Question 6
Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1. The circulatory route that carries nutrients and toxins from the digestive tract to the liver is called:
- None are correct
- renal mesenteric system
- hepatic portal system
- hepatic artery
Question 7
Which cell type releases perforins and granzymes?
- helper T cells
- cytotoxic T cells (Note: Natural killer cells also use this mechanism, but cytotoxic T cells are the primary adaptive immune response answer.)
- phagocytes
- natural killer cells
Question 8
A small molecule that protects uninfected cells that neighbor an infected cell from viruses is called:
- compliment
- membrane attack complex
- interferon
- interleukins
Question 9
Which part of the immune system uses antibodies?
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- innate external immunity
- humoral immunity
- innate internal immunity
Question 10
What hormone increases sodium reabsorption?
- atrial natriuretic peptide
- aldosterone
- parathyroid hormone
- antidiuretic hormone
Question 11
During internal (systemic) respiration, oxygen moves ____ the tissues and carbon dioxide moves ____ the tissues.
- out of; out of
- out of; into Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- into; out of
- into; into
Question 12
What is the ULTIMATE goal of angiotensin II?
- raise blood pressure
- cause formation of anti-diuretic hormone
- constrict blood vessels
- increase blood volume
Question 13
What hormone causes formation of red blood cells
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- atrial natriuretic peptide
- renin
- thrombopoietin
Question 14
Children get one sex chromosome from each parent. What type of sex chromosome would a boy have received from his father?
- X
- XY
- Y
- XX
Question 15
Name the electrical event that leads directly to ventricular systole.
- T wave
- Ventricular repolarization
- Ventricluar contraction
- Ventricular depolarization
Question 16
What happens to the pressure in the thoracic cavity when the diaphragm contracts?
- it decreases
- it stays the same
- it increases
- it fluctuates
Question 17
Which of the following is an example of specific immunity?
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- phagocytosis
- inflammation
- B cell
Question 18
Which of the following is an example of active immunity?
- vaccination
- babies getting antibodies through breastmilk Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- receiving antibodies for a snake bite
- antibodies crossing the placenta
Question 19
Which of the following would NOT be found in the filtrate of a healthy individual?
- sodium
- glucose
- amino acids
- albumin
Question 20
Where does the MOST reabsorption occur?
- distal convoluted tubule
- nephron loop
- proximal convoluted tubule
- collecting duct
Question 21
The main function of the large intestine is:
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- absorb nutrients
- produce enzymes
- chemical digestion
Question 22
Where is bile produced?
- gallbladder
- small intestine
- liver
- stomach
Question 23
Which of the following describes the function of the gallbladder?
- produces bile
- stores bile
- produces digestive enzymes
- absorbs nutrients
Question 24
Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver?
- produces bile
- detoxifies blood
- produces digestive enzymes
- stores glycogen
Question 25
The functional unit of the kidney is the:
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- neuron
- alveoli
- villi
Question 26
Which of the following is NOT a part of the nephron?
- nephron loop
- collecting duct
- proximal convoluted tubule
- distal convoluted tubule
Question 27
Which of the following is NOT a function of the urinary system?
- maintain blood pressure
- digest nutrients
- maintain pH balance
- eliminate metabolic waste
Question 28
The actual site of gas exchange in the lungs is the:
- trachea
- bronchi
- alveoli
- bronchioles
Question 29
Most carbon dioxide is transported in the blood as:
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- bicarbonate ions
- dissolved gas
- carboxyhemoglobin
Question 30
Where does fertilization usually occur?
- uterus
- fallopian tube
- ovary Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- vagina
Question 31
What is the function of the epididymis?
- produce testosterone
- sperm maturation and storage
- produce sperm
- produce seminal fluid
Question 32
What is the hormone of pregnancy?
- estrogen
- progesterone
- luteinizing hormone
- follicle stimulating hormone
Question 34 (1 point)
Which is true regarding platelets?
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- they are formed from fragments of megakaryocytes
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- they are not a formed element
Question 35 (1 point)
Carbon dioxide is carried in the blood mostly in what form?
- attached to the globin group of hemoglobin
- dissolved in the plasma
- as bicarbonate ion
- attached to the heme group of hemoglobin Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
Question 35 (1 point)
Carbon dioxide is carried in the blood mostly in what form?
