Victor Valley BIOL. Endocrine Digestive and Urinary

Question 1

Victor Valley BIOL. Endocrine Digestive and Urinary. The ________ are membranes that hold the small intestines to the body wall

• falciform ligaments
• mesenteries
• coronary membranes
• lesser omenta

Question 2

Which of the following performs chemical digestion in saliva?

• Coagulating enzyme
• Mucin
• Amylase
• Bicarbonate

Question 3

In the male, the muscle found in the walls of the scrotum that causes the scrotal sac to appear wrinkled is the

• bulbospongiosus
• ischiocavernosus
• dartos
• cremaster

Question 4

Where in the digestive tract would you find the crypts of Lieberkühn?

• esophagus
• small intestine
• large intestine
• mouth

Question 5

In the kidney, blood flows from the glomerulus into the

• vena cava
• renal vein
• efferent arteriole
• afferent arteriole

Question 6

Cortisol, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone are all examples of __________ hormones.

• carbohydrate
• steroid
• peptide
• protein

Question 7

Which of the following is an immune cell found in the liver sinusoids?

• Langerhan cell
• Kupffer cell
• Cowper’s cell
• Lieberkuhn cell

Question 8

Which of the following is the function served by the secretions of the bulbourethral gland?

• Provide fructose that nourishes the spermatozoa
• Liquefying semen to increase sperm motility
• Make the enzyme coagualase
• Neutralize the pH of the urine residue of the urethra

Question 9

Which of the following does NOT describe the urinary bladder

• Receives urine continuously from the kidneys via the ureters
• Stores urine
• Has a maximum capacity range of about 800–1000 ml of urine
• Controls the production of urine by secreting ADH

Question 10

Which of the following is produced by α cells of the Islets of Langerhans? Victor Valley BIOL. Endocrine Digestive and Urinary

• aldosterone
• epinephrine
• glucagon
• cortisol

Question 11

The ________ is the narrowed portion of the uterine tube as it enters the uterus.

• fimbriae
• isthmus
• ampulla
• cilia

Question 12

Peristalsis for digestion begins in the

• larynx
• esophagus
• small intestines
• stomach

Question 13

The terminal (end) portion of the small intestine is known as the

• cecum
• jejunum
• duodenum
• ileum

Question 14

The structure in the kidney responsible for helping to control blood pressure is called the

• tubular apparatus
• juxtaglomerular apparatus
• Bowman’s apparatus
• glomerular apparatus

Question 15

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is mainly composed of

• neural tissue
• smooth muscle tissue
• supporting cells
• glandular tissue

Question 16

Mechanical digestion occurs in the

• mouth and stomach
• mouth and esophagus
• mouth, stomach, and intestines
• mouth and intestines

Question 17

The mucosa of the esophagus is

• stratified squamous epithelium
• simple squamous epithelium
• stratified cuboidal epithelium
• pseudostratified epithelium

Question 18

The inner most layer of the urinary bladder is called the

• muscularis
• adventitia
• serosa
• mucosa

Question 19

Corpora cavernosa is/are

• the loose fold of skin which covers the glans penis
• the collective names for the structures that form the root of the penis
• two erectile columns that form the dorsum and sides of the penis
• the major sperm duct that runs through the penis

Question 20

The basic structural unit of the liver is the

• lobule
• sinusoid
• triad
• bile canaliculus