Final

Question 1

Which cell structure contains the cell’s genetic material and controls many of the cell’s activities?

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

Which organelle breaks down compounds into small particles that the cell can use

Answer 2

Lysosome

Question 3

Which organelle makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleus

Answer 3

Ribosome

Question 4

Which organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use?

Answer 4

Mitochondrion

Question 5

What is the function of the cell membrane?

Answer 5

Regulates which materials enter and leave the cell

Question 6

The thin, flexible barrier around a cell is called the

Answer 6

Cell membrane

Question 7

What is the function of the nucleus

Answer 7

Stores DNA
Controls most of the cell’s processes
Contains the info needed to make proteins

Question 8

Which of the following is a function of the cytoskeleton

Answer 8

Helps a cell keep its shape

Question 9

Diffusion is the movement of particles from

Answer 9

An area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Question 10

The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called

Answer 10

Osmosis

Question 11

A group of similar cells that perform a particular function is called a

Answer 11

Tissue

Question 12

Which of the following is not a stage of cellular respiration?

Fermentation
Electron transport
Glycolysis
Krebs cycle

Answer 12

Fermentation

Question 13

The Krebs cycle produces

Answer 13

Carbon dioxide

Question 14

Cellular respiration uses one molecule of glucose to produce

Answer 14

36 ATP molecules

Question 15

What is a product of cellular respiration

Answer 15

Water

Question 16

Glycolysis provides a cell with a net gain of

Answer 16

2 ATP molecules

Question 17

Electron transport chain occurs in the

Answer 17

Mitochondria

Question 18

The energy of the electrons passing along the electron transport chain is used to make

