Answer: D. acromegaly; gigantism
Question: Which of the following terms is correctly described the relationship between cardiac output, vascular resistance and blood pressure?
Answer: Stroke output and blood pressure are directly related to one another (Correct)
Question: Which of the formed elements could potentially result in blood clots?
Answer: Thrombocytes
Question: Synthesized by the combined action of the skin, kidneys, and liver, _________ is important to the deposition of bone.
Answer Choices:
growth hormone
testosterone
estrogen
calcitriol (vitamin D)
calcitonin
Answer: calcitriol (vitamin D)
Question: A man has been told that he is not synthesizing enough follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and for this reason he may be unable to father a child. Choose the correct statement to explain this problem.
Answer: FSH stimulates sperm production in the testes.
Question: Which of the following is commonly known for reducing bone and inhibiting formation?
Answer: Human growth hormone (HGH)
Question: Which of the following organs contains the control center for the feedback system that regulates blood pressure?
Answer Choices:
skin
arteries
pituitary gland
heart
medulla oblongata
Answer: medulla oblongata
Question: Which of the following blood pressure readings is Blood Flow through a blood vessel?
Answer: A. Systolic is 120mmHg of blood vessel
Question: A patient is diagnosed with primary hypertension. This means:
Answer: That the cause of the hypertension is not known
Question: Which of the following helps to lower blood but not the viscosity?
Answer: Thrombin
Question: The hepatic portal vein _______.
Answer Choices:
A. carries blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava
B. carries blood from the liver to the kidney via efferent arterioles
C. carries nutrient-rich blood to the liver
D. is actually an artery
Answer: C. carries nutrient-rich blood to the liver
Question: In arterial blood gases parameters in individual decreases, one would expect:
Answer: A. An increase in blood pressure
Question: In what type of condition is aldosterone secreted? Select one: A. low blood pressure B. low glucose level C. high inflammation D. high CO2 levels
Answer: A. low blood pressure
Question: An example of ________ stimuli control is when blood calcium levels decrease out to parathyroid hormone being released. Select one: A. neural B. hormonal C. humoral D. neural/hormonal
Answer: C. humoral
Question: Which of the following normally has dissolved and circulatory in plasma except:
Answer: Hemoglobin
Question: Which of the following statements about water-soluble hormones is false? Select one: A. They cause the involved second messengers to move from the blood stream. B. They dissolve in the blood as free hormones. C. They easily diffuse through capillary walls. D. They cause physiological responses in a low target HR.
Answer: A. They cause the involved second messengers to move from the blood stream.
Question: Which of the following statements is not true? Select one: A. The endocrine system responds slowly and the endocrine system responds quickly. B. Some neurons are capable of secreting hormones. C. The nervous and endocrine systems use the same chemical molecule. D. Both the endocrine and exocrine systems can use the bloodstream.
Answer: A. The endocrine system responds slowly and the endocrine system responds quickly.
Question: Which statement best describes arteries?
Answer Choices:
A. All arteries transport blood away from the heart.
B. Only large arteries are lined with endothelium.
C. All are very thick-walled.
D. All carry blood away from the heart.
Answer: A. All arteries transport blood away from the heart.
Question: What is the result of oversecretion of aldosterone? a. Hypotonia b. Hypertonic urine c. Hypotonic urine d. Hyperkalemia e. Hypernatremia
Answer: e. Hypernatremia
Question: Where would blood flow be rescued if there were a block in the efferent arteriole? a. Glomerulus artery b. Aorta c. Glomerulus d. Renal vein e. Efferent arteriole
Answer: c. Glomerulus
Question: Which of the following helps to measure pH and alters the parameters?
Answer: Renal regulation of blood pressure
Question: The second-messenger mechanism of hormone action operates by _______.
Answer: Binding to specific receptors and employing the services of G proteins and cAMP
Question: Which of the following is a normal artery description:
Answer: Elastic artery
Question: Which of the following organic molecules include hormones? Select one: A. 1,2,3,4 B. 1,1,4 C. 1,3,4 D. 1,1,4 E. 1,2,4
Answer: E. 1,2,4
Question: The most common type of blood capillary is the _______.
Answer Choices:
A. Sinusoid capillary
B. Continuous capillary
C. Fenestrated capillary
D. Sinusoidal capillary
Answer: B. Continuous capillary