©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
GVSU BMS 290 Final Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
The essential functions of life include metabolic reactions that breakdown and build molecules
along with the ability of the body to respond to changes in the internal and external
environment. - Answer✔True
Changes in plasma sodium from 148 mM to 142 mM (set point 140 mM) will ________ the
error signal causing the body to respond by ________ motor output.
increase : increasing
increase : decreasing
decrease : increasing
decrease : decreasing - Answer✔decrease : decreasing
As a woman is in labor, the dilation of the cervix is detected as a(n)_________ in error signal
which the controller responds to with a(n) _______ in motor output.
increase : increase
increase : decrease
decrease : increase
decrease : decrease - Answer✔increase : increase
Blood glucose concentration would be decreased by ______ the ingestion and ______ the
excretion of glucose.
increasing : increasing
increasing : decreasing
decreasing : increasing
decreasing : decreasing - Answer✔decreasing : increasing
1
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
With a 5 mM concentration gradient for a K and Na solution, the larger K molecule would
diffuse _______ than the smaller Na: decreasing temperature would ______ the rate of
diffusion of both molecules.
faster : increase
faster : decrease
slower : increase
slower : decrease - Answer✔slower : decrease
Based upon the inward Ca2+ concentration gradient, increasing the _________ will decrease
the rate of K diffusion across the cell membrane.
thickness of a cell membrane
Ca concentration INSIDE the cell
permeability of a cell membrane
surface area of a cell membrane
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct - Answer✔thickness of a cell membrane
Ca concentration INSIDE the cell
_______ are proteins embedded in the membrane of a cell which _____ the molecules they
allow to diffuse across the membrane down their concentration gradient.
Channels : bind to
Channels : have a pore for
Transporters : bind to
Transporters : have a pore for
A and D
B and C - Answer✔B and C
An increase in the rate of diffusion of a non polar molecule (e.g., carbon dioxide) into a cell
requires an increase in the ________ .
outside non polar molecule concentration
2
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
number of channels for the non polar molecule
number of transporters for the non polar molecule
inside non polar molecule concentration
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct
all of the above are correct - Answer✔outside non polar molecule concentration
An increase in glucose inside a liver cell to 7 mM (outside 4 mM) will cause glucose to move
______ the cell through the GLUT-2. That glucose movement will ______ if 10 mM of molecule
with a similar affinity for GLUT-2 was added to the outside of the cell.
into : increase
into : decrease
out of : increase
out of : decrease - Answer✔out of : decrease
The ______ is insulin sensitive only allowing the transport of glucose into ______ when insulin
is present.
GLUT 1 : nerve cells
GLUT 1 : kidney cells
GLUT 2 : muscle cells
GLUT 2 : kidney cells
GLUT 3 : nerve cells
GLUT 3 : adipocytes
GLUT 4 : intestine cells
GLUT 4 : adipocytes - Answer✔GLUT 4 : adipocytes
A 120 mM CaCl2 solution has ________ water concentration than/as the inside of a cell and
therefore is a(n) ______ solution.
a higher : hyperosmotic
a higher : hypo-osmotic
3
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
the same : iso-osmotic
the same : hypo-osmotic
a lower : hyperosmotic
a lower : hypo-osmotic - Answer✔a lower : hyperosmotic
A 150 mOsm KCl solution is a(n) ________ osmotic and a(n) ______ tonic solution. -
Answer✔hypo : hypo
Which of the solutions below are hypotonic?
400 mOsm urea
200 mM KCl
150 mOsm CaCl2
150 mM urea
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct
all of the above are correct - Answer✔400 mOsm urea
150 mOsm CaCl2
150 mM urea
Choose the most correct answer: _________ fluid is normally composed of 140 mM Na, 4 mM K
and has a moderate amount of protein.