Answer 18

ATP

Question 19

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules

Answer 19

Each with one new strand and one original strand

Question 20

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

Answer 20

Uracil

Question 21

Which types of RNA are involved in protein synthesis

Answer 21

Messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA

Question 22

What is produced during transcription

Answer 22

RNA molecules

Question 23

What happens during the process of translation

Answer 23

The cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins

Question 24

What is the major difference between facilitated diffusion and active transport

Answer 24

Active transport moves substances against the concentration gradient

Question 25

Raising your leg out to the side away from the midline

Answer 25

Abduction

Question 26

Toes toward your tibia

Answer 26

Dorsiflexion

Question 27

Decreasing the angle of the joint

Answer 27

Flexion

Question 28

Forward jaw

Answer 28

Protraction

Question 29

Raising your scapula superior

Answer 29

Elevation

Question 30

Turn head to side

Answer 30

Rotation

Question 31

Palms up

Answer 31

Supination

Question 32

Turning sole of foot to the medial line

Answer 32

Inversion

Question 33

Achilles

Answer 33

Tendon

Question 34

Bone to muscle

Answer 34

Tendon

Question 35

ACL

Answer 35

Ligament

Question 36

Bone to bone

Answer 36

Ligament

Question 37

Processes grow out from the bone for things like muscle attachment

Answer 37

Projections

Question 38

Raised area on or above condyle

Answer 38

Epicondyle

Question 39

Cavities that indent the bone for blood vessels and nerves to pass

Answer 39

Depressions

Question 40

Filled with air

Answer 40

Sinus

Question 41

Canal or tube

Answer 41

Meatus

Question 42

Large rounded or roughened projection

Answer 42

Tuberosity

Question 43

Shallow basin

Answer 43

Fossa

Question 44

Rounded articular projection

Answer 44

Condyle

Question 45

Narrow ridge of bone

Answer 45

Crest

Question 46

Sharp, pointed projection

Answer 46

Spine

Question 47

Bony expansion on narrow neck

Answer 47

Head

Question 48

Only projection found on the femur

Answer 48

Trochanter

Question 49

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 49

Facet

Question 50

Shallow depression

Answer 50

Sulcus, groove, furrow

Question 51

Small rounded projection

Answer 51

Tubercle

Question 52

Round or oval opening

Answer 52

Foramen

Question 53

Armlike bar of bone

Answer 53

Ramus

Question 54

Narrow, slit-like opening

Answer 54

Fissure

Question 55

Punch knuckles

Answer 55

Condyloid

Question 56

Hip

Answer 56

Ball and socket

Question 57

Neck

Answer 57

Pivot

Question 58

Shoulder

Answer 58

Ball and socket

Question 59

Knee

Answer 59

Hinge

Question 60

Fingers

Answer 60

Hinge

Question 61

Joint between the tarsus and tibia and fibula

Answer 61

Saddle

Question 62

Sutures

Answer 62

Fibrous

Question 63

Limited action

Answer 63

Cartilaginous

Question 64

No action

Answer 64

Fibrous

Question 65

Vertebrae

Answer 65

Cartilaginous

Question 66

Thumb

Answer 66

Synovial

Question 67

Freely movable

Answer 67

Synovial

Question 68

Public symphysis

Answer 68

Fibrocartilage

Question 69

Most abundant cartilage in the body

Answer 69

Hyaline

Question 70

Ear

Answer 70

Elastic

Question 71

Epiglottis

Answer 71

Elastic

Question 72

Voluntary

Answer 72

Skeletal muscle

Question 73

Non striated

Answer 73

Smooth muscle

Question 74

Branching cells

Answer 74

Cardiac muscle

Question 75

Walls of the stomach

Answer 75

Smooth muscle

Question 76

Moves your eyeballs

Answer 76

Skeletal muscle

Question 77

Several nuclei/cell

Answer 77

Skeletal muscle

Question 78

Calcium ions bind to the ________ molecule in skeletal muscle cells

Answer 78

Troponin

Question 79

During muscle contraction, myosin cross bridges attach to which active sites?

Answer 79

Actin filaments

Question 80

The action of lifting a shovel of snow

Answer 80

Load, effort, fulcrum

Question 81

Tibia-calcaneus joint

Answer 81

Fulcrum, load, effort

Question 82

Second- class lever

Answer 82

Fulcrum, load, effort

Question 83

First class lever

Answer 83

Load, fulcrum, effort

Question 84

Humerus- ulna joint

Answer 84

Load, effort, fulcrum

Question 85

The sliding filament model of contraction involves

Answer 85

Actin and myosin sliding past each other and partially overlap

Question 86

The major function of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle contraction is to

Answer 86

Regulate intracellular calcium concentration

Question 87

A muscle that provides the major force for producing a specific movement is called

Answer 87

An agonist

Question 88

In flexing the forearm at the elbow, the

Answer 88

Triceps brachii acts as antagonist

Question 89

A muscle group that works with and assists the action of a prime mover is a

Answer 89

Synergist

Question 90

In skeletal muscle contraction, calcium apparently acts to

Answer 90

Remove the blocking action of tropomyosin

Question 91

The contractile units of skeletal muscles are

Answer 91

Myofibrils

Question 92

An elaborate network of membranes in skeletal muscle cells that functions in calcium storage is the

Answer 92

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Question 93

One functional unit of a skeletal muscle is

Answer 93

A sarcomere

Question 94

The role of calcium ions in muscle contraction is to

Answer 94

Bind to regulatory sites on troponin, changing the configuration

Question 95

A sarcomere is

Answer 95

The area between two Z discs

Question 96

During vigorous exercise, there may be insufficient oxygen available to completely break down pyruvic acid for energy. As a result, the pyruvic acid is converted to

Answer 96

Lactic acid

Question 97

Rigor mortis occurs because

Answer 97

No ATP is available to release attached actin and myosin molecules

Question 98

The main general purpose of negative feedback is to

Answer 98

Maintain homeostasis

Question 99

A structure that is composed of two or tissues would be

Answer 99

An organ

Question 100

Negative feedback mechanisms work to prevent

Answer 100

Sudden severe changes within the body

Question 101

The condition in which the body maintains a relatively stable internal environment within limits

Answer 101

Homeostasis

Question 102

The term pollex refers to the

Answer 102

Thumb

Question 103

Directly causes mechanical motions

Answer 103

Muscular

Question 104

Responds to environmental changes by transmitting electrical impulses

Answer 104

Nervous

Question 105

Blood glucose levels

Answer 105

Negative feedback

Question 106

Delivering a baby

Answer 106

Positive feedback

Question 107

Stomach

Answer 107

Abdominopelvic

Question 108

The elbow is proximal to the shoulder

Answer 108

False

Question 109

A tissue consists of groups of similar cells that have a common function

Answer 109

True

Question 110

What are the parts of the dorsal cavity

Answer 110

Cranial, vertebral, and spinal

Question 111

The epigastric region is located superior to the umbilical region

Answer 111

True

Question 112

What is the anatomical position

Answer 112

Arms at sides, thumbs pointed laterally and body erect