting framework for organs?
areolar
adipose
dense (fibrous)
elastic
fibrocartilage
49. Which of the following is a function of the skin?
Body temperature control
Production of vitamin D
Protection from bacterial invasion
A and C
All of the above.
50. When swimming, a tough protein within the skin prevents it from soaking up moisture like a sponge. What is this substance?
Melanin
Serous fluid
Keratin
Carotene
Mucus