Jeopardy quiz two n such

Question 1

What blood cells are responsible for carrying gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide?
a. Monocytes
b. Erythrocytes
c. Lymphocytes
d. Leukocytes

Answer 1

b

Question 2

Which heart chamber pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation?
a. The right atrium
b. The left atrium
c. The right ventricle
d. The left ventricle

Answer 2

c

Question 3

Which vessels are the major site of exchange between the blood and tissues?
a. Arteries
b. Veins
c. Capillaries
d. All of the above

Answer 3

c

Question 4

The primary pacemaker of the heart is located in the _____.
a. SA node
b. AV node
c. Purkinje fibers
d. cardiac branch of the vagus nerve

Answer 4

a

Question 5

Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood?
a. The pulmonary artery and aorta
b. The pulmonary veins and vena cava
c. The pulmonary veins and aorta
d. The aorta and vena cava

Answer 5

c

Question 6

What is a major function of the upper respiratory tract?
a. To filter incoming air
b. To dry inhaled air
c. To exchange gases with the blood and lung
d. To store air in the body

Answer 6

a

Question 7

Gas exchange takes place in the respiratory system in the _____.
a. trachea
b. alveoli
c. bronchi
d. pleura

Answer 7

b

Question 8

The central respiratory center, which controls breathing, is located in the _____.
a. lung
b. spinal cord
c. medulla oblongata
d. cerebral cortex

Answer 8

c

Question 9

The amount of air taken in with each breath is called the _____.
a. vital capacity
b. tidal volume
c. residual volume
d. dead space volume

Answer 9

b

Question 10

The blood carries most of its carbon dioxide _____.
a. as a dissolved gas
b. attached to hemoglobin
c. as bicarbonate
d. as carbonic acid

Answer 10

c

Question 11

What is the chemical messenger that is released by a neuron during synaptic transmission?
a. Neurotransmitter
b. Action potential
c. Sodium
d. Calcium

Answer 11

a

Question 12

What part of the neuron is specialized to conduct action potentials over long distances?
a. Dendrites
b. The cell body
c. An axon
d. A nissl body

Answer 12

c

Question 13

What maintains the electrochemical gradient across a neuron’s plasma membrane?
a. Potassium channels
b. Positively charged proteins
c. Sodium-potassium pump
d. Myelin

Answer 13

c

Question 14

What division of the peripheral system is activated by stressful and frightening stimuli?
a. Gastrointestinal
b. Sympathetic
c. Parasympathetic
d. None of the above

Answer 14

b

Question 15

Which part of the central nervous system governs higher cognitive functions such as memory, decision making, and emotions?
a. Cerebellum
b. Cerebrum
c. Pons
d. Medulla

Answer 15

b

Question 16

What sensory receptors allow us to detect touch stimuli?
a. Mechanoreceptors
b. Chemoreceptors
c. Photoreceptors
d. Thermoreceptors

Answer 16

a

Question 17

Where are the sensory receptor cells that detect sound waves located?
a. In the eardrum
b. In the cochlea
c. In the semicircular canals
d. In the pinna

Answer 17

b

Question 18

During receptor adaptation, a neuron ceases sending impulses in response to _____.
a. strong stimuli
b. uninteresting stimuli
c. sustained stimuli
d. fatigue

Answer 18

c

Question 19

What sensory system detects rotational acceleration of the body?
a. Semicircular canals
b. Cochlea
c. Muscle spindles
d. Pacinian corpuscles

Answer 19

a

Question 20

The fovea centralis provides the sharpest image because _____.
a. the image is focused at that point
b. there are numerous cones
c. of the 1:1 ratio with ganglia
d. of all of the above

Answer 20

d

Question 21

Motion sickness occurs because _____.
a. a fatty meal was consumed
b. the eyes are closed
c. there is a defective gene
d. the eyes and the ears receive different messages

Answer 21

d.