Final Exam Review

Question 1

Which organ produces a hormone that promotes maturation of T cells?

Answer 1

Thymus

Question 2

Glands, such as the thyroid, that secrete their products into the blood rather than through ducts are classified as?

Answer 2

Exocrine glands

Question 3

During the alarm phase of the general adaption syndrome there is ?

Answer 3

Release of glycogen and lipid reserves

Question 4

What must be chemically digested before being absorbed?

Answer 4

Proteins

Question 5

Normal urine from a healthy person wont contain ?

Answer 5

Glucose

Question 6

Is it normal to find glucose in the urine?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

Filtration of blood plasma across an artificial membrane is called?

Answer 7

Hemodialysis

Question 8

Visual information is carried to the brain by?

Answer 8

Optic nerve

Question 9

The acetabulum articulates with the ?

Answer 9

Humerus

Question 10

What are steroid hormone structurally similar to?

Answer 10

Cholesterol

Question 11

Ulcers are treated by administering drugs that ?

Answer 11

Inhibit gastric gland production of acid

Question 12

Which function is lost in a patient who has had his gallbladder removed?

Answer 12

Storing bile

Question 13

The portion of the small intestine that performs the bulk of chemical digestion and nutrient absorption?

Answer 13

Jejunum

Question 14

Very few of what are filtered by the glomerulus in a healthy kidney?

Answer 14

Proteins

Question 15

The urine is most likely hypotonic when ?

Answer 15

The body’s water volume is high

Question 16

The excretory function of of the urinary system is reformed by?

Answer 16

The kidneys

Question 17

The process where action potentials jump along myelinated axons is called?

Answer 17

Saltatory propagation

Question 18

The motor neurons over which you have conscious control are?

Answer 18

Somatic

Question 19

How many cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal vertebrae are typically found in a child?

Answer 19

7; 12; 5; 5; 4

Question 20

What is the control center of the endocrine system?

Answer 20

Hypothalamus

Question 21

Is most fat digested by the pancreatic lipase?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Most information received by neurons enters at?

Answer 22

Dendrites

Question 23

Hormones from which of the following glands are responsible for the calorigenic (heat producing) effect?

Answer 23

Thyroid gland

Question 24

Cells of the adrenal cortex produce?

Answer 24

Corticosteroids

Question 25

Which of the following helps protect the stomach lining from digesting itself?

Answer 25

Alkaline mucus

Question 26

Painful of difficult urination is called?

Answer 26

Dysuria

Question 27

What is not a function of the kidney?

Answer 27

Release waste in the bloodstream

Question 28

What reflex stimulates the voiding of urine?

Answer 28

Miturition

Question 29

The highest concentration of photoreceptors occurs at the ?

Answer 29

Macula fovea

Question 30

Which abdominopelvic quadrant contains the stomach?

Answer 30

Left upper

Question 31

The acetabulum articulates with the ?

Answer 31

Femur

Question 32

What does the hormone oxytocin do?

Answer 32

Increases uterine contractions

Question 33

The acromion is part of which bone?

Answer 33

Scapula

Question 34

Nerve cells specialized for intercellular communication are?

Answer 34

Neurons

Question 35

The digestion of carbohydrates begins in the ?

Answer 35

Oral cavity

Question 36

The glenoid cavity of the ____ articulates with the head of the ____?

Answer 36

Scapula; humerus