SLCC BIOL 2320 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following pairs is not correct?
A. Skeletal muslce: voluntary
B. Cardiac muscle: intercalated discs
C. Cardiac muscle: striated
D. Smooth muscle: involuntary
E. Smooth muscle: striated - Answer-E.
Epidermal dendritic (Langerhans) cells function as part of the ______ response.
a. Sensory
b. Pigmentation
c. Immune
d. Thermoregulation
e. Tactile - Answer-C
Choose the correct sequence from simplest to most complex:
a. molecules, atoms, tissues, cells, organs
b. atoms, molecules, tissues, cells, organs
c. atoms, molecules, cells, organs, tissues
d. atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs
e. molecules, tissues, atoms, organs - Answer-D.
Which bones form the hard palate?
a.Mandible and maxilla
b.Ethmoid and vomer
c. Maxilla and palatine
d. Vomer and palatine
e. Maxilla and the vomer - Answer-C.
Which actions do NOT happen in the stratum granulosum?
a. Keratin is produced in large quantities
b. Plasma membranes fuse
c. Cells flatten and lose organelles d. Cell begin to die
e. All of these happen at this stratum - Answer-E.
Which is avascular (lacks blood vessels)?
a. Epithelial
b. Muscle
c. Nervous
d. Connective
e. All of the above contain blood vessels - Answer-A.
, Which connective tissue forms a mesh-like network of fibers that provides the structural
support for some organs?
a. Elastic tissue
b. Dense regular
c. Collagen tissue
d. Reticular tissue
e. Hyaline cartilage - Answer-D.
Which part of the temporal bone does the internal acoustic meatus/auditory canal
enter?
a. Petrous
b. Mastoid
c. Squamous
d. Tympanic
e. Ramus - Answer-A
Which of the following describes a parasagittal section or plane?
a. a transverse cut just above the knees
b. any cut dividing the body into left and right halves
c. any sagittal plane except the median (middle)
d. any cut dividing the body into anterior and posterior
e. a plane that divides the body into top and bottom halves - Answer-C.
Which is not a function of the integument?
a. Protection
b. Water loss prevention
c. Temperature regulation
d. Synthesis of cholecalciferol (vitamin D precursor)
e. No exceptions; all are functions of the integument. - Answer-E.
Which is not a correct pairing of bone and feature?
a. Sphenoid bone - foramen rotundum
b. Temporal bone - carotid canal c. Occipital bone - foramen magnum
d. Maxilla - supraorbital foramen e. Mandible - coronoid process - Answer-D.
The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and may include some binucleated
cells is called ____________ epithelium.
a. Stratified squamous nonkeratinzied
b. Stratified squamous keratinized c. Pseudostratified
d. Transitional
e. Stratified columnar - Answer-D.
What gives bone its compressional strength and rigidity?
a. Yellow bone marrow
b. Reticular fibers
c. Hydroxyapatite
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following pairs is not correct?
A. Skeletal muslce: voluntary
B. Cardiac muscle: intercalated discs
C. Cardiac muscle: striated
D. Smooth muscle: involuntary
E. Smooth muscle: striated - Answer-E.
Epidermal dendritic (Langerhans) cells function as part of the ______ response.
a. Sensory
b. Pigmentation
c. Immune
d. Thermoregulation
e. Tactile - Answer-C
Choose the correct sequence from simplest to most complex:
a. molecules, atoms, tissues, cells, organs
b. atoms, molecules, tissues, cells, organs
c. atoms, molecules, cells, organs, tissues
d. atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs
e. molecules, tissues, atoms, organs - Answer-D.
Which bones form the hard palate?
a.Mandible and maxilla
b.Ethmoid and vomer
c. Maxilla and palatine
d. Vomer and palatine
e. Maxilla and the vomer - Answer-C.
Which actions do NOT happen in the stratum granulosum?
a. Keratin is produced in large quantities
b. Plasma membranes fuse
c. Cells flatten and lose organelles d. Cell begin to die
e. All of these happen at this stratum - Answer-E.
Which is avascular (lacks blood vessels)?
a. Epithelial
b. Muscle
c. Nervous
d. Connective
e. All of the above contain blood vessels - Answer-A.
, Which connective tissue forms a mesh-like network of fibers that provides the structural
support for some organs?
a. Elastic tissue
b. Dense regular
c. Collagen tissue
d. Reticular tissue
e. Hyaline cartilage - Answer-D.
Which part of the temporal bone does the internal acoustic meatus/auditory canal
enter?
a. Petrous
b. Mastoid
c. Squamous
d. Tympanic
e. Ramus - Answer-A
Which of the following describes a parasagittal section or plane?
a. a transverse cut just above the knees
b. any cut dividing the body into left and right halves
c. any sagittal plane except the median (middle)
d. any cut dividing the body into anterior and posterior
e. a plane that divides the body into top and bottom halves - Answer-C.
Which is not a function of the integument?
a. Protection
b. Water loss prevention
c. Temperature regulation
d. Synthesis of cholecalciferol (vitamin D precursor)
e. No exceptions; all are functions of the integument. - Answer-E.
Which is not a correct pairing of bone and feature?
a. Sphenoid bone - foramen rotundum
b. Temporal bone - carotid canal c. Occipital bone - foramen magnum
d. Maxilla - supraorbital foramen e. Mandible - coronoid process - Answer-D.
The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and may include some binucleated
cells is called ____________ epithelium.
a. Stratified squamous nonkeratinzied
b. Stratified squamous keratinized c. Pseudostratified
d. Transitional
e. Stratified columnar - Answer-D.
What gives bone its compressional strength and rigidity?
a. Yellow bone marrow
b. Reticular fibers
c. Hydroxyapatite
