CIDESCO CORE EXAMS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Infra red radiation is used - ✔✔To warm the tissues before massage
✔✔The treatment for obstructed pores with many comedowns is - ✔✔Lymph drainage
✔✔Removal of hair by the root is called - ✔✔Epilation
✔✔An example of a carbohydrate is - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔The amount of energy used in a unit of time, by fasting and resting to maintain vital
functions, is known as - ✔✔Basal metabolic rate
✔✔Two vines which form the crown and sides of the cranium are the - ✔✔Parietals
✔✔Is skeletal muscle under voluntary nervous control - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is not a characteristic of skeletal or voluntary muscle - ✔✔Action is slower than
that controlled by smooth muscle
✔✔The percentage of water in blood plasma is - ✔✔90%
✔✔The blood cells that do not have a nucleus are - ✔✔Erythrocytes
✔✔Blood cells are formed in the - ✔✔Bones
✔✔Deoxygenated blood enters the heart by the - ✔✔Vena cava
✔✔Blood cells are formed in the - ✔✔Bones
, ✔✔The average rate of heartbeat of a healthy adult at rest in number of beats per
minute is - ✔✔70
✔✔The location of the spleen is - ✔✔To the left of the body under diaphragm
✔✔Which one of the following statements about blood is incorrect - ✔✔Take urea from
the kidneys to the liver
✔✔Which one of the following substances is not normally present in urine - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔A person who drinks a lot of water but does no additional exercise will have -
✔✔More urine which is more diluted
✔✔Substances which should not be found in the glomerular filtrate are - ✔✔Blood cells
and plasma proteins
✔✔The kidneys are generally located between the - ✔✔8th thoracic and 1st lumbar
vertebrae
✔✔The link between the kidney and the bladder is the - ✔✔Ureter
✔✔Anti-diuretic hormone is released by the - ✔✔Posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
✔✔Vasopressin (ADH) regulates - ✔✔The amount of urine excreted by the kidneys
✔✔When the plasma calcium level falls, parathyroid hormone secretion - ✔✔Increases
✔✔The islets of langerhans are located in the - ✔✔Pancreas
✔✔The corpus luteum produces hormones under the influence of the - ✔✔Pituitary
gland
✔✔The function of the amniotic fluid is to - ✔✔Protect the embryo from jolts and knocks
✔✔The name given to the cell which is immediately formed after fertilisation is the -
✔✔Zygote
✔✔The male hormones are produced in the - ✔✔Testes
✔✔Correct order in which food passes through parts of the alimentary canal -
✔✔Oesophagus
Stomach
Duodenum
SET A+
✔✔Infra red radiation is used - ✔✔To warm the tissues before massage
✔✔The treatment for obstructed pores with many comedowns is - ✔✔Lymph drainage
✔✔Removal of hair by the root is called - ✔✔Epilation
✔✔An example of a carbohydrate is - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔The amount of energy used in a unit of time, by fasting and resting to maintain vital
functions, is known as - ✔✔Basal metabolic rate
✔✔Two vines which form the crown and sides of the cranium are the - ✔✔Parietals
✔✔Is skeletal muscle under voluntary nervous control - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is not a characteristic of skeletal or voluntary muscle - ✔✔Action is slower than
that controlled by smooth muscle
✔✔The percentage of water in blood plasma is - ✔✔90%
✔✔The blood cells that do not have a nucleus are - ✔✔Erythrocytes
✔✔Blood cells are formed in the - ✔✔Bones
✔✔Deoxygenated blood enters the heart by the - ✔✔Vena cava
✔✔Blood cells are formed in the - ✔✔Bones
, ✔✔The average rate of heartbeat of a healthy adult at rest in number of beats per
minute is - ✔✔70
✔✔The location of the spleen is - ✔✔To the left of the body under diaphragm
✔✔Which one of the following statements about blood is incorrect - ✔✔Take urea from
the kidneys to the liver
✔✔Which one of the following substances is not normally present in urine - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔A person who drinks a lot of water but does no additional exercise will have -
✔✔More urine which is more diluted
✔✔Substances which should not be found in the glomerular filtrate are - ✔✔Blood cells
and plasma proteins
✔✔The kidneys are generally located between the - ✔✔8th thoracic and 1st lumbar
vertebrae
✔✔The link between the kidney and the bladder is the - ✔✔Ureter
✔✔Anti-diuretic hormone is released by the - ✔✔Posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
✔✔Vasopressin (ADH) regulates - ✔✔The amount of urine excreted by the kidneys
✔✔When the plasma calcium level falls, parathyroid hormone secretion - ✔✔Increases
✔✔The islets of langerhans are located in the - ✔✔Pancreas
✔✔The corpus luteum produces hormones under the influence of the - ✔✔Pituitary
gland
✔✔The function of the amniotic fluid is to - ✔✔Protect the embryo from jolts and knocks
✔✔The name given to the cell which is immediately formed after fertilisation is the -
✔✔Zygote
✔✔The male hormones are produced in the - ✔✔Testes
✔✔Correct order in which food passes through parts of the alimentary canal -
✔✔Oesophagus
Stomach
Duodenum
