1) muscles that extend the elbow attach to the
a) coronoid process.
b) radial tuberosity.
c) olecranon process.
d) medial epicondyle.
e) lateral epicondyle.
2) if you bruised your gluteus maximus, you would expect to experience discomfort
when
a) flexing your hip.
b) extending your hip.
c) abducting your hip.
d) laterally rotating your hip.
e) extending and laterally rotating the hip.
3) olfactory information is first received by which part of the brain?
a) frontal lobe
b) cerebellum
c) parietal lobe
d) cerebrum
e) medulla oblongata
4) the type of muscle whose functional characteristics most closely resemble those of its
muscle fibers is the ________ muscle.
a) pennate
b) circular
c) parallel
d) convergent
e) divergent
5) during meiosis i, maternal and paternal chromosomes fuse together during the
process called ________ to form a ________.
a) synapsis; chromatid
b) prophase i; chromatid
c) synapsis; spermatid
d) metaphase ii; tetrad
e) synapsis; tetrad
6) during anaerobic glycolysis
a) atp is produced.
b) pyruvic acid is produced.
c) oxygen is not consumed.
d) carbohydrate is metabolized.
e) all of the answers are correct.
7) the cavity of the kidney that receives urine from the calyces is called the
a) renal papilla.
b) renal pelvis.
c) renal medulla.
d) renal cortex.
e) renal sinus.
8) based on stimulation studies, the “headquarters” of the reticular activating system
appears to be based in the
a) medulla.
b) pons.
c) midbrain.
d) diencephalon.
e) cerebrum.
9) damage to the pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex would directly affect
a) perception of pain.
b) sight.
c) voluntary motor activity.
d) hearing.
e) balance.
10) the function of red blood cells is to
a) carry oxygen from the cells to the lungs.
b) carry carbon dioxide from the lungs to the body’s cells.
c) carry nutrients from the digestive system to the body’s cells.
d) defend the body against infectious organisms.
e) carry oxygen to the cells and then carry away carbon dioxide.
11) the great and middle cardiac veins drain blood into the
a) superior vena cava.
b) inferior vena cava.
c) coronary sinus.
d) coronary sulcus.
e) aorta.
12) identify the product formed from the phosphorylation of adp.
a) adenosine diphosphate
b) adenine
c) adenosine triphosphate
d) deoxyribonucleic acid
e) ribose
13) which of the following changes doesn’t occur during exercise compared to rest?
a) cardiac output is higher
b) heart blood flow is higher
c) skin blood flow is lower
d) abdominal viscera blood flow is lower
e) kidney blood flow is lower
14) during quiet breathing,
a) only the internal intercostal muscles contract.
b) inspiration involves muscular contractions and expiration is passive.
c) inspiration is passive and expiration involves muscular contractions.
d) inspiration and expiration are both passive.
e) inspiration and expiration involve muscular contractions.
15) mary is in an automobile accident and suffers a spinal cord injury. she has lost
feeling in her lower body. her doctor tells her that swelling is compressing a portion of
her spinal cord. which part of her cord is likely to be compressed?
a) the anterior gray horns
b) the anterior gray commissures
c) ascending tracts
d) descending tracts
e) the anterior white commissures
16) the atrioventricular valves permit blood flow
a) in one direction only.
b) in both directions.
c) in many directions.
d) in opposite directions on the right and left.
e) from a ventricle to an atrium.
17) the ligament that encloses the ________ attaches to the tibial tuberosity.
18) the only ________ in the human body is the tail of the sperm.
19) the energy content of foods is commonly given in units of ________.
20) the four primary sutures are lambdoid, coronal, sagittal, and ________.
21) a newborn infant is found dead, abandoned by the road. among the many questions
that the police would like answered is whether the infant was stillborn. how could the
medical examiner tell?
22) the sum of the electrical and chemical forces acting on an ion is known as its
________.
23) the folds of the cerebrum are called ________.
24) describe the three phases of the general adaptation syndrome (gas) that constitute
the body’s response to stress. which endocrine secretions play dominant roles in the
alarm and resistance phases?