MTSA Advanced Physiology for Nursing Test 1
Updated Actual Exam Question and Answer
(2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• 2 mechanisms of cell death . CORRECT ANSWER: apoptosis and necrosis
• programed cell death . CORRECT ANSWER: apoptosis
• examples of apoptosis . CORRECT ANSWER: loss of webbing between digits
in fetus; thymus involution; killing cancer cells, loss of self sensitive t-
lymphocytes during fetal development
• examples of abnormal apoptosis . CORRECT ANSWER: too rapid: dementia
too slow: cancer
• Necrosis . CORRECT ANSWER: cell death d/t injury, inflammation, or
ischemia
Not a normal process
• example of anuclear cell . CORRECT ANSWER: mature RBCs
• example of multinuclear cells . CORRECT ANSWER: skeletal muscle cells
• 5 major components of protoplasm . CORRECT ANSWER: 1. H2O
2. intracellular electrolytes
3. Proteins
4. Lipids
5. Carbohydrates
• types of proteins found in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: structural and globular
• types of lipids in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: phospholipids, cholesterol,
triglycerides
• Basic types of CHO found in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: glucose and
glycogen
, • Components of the phospholipid bilayer . CORRECT ANSWER: - hydrophilic,
polar head
- hydrophobic, non-polar tails
• completely transverse cell membrane (ex: receptors, channels, markers, etc..) .
CORRECT ANSWER: integral/intrinsic proteins
• don't transferse membrane . CORRECT ANSWER: peripheral proteins
• CHO attached to a protein . CORRECT ANSWER: glycoprotein
• lipid attached to a CHO . CORRECT ANSWER: glycolipid
• glycolipids and glycoproteins = . CORRECT ANSWER: glycocalyx
• major function of the glycocalyx . CORRECT ANSWER: how cells attach to
one another
• an important function of cell markers . CORRECT ANSWER: tell self from non-
self
• two main locations of ribosomes . CORRECT ANSWER: attached to rough ER
free in cytoplasm
• incorporated into Lg and Sm subunits. doesn't have genetic code . CORRECT
ANSWER: rRNA
• 60s . CORRECT ANSWER: large ribosomal subunit
• 40s . CORRECT ANSWER: small subunit of eukaryotic ribosome
• 80s . CORRECT ANSWER: the size of eukaryotic ribosomes.
• cells that would have prominent golgi apparatus . CORRECT ANSWER:
excretory/secretory cells (nerve, endocrine, etc..)
• fate of vesicles after leaving golgi apparatus . CORRECT ANSWER: vesicle in
cell
exocytosis
added to cell membrane (peripheral/intrinsic proteins)
Updated Actual Exam Question and Answer
(2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• 2 mechanisms of cell death . CORRECT ANSWER: apoptosis and necrosis
• programed cell death . CORRECT ANSWER: apoptosis
• examples of apoptosis . CORRECT ANSWER: loss of webbing between digits
in fetus; thymus involution; killing cancer cells, loss of self sensitive t-
lymphocytes during fetal development
• examples of abnormal apoptosis . CORRECT ANSWER: too rapid: dementia
too slow: cancer
• Necrosis . CORRECT ANSWER: cell death d/t injury, inflammation, or
ischemia
Not a normal process
• example of anuclear cell . CORRECT ANSWER: mature RBCs
• example of multinuclear cells . CORRECT ANSWER: skeletal muscle cells
• 5 major components of protoplasm . CORRECT ANSWER: 1. H2O
2. intracellular electrolytes
3. Proteins
4. Lipids
5. Carbohydrates
• types of proteins found in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: structural and globular
• types of lipids in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: phospholipids, cholesterol,
triglycerides
• Basic types of CHO found in cells . CORRECT ANSWER: glucose and
glycogen
, • Components of the phospholipid bilayer . CORRECT ANSWER: - hydrophilic,
polar head
- hydrophobic, non-polar tails
• completely transverse cell membrane (ex: receptors, channels, markers, etc..) .
CORRECT ANSWER: integral/intrinsic proteins
• don't transferse membrane . CORRECT ANSWER: peripheral proteins
• CHO attached to a protein . CORRECT ANSWER: glycoprotein
• lipid attached to a CHO . CORRECT ANSWER: glycolipid
• glycolipids and glycoproteins = . CORRECT ANSWER: glycocalyx
• major function of the glycocalyx . CORRECT ANSWER: how cells attach to
one another
• an important function of cell markers . CORRECT ANSWER: tell self from non-
self
• two main locations of ribosomes . CORRECT ANSWER: attached to rough ER
free in cytoplasm
• incorporated into Lg and Sm subunits. doesn't have genetic code . CORRECT
ANSWER: rRNA
• 60s . CORRECT ANSWER: large ribosomal subunit
• 40s . CORRECT ANSWER: small subunit of eukaryotic ribosome
• 80s . CORRECT ANSWER: the size of eukaryotic ribosomes.
• cells that would have prominent golgi apparatus . CORRECT ANSWER:
excretory/secretory cells (nerve, endocrine, etc..)
• fate of vesicles after leaving golgi apparatus . CORRECT ANSWER: vesicle in
cell
exocytosis
added to cell membrane (peripheral/intrinsic proteins)
