BIO 106 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ELABORATED COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Steroid hormones are the primary class of ________ hormones. - Correct Answer ✔✔
lipid- derived
What does growth hormone (GH) do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ accelerated the rate of
protein synthesis, particularly in skeletal muscle and bones.
What does angiotensin II do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes the release of the hormone
aldosterone
What does calcitonin do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ decreases blood calcium levels by
inhibiting osteoblasts, and stimulating calcium excretion by kidneys
changes in allele frequencies are at the core of how ______ occurs. - Correct Answer
✔✔ evolution
species that are ______ will have a lot of generic similarities. - Correct Answer ✔✔
closely related
in order for _____ to occur, genetic variation must already be present in a population. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ natural selection
LH enters the make ready time system and stimulates ______ for the first time at
puberty. - Correct Answer ✔✔ interstitial cells of Leydig
a human embryo must plant within _____. - Correct Answer ✔✔ seven days
________ is required to start and maintain labor, as well as release milk from mammary
glads. - Correct Answer ✔✔ oxytocin
red blood cells are generated by the ______ layer. - Correct Answer ✔✔ mesoderm
choose the hormone that is not correctly matched with the endocrine glad that secretes
it. - Correct Answer ✔✔ adrenal medulla- cortisol
the organ that performs filtration of blood, reabsorption, and secretin in vertebrates is
the _____. - Correct Answer ✔✔ kidney
, in a lactating mammal, the two hormones that produce milk synthesis and milk release,
respectively, are - Correct Answer ✔✔ prolactin and oxytocin
the advantage of excreting nitrogenous wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is that -
Correct Answer ✔✔ urea is less toxic than ammonia
Jill is lost in the desert and ran out of water six hours ago. What physiological effect or
response would most likely occur in this situation? - Correct Answer ✔✔ increased
release of ADH, increased permeability of the collecting ducts in the kidney
all solutes in the glomerular capillaries except _____, pass through by passive diffusion.
- Correct Answer ✔✔ macromolecules like protein
what is the function of the kidney? - Correct Answer ✔✔ to filter blood and purify it
____ is the functional unit of the kidney. - Correct Answer ✔✔ nephron
What is an osmoconformer? - Correct Answer ✔✔ marine organisms that change their
body fluid concentrations to conform to changes in seawater
What is osmoregulation? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the maintenance of salt and water
balance across membranes within the body's fluids
dendrites are tree- like structures that extend away from the - Correct Answer ✔✔ cell
body (soma)
what is the synaptic cleft? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the extra cellular space between the
presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes
The parietal lobe is located - Correct Answer ✔✔ at the top of the brain
the spinal cord controls - Correct Answer ✔✔ motor reflexes
there are four basic types of neurons: unipolar, bipolar, pseudounipolar , and - Correct
Answer ✔✔ multipolar
the myelin sheath is responsible for - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protecting the axon and
increasing the speed of signal conduction
the main symptoms of failure to produce ADH would be little concentrated urine -
Correct Answer ✔✔ false
during a resting potential the cell's cytoplasm is _______ relative time the outside of the
cell, while at the peak of the action potential, the cell's cytoplasm is _______ relative to
the outside of the cell - Correct Answer ✔✔ negatively charged ........ positively charged
ELABORATED COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Steroid hormones are the primary class of ________ hormones. - Correct Answer ✔✔
lipid- derived
What does growth hormone (GH) do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ accelerated the rate of
protein synthesis, particularly in skeletal muscle and bones.
What does angiotensin II do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes the release of the hormone
aldosterone
What does calcitonin do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ decreases blood calcium levels by
inhibiting osteoblasts, and stimulating calcium excretion by kidneys
changes in allele frequencies are at the core of how ______ occurs. - Correct Answer
✔✔ evolution
species that are ______ will have a lot of generic similarities. - Correct Answer ✔✔
closely related
in order for _____ to occur, genetic variation must already be present in a population. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ natural selection
LH enters the make ready time system and stimulates ______ for the first time at
puberty. - Correct Answer ✔✔ interstitial cells of Leydig
a human embryo must plant within _____. - Correct Answer ✔✔ seven days
________ is required to start and maintain labor, as well as release milk from mammary
glads. - Correct Answer ✔✔ oxytocin
red blood cells are generated by the ______ layer. - Correct Answer ✔✔ mesoderm
choose the hormone that is not correctly matched with the endocrine glad that secretes
it. - Correct Answer ✔✔ adrenal medulla- cortisol
the organ that performs filtration of blood, reabsorption, and secretin in vertebrates is
the _____. - Correct Answer ✔✔ kidney
, in a lactating mammal, the two hormones that produce milk synthesis and milk release,
respectively, are - Correct Answer ✔✔ prolactin and oxytocin
the advantage of excreting nitrogenous wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is that -
Correct Answer ✔✔ urea is less toxic than ammonia
Jill is lost in the desert and ran out of water six hours ago. What physiological effect or
response would most likely occur in this situation? - Correct Answer ✔✔ increased
release of ADH, increased permeability of the collecting ducts in the kidney
all solutes in the glomerular capillaries except _____, pass through by passive diffusion.
- Correct Answer ✔✔ macromolecules like protein
what is the function of the kidney? - Correct Answer ✔✔ to filter blood and purify it
____ is the functional unit of the kidney. - Correct Answer ✔✔ nephron
What is an osmoconformer? - Correct Answer ✔✔ marine organisms that change their
body fluid concentrations to conform to changes in seawater
What is osmoregulation? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the maintenance of salt and water
balance across membranes within the body's fluids
dendrites are tree- like structures that extend away from the - Correct Answer ✔✔ cell
body (soma)
what is the synaptic cleft? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the extra cellular space between the
presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes
The parietal lobe is located - Correct Answer ✔✔ at the top of the brain
the spinal cord controls - Correct Answer ✔✔ motor reflexes
there are four basic types of neurons: unipolar, bipolar, pseudounipolar , and - Correct
Answer ✔✔ multipolar
the myelin sheath is responsible for - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protecting the axon and
increasing the speed of signal conduction
the main symptoms of failure to produce ADH would be little concentrated urine -
Correct Answer ✔✔ false
during a resting potential the cell's cytoplasm is _______ relative time the outside of the
cell, while at the peak of the action potential, the cell's cytoplasm is _______ relative to
the outside of the cell - Correct Answer ✔✔ negatively charged ........ positively charged