- attached to the globin group of hemoglobin
- dissolved in the plasma
- ✅ as bicarbonate ion
- attached to the heme group of hemoglobin
Question 36 (1 point)
Direct stimulus for hematopoiesis is provided by:
- clotting factors in the blood, which are produced by the liver
- colony stimulating factor (CSFs), which are produced when platelet counts are low
- interleukin, which is released by the kidneys in response to low red blood cell count
- ✅ erythropoietin (EPO), which is produced when the kidney cells become hypoxic
Question 37 (1 point)
When someone becomes dehydrated:
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- ✅ water loss from the ECF causes cells to shrink
- water loss from the ECF causes cells to swell
- excess water in the ECF causes cells to shrink
Question 38 (1 point)
The regulation of potassium balance ______.
- includes secretion, but never reabsorption
- is accomplished mainly by hepatic mechanisms
- ✅ involves aldosterone-induced secretion of potassium
- is not linked to sodium balance
Question 39 (1 point)
A patient with severe epilepsy was given barbital, a drug that depressed the brain stem to prevent seizures. What effect could this drug have on blood pH?
- metabolic alkalosis
- metabolic acidosis
- ✅ respiratory acidosis Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- respiratory alkalosis
Question 40 (1 point)
Emphysema and congestive heart failure can lead to acidosis because
- carbon dioxide levels raise the pH
- sodium imbalances from heart failure can increase heart rate
- ✅ more carbon dioxide is retained, dropping the pH
- bicarbonate ion is retained by the kidneyes
Question 41 (1 point)
Select the correct statement about factors that influence blood pressure.
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- excess red blood cell production would cause blood pressure to decrease
- ✅ increased cardiac output would cause an increase in blood pressure
- a decrease in peripheral resistance causes an increase in blood pressure
Question 42 (1 point)
Glucose and amino acids are reabsorbed across the luminal membrane of the proximal convoluted tubule via:
- osmosis
- movement along the paracellular route
- primary active transport
- ✅ cotransport with sodium ions Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
Question 43 (1 point)
What is the role of the diaphragm while a person inspires air?
- relaxes, moving downward
- contracts, moving upward
- ✅ contracts, moving downward
- it plays a role in expiration only
Question 44 (1 point)
What factor shifts the oxygen-hemoglobin saturation curve to the right (or down), enhancing oxygen unloading at the tissue?
- decreased partial pressure of carbon dioxide
- decreased temperature
- decreased BPG
- ✅ decreased pH
Question 45 (1 point)
Which is an INCORRECT tracing of a substance through the fluid compartments?
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- water moves from the digestive tract into the plasma
- ✅ urea moves from the extracellular fluid into the intracellular fluid
- carbon dioxide moves from the intracellular fluid inot the extracellular fuids
Question 46 (1 point)
What enzyme is secreted by the salivary glands?
- ✅ amylase
- lipase
- pepsin
- nuclease
Question 47 (1 point)
If one says that the renal clearance value of glucose is zero, what does this mean?
- The glucose molecule is too large to be filtered from the blood
- The renal clearance value of glucose in healthy adults is normally much higher
- Most of the glucose is filtered and it not reabsorbed
- ✅ Normally all the glucose is reabsorbed
Question 48 (1 point)
In the intestinal crypts, which cells secrete chemicals that communicate with other organs?
- secretory cells
- paneth cells
- ✅ enteroendocrine cells
- intrepithelial lymphocytes
Question 49 (1 point)
Which of the following processes occurs in the esophagus?
- ingestion
- chemical digestion
- ✅ propulsion
- mechanical digestion
Question 50 (1 point)
The absolute refractory period for cardiac muscle cells is long, meaning that:
- the period of inexcitability is long so that tetanic contraction DO occur
- cardiac muscle cells have smooth and sustained contraction
- ✅ the period of inexcitability is long so that tetanic contractions DO NOT occur
- cardiac muscle cells are autorhythmic
Question 51 (1 point)
Which describes two parts of the cardiac cycle that happen during the P wave?
- ventricular repolarization, AV node fires
- atrial depolarization; SA node fires
- ✅ atrial depolarization, atrial contraction
- SA node fires, atrial repolarization
Question 52 (1 point)
CONTRACTION of cardiac muscle cells is caused by:
- an influx of potasstium ion
- ✅ an influx of calcium ion
- an efflux of sodium ion
- binding of iron atoms
Question 53 (1 point)
Which of the following is NOT true concerning lung surfactant?
- it is produced by type II alveolar cells
- ✅ it increases surface tension
- when absent in premature newborns, it leads to infant respiratory distress syndrome
- it decreases the attraction of water molecules to one another
Question 54 (1 point)
When atmospheric pressure exceeds intrapulmonary (intra-alveolar) pressure:
I) Air is exhaled II) intrapleural pressure is positive III) air moves across the pleural membranes
- ✅ none are true
- I, II, and III
- I only
- I and II only
Question 55
What mechanical event DIRECTLY follows the QRS wave?
