Tease test Flashcards

What is the role of ribosomes?

Which of the following is exchanged between two or more atoms that undergo ionic bonding?

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells generally have which of the following features in common?

Which of the following describes why liver failure is a critical health emergency?

Which of the following processes best describes how a signal travels across a nerve synapse?

Which of the following is a hormone that mediates the fight or flight response?

Which of the following valves prevent backflow of blood from the arteries into the ventricle?

Which of the following occurs to skeletal muscle as a result of acetylcholine released at the neuromuscular junction?

Which of the following is a portion of the brain that integrates nerve signals and hormonal secretions

Which of the following is part of the adaptive immune system?

a. Antimicrobials

b. Mucus

c. Commensal Micro-organisms

d. B-Cells

Which of the following is a white blood cell that has the primary job of ingesting foreign material?

1. B-cell
2. Helper t-cell
3. Macrophage
4. Basophil

Which of the following stimulates the production of antibodies?

1. Immunoglobulin
2. Interferon
3. Vaccine
4. Cytokines

Which of the following types of defense can be gained through the placenta, breast milk, or by receiving a serum containing antibodies?

1. Cell-mediated immunity
2. Innate immunity
3. Passive immunity
4. Nonspecific response immunity

Which of the following correctly describes the function of a structure in the circulatory system?

1. The aorta contains oxygen-poor blood
2. The pulmonary vein takes blood away from the heart
3. The pulmonary artery takes blood away from the lungs
4. The pulmonary artery contains oxygen -poor blood

Which of the following structures contain oxygen-rich blood?

1. Superior vena cava
2. Right ventricle
3. Right atrium
4. Pulmonary veins

Which of the following terms refers to the part of the nervous system that causes skeletal muscle contractions?

1. Involuntary division
2. Somatic division
3. Autonomic division
4. Visceral division

Which of the following terms refers to the part of the nervous system that causes skeletal muscle contractions?

1. Involuntary division
2. Somatic division
3. Autonomic division
4. Visceral division

Renal arteries are defined as?

1. Branches of the inferior vena cava that supply the kidneys
2. Ranches of the abdominal aorta that supply the kidneys
3. Blood vessles that carry the blood from the kidneys to the inferior vena cava
4. Blood vessels that carry blood from the kidneys to the abdominal aorta

Which of the following results from a deficit in the production of thyrotropin- releasing hormone?

1. There is an over production of thyroid-stimulating hormone
2. The thyroid gland becomes over active
3. And over production of growth hormone will cause excessive growth
4. The thyroid glad does not produce a sufficient amount of its primary hormone

Which of the following hormones is releases and stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth?

1. Follicle-stimulating
2. Glucagon
3. Oxytocin
4. Thyroid

Which of the following is a mechanism that stimulates glander secretions to continue to increase, temporarily pushing further out of homeostasis, until particular biological effect is reached?

1. Thermoregulation
2. Negative feedback
3. Puberty
4. Positive feedback

Which of the following provides a practical means of warming the body via integumental thermoregulation?

1. Cutaneous vasodilation
2. Sweating
3. Cutaneous vasoconstriction
4. Tensing of the arrector pili muscles

Which of the following structures transports female gametes?

1. Urethra
2. Vas deferens
3. Fallopian tube
4. Cervix

Which of the following describes the functions of acetylcholine in a neuromuscular junction?

1. Binds to receptor proteins on the sarcolemma, which results in the opening of sodium channels
2. Slows the action potential along the sarcolemma
3. Opens calcium channels in the axon terminal, which results in the release of sodium into the neuromuscular junction
4. Results in repolarization of sarcolemma

Which of the following is the function of myelin in the nervous system?

1. To Secrete neurotransmitters
2. To insulate axons
3. To produce melanin
4. To provide nutrition to cell bodies

Which of the following is considered the fundamental contraction unit of striated muscle?

1. Sarcomere
2. Sarcolemma
3. Intercalated disk
4. I band

Which of the following hormones inhibits osteoblasts and stimulates osteoclast to increase blood calcium levels?

1. Insulin
2. Parathyroid hormone
3. Oxytocin
4. Luteinizing hormone

According to the sliding filament theory, which ion binds with tropoin on the actin myofilaments, Causing the myosin-binding sites to be exposed?

1. Calcium
2. Sodium
3. Potassium
4. Magnesium

Which of the following cell types can differentiate to become several other types of cell?

1. Stem cells
2. Gametocytes
3. Mast cells
4. Leukocytes

Viral Dna that has been inserted into the host dna would be found in which of the following?

1. Mitochondria
2. Vacuoles
3. nucleus
4. ribosomes

Which of the following macromolecule groups contain enzymes?

1. Amino acids
2. Lipids
3. Protiens
4. Carbohydrates

The direct transition from a solid to a gas may occur through which of the following?

1. Condensation
2. Deposition
3. Sublimation
4. Melting

In a redox reaction, the species in the reaction that loses an electron is ------, and the species that gaims the electron is -----

1. Reduced; dissociated
2. Oxidized; reduced
3. Oxidized ; denatured
4. Reduced; oxidized

What feature of the adaptive immune system decreases the amount of time it takes for the body to respond to a particular antigen?

1. Unbroken skin
2. Memory cells
3. Cytotoxic t-cells
4. Inflammation

Which of the following occurs in the cardiac cycle if the impulse triggered at the sinoatrial node never reaches the purkinje fibers of the heart?

