HUMB1000 CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> What type of tissue would be described as 'non-striated' with only 1 nuclei?
Answer: Smooth muscle tissue
>> What type of tissue would be described as striated and multi-nucleated?
Answer: Skeletal muscle tissue
>> A tissue is described as striated and uni-nucleated, what type of tissue is this referring to?
Answer: Cardiac muscle tissue
>> A tissue in the body can no longer make lipids. Which organelle or structure is most likely to be
affected?
Answer: Smooth ER
>> What is the main function of the Rough ER?
Answer: protein synthesis
>> What is the main function of the Gogli apparatus?
Answer: modifies, packages and distributes proteins
>> What organelle transports molecules out of the cell in a process called exocytosis?
Answer: secretory vesicles
>> A cell is damaged and can no longer synthesise proteins. What structure is most likely affected?
Answer: Nucleolus
>> What type of tissue is adipose tissue classified as?
Answer: Connective
>> Name 1 other place where this type of epithelia is found?
Answer: simple, columnar
>> A patient is presented with pain in the left hypochondriac region. Which organ is most likely to be
affected?
Answer: Spleen
>> What accessory organ aids in the digestion of food?
Answer: The pancreas
, >> A severely damaged gallbladder would result in issues breaking down what substance?
Answer: Lipids
>> Name 2 vitamins synthesised in the large intestine
Answer: Vitamin K
>> A patient with appendicitis would most likely experience pain in which abdominal region?
Answer: Right iliac
>> What type of epithelium lines the trachea?
Answer: pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
>> Name the parts of the conducting zone in the respiratory system
Answer: Bronchi
>> For expiration to occur, what must the alveolar pressure be?
Answer: Greater than atmospheric pressure
>> Name the flow of blood through the heart starting at the inferior and superior vena cava
Answer: inf. & sup. vena cava -> R atria -> tricuspid valve -> R ventricle -> pulmonary valve ->
pulmonary trunk -> pulmonary artery -> (to lungs) -> pulmonary vein -> L atria -> mitral valve -> L
ventricle -> aortic valve -> aorta
>> What is the main type of transport of carbon dioxide?
Answer: Dissolved as bicarbonate ions
>> If the proximal convoluted tubule wasn't working properly, what function would be affected?
Answer: Reabsorption of water from the filtrate
>> What type of substances are absorbed during tubular reabsorption?
Answer: water
>> What type of substances are secreted during tubular secretion?
Answer: Potassium
>> Order the layers of the filtration membrane that blood passes through to become filtrate.
Answer: fenestrae
>> In the kidney, what cell membrane transport mechanism is used to move glucose across the basal
surface of a renal tubule and into the blood?
Answer: facilitated diffusion
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> What type of tissue would be described as 'non-striated' with only 1 nuclei?
Answer: Smooth muscle tissue
>> What type of tissue would be described as striated and multi-nucleated?
Answer: Skeletal muscle tissue
>> A tissue is described as striated and uni-nucleated, what type of tissue is this referring to?
Answer: Cardiac muscle tissue
>> A tissue in the body can no longer make lipids. Which organelle or structure is most likely to be
affected?
Answer: Smooth ER
>> What is the main function of the Rough ER?
Answer: protein synthesis
>> What is the main function of the Gogli apparatus?
Answer: modifies, packages and distributes proteins
>> What organelle transports molecules out of the cell in a process called exocytosis?
Answer: secretory vesicles
>> A cell is damaged and can no longer synthesise proteins. What structure is most likely affected?
Answer: Nucleolus
>> What type of tissue is adipose tissue classified as?
Answer: Connective
>> Name 1 other place where this type of epithelia is found?
Answer: simple, columnar
>> A patient is presented with pain in the left hypochondriac region. Which organ is most likely to be
affected?
Answer: Spleen
>> What accessory organ aids in the digestion of food?
Answer: The pancreas
, >> A severely damaged gallbladder would result in issues breaking down what substance?
Answer: Lipids
>> Name 2 vitamins synthesised in the large intestine
Answer: Vitamin K
>> A patient with appendicitis would most likely experience pain in which abdominal region?
Answer: Right iliac
>> What type of epithelium lines the trachea?
Answer: pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
>> Name the parts of the conducting zone in the respiratory system
Answer: Bronchi
>> For expiration to occur, what must the alveolar pressure be?
Answer: Greater than atmospheric pressure
>> Name the flow of blood through the heart starting at the inferior and superior vena cava
Answer: inf. & sup. vena cava -> R atria -> tricuspid valve -> R ventricle -> pulmonary valve ->
pulmonary trunk -> pulmonary artery -> (to lungs) -> pulmonary vein -> L atria -> mitral valve -> L
ventricle -> aortic valve -> aorta
>> What is the main type of transport of carbon dioxide?
Answer: Dissolved as bicarbonate ions
>> If the proximal convoluted tubule wasn't working properly, what function would be affected?
Answer: Reabsorption of water from the filtrate
>> What type of substances are absorbed during tubular reabsorption?
Answer: water
>> What type of substances are secreted during tubular secretion?
Answer: Potassium
>> Order the layers of the filtration membrane that blood passes through to become filtrate.
Answer: fenestrae
>> In the kidney, what cell membrane transport mechanism is used to move glucose across the basal
surface of a renal tubule and into the blood?
Answer: facilitated diffusion