- ventricular contraction
- ventricular relaxation
- none of these, as they are all electrical events
- atrial contraction
Question 56
The main role of the counter-current multiplier of the Loop of Henle is to:
- establish a medullary osmotic gradient so that urine is always dilue
- establish a medullary osmotic gradient so that urine can be concentrated
- preserve the existing medullary osmotic gradient
- synthesize the hormone ADH so that urine can be concentrated
Question 57
Proteins are broken down into what before they are absorbed by the small intestine?
- nucleic acids
- triglycerides
- monosaccharides
- amino acids
Question 58
In a tissue at rest (partial pressure of oxygen = 40 mmHg), hemoglobin saturation is:
- 100%
- 98%
- 75%
- 40%
Question 59
When water moves into a cell during osmosis it moves through a water permeable membrane from the ____ solution into the cell Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- water will not move through a water permeable membrane
- isotonic
- hypertonic
- hypotonic
Question 60
Salim is generally a healthy individual. How might his body compensate when he experiences metabolic alkalosis?
- breath fast and deep
- excrete hydrogen ion
- reabsorb bicarbonate ion
- breath slow and shallow
Question 61
Carbon dioxide binds with water in the presence of carbonic anhydrase to form ________, then dissociates into ________.
- hydrogen ion and bicarbonate ion; carbonic acid
- this situation is impossible because carbon dioxide and water cannot bind to one another
- bicarbonate ion; hydrogen ion and bicarbonate ion
- carbonic acid; hydrogen ion and bicarbonate ion
Question 62
The function of bile is to:
- emulsify fats
- absorb proteins
- digest fats
- activate pepsinogen
Question 63
Kiran’s severe diarrhea has led to dehydration. The ECF osmotic pressure rises, causing:
- cells to loose water and shrink
- cells to loose water and swell
- cells to gain water and shrink
- cells to gain water and swell
Question 64
Which statement is NOT true regarding normal bacterial flora of the gut?
- bacterial flora break down carbohydrates that your body could not break down otherwise
- bacterial flora synthesize B and K vitamins
- bacterial flora are always bad for the host
- most enteric (digestive) bacteria coexist peacefully with their host
Question 65
Kiran’s body responds to the C-Diff infection with inflammation in the large intestine. Inflammation causes:
- reduction of pain
- vasoconstriction
- swelling
- cooling of local tissues
Question 66
Select the correct statement about the hormonal events of the ovarian cycle.
- low estrogen levels result in a surge of leutenizing hormone release
- the leutenizing hormone surge stimulates meiosis I
- high estrogen levels inhibit GnRH
- high levels of leutenizing hormone in the blood lead to the development of primary follicles
Question 67
Which answer choice correctly orders the movement of a sperm cell during ejaculation?
- epididymis, prostatic urethra, ductus deferens
- seminiferous tubule, ductus deferens, epididymis
- ductus deferens, ejaculatory duct, seminiferous tubule
- prostatic urethra, membranous urethra, penile (spongy) urethra
Question 68
The basic difference between spermatogenesis and oogenesis is that: ________.
- in oogenesis, one mature ovum is produced, and in spermatogenesis four mature sperm are produced from the parent cell
- oogenesis involves mitosis and meiosis, but spermatogenesis involves meiosis only
- none of these are true
- the mature ovum has n chromosomes, while the sperm has 2n chromosomes
Question 69
The primary function of the uterus is to:
- produce the ovaries produce the ovaries
- regulate the ovarian and menstrual cycles
- synthesize female hormones Inver Hills A&P. Final Exam 1.
- receive, retain, and nourish a fertilized ovum
Question 70
How can you tell the difference between a secondary follicle and a mature follicle?
- the mature follicle has ovulated the oocyte
- the mature follicle has an antrum
- the mature follicle always contains a secondary ooctye
- the mature follicle has two layers of cuboidal cells
Question 71
Which of the following is NOT a result of the LH surge?
- primary oocyte becomes a secondary oocyte
- primary follicle becomes a secondary follicle
- meiosis I of a primary oocytes occurs
- ovulation
Question 72
Select the TRUE statement about polar (basal) bodies.
- they are large cells with few mitochondria that become secondary oocytes
- they are cells containing 2n chromosomes that can be used to test for monochromatic disorders in female gametes
- they are cells containing very little cytoplasm that are produced during meiosis I or meiosis II
- they lead to the development of fraternal (dizygotic) twins
Question 73
The structure(s) that receive the ovulated oocyte, providing a site for fertilization are called the:
- mature follicles
- uterine (fallopian) tubes
- ovaries
- cervix