Lecture exam 1

Question 1

Which body cavity is located inferior to the diaphragm and superior to the pelvic rim of the hip bones?

Answer 1

Abdominal cavity

Question 2

Which type of Epithelial tissue would be the least protective?

Answer 2

Simple squamous Epithelium

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of epithelial tissue?

Answer 3

It contains abundant blood vessels

Question 4

Which of the following tissue lacks blood vessels (avascular)?

Answer 4

Epithelial tissue

Question 5

What type of muscle contains intercalated discs?

Answer 5

Cardiac muscle

Question 6

This epithelium lines the urinary bladder

Answer 6

Transition epithelium

Question 7

Which body system is responsible for proving protection, regulating, body temperature, and being the site of cutaneous receptors?

Answer 7

Integumentary system

Question 8

the urinary bladder is found in which abdominopelvic region?

Answer 8

Hypogastric

Question 9

Which organ system provides support, protection of vital organs, mineral storage, and blood cell production?

Answer 9

Skeletal system

Question 10

Anatomy is the study of

Answer 10

Structure and form

Question 11

The directional term that means “away from the midline of the body” is

Answer 11

Lateral

Question 12

The body system is responsible for the exchange of gases between the blood and atmospheric air is the

Answer 12

Respiratory system

Question 13

The anatomical term for the cheek is

Answer 13

Buccal

Question 14

A 22-year-old college student shows up at the ER for severe abdominal pain. The physician on examination determines the most likely cause is appendicitis. He orders a CT scan. What is the physician’s reasoning for why an X-ray would not be the best diagnostic imaging tool?

Answer 14

Soft tissue structures do not show up well on basic x-ray images

Question 15

Are the body’s most readily available source of energy

Answer 15

carbohydrate molecules

Question 16

Which of the following individuals should be expected to have increased production of ATP?

Answer 16

a well trained athlete

Question 17

Albinism is a genetic condition in which an individual can not synthesize the amino acid tyrosine into melanin, the pigment color of the hair, skin, and eyes. These individuals back which of the following substances?

Answer 17

an enzyme that converts tyrosine into melanin

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an important energy molecule in the body?

Answer 18

DNA

Question 19

This is the largest intracellular structure of the cell, and it is also the cells control center

Answer 19

Nucleus

Question 20

The sodium-potassium pump is an example of

Answer 20

active transport

Question 21

In humans, the only cells that have flagellum are

Answer 21

sperm

Question 22

Which molecule is responsible for a variety of functions of the plasma membrane?

Answer 22

protein

Question 23

Osmosis is the diffusion of

Answer 23

Water across the cell membrane

Question 24

Proteins that assist the movement of a substance across the plasma membrane are called

Answer 24

transport proteins

Question 25

Endocrine glands secret

Answer 25

Hormones

Question 26

Which type of tissue covers body surfaces and lines the inside of body cavities?

Answer 26

Epithelial

Question 27

The term to describe shrinkage of tissue

Answer 27

atrophy

Question 28

By the third week of embryonic development, the three primary germ layers are established. Which of the following is NOT one of the layers?

Answer 28

Mesenchyme

Question 29

The Pollex is _____ to the coxal region?

Answer 29

lateral

Question 30

The heart is _____to the lungs

Answer 30

Medial

Question 31

The directional term that means "closest to the point of attachment to the trunk" is

Answer 31

proximal

Question 32

Which serous membrane layer covers the surface of the lung?

Answer 32

Visceral pleura

Question 33

The sural is _____ to the popliteal

Answer 33

distal

Question 34

The lumbar regions are located _____ to the umbilical region

Answer 34

Lateral

Question 35

The carpal is _____ to the Olecranal

Answer 35

distal

Question 36

a 22-year-old college student shows up at the ER for severe abdominal cramps. Which of the following imaging methods should NOT be used?

Answer 36

x-rays

Question 37

The stabilization of body temperature is dependent on which properties of water.

Answer 37

specific heat and heat of vaporization

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT a biological macromolecule?

Answer 38

Amino acid

Question 39

Fatty acids that contain multiple double bonds between carbon atoms are said to be

Answer 39

unsaturated

Question 40

Which of the following are examples of lipids?

Answer 40

Triglycerides, steroids, phospholipids

Question 41

Crenation of a cell (cell shrinking) occurs when a cell is placed into this type of solution

Answer 41

Hypertonic solution

Question 42

Glycolipids and glycoproteins are found

Answer 42

on the outer layer of plasma membrane

Question 43

These junctions hold adjacent cells together and provide resistance to mechanical stress

Answer 43

Desmosomes

Question 44

Which of the following is NOT a major structure of the cell?

Answer 44

Nucleolus

Question 45

When a cell is placed in a solution with a very low solute concentration, water diffuses into the cell. Such a solution is called

Answer 45

Hypotonic Solution

Question 46

The most abundant lipid of the plasm membrane is

Answer 46

Phospholipid

Question 47

Which of the following is a non-membrane-bound organelle?

Answer 47

Ribosome

Question 48

Which stage of mitosis is described as follows: chromatin coils to form chromosomes, nuclear envelop disappears, nucleolus dissolves, and the mitotic spindle forms?

Answer 48

Prophase

Question 49

The following are functions of plasma membrane proteins, EXCEPT?

Answer 49

anchoring sites for messager RNA (mRNA)

Question 50

What type of Epithelium would be best for diffusion and filtration?

Answer 50

Simple Squamous epithelium