A&P 2 Straighterline Assessment Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: What separates intracellular fluid from the surrounding interstitial fluid?
Answer: plasma/cell membrane
Question 2: What separates blood from insterstitial fluid?
Answer: blood vessel wall
Question 3: What are the functions of the membranes?
Answer: maintain electroneutrality and concentration gradients
across barriers
Question 4: What gradient requires no energy (passive) and is defined as a difference in concentration?
Answer: chemical
Question 5: What gradient requires energy (active) and is defined as a difference in charge?
Answer: electrical
Question 6: What are the 2 primary fluid compartments?
Answer: intracellular, extracellular
Question 7: What fluid comprises 2/3 of total body fluid, is known as cytosol, and is located inside the
cell?
Answer: intracellular
Question 8: What are the 2 subcompartments of extracellular fluid?
Answer: interstitial fluid, and intravascular fluid
Question 9: What fluid comprises 1/3 of total body fluid, and is located outside the cell?
Answer: extracellular
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, Question 10: Aqueous/vitreous humors?
Answer: in eyeballs
Question 11: Pericardial fluid?
Answer: around heart
Question 12: Peritoneal fluid?
Answer: surrounding abdominal organs
Question 13: Pleural fluid?
Answer: chest cavity
Question 14: What is fluid in the spaces between cells?
Answer: interstitial fluid
Question 15: What is the fluid component of blood and an intravascular fluid?
Answer: plasma
Question 16: What makes up the central nervous system?
Answer: brain and spinal cord
Question 17: Functions of the brain in CNS?
Answer: receive and process sensory information, store memories,
generate thoughts, and initiate responses
Question 18: Functions of the spinal cord in CNS?
Answer: conducts signals to and from the brain, controls reflexes
Question 19: Peripheral nervous system input?
Answer: sensory division and visceral division
Question 20: Sensory input?
Answer: afferent
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(Grade A+)
Question 1: What separates intracellular fluid from the surrounding interstitial fluid?
Answer: plasma/cell membrane
Question 2: What separates blood from insterstitial fluid?
Answer: blood vessel wall
Question 3: What are the functions of the membranes?
Answer: maintain electroneutrality and concentration gradients
across barriers
Question 4: What gradient requires no energy (passive) and is defined as a difference in concentration?
Answer: chemical
Question 5: What gradient requires energy (active) and is defined as a difference in charge?
Answer: electrical
Question 6: What are the 2 primary fluid compartments?
Answer: intracellular, extracellular
Question 7: What fluid comprises 2/3 of total body fluid, is known as cytosol, and is located inside the
cell?
Answer: intracellular
Question 8: What are the 2 subcompartments of extracellular fluid?
Answer: interstitial fluid, and intravascular fluid
Question 9: What fluid comprises 1/3 of total body fluid, and is located outside the cell?
Answer: extracellular
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, Question 10: Aqueous/vitreous humors?
Answer: in eyeballs
Question 11: Pericardial fluid?
Answer: around heart
Question 12: Peritoneal fluid?
Answer: surrounding abdominal organs
Question 13: Pleural fluid?
Answer: chest cavity
Question 14: What is fluid in the spaces between cells?
Answer: interstitial fluid
Question 15: What is the fluid component of blood and an intravascular fluid?
Answer: plasma
Question 16: What makes up the central nervous system?
Answer: brain and spinal cord
Question 17: Functions of the brain in CNS?
Answer: receive and process sensory information, store memories,
generate thoughts, and initiate responses
Question 18: Functions of the spinal cord in CNS?
Answer: conducts signals to and from the brain, controls reflexes
Question 19: Peripheral nervous system input?
Answer: sensory division and visceral division
Question 20: Sensory input?
Answer: afferent
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