1. The atria will not contract
2. There will be an absence of systole
3. The ventricles will not contract
4. Diastole will shorten in duration

One common example of a prokaryotic
cell?

What has negative charge?

What is an atom called if it has
positive charge?

What must proteins be changed to
before they can be absorbed by cells?

Atoms with same # of _______ and
electrons but different # of ________
are isotopes.

Molecules composed of amino acids
joined by peptide bounds are?

Tiny finger like extensions of plasma
membrane that increase cell surface
area

Tiny air sacs in lungs where exchange
of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes
place are know as

Cellulose and glycogen are what type
of carb?

Glomerulus where waste products are
filtered from the ____?

Major arteries responsible for taking
blood to arms?

Where body nutrients absorbed into
body.

Purpose of kidney

In bone marrow, make proteins known
as antibodies

Is a macromolecule composed
predominately of hydrogen and carbon?

Difference in saturated and
unsaturated fatty acid

What carry blood away from heart?

What carries blood away from the
body in order to exchange nutrients
oxygen and waste to tissues?

Heart muscle sends electrical impulses
that cause heart to contact.

Which heart chamber pushes oxygen
blood into aorta?

Cardiovascular system the systemic
loop carries ____ blood from left
ventricle to body, returning ___ blood
to right atrium.

How are chromosomes in prophase?

Alleles that are same type

what is combination of alleles?

Physical appearance formed by genetics
and environment?

Function of ACTH

What responsible for producing
estrogen and progesterone?

what causes birthing contraction to
start at appropriate time?

Pineal gland secretes and synthesizes
___?

Function of prolactin?

Primary responsible for regulating
metabolism and energy

What release thyrotrophic growth
hormone release, corticotrophin and
gonadotropin?

What produce growth hormone
prolactin , ACT, and luteinizing

What does antidiuretic hormone do?

LH helps the body do what?

Endocrine system is a set of organs
secrete hormones directly into _____
system?

Primary responsibility of adrenal glands

Ion that has extra electrons and
negative charge

Substance ph of 7

Ph less than 7

A chemical bond in which electrons
pairs are shared between atom is

Ph scale range from 0 to 14. Where 0
is more _____ and 14 is more ______

What bond is formed when two
oppositely charged ions are
electrostatically attached

What increase a rate of reaction

# of protons in nucleus of an atom is
what number

What connects bone to muscle?

1.) According to Mendel’s first law, what does an individual gamete contain?
a.) A gene.
b.) A pair of genes.
c.) One allele of a gene.
d.) A pair of alleles of the same gene

2.) Which of the following is both an exocrine and endocrine gland?
a.) Adrenal Glands
b.) Liver
c.) Thyroid Gland
d.) Parathyroid Glands

93.) Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is produced by which gland in the body?
a.) posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
b.) pineal gland
c.) anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
d.) thyroid gland

88.) Which layer of the skin contains hair follicles, sweat glands, and nerves?
a.) the basal layer
b.) the subcutaneous layer
c.) the epidermis
d.) the dermis

86.) The amount of air that is inhaled & exhaled during normal breathing?
a.) vital volume
b.) residual volume
c.) tidal volume
d.) maximal exhalation

85.) An enzyme that regulates arterial blood pressure is called?
a.) amylase
b.) maltase
c.) catalase
d.) renin

77.) During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?
a.) S phase
b.) G1 phase
c.) G2 phase
d.) M phase

71.) Which of the answer choices provided best defines the following statement?
For a given mass & constant temperature, an inverse relationship exists between the volume
and pressure of a gas.
a.) Stefan-Boltzmann Law
b.) Boyle’s Law
c.) Charles’ Law
d.) Ideal Gas Law

64.) The gland in the neck that secretes hormones that regulate growth, development, &
metabolic wastes?
a.) thyroid gland
b.) cartilage
c.) pineal gland
d.) adrenal gland

59.) The hormone that stimulates the kidney to retain sodium ions, which draw with them
water, when BP drops is called?
a.) Luteinizing
b.) FSH
c.) insulin
d.) aldosterone

63.) When does the nuclear division of somatic cells take place during cellular reproduction?
a.) meiosis
b.) cytokinesis
c.) interphase
d.) mitosis

osteoclasts

0steoblasts

56.) A buildup of urea, a nitrogenous waste product of protein metabolism in the body, is
most likely due to the failure of which organ system?
a.) Urinary
b.) Endocrine
c.) Digestive
d.) Immune

49.) _____ gland secretes follicle-stimulating hormones?
a.) Parathyroid gland
b.) Pineal gland
c.) Anterior Pituitary gland
d.) Thyroid gland

45.) The parathyroid gland is an endocrine system gland located behind the thyroid gland.
What does the parathyroid gland help the body control?
a.) metabolism
b.) calcium & phosphorus levels
c.) carbohydrate & fat utilization
d.) blood sugar

44.) In mitosis, the two resulting daughter cells are..?
a.) different from the parent cell & identical to each other.
b.) different from the parent cell & different from each other.
c.) identical to the parent cell & different from each other.
d.) identical to the parent cell & identical to each other.

24.) Which cells within the pancreas release glucagon in response to low blood glucose
levels?
a.) Alpha cells
b.) Beta cells
c.) Leukocytes
d.) Erythrocytes

84.) The stage of the heart cycle in which the heart muscle contracts & the chambers pump
blood?
a.) diastole
b.) pericardium
c.) SA node
d.) systole