1) where does the highest rate of tissue protein turnover occur?
a. the intestinal mucosa
b. the gastric mucosa
c. the hepatic sinusoids
d. the splenic sinusoids
e. the pancreatic islets
2) during climacteric, women secrete __________.
a.less estrogen and progesterone
b.more estrogen and progesterone
c.less estrogen and more progesterone
d.more estrogen and less progesterone
3) __________ are turned on or off by regulatory proteins in accordance with changing
needs for the __________ they encode.
a. enzymes; products
b. ribosomes; proteins
c. genes; proteins
d. proteins; genes
e. genes; ribosomes
4) serum is essentially identical to plasma except for the absence of __________.
a. fibrinogen
b. nitrogenous wastes
c. platelets
d. glucose
e. albumin
5) changes in cerebrospinal fluid ph are detected by __________.
a. thermoreceptors
b. chemoreceptors
c. nociceptors
d. mechanoreceptors
e. proprioceptors
6) the abo blood group is determined by __________ in the plasma membrane of rbcs.
a. glycolipids
b. glycoproteins
c. antibodies
d. antigen-antibody complexes
e. agglutinins
7) which of the following marks the boundaries of a sarcomere?
a. i bands
b. h bands
c. zdiscs
d. m lines
e. a bands
8) which term below best describes the deltoid?
a. fusiform
b. intrinsic
c. involuntary
d. extrinsic
e. parallel
9) in meiosis, each parent cell produces __________.
a. two haploid cells
b. four haploid cells
c. two diploid cells
d. four diploid cells
e. haploid cells that are identical to the parent cell
10) which of the following routes of blood flow is correct?
a. heart venule medium vein large vein capillary conducting artery distributing artery
arteriole heart
b. heart large vein medium vein venule capillary arteriole distributing artery conducting
artery heart
c. heart distributing artery conducting artery arteriole capillary venule large vein
medium vein heart
d. heart conducting artery distributing artery arteriole capillary venule medium vein
large vein heart
11) what occurs during hyperpolarization of a neuron membrane?
a. sodium ions are entering the cells
b. sodium ions are leaving the cell
c. potassium ions are entering the cell
d. potassium ions are leaving the cell
e. both sodium and potassium ions are leaving the cell
12) collagenous fibers are very abundant in __________.
a. blood and hyaline cartilage
b. blood, adipose tissue, and osseous tissue
c. ligaments, bones, and the most superficial portion of the skin
d. tendons, ligaments, and the deeper portion of the skin
e. areolar tissue, tongue, and bones
13) hypernatremia is a plasma __________ concentration above normal.
a. ca2+
b. na+
c. k+
d. cl-
e. pi