1st Test Bio (2) Sample2
1st Test Bio (2) Sample2
1st Test Bio (2) Sample2
Stratified columnar" is a description which might apply to what type of animal " )1
?tissue
A) connective
B) striated muscle
C) nerve
D) epithelial
E) bone
Which statement best links the group of tissues known as connective tissue? A )2
connective tissue will have
.A) an extracellular matrix containing fibers
.B) a supporting material such as chondroitin sulfate
.C) an epithelial origin
.D) relatively few cells and a large amount of extracellular matrix
.E) both A and B
Cardiac muscle is )4
.A) striated and branched
.B) striated and unbranched
.C) smooth and voluntary
.D) striated and voluntary
.E) smooth and involuntary
?Which choice offers the best time to measure basal metabolic rate )6
A) a baby at rest prior to its first meal of the day
B) a baby at rest that has just had its first meal of the day
C) a child that has only eaten a sugar-free meal
D) a child that has only drunk diet soda all day
E) an adult watching TV after dinner
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Some nutrients are considered "essential" in the diets of certain animals because )7
.A) only those animals use the nutrients
.B) they are subunits of important polymers
.C) they cannot be manufactured by the organism
.D) they are necessary coenzymes
.E) only some foods contain them
To actually enter the body, a substance must cross a cell membrane. During which )8
?stage of food processing does this first happen
A) ingestion B) digestion C) hydrolysis D) absorption E) elimination
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The following questions refer to the digestive system structures in Figure 1
Figure 41.1
?Where does the reabsorption of most of the water used in digestion occur )14
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
If the amount of interstitial fluid surrounding the capillary beds of the lungs were )15
to increase significantly, it would be expected that
.A) the amount of oxygen entering the circulation from the lungs would increase
.B) the amount of oxygen entering the circulation from the lungs would decrease
.C) the pressure would cause the capillary beds to burst
.D) you could not make a prediction based on this information
.E) the amount of carbon dioxide entering the lungs from the blood would increase
?At an atmopheric pressure of 870 mm Hg, what is the contribution of oxygen )16
A) 127 mm Hg
B) 219 mm Hg
C) 182 mm Hg
D) 151 mm Hg
E) 100 mm Hg
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Refer to the diagram of the human heart in Figure 2 to answer the following
.questions
Figure 2
The correct sequence of blood flow, beginning at the pulmonary artery and )18
passing through the systematic circulation, is
.A) 2-1-4-systematic-3-6-5
.B) 4-6-3-systematic-2-1-5
.C) 4-5-6-3-systematic-2-1
.D) 5-6-3-systematic-2-1-4-3
.E) 3-6-5-systematic-4-1-2
All of the following respiratory surfaces are associated with capillary beds except )19
the
.A) skin of earthworms
.B) gills of fishes
.C) skin of frogs
.D) alveoli of lungs
.E) tracheae of insects
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The main effect of histamine is to )22
.A) attract T cells
.B) dilate blood vessels
.C) phagocytize pathogens
.D) destroy white blood cells
.E) decrease blood flow
The meshwork that forms the fabric of a blood clot mostly consists of which )25
?protein
A) fibrinogen
B) prothrombin
C) thrombin
D) fibrin
E) collagen
If you gently twist your ear lobe it does not remain distorted because it contains )1
.elastic fibers
.Voluntary muscle is responsible for moving food along the digestive tract )3
Essential amino acids are the only amino acids found in human proteins )4
Peristalsis is smooth muscle contractions that move food through the alimentary )5
canal
Most enzymatic hydrolysis of the macromolecules in food occurs in the large )6
.intestine
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In fish blood flow from the pulmocutaneous circulation to the heart before )8
.circulating through the rest of the body
The sinoatrial node in humans delays transmission in the cardiac conduction )10
.system after the pacemaker has fired
Hydrogen ions produced in human red blood cells are prevented from )12
.significantly lowering pH by combining with carbon dioxide
Organisms in which a circulating body fluid is distinct from the fluid that directly )15
.surrounds the body's cells are likely to have a gastrovascular cavity
The source of trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen is the epithelial tissue of small )16
.intestine
Without functioning parietal cells an individual would not be able to intiate )17
.protein digestion in the stomach
.The BMR for a particular animal is usually lower than that animal's SMR )18
Fishes are the only vertebrates in which blood flows directly from respiratory )21
. organs to body tissues without first returning to the heart
Air-breathing insects carry out gas exchange across the membranes of cells )23
The blood level of carbon dioxide gas is most important in controlling human )24
.respiration rate
Decrease in temperature and increase in blood flow are a clinical characteristic of )25
.inflammation