CIDESCO STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A disease caused by a disorder of the pancreas is? - ✔✔Diabetes mellitus
✔✔The adrenal glands are situated - ✔✔On top of the kidneys
✔✔Which of the following is NOT caused by adrenaline? - ✔✔Erection of hairs
✔✔The release of adrenaline - ✔✔Increases blood glucose levels and heart rate
✔✔The endocrine gland that secretes a hormone which helps a person to react in a
dangerous situation is the? - ✔✔Adrenal gland
✔✔Oestrogen is produced in the? - ✔✔Ovary
✔✔The gland which controls the production of sex hormones is? - ✔✔The pituitary
gland
✔✔Female reproductive organs are under control of? - ✔✔F.S.H
✔✔A function of oestrogen is to? - ✔✔Regenerate the endometrium
✔✔The change from a girl to an adult at puberty is controlled by the hormone -
✔✔Oestrogen
✔✔Ovulation usually takes place about - ✔✔Fourteen days after menstruation
✔✔The hormone which converts the Graafian follicle to a corpus luteum is? -
✔✔Luteinising hormone
✔✔The corpus luteum produces hormones under the influence - ✔✔The pituitary gland
, ✔✔The corpus luteum - ✔✔Is formed during every menstrual cycle
✔✔Progesterone levels fall - ✔✔After degeneration of the corpus luteum
✔✔Which one of the following statements about the uterus is INCORRECT? - ✔✔Eggs
are fertilised there
✔✔Fertilization of an ovum takes place in the? - ✔✔Fallopian tube
✔✔Hormones are Not secreted by? - ✔✔The uterus
✔✔The effect of contraceptive pill is to? - ✔✔Prevent pregnancy
✔✔Which using the contraceptive pill - ✔✔Ovulation does not take place
✔✔The hormone which controls the change from a boy to an adult at puberty is? -
✔✔Testosterone
✔✔Impulses are transmitted throughout the body principally by - ✔✔Nervous tissue
✔✔A neuron is? - ✔✔Composed of a cell body, dendrites and an axon
✔✔The cell body of a sensory neurone is found in the? - ✔✔Dorsal root of the spinal
cord
✔✔The cellular process that carries a nerve impulse away from the cell body is the? -
✔✔Axon
✔✔The process in which a nerve is stimulated is? - ✔✔Chemical - electrical
✔✔An example of a neuro-transmitter is? - ✔✔Acetylcholine
✔✔The central nervous system is made of - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔The white matter of the brain and spinal cord is composed of? - ✔✔Axons
✔✔Voluntary muscles movements are controlled by? - ✔✔The cerebrum
✔✔Neurons are found - ✔✔In the cerebral cortex
✔✔The part of the brain concerned with memory is the? - ✔✔Cerebrum
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A disease caused by a disorder of the pancreas is? - ✔✔Diabetes mellitus
✔✔The adrenal glands are situated - ✔✔On top of the kidneys
✔✔Which of the following is NOT caused by adrenaline? - ✔✔Erection of hairs
✔✔The release of adrenaline - ✔✔Increases blood glucose levels and heart rate
✔✔The endocrine gland that secretes a hormone which helps a person to react in a
dangerous situation is the? - ✔✔Adrenal gland
✔✔Oestrogen is produced in the? - ✔✔Ovary
✔✔The gland which controls the production of sex hormones is? - ✔✔The pituitary
gland
✔✔Female reproductive organs are under control of? - ✔✔F.S.H
✔✔A function of oestrogen is to? - ✔✔Regenerate the endometrium
✔✔The change from a girl to an adult at puberty is controlled by the hormone -
✔✔Oestrogen
✔✔Ovulation usually takes place about - ✔✔Fourteen days after menstruation
✔✔The hormone which converts the Graafian follicle to a corpus luteum is? -
✔✔Luteinising hormone
✔✔The corpus luteum produces hormones under the influence - ✔✔The pituitary gland
, ✔✔The corpus luteum - ✔✔Is formed during every menstrual cycle
✔✔Progesterone levels fall - ✔✔After degeneration of the corpus luteum
✔✔Which one of the following statements about the uterus is INCORRECT? - ✔✔Eggs
are fertilised there
✔✔Fertilization of an ovum takes place in the? - ✔✔Fallopian tube
✔✔Hormones are Not secreted by? - ✔✔The uterus
✔✔The effect of contraceptive pill is to? - ✔✔Prevent pregnancy
✔✔Which using the contraceptive pill - ✔✔Ovulation does not take place
✔✔The hormone which controls the change from a boy to an adult at puberty is? -
✔✔Testosterone
✔✔Impulses are transmitted throughout the body principally by - ✔✔Nervous tissue
✔✔A neuron is? - ✔✔Composed of a cell body, dendrites and an axon
✔✔The cell body of a sensory neurone is found in the? - ✔✔Dorsal root of the spinal
cord
✔✔The cellular process that carries a nerve impulse away from the cell body is the? -
✔✔Axon
✔✔The process in which a nerve is stimulated is? - ✔✔Chemical - electrical
✔✔An example of a neuro-transmitter is? - ✔✔Acetylcholine
✔✔The central nervous system is made of - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔The white matter of the brain and spinal cord is composed of? - ✔✔Axons
✔✔Voluntary muscles movements are controlled by? - ✔✔The cerebrum
✔✔Neurons are found - ✔✔In the cerebral cortex
✔✔The part of the brain concerned with memory is the? - ✔✔Cerebrum
