Practise questions

Question 1

The internal and external jugular veins drain blood into what?

Answer 1

• superior Vena Cava

Question 2

In litres what is the nromal volume of blood in adult males

Answer 2

5

Question 3

This blood group has surface A and B antigens, but no antibodies in the plasma . It is also the universal resiver?

Answer 3

AB

Question 4

What is the main funtion of the skin?

Answer 4

it prevents tissue Dehydtration

Question 5

What is NOT an influncing factor of systemic vascular resistance?

Answer 5

The heart rate

Question 6

What artery is NOT part of the coronry circulation?

Answer 6

the right main stem

Question 7

A patient is 22/40 weeks preganant, which trimester of pregancy is this?

Answer 7

second

Question 8

is it true or faqlse that the smalest bone of the body is the femur?

Answer 8

false

Question 9

What sort of joint is the Hip

Answer 9

ball and socket joint

Question 10

Blood in what structure causes a tamponade?

Answer 10

the pericardium

Question 11

What is amnitomic fluid mainly formed of?

Answer 11

maternal plasma and foetal urine

Question 12

What are the majority of the bodys joints

Answer 12

synovial

Question 13

What is the funtinal unit of the renal system?

Answer 13

the nephron

Question 14

The incus, malleus and stapes are found in what part of the ear?

Answer 14

the middle ear

Question 15

urinary pregancy tests sense which hormone, released in pregancy?

Answer 15

human chorionic gonadotrophic hormone

Question 16

you are looking after a patient and want to asses the distal circulation, what is the best pulse to take?

Answer 16

dorsalis pedis

Question 17

The middle layer of a blood vessel is known as what?

Answer 17

tunica media

Question 18

this ECG shows a rate of 40bpm. there are no signs of a myocardial infaraction and the rythm is regular. What is this?

Answer 18

sinus bradycardia

Question 19

a patient has been stabbed in the chest. which branch of the nervous system is at play?

Answer 19

sympathetic

Question 20

oxegonated blood is delivered around the base of the brain in what strucutre?

Answer 20

the circle of willis

Question 21

what do full thickness burns affect?

Answer 21

epidermis, dermis and the hypodermis

Question 22

what are the nasal passages an exmaple of ?

Answer 22

first line defence mechanism

Question 23

the main sensory nerve which senses hearing is called what?

Answer 23

vestibulocochlear

Question 24

describe two organelles found in the cell and Thier funtion?

Answer 24

mitrocondria supplies energy to the cell and is the powerhouse

lysomes break down excess or warn parts and contain digestive enzymes

Question 25

list and describe three types of white blood cell?

Answer 25

basophils are involved in allergic responses monocytes destroy pathogens through phagocytosis

Question 26

what are the six stages of digestion?

Answer 26

ingestion propulsion mechanical digestion chemical digestion absorption defecation