BIO 235 MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
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1. metabolism - ANSWER ✔ sum of al chemical processes
2. catabolism - ANSWER ✔ that break down molecules, releasing energy.
3. anabolism - ANSWER ✔ the process of building up larger molecules from
smaller ones.
4. 3 things that effect growth in the body size - ANSWER ✔ 1. increase in the
size of existing cells
2.increase in the number of cells
3.increase in the size of material between the cells
5. differentiation - ANSWER ✔ unspecialized cells becomes specialized
6. reproduction is the formation of new cells for? (2) - ANSWER ✔ 1. tissue
growth, repair or replacement
2. production of a new individual
,7. fluid within the cells - ANSWER ✔ intracellular fluid
8. fluid outside the cells - ANSWER ✔ extracellular fluid
9. ECF that fills narrow space between cells of tissues - ANSWER ✔
interstitial fluid
10.what is the monitored variable called in a feedback loop - ANSWER ✔
controlled condition
11.what is the stimulus - ANSWER ✔ any disruption that changes a controlled
condition
12.what's the receptor - ANSWER ✔ body structure monitoring the changes of
a controlled condition and sends inputs
13.what connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus ? - ANSWER ✔
infundibulum
14.__________ secrete human growth hormone - ANSWER ✔ somatotrophs
15.____________ controls the secretion and other activities of the thyroid gland
- ANSWER ✔ Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
,16.What 2 hormones contribute to stimulation of secretions of estrogen and
progesterone and sperm production and secretion of testosterone ? -
ANSWER ✔ follicle-stimulating hormone & luteinizing hormone
17.The _____________ stores and releases hormones but does not produce any
- ANSWER ✔ posteiror pituitary
18.The walls of each thyroid follicle consists of follicular cells produce what 2
hormones? - ANSWER ✔ thyroxine & triiodothyronine
19.Thyroid hormones increase _______________ which is the rate of oxygen
consumption under standard or basal conditions by stimulating the use of
cellular oxygen to produce ATP - ANSWER ✔ basal metabolic rate
20.Low blood levels of T3 and T4 or low metabolic rate stimulates the
___________ to secrete TRH - ANSWER ✔ hypothalamus
21.TRH enters the hypophyseal portal veins and flows to the
_____________________ where it stimulates thyrotrophs to secrete TSH -
ANSWER ✔ anterior pituitary
22.AN elevated level of T3 ___________ release of TRH or TSH ( negative
feedback inhibition) - ANSWER ✔ inhibits
, 23.parafollicular cells produce _________ which can decease the level of
calcium in the blood by inhibiting osteoclasts - ANSWER ✔ calcitonin
24.______________ produce PTH - ANSWER ✔ chief cells (principal cells)
25.What are the 4 types of cells - ANSWER ✔ neuronal, muscle, epithelial, and
connective tissue
26.Which two cells are excitable? - ANSWER ✔ neurons and muscle cells
27.What are the 3 types of muscle cells? - ANSWER ✔ Skeletal (voluntary)
Cardiac (involuntary)
Smooth (involuntary)
28.Which of the following descriptions INCORRECTLY describes the
tissue type?
A) Muscle tissue is specialized for contraction and generation of force.
B) Epithelial tissue forms glands.
C) Nervous tissue is specialized for transmission of electrical impulses.
D) Connective tissue is specialized for exchange between the internal
and external environments.
E) Epithelial tissue lines the lumen of internal organs. - ANSWER ✔ D)
Connective tissue is specialized for exchange between the internal
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. metabolism - ANSWER ✔ sum of al chemical processes
2. catabolism - ANSWER ✔ that break down molecules, releasing energy.
3. anabolism - ANSWER ✔ the process of building up larger molecules from
smaller ones.
4. 3 things that effect growth in the body size - ANSWER ✔ 1. increase in the
size of existing cells
2.increase in the number of cells
3.increase in the size of material between the cells
5. differentiation - ANSWER ✔ unspecialized cells becomes specialized
6. reproduction is the formation of new cells for? (2) - ANSWER ✔ 1. tissue
growth, repair or replacement
2. production of a new individual
,7. fluid within the cells - ANSWER ✔ intracellular fluid
8. fluid outside the cells - ANSWER ✔ extracellular fluid
9. ECF that fills narrow space between cells of tissues - ANSWER ✔
interstitial fluid
10.what is the monitored variable called in a feedback loop - ANSWER ✔
controlled condition
11.what is the stimulus - ANSWER ✔ any disruption that changes a controlled
condition
12.what's the receptor - ANSWER ✔ body structure monitoring the changes of
a controlled condition and sends inputs
13.what connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus ? - ANSWER ✔
infundibulum
14.__________ secrete human growth hormone - ANSWER ✔ somatotrophs
15.____________ controls the secretion and other activities of the thyroid gland
- ANSWER ✔ Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
,16.What 2 hormones contribute to stimulation of secretions of estrogen and
progesterone and sperm production and secretion of testosterone ? -
ANSWER ✔ follicle-stimulating hormone & luteinizing hormone
17.The _____________ stores and releases hormones but does not produce any
- ANSWER ✔ posteiror pituitary
18.The walls of each thyroid follicle consists of follicular cells produce what 2
hormones? - ANSWER ✔ thyroxine & triiodothyronine
19.Thyroid hormones increase _______________ which is the rate of oxygen
consumption under standard or basal conditions by stimulating the use of
cellular oxygen to produce ATP - ANSWER ✔ basal metabolic rate
20.Low blood levels of T3 and T4 or low metabolic rate stimulates the
___________ to secrete TRH - ANSWER ✔ hypothalamus
21.TRH enters the hypophyseal portal veins and flows to the
_____________________ where it stimulates thyrotrophs to secrete TSH -
ANSWER ✔ anterior pituitary
22.AN elevated level of T3 ___________ release of TRH or TSH ( negative
feedback inhibition) - ANSWER ✔ inhibits
, 23.parafollicular cells produce _________ which can decease the level of
calcium in the blood by inhibiting osteoclasts - ANSWER ✔ calcitonin
24.______________ produce PTH - ANSWER ✔ chief cells (principal cells)
25.What are the 4 types of cells - ANSWER ✔ neuronal, muscle, epithelial, and
connective tissue
26.Which two cells are excitable? - ANSWER ✔ neurons and muscle cells
27.What are the 3 types of muscle cells? - ANSWER ✔ Skeletal (voluntary)
Cardiac (involuntary)
Smooth (involuntary)
28.Which of the following descriptions INCORRECTLY describes the
tissue type?
A) Muscle tissue is specialized for contraction and generation of force.
B) Epithelial tissue forms glands.
C) Nervous tissue is specialized for transmission of electrical impulses.
D) Connective tissue is specialized for exchange between the internal
and external environments.
E) Epithelial tissue lines the lumen of internal organs. - ANSWER ✔ D)
Connective tissue is specialized for exchange between the internal
