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BIO 202 (ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II) MIDTERM EXAM
AND PRACTICE EXAM /NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM
VERIFIED COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||SURE
PASS!!!
The following blood vessel is a major branch of the IVC
a) great saphenous
b) suprarenal
c) femoral
d) popliteal
e) gastric - ANSWER-b) suprarenal
What do the ductus arteriosus and the foramen ovale become
at birth?
Change to be more vascular instead of cardiac
A) ligamentum teres; fossa ovalis
B) ligamentum arteriosum; foramen ovale
C) ligamentum arteriosum; ligamentum teres
D) ligamentum venosum; fossa ovalis
E) ligamentum arteriosum; fossa ovalis - ANSWER-E)
ligamentum arteriosum; fossa ovalis
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The pressure driven movement of fluids and solutes from blood
into interstitial fluid is called
a) reabsorption.
b) filtration.
c) bulk flow.
d) osmosis.
e) transcytosis. - ANSWER-b) filtration.
) What best describes this following definition: Opposition to
flow Measure of amount of friction blood encounters with
vessel walls, generally in peripheral (systemic) circulation
A) blood pressure
B) vascular resistance
C) cardiac output
D) stroke volume
E) heart rate - ANSWER-B) vascular resistance
The vertebral artery arises most directly from what vascular
structure:
A) subclavian
B) aortic arch
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C) right brachiocephalic
D) common carotid E) internal jugular - ANSWER-A) subclavian
In the brain the fluid that filters out of capillaries is highly
regulated. You would expect to see the following structure
supplying the brain.
A) sinusoid capillaries, with incomplete basement membrane
B) continuous capillaries, with moderate intercellular clefts
C) fenestrated capillaries, with thin diaphragms made of
extracellular glycoproteins
D) metarterioles leading directly to thoroughfare cannels
E) continuous capillaries, with no intercellular clefts - ANSWER-
E) continuous capillaries, with no intercellular clefts
Which of the following processes provides a long-term response
to changes in blood pressure?
A) neural controls
B) baroreceptor-initiated reflexes
C) chemoreceptor-initiated reflexes
D) direct renal regulation
E) hormonal regulation - ANSWER-D) direct renal regulation
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Which of the following pulse locations do not match correctly?
a) femoral artery - inferior to inguinal ligament
b) radial artery - within the axilla
c) dorsal pedis artery - top of the foot
d) common carotid artery - base of the neck
e) popliteal artery - back of the knee - ANSWER-b) radial artery -
within the axilla
The following is not considered part of the innate defense
system:
A) Cytotoxic T cells
B) skin and mucous membranes
C) Natural Killer (NK) cells
D) Fever
E) Inflammation - ANSWER-A) Cytotoxic T cells
An advantage of innate immunity is ________.
A) its barriers that prevent pathogens from entering into the
body
B) the specificity of its individual cells which specialize in the
removal on one type of antigen
BIO 202 (ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II) MIDTERM EXAM
AND PRACTICE EXAM /NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM
VERIFIED COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||SURE
PASS!!!
The following blood vessel is a major branch of the IVC
a) great saphenous
b) suprarenal
c) femoral
d) popliteal
e) gastric - ANSWER-b) suprarenal
What do the ductus arteriosus and the foramen ovale become
at birth?
Change to be more vascular instead of cardiac
A) ligamentum teres; fossa ovalis
B) ligamentum arteriosum; foramen ovale
C) ligamentum arteriosum; ligamentum teres
D) ligamentum venosum; fossa ovalis
E) ligamentum arteriosum; fossa ovalis - ANSWER-E)
ligamentum arteriosum; fossa ovalis
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The pressure driven movement of fluids and solutes from blood
into interstitial fluid is called
a) reabsorption.
b) filtration.
c) bulk flow.
d) osmosis.
e) transcytosis. - ANSWER-b) filtration.
) What best describes this following definition: Opposition to
flow Measure of amount of friction blood encounters with
vessel walls, generally in peripheral (systemic) circulation
A) blood pressure
B) vascular resistance
C) cardiac output
D) stroke volume
E) heart rate - ANSWER-B) vascular resistance
The vertebral artery arises most directly from what vascular
structure:
A) subclavian
B) aortic arch
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C) right brachiocephalic
D) common carotid E) internal jugular - ANSWER-A) subclavian
In the brain the fluid that filters out of capillaries is highly
regulated. You would expect to see the following structure
supplying the brain.
A) sinusoid capillaries, with incomplete basement membrane
B) continuous capillaries, with moderate intercellular clefts
C) fenestrated capillaries, with thin diaphragms made of
extracellular glycoproteins
D) metarterioles leading directly to thoroughfare cannels
E) continuous capillaries, with no intercellular clefts - ANSWER-
E) continuous capillaries, with no intercellular clefts
Which of the following processes provides a long-term response
to changes in blood pressure?
A) neural controls
B) baroreceptor-initiated reflexes
C) chemoreceptor-initiated reflexes
D) direct renal regulation
E) hormonal regulation - ANSWER-D) direct renal regulation
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Which of the following pulse locations do not match correctly?
a) femoral artery - inferior to inguinal ligament
b) radial artery - within the axilla
c) dorsal pedis artery - top of the foot
d) common carotid artery - base of the neck
e) popliteal artery - back of the knee - ANSWER-b) radial artery -
within the axilla
The following is not considered part of the innate defense
system:
A) Cytotoxic T cells
B) skin and mucous membranes
C) Natural Killer (NK) cells
D) Fever
E) Inflammation - ANSWER-A) Cytotoxic T cells
An advantage of innate immunity is ________.
A) its barriers that prevent pathogens from entering into the
body
B) the specificity of its individual cells which specialize in the
removal on one type of antigen
