Answer Choices:
A. erythrocyte
B. thrombocyte
C. leukocyte
D. plasma
Answer: D. plasma
Question: The hormonal stimuli that triggers to blood cell formation is:
Answer Choices:
A. erythropoietin
B. histiocyte
C. thrombopoietin
D. none
Answer: A. erythropoietin
Question: Which of the following does NOT correctly describe cardiac output?
Answer Choices:
a. is calculated by multiplying heart rate times stroke volume
b. has a resting value of 5 to 5.25 L/min
c. is only constant at rest
d. is the amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle each minute
Answer: c. is only constant at rest
Question: Which of the following secretes releasing and inhibiting hormones which regulate the anterior pituitary’s release of hormones?
Answer Choices:
none of these
anterior pituitary
hypothalamus
posterior pituitary
Answer: hypothalamus
Question: Which of these is a type of chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons?
Answer Choices:
A. ionic
B. polar
C. covalent
D. strong nuclear force
Answer: C. covalent
Question: An atom with an electrical charge is a(n) ______.
Answer Choices:
A. neutron
B. compound
C. ion
D. neutron
Answer: C. ion
Question: Which organ triggers all the primarily developing cells and damaged red blood cells (referred to as “the blood bag graveyard”)?
Answer Choices:
Peyer’s patches
palatine tonsils
spleen
thymus
Answer: spleen
Question: The viscosity of blood is _____ the viscosity of water.
Answer Choices:
A. less than
B. about the same
C. more than
Answer: C. more than
Question: Which of the following is a change in the target that could occur as a result of hormone attachment?
Answer Choices:
stimulates the cell to divide for growth or reproduction
stimulates the cell to secrete or activate enzymes or structural
all of these are cells which hormones influence cell activity
shape of the receptor site > protein > hormone > type of the cell
Answer: all of these are cells which hormones influence cell activity
Question: The thymus gland lies in the _______.
Answer Choices:
neck and shoulders
between heart and sternum
groins and armpits
behind the stomach
Answer: between heart and sternum
Question: The pituitary gland is located where?
Answer Choices:
on the tongue
in the medulla
behind the stomach
behind the brain
above the kidneys
Answer: behind the brain
Question: Which cell type carries oxygen to body cells?
Answer Choices:
A. erythrocyte
B. leukocyte
C. histiocyte
D. chondrocyte
Answer: A. erythrocyte
Question: Which of the following is NOT a first-degree barrier?
Answer Choices:
are normally acidic
the features that house the glands, etc.
is relatively cool during fevers
is normally contains 20-25% oxygen (O2) per liter
Answer: is normally acidic