Intracellular
Extracellular
Interstitial
Plasma - Answer✔Plasma
An increase in K outside a cell will ______ the chemical gradient for K across the membrane
thereby ______ the electrochemical gradient for K.
increase : increasing
increase : decreasing
4
GVSU BMS 290 Final Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
The essential functions of life include metabolic reactions that breakdown and build molecules
along with the ability of the body to respond to changes in the internal and external
environment. - Answer✔True
Changes in plasma sodium from 148 mM to 142 mM (set point 140 mM) will ________ the
error signal causing the body to respond by ________ motor output.
increase : increasing
increase : decreasing
decrease : increasing
decrease : decreasing - Answer✔decrease : decreasing
As a woman is in labor, the dilation of the cervix is detected as a(n)_________ in error signal
which the controller responds to with a(n) _______ in motor output.
increase : increase
increase : decrease
decrease : increase
decrease : decrease - Answer✔increase : increase
Blood glucose concentration would be decreased by ______ the ingestion and ______ the
excretion of glucose.
increasing : increasing
increasing : decreasing
decreasing : increasing
decreasing : decreasing - Answer✔decreasing : increasing
1
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
With a 5 mM concentration gradient for a K and Na solution, the larger K molecule would
diffuse _______ than the smaller Na: decreasing temperature would ______ the rate of
diffusion of both molecules.
faster : increase
faster : decrease
slower : increase
slower : decrease - Answer✔slower : decrease
Based upon the inward Ca2+ concentration gradient, increasing the _________ will decrease
the rate of K diffusion across the cell membrane.
thickness of a cell membrane
Ca concentration INSIDE the cell
permeability of a cell membrane
surface area of a cell membrane
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct - Answer✔thickness of a cell membrane
Ca concentration INSIDE the cell
_______ are proteins embedded in the membrane of a cell which _____ the molecules they
allow to diffuse across the membrane down their concentration gradient.
Channels : bind to
Channels : have a pore for
Transporters : bind to
Transporters : have a pore for
A and D
B and C - Answer✔B and C
An increase in the rate of diffusion of a non polar molecule (e.g., carbon dioxide) into a cell
requires an increase in the ________ .
outside non polar molecule concentration
2
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
number of channels for the non polar molecule
number of transporters for the non polar molecule
inside non polar molecule concentration
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct
all of the above are correct - Answer✔outside non polar molecule concentration
An increase in glucose inside a liver cell to 7 mM (outside 4 mM) will cause glucose to move
______ the cell through the GLUT-2. That glucose movement will ______ if 10 mM of molecule
with a similar affinity for GLUT-2 was added to the outside of the cell.
into : increase
into : decrease
out of : increase
out of : decrease - Answer✔out of : decrease
The ______ is insulin sensitive only allowing the transport of glucose into ______ when insulin
is present.
GLUT 1 : nerve cells
GLUT 1 : kidney cells
GLUT 2 : muscle cells
GLUT 2 : kidney cells
GLUT 3 : nerve cells
GLUT 3 : adipocytes
GLUT 4 : intestine cells
GLUT 4 : adipocytes - Answer✔GLUT 4 : adipocytes
A 120 mM CaCl2 solution has ________ water concentration than/as the inside of a cell and
therefore is a(n) ______ solution.
a higher : hyperosmotic
a higher : hypo-osmotic
3
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2:49PM A+
the same : iso-osmotic
the same : hypo-osmotic
a lower : hyperosmotic
a lower : hypo-osmotic - Answer✔a lower : hyperosmotic
A 150 mOsm KCl solution is a(n) ________ osmotic and a(n) ______ tonic solution. -
Answer✔hypo : hypo
Which of the solutions below are hypotonic?
400 mOsm urea
200 mM KCl
150 mOsm CaCl2
150 mM urea
two of the above are correct
three of the above are correct
all of the above are correct - Answer✔400 mOsm urea
150 mOsm CaCl2
150 mM urea
Choose the most correct answer: _________ fluid is normally composed of 140 mM Na, 4 mM K
and has a moderate amount of protein.
Intracellular
Extracellular
Interstitial
Plasma - Answer✔Plasma
An increase in K outside a cell will ______ the chemical gradient for K across the membrane
thereby ______ the electrochemical gradient for K.
increase : increasing
increase : decreasing
4
