BIOL 235 FINAL EXAM 2026 FINAL REVIEW
QUESTIONS ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE
COLLECTION
◉ Which of the labeled layers in the diagram of the arterial wall
consists mainly of elastic fibers and smooth muscle fibers?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) A and B
E) A, B, and C.
Answer: B
◉ Which blood vessels play a key role in regulating blood
distribution and pressure because their diameters may be easily and
rapidly adjusted?
A) elastic arteries
B) arterioles
C) venules
D) conducting arteries
E) capillaries.
Answer: B
,◉ Blood flows most slowly through...
A) elastic arteries because of the elastic tissue in the walls
B) superior and inferior vena cava because of their low pressure
C) capillaries because of their small diameters
D) superior and inferior vena cava because of their large diameters
and thin walls
E) capillaries because their total cross-sectional area is the largest.
Answer: C
◉ The largest driving force for pulling fluid from the interstitial
spaces back into the capillaries is...
A) interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
B) interstitial fluid osmotic pressure
C) blood colloid osmotic pressure
D) blood hydrostatic pressure
E) glomerular hydrostatic pressure.
Answer: C
◉ The volume of blood that circulates through the systemic (or
pulmonary) blood vessel per minute is called
A) stroke volume
,B) tidal volume
C) cardiac output
D) cardiac reserve
E) total peripheral resistance.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following would be a normal response of the
cardiovascular system to a decreased frequency of action potentials
arising from the baroreceptors?
A) increased systemic vascular resistance
B) increased parasympathetic stimulation
C) decreased heart rate
D) decreased stroke volume
E) decreased cardiac output.
Answer: A
◉ When chemoreceptors in blood vessels detect high levels of
carbon dioxide in the blood, they stimulate all of the following
changes except:
A) increased vasoconstriction of arterioles
B) increased blood pressure
C) decreased respiratory rate
D) increased sympathetic stimulation of arterioles and veins
, E) increased vasoconstriction of veins.
Answer: C
◉ Normal blood pressure for a young adult male is
A) 120/80
B) 130/90
C) 80/120
D) 100/80
E) 150/85.
Answer: A
◉ This type of shock is due to decreased blood volume...
A) hypovolemic
B) cardiogenic
C) vascular
D) obstructive
E) neurogenic.
Answer: A
◉ The pulmonary trunk divides into
A) brachiocephalic trunk and left subclavian artery
B) right and left subclavian arteries
QUESTIONS ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE
COLLECTION
◉ Which of the labeled layers in the diagram of the arterial wall
consists mainly of elastic fibers and smooth muscle fibers?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) A and B
E) A, B, and C.
Answer: B
◉ Which blood vessels play a key role in regulating blood
distribution and pressure because their diameters may be easily and
rapidly adjusted?
A) elastic arteries
B) arterioles
C) venules
D) conducting arteries
E) capillaries.
Answer: B
,◉ Blood flows most slowly through...
A) elastic arteries because of the elastic tissue in the walls
B) superior and inferior vena cava because of their low pressure
C) capillaries because of their small diameters
D) superior and inferior vena cava because of their large diameters
and thin walls
E) capillaries because their total cross-sectional area is the largest.
Answer: C
◉ The largest driving force for pulling fluid from the interstitial
spaces back into the capillaries is...
A) interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
B) interstitial fluid osmotic pressure
C) blood colloid osmotic pressure
D) blood hydrostatic pressure
E) glomerular hydrostatic pressure.
Answer: C
◉ The volume of blood that circulates through the systemic (or
pulmonary) blood vessel per minute is called
A) stroke volume
,B) tidal volume
C) cardiac output
D) cardiac reserve
E) total peripheral resistance.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following would be a normal response of the
cardiovascular system to a decreased frequency of action potentials
arising from the baroreceptors?
A) increased systemic vascular resistance
B) increased parasympathetic stimulation
C) decreased heart rate
D) decreased stroke volume
E) decreased cardiac output.
Answer: A
◉ When chemoreceptors in blood vessels detect high levels of
carbon dioxide in the blood, they stimulate all of the following
changes except:
A) increased vasoconstriction of arterioles
B) increased blood pressure
C) decreased respiratory rate
D) increased sympathetic stimulation of arterioles and veins
, E) increased vasoconstriction of veins.
Answer: C
◉ Normal blood pressure for a young adult male is
A) 120/80
B) 130/90
C) 80/120
D) 100/80
E) 150/85.
Answer: A
◉ This type of shock is due to decreased blood volume...
A) hypovolemic
B) cardiogenic
C) vascular
D) obstructive
E) neurogenic.
Answer: A
◉ The pulmonary trunk divides into
A) brachiocephalic trunk and left subclavian artery
B) right and left subclavian arteries
