Practice Questions from Exam Version A

Question 1

What is an example of a positive feedback loop?

Answer 1

Childbirth

Question 2

What is an example of growth?

Answer 2

Building muscle and bone elongation

Question 3

Whats included in the anatomical position?

Answer 3

Spine erect, palms facing frontwards and thumbs outwards, legs together

Question 4

What type of plane is this?

Answer 4

Transverse

Question 5

True or False: RNA has a double helix

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What type if gland does milk come from?

Answer 6

Mammary glands, which is a compound alveolar acinar exocrine gland

Question 7

Which property in a cell is needed for protein production?

Answer 7

Ribosomes

Question 8

Where is the canaliculi?

Answer 8

Within the Osteon

Question 9

What type of bones are in the hands and ankles?

Answer 9

Short bones

Question 10

If you were bending at the knee towards the chest to make a 90 degree angle, what ligament would be present to ensure the femur and tibia do not get displaced?

Answer 10

ACL

Question 11

True or False: The fontanelles are dangerous for newborns

Answer 11

False

Question 12

What is special about the hyoid bone?

Answer 12

It does not articulate with any other bones

Question 13

What are the bones in the upper extremity in order from proximal to distal

Question 14

What is the most abundant molecule type in the human body?

Answer 14

Covalent bonds

Question 15

If the concentration inside a cell is higher than outside of the cell, based on osmosis, where would the fluid go?

Answer 15

Leave the cell

Question 16

A pharmacist is creating a topical medication, which one will do best for absorption into the skin?

Answer 16

Lipid soluble

Question 17

How do enzymes work?

Question 18

What part of the cell stores fats, steroids, and removes wastes?

Answer 18

Smoother ER

Question 19

What stage of mitosis do the inner parts line up?

Answer 19

Anaphase

Question 20

What type of junction keeps fluids from leaking out of the bladder?

Answer 20

Tight junctions

Question 21

What types of cells can be found in the uterus and some bronchioles?

Question 22

If a bug landed on your arm, what would alert you?

Question 23

In order of skin layers, how are new cells created?

Question 24

What is a nutrient foramen?

Answer 24

Allows nutrient arteries to pass through

Question 25

Where does hematopoiesis occur?

Answer 25

Red bone marrow

Question 26

What decreases density of bone tissue?

Question 27

When 2 bones are fused together, this is called ______

Answer 27

Synostosis

Question 28

is considered which type of joint?

Answer 28

Synarthrosis

Question 29

How does the head of the humerus stay in place?

Question 30

_______ is inferior to the pubic symphysis

Answer 30

True pelvis

Question 31

True or False: The elbow is able to adduct, abduct, and circumduct

Answer 31

False, the elbow is a hinge joint

Question 32

True or False: The nasal bone includes the nasal conchae, vomer, and the ethmoid bone

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Smooth muscle is considered non-striated because...

Question 34

Which type of muscle is involuntary?

Answer 34

Smooth and cardiac

Question 35

Ions share:

Answer 35

A valence electron

Question 36

What monomer makes up DNA and RNA?

Question 37

What type of gland does sweat come from?

Answer 37

Sweat gland, which is an exocrine Simple coiled tubular gland

Question 38

What helps change the pH in hydrogen molecules?

Answer 38

Buffer systems

Question 39

Which lipid is apart of the basic cell structure?

Answer 39

Phospholipid

Question 40

Is carotene apart of skin pigment?

Answer 40

Yes

Question 41

Which layer of skin is not found in thin skin?

Answer 41

Lucidum

Question 42

Where is the nail matrix?

Answer 42

At the base of the nail bed

Question 43

Which bone is unpaired?

Answer 43

Mandible

Question 44

When 2 or more types of tissues are put together, they make:

Answer 44

an organ

Question 45

Which 2 organ systems are in charge of homeostasis?

Answer 45

Endocrine and nervous

Question 46

Define energy

Question 47

What does a basic function nucleus look like?

Question 48

What type of gland ruptures when secreting?

Answer 48

holocrine

Question 49

The most abundant mineral salt in the body is

Answer 49

Calcium phosphate

Question 49

What is the thin layer if hyaline cartilage covering the part of the bone that forms an articulation?

Answer 49

Articular cartilage

Question 50

True or False: The male pelvis is wider

Answer 50

False

Question 51

What part of the spine begins to develop when babies begin walking?

Question 52

What is the largest and strongest vertebrae?

Answer 52

L4

Question 53

What bones help hold the upper appendicular skeleton to the axial skeleton?

Question 54

What are the parts of the ribs?

Answer 54

Ribs, sternum, costal cartilages

Question 55

The pectoral girdles include:

Question 56

What joint has a ring?

Answer 56

Pivot

Question 57

Going for a quick jog would use what type of reaction?

Answer 57

Aerobic respiration