Question: Which hormone causes blood glucose levels to decrease after eating a meal?
Answer Choices:
Calcitonin
Glucagon
Testosterone
Insulin
Answer: D. Insulin
Question: The act causing the thoracic cage to expand, the diaphragm to descend, and the abdominal viscera to be compressed is known as
Answer Choices:
Expiration
Breathing
Hiccups
Inspiration
Answer: D. Inspiration
Question: This question refers to the human digestive tract. What is the principle process occurring in the region labeled 4 (large intestine)?
Answer Choices:
Absorption of water
Hydrolysis of proteins
Assimilation of fatty acids
Synthesis of triglycerides
Answer: A. Absorption of water
Question: Which organ system can alter the amount of CO2 in the blood?
Answer Choices:
Respiratory
Cardiovascular
Urinary
Endocrine
Answer: A. Respiratory
Question: An individual is punched in the ear and suffers damage to middle ear structures including the chorda tympani nerve. In addition to hearing, what other sense may be affected?
Answer Choices:
Smell
Touch
Taste
Sight
Answer: C. Taste
Question: Which of the following cells accounts for the highest percentage of white blood cells?
Answer Choices:
Monocytes
Eosinophils
Basophils
Neutrophils
Answer: D. Neutrophils
Question: Why is it likely that a patient with high blood pressure is prescribed a diuretic drug?
Answer Choices:
To increase urine flow, and to decrease total blood volume that must be pumped.
To increase urine flow, and to increase the total blood volume that must be pumped.
To decrease urine flow, and to decrease total blood volume that must be pumped.
To decrease urine flow, and to make the blood less viscous and easier to pump.
Answer: A. To increase urine flow, and to decrease total blood volume that must be pumped.
Question: Which organ system is responsible for the removal of urea from the blood?
Answer Choices:
Urinary
Lymphatic
Endocrine
Digestive
Answer: A. Urinary
Question: Hyperextension of a body part at a joint is described as:
Answer Choices:
Posterior movement back to the anatomical position in the sagittal plane.
Anterior movement away from the anatomical position in the sagittal plane.
Lateral movement away from the middle of the body (midline) in the frontal plane.
Posterior movement away from the anatomical position in the sagittal plane.
Answer: D. Posterior movement away from the anatomical position in the sagittal plane.
Question: This question refers to the diagram… In which of these structures does the process represented by stage A (fertilization) normally occur?
Answer Choices:
Answer: Fallopian tube (oviduct)
Question: Following a burn that removes skin all the way down to the dermis, which layer of the epidermis will regenerate first?
Answer Choices:
Stratum Corneum
Stratum Spinosum
Stratum Lucidum
Stratum Basale
Answer: D. Stratum Basale
Question: In which biochemical family do starch and glycogen belong?
Answer Choices:
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Answer: D. Carbohydrates