Test Bank 1 Flashcards
Which glands open into the lower vagina and provide most of the lubrication for intercourse?
a. Endometrial gland
b. Greater vestibular glands
c. Areolar glands
d. Prostate glands
e. Paraurethral gland
Greater vestibular glands
What is the pampiniform plexus
a. A network of veins that helps cool the blood to the penis
b. A network of veins that helps cool the blood to the scrotum
c. A network of blood vessels that supplies the uterus
d. A network of blood vessels that supplies the ovaries
e. A network of blood vessels that facilitates maternal and fetal exchange
A network of veins that helps cool the blood to the scrotum
What structures pull on the chordae tendinae and hold them taut during ventricular contraction
a. Fibers in the bundle of His
b. Pectinate muscles
c. Papillary muscles
d. Trabeculae carnae
e. Coronary ropes
Papillary muscles
What hormone regulates water permeability in the collecting duct
a. Antidiuretic hormone
b. Renin
c. Erythropoietin
d. Aldosterone
e. Atrial natriuretic peptide
a. Antidiuretic hormone
The first step to angiotensinogen II production is the secretion of
a. Renin
b. Angiotensin converting enzyme
c. Calcitrol
d. Angiotensin I
e. Angiotensinogen
a. Renin
All of these are blood vessels found in the kidney EXCEPT
a. Arcuate arteries
b. Interlobular veins
c. Interlobar arteries
d. Segmental veins
e. Interlobular arteries
d. Segmental veins
An erectile tissue present in the penis but absent from the clitoris is
a. The corpus cavernosum
b. The corpus luteum
c. The tunica albuginea
d. The corpus spongiosum
e. The corpus albicans
d. Corpus Spongiosum
An individual whose EKG frequently shows more than one P wave per QRS wave is showing symptoms of
a. A second degree block
b. A third degree block
c. A fourth degree block
d. A first degree block
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After suffering a myocardial infarction, Joe noticed that his heart rate was slower than before his illness. His doctor informed him that just his Sino-atrial node had been damaged and that another structure had taken over the regulation of his heartbeat. While this could have been one of many, it was likely the
a. Left bundle branch
b. Atrio-Ventricular node
c. Purkinje fibers
d. Right bundle branch
e. Bundle of His
b. Atrio-Ventricular node
The kidneys do not
a. Have a role in erythrocyte production
b. Regulate blood pressure
c. Secrete hormones that stimulate thirst
d. Regulate pH of body fluids
e. Play a role in the production of vitamin D
c. Secrete hormones that stimulate thirst
- Immediately after the arcuate artery, blood flows into
a. Interlobular arteries
b. Afferent arterioles
c. Peritubular capillaries
d. Renal arteries
e. Interlobar arteries
a. Interlobular Arteries
- Which of these is not part of the renal corpuscle
a. Fenestrations
b. Glomerular capillaries
c. Afferent arteriole
d. Glomerular capsule
e. Pedicels
c. Afferent Arteriole
- Tubular fluid is called urine by the end of the
a. Distal convoluted tubule
b. Glomerulus
c. Proximal convoluted tubule
d. Nephron loop
e. Collecting duct
e. Collecting Duct
- Podocytes are cells located in the
a. Distal convoluted tubule
b. Collecting duct
c. Ascending loop of Henle
d. Renal corpuscle
e. Proximal convoluted tubule
d. Renal Corpuscle
- What embryonic structure gives rise to the ductus deferens
a. Paramesonephric duct
b. Yolk sac
c. Urogenital sinus
d. Gonadal ridge
e. Mesonephric duct
e. Mesonephric duct
- Which vessel supplies blood to both ventricles and the anterior interventricular septum?
a. The anterior interventricular branch
b. The circumflex branch
c. The posterior interventricular branch
d. The right coronary artery
e. The right marginal branch
a. The anterior interventricular branch
- What is found in the ovarian cortex?
a. The broad ligament
b. The round ligament
c. Ovarian follicles and connective tissue
d. Ovarian follicles and connective tissue, the broad ligament, and the round ligament
e. Only fibrous connective tissue and vessels
c. Ovarian follicles and connective tissue
- An anatomical arrangement that reduces the risk for myocardial infarction is
a. The desmosomes of the intercalated discs
b. Circumflex arteries
c. Arterial anastomoses in the coronary circulation
d. Double circulation
e. Gap junctions in the myocardium
c. Arterial anastomoses in the coronary circulation
- The most abundant nitrogenous waste of the blood is
a. Amino acids
b. Urea
c. Ammonia
d. Uric acid
e. Creatine
b. Urea
- Starting in the abdominal cavity and progressing dorsally, you would have to cut through the ___ in this order to expose the kidney
a. Adipose capsule, peritoneum, renal fascia, and renal capsule
b. Peritoneum, adipose capsule, renal capsule, and renal fascia
c. Peritoneum, renal fascia, adipose capsule, renal capsule
d. Renal fascia, peritoneum, adipose capsule, and renal capsule
e. Peritoneum, renal capsule, renal fascia, and adipose capsule
c. Peritoneum, renal fascia, adipose capsule, renal capsule
- Where do the renal arteries and veins enter and exit the kidney?
