MDC Practice Entrance Exam Questions and
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15) Which organ system A. Cardiocascular system transports
transports nutrients,
nutrients, metabolic wastes, metabolic wastes, gases, and defense
gases, cells
and defense cells?
A) cardiovascular
B) digestive
C) muscular
D) respiratory
E) urinary
13) Which of the following is E.organism, system, organ, tissue, cellular,
arranged in correct order from the molecular
most complex to the simplest?
A) cellular, tissue, molecular,
system,
organ, organism
B) molecular, cellular, tissue,
organ,
system, organism
C) tissue, cellular, molecular,
organ,
system, organism
D) organ, organism, molecular,
cellular, tissue, system
E) organism, system, organ,
tissue,
cellular, molecular
,63) Hydrophilic molecules readily Answer: C water molecules.
associate with
A) lipid molecules.
B) hydrophobic molecules.
C) water molecules.
D) acids.
E) salts.
67) Which pH is closest to normal Answer: A )pH 7
body pH?
A) pH 7
B) pH 8
C) pH 4
D) pH 3
E) pH 2
4) The plasma membrane is Answer: B a bilayer of phospholipids.
composed of
A) a bilayer of proteins.
B) a bilayer of phospholipids.
C) carbohydrate molecules.
D) carbohydrates and proteins.
E) carbohydrates and lipids.
,36) Which of the following B) sends transport vesicles to the RER is a
statements about the Golgi false
apparatus is false? statement regarding the Golgi apparatus
A) receives transport vesicles from
the RER
B) sends transport vesicles to the
RER
C) produces lysosomes
D) supplies new membrane
components
E) produces secretory vesicles
53) ________ attach skeletal C) Tendons; ligaments
muscles to
bones, and ________ connect one
bone
to another.
A) Ligaments; tendons
B) Ligaments; aponeuroses
C) Tendons; ligaments
D) Aponeuroses; tendons
E) Reticular tissues; tendons
65) Cartilage is separated from A) perichondrium.
surrounding tissues by a fibrous
A) perichondrium.
B) lacunae.
C) periosteum.
D) canaliculi.
E) matrix.
Answer: A
8. 3.7 mg = ________ gm 0.0037
, 2. Ordered: 3 mg 2 tablets
Available: 1.5 mg/tablet
How many tablets should be
given?
________
10) All of the following are true of B) contain increased numbers of free
epidermal ridges, except that they nerve
A) extend into the dermis. endings is false a statement regarding
B) contain increased numbers of epidermal
free ridges
nerve endings.
C) cause ridge patterns on the
surface of the skin.
D) produce patterns that are
determined genetically.
E) interconnect with the dermal
papillae.
17) While walking barefoot on the E) 5 layers of skin are on the soles of the
beach, Joe stepped on a thorn that feet and
penetrated through the sole of his hands
foot to the dermis. How many
layers
of epidermis did the thorn
penetrate?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
Updated 2026
15) Which organ system A. Cardiocascular system transports
transports nutrients,
nutrients, metabolic wastes, metabolic wastes, gases, and defense
gases, cells
and defense cells?
A) cardiovascular
B) digestive
C) muscular
D) respiratory
E) urinary
13) Which of the following is E.organism, system, organ, tissue, cellular,
arranged in correct order from the molecular
most complex to the simplest?
A) cellular, tissue, molecular,
system,
organ, organism
B) molecular, cellular, tissue,
organ,
system, organism
C) tissue, cellular, molecular,
organ,
system, organism
D) organ, organism, molecular,
cellular, tissue, system
E) organism, system, organ,
tissue,
cellular, molecular
,63) Hydrophilic molecules readily Answer: C water molecules.
associate with
A) lipid molecules.
B) hydrophobic molecules.
C) water molecules.
D) acids.
E) salts.
67) Which pH is closest to normal Answer: A )pH 7
body pH?
A) pH 7
B) pH 8
C) pH 4
D) pH 3
E) pH 2
4) The plasma membrane is Answer: B a bilayer of phospholipids.
composed of
A) a bilayer of proteins.
B) a bilayer of phospholipids.
C) carbohydrate molecules.
D) carbohydrates and proteins.
E) carbohydrates and lipids.
,36) Which of the following B) sends transport vesicles to the RER is a
statements about the Golgi false
apparatus is false? statement regarding the Golgi apparatus
A) receives transport vesicles from
the RER
B) sends transport vesicles to the
RER
C) produces lysosomes
D) supplies new membrane
components
E) produces secretory vesicles
53) ________ attach skeletal C) Tendons; ligaments
muscles to
bones, and ________ connect one
bone
to another.
A) Ligaments; tendons
B) Ligaments; aponeuroses
C) Tendons; ligaments
D) Aponeuroses; tendons
E) Reticular tissues; tendons
65) Cartilage is separated from A) perichondrium.
surrounding tissues by a fibrous
A) perichondrium.
B) lacunae.
C) periosteum.
D) canaliculi.
E) matrix.
Answer: A
8. 3.7 mg = ________ gm 0.0037
, 2. Ordered: 3 mg 2 tablets
Available: 1.5 mg/tablet
How many tablets should be
given?
________
10) All of the following are true of B) contain increased numbers of free
epidermal ridges, except that they nerve
A) extend into the dermis. endings is false a statement regarding
B) contain increased numbers of epidermal
free ridges
nerve endings.
C) cause ridge patterns on the
surface of the skin.
D) produce patterns that are
determined genetically.
E) interconnect with the dermal
papillae.
17) While walking barefoot on the E) 5 layers of skin are on the soles of the
beach, Joe stepped on a thorn that feet and
penetrated through the sole of his hands
foot to the dermis. How many
layers
of epidermis did the thorn
penetrate?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
