StraighterLine A&P I Final Exam
1. What is the smallest level of organization in the Cellular
body that contains the body's genetic informa-
tion?
2. Which is an example of a normally occurring stretching of the uterus near the end
positive-feedback mechanism? of pregnancy
3. Which of the following processes generates the oxidative phosphorylation
most ATP within a human cell?
4. During DNA replication, how does each tem- One strand forms continuously, the
plate strand eventually become two identical other forms in short segments
DNA molecules? spliced by DNA ligase.
5. Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is stratum spinosum
composed primarily of living cells?
6. Which of the following is the definition of a third a burn that has destroyed the dermis
degree burn? and epidermis
7. Which of the following types of openings in the cavity
skeletal system does a "sinus" describe?
8. Which of the following components of the bone collagen
matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered?
9. Which of the following is the most widely distrib- smooth
uted type of muscle in the body?
10. Which sentence best describes the sliding fila- Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
ment model of muscle contraction?
11. microglia
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, StraighterLine A&P I Final Exam
A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient
concludes that part of the brain was likely dam-
aged by trauma due to a large population of
which type of cell?
12. What type of axons is found in a gray ramus unmyelinated, post-ganglionic ax-
comunicans? ons
13. Which class of chemical messengers is secreted neurotransmitter
by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell?
14. The targeted response of the hormone the breakdown of fat in adipose tis-
lipotropin is an increase in which of the follow- sues
ing?
15. The articulations between the radius and ulna pivot
that allow for rotation of the forearm is an ex-
ample of a(n) _________ joint.
16. In order to increase low blood glucose levels glucagon
back to normal, the pancreas increases secre-
tion of ________.
17. Hypocalcemia results from inactive parathyroid glands.
18. Which component of the autonomic nervous sympathetic division
system is least active during resting conditions?
19. Which of the following special senses experi- olfactory
ences the least amount of decline as an individ-
ual ages?
20. physiology
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1. What is the smallest level of organization in the Cellular
body that contains the body's genetic informa-
tion?
2. Which is an example of a normally occurring stretching of the uterus near the end
positive-feedback mechanism? of pregnancy
3. Which of the following processes generates the oxidative phosphorylation
most ATP within a human cell?
4. During DNA replication, how does each tem- One strand forms continuously, the
plate strand eventually become two identical other forms in short segments
DNA molecules? spliced by DNA ligase.
5. Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is stratum spinosum
composed primarily of living cells?
6. Which of the following is the definition of a third a burn that has destroyed the dermis
degree burn? and epidermis
7. Which of the following types of openings in the cavity
skeletal system does a "sinus" describe?
8. Which of the following components of the bone collagen
matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered?
9. Which of the following is the most widely distrib- smooth
uted type of muscle in the body?
10. Which sentence best describes the sliding fila- Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
ment model of muscle contraction?
11. microglia
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, StraighterLine A&P I Final Exam
A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient
concludes that part of the brain was likely dam-
aged by trauma due to a large population of
which type of cell?
12. What type of axons is found in a gray ramus unmyelinated, post-ganglionic ax-
comunicans? ons
13. Which class of chemical messengers is secreted neurotransmitter
by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell?
14. The targeted response of the hormone the breakdown of fat in adipose tis-
lipotropin is an increase in which of the follow- sues
ing?
15. The articulations between the radius and ulna pivot
that allow for rotation of the forearm is an ex-
ample of a(n) _________ joint.
16. In order to increase low blood glucose levels glucagon
back to normal, the pancreas increases secre-
tion of ________.
17. Hypocalcemia results from inactive parathyroid glands.
18. Which component of the autonomic nervous sympathetic division
system is least active during resting conditions?
19. Which of the following special senses experi- olfactory
ences the least amount of decline as an individ-
ual ages?
20. physiology
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