ATI TEAS PRACTICE test questions
well answered.
Qs
Which of these glands is the primary producer of insulin?
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal
c. Pituitary
d. Pancreas - n
Ans✔
D (The pancreas produces insulin)
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adrenal glands - n
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produce cortisol & stress hormones
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pituitary gland - n
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regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.
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Which gland primarily supplies hair shafts & skin with oily secretions?
a. Eccrine gland
b. Apocrine gland
c. Sebaceous gland
d. Ceruminous gland - n
Ans✔
,C (Sebaceous glands produce sebum, which supplies hair shafts and skin with oily
secretions)
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apocrine glands - n
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(sweat glands) found in groin and armpits and produce sweat and scent.
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Ceruminous glands - n
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waxy secretion in the earwax
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eccrine (merocrine) glands - n
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distributed across the surface of the skin and produce a dilute, salty sweat. (palms,
forehead)
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A pregnant woman who is a chain smoker has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Her concern is if she passed on the cancer to her child. Which is correct?
A) Children do not use their lungs until they are born, so the cancer cannot pass to
the child before birth.
B) The cancer could pass from mother to fetus through blood, but anticancer
medications can prevent the child from developing cancer.
C) If the pregnant mother undergoes treatment for lung cancer, both she and the
child can be cured.
D) The cancer will not be transmitted to the child. - n
Ans✔
, D (Only germline mutations are transmitted, so the lung cancer, a somatic
mutation, will not be passed to the child)
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somatic mutation - n
Ans✔
A mutation that occurs in the body cells. Cannot be inherited. (lung cancer)
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germline mutation - n
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(are transmitted) DNA alteration occurring in gametes that can be transmitted to
offspring
Qs
Stores of subcutaneous fat can be found in which of the following layers on the skin
in the human body?
A. Epidermis
B. Dermis
C. Hypodermis
D. Dermal Papillae - n
Ans✔
C (The hypodermis contains stores of subcutaneous fat as well as deeper blood
vessels)
Qs
Demyelinization results in?
A. Inhibited detection of a stimulus at the dendrites of a nerve cell
B. Disrupted propagation of an action potential along the axon of a nerve cell
well answered.
Qs
Which of these glands is the primary producer of insulin?
a. Thyroid
b. Adrenal
c. Pituitary
d. Pancreas - n
Ans✔
D (The pancreas produces insulin)
Qs
adrenal glands - n
Ans✔
produce cortisol & stress hormones
Qs
pituitary gland - n
Ans✔
regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.
Qs
Which gland primarily supplies hair shafts & skin with oily secretions?
a. Eccrine gland
b. Apocrine gland
c. Sebaceous gland
d. Ceruminous gland - n
Ans✔
,C (Sebaceous glands produce sebum, which supplies hair shafts and skin with oily
secretions)
Qs
apocrine glands - n
Ans✔
(sweat glands) found in groin and armpits and produce sweat and scent.
Qs
Ceruminous glands - n
Ans✔
waxy secretion in the earwax
Qs
eccrine (merocrine) glands - n
Ans✔
distributed across the surface of the skin and produce a dilute, salty sweat. (palms,
forehead)
Qs
A pregnant woman who is a chain smoker has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Her concern is if she passed on the cancer to her child. Which is correct?
A) Children do not use their lungs until they are born, so the cancer cannot pass to
the child before birth.
B) The cancer could pass from mother to fetus through blood, but anticancer
medications can prevent the child from developing cancer.
C) If the pregnant mother undergoes treatment for lung cancer, both she and the
child can be cured.
D) The cancer will not be transmitted to the child. - n
Ans✔
, D (Only germline mutations are transmitted, so the lung cancer, a somatic
mutation, will not be passed to the child)
Qs
somatic mutation - n
Ans✔
A mutation that occurs in the body cells. Cannot be inherited. (lung cancer)
Qs
germline mutation - n
Ans✔
(are transmitted) DNA alteration occurring in gametes that can be transmitted to
offspring
Qs
Stores of subcutaneous fat can be found in which of the following layers on the skin
in the human body?
A. Epidermis
B. Dermis
C. Hypodermis
D. Dermal Papillae - n
Ans✔
C (The hypodermis contains stores of subcutaneous fat as well as deeper blood
vessels)
Qs
Demyelinization results in?
A. Inhibited detection of a stimulus at the dendrites of a nerve cell
B. Disrupted propagation of an action potential along the axon of a nerve cell