a. Hilum
b. Mediastinum
c. Renal capsule
d. Renal pelvis
e. Renal sinus
a. Hilum
- Spermatogenesis and oogenesis are the only processes in the body where ____ occurs
a. Replication
b. Mitosis
c. Meiosis
d. Mutation
c. Meiosis
- The corpus luteum
a. Develops prior to ovulation
b. Gives rise to an ovum during each menstruation cycle
c. Develops from a corpus albicans
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
- A nephron consists of two portions
a. Glomerulus and glomerular capsule
b. Renal corpuscle and renal tubule
c. Glomerulus and collecting duct
d. Proximal and distal convoluted tubules
b. Renal Corpuscle and Renal Tubule
- The blood-testis barrier
a. Protects sperm antigens from exposure to the cells of the immune system
b. Consists of tight junctions between interstitial cells of Leydig
c. Is the basement membrane of the seminiferous tubules
d. All of the above
a. Protects sperm antigens from exposure to the cells of the immune system
- A prostatic tumor is most likely to interfere with
a. Spermiogenesis
b. Erection
c. Micturition
d. Spermatogenesis
c. Micturition
- Blindness or other visual disturbances will arise following a blockage of the posterior cerebral arteries. These arteries branch directly from the
a. External carotid arteries
b. Internal carotid arteries
c. Vertebral arteries
d. Basilar artery
d. Basilar Artery
- The second half of the menstrual cycle is regulated largely by
a. Corpus albicans
b. The placenta
c. The chloasma
d. Corpus luteum
e. The corpus spongiosum
d. Corpus Luteum
- This vessel can be identified inferior to the left atrium and superior to the left ventricle traveling in the posterior coronary sulcus. It is the
a. Middle cardiac vein
b. Right coronary artery
c. Anterior interventricular artery
d. Coronary sinus
d. Coronary sinus
- Which condition of the heart is most likely to contribute to “pulmonary hypertension” (increased blood pressure in the pulmonary circuit)
a. Mitral valve stenosis
b. Patent ductus arteriosus
c. Increased number of trabeculae carnae
d. Tricuspid valve stenosis
a. Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Three layers of tissue surround each kidney. They are, in order from innermost to outermost
a. Renal capsule, adipose capsule, visceral peritoneum
b. Renal capsule, adipose capsule, renal fascia
c. Visceral peritoneum, adipose capsule, renal fascia
d. Renal fascia, adipose capsule, renal corpuscle
b. Renal capsule, adipose capsule, renal fascia
Inner -> Outer
- Meiosis results in
a. Four new cells with 46 chromosomes
b. Two new cells with 23 chromosomes each
c. Two new cells with 46 chromosomes each
d. Four new cells with 23 chromosomes each
d. Four new cells with 23 chromosomes each
- How many eggs are produced by the process of meiosis
a. 4
b. 8
c. 2
d. The number varies from month to month
e. 1
e. 1
- Perinephric fat (the adipose capsule) surrounds
a. The hilum
b. The renal sinus
c. The renal capsule
d. The renal fascia
e. The renal sinus
c. The renal capsule
- Filtration occurs in the
a. Loop of Henle
b. Peritubular capillaries
c. Nephron
d. Renal corpuscle
e. Proximal convoluted tubule
d. Renal Corpuscle
- Autorhythmicity is a characteristic of
a. Cardiac muscle cells
b. The SA node
c. The AV node
d. The Bundle of His
e. All of these choices
e. All of these choices
- One major difference between the left and right ventricle is
a. The presence or absence of pectinate muscles
b. The presence or absence of papillary muscles
c. The semilunar valves have different number of cusps
d. The presence or absence of trabeculae carnae
e. The presence or absence of a moderator band
e. The presence or absence of a moderator band
- What condition occurs as a result of the testes not descending into the scrotum
a. Hypergoadism
b. Cryptgonadism
c. Cryptorchidism
d. Gubernaculitis
e. Hypospadias
c. Cryptorchidism
CHIDISM
- Principal cells in the kidney are responsible for
a. Filtration of blood
b. Secretion of erythropoietin
c. Secretion of aldosterone
d. Regulation of Na/K levels
e. Secretion of PTH
d. Regulation of Na/K levels
- Filtration slits are found between the processes of
a. Principal cells
b. Renal columns
c. The glomerulus
d. Mesangial cells
e. Podocytes
e. Podocytes
- Cardiac centers located in the ______ either accelerate or inhibit the heart
a. Medulla oblongata
b. Carotid body
c. Pons
d. Hypothalamus
e. Spinal cord
a. Medulla Oblongata
- All of these are differences between skeletal and cardiac muscle except
a. Each cell of both are controlled by direct nervous stimulation
b. Both do not have branched cells
c. Both do not have triads
d. Both do not have intercalated discs
e. Both do not have striations
e. Both do not have striations