Anatomy and Physiology McGraw Hill Exam 1 | Real UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers | Graded A+
Question 1.
When a woman is giving birth, the head of the baby pushes against her cervix and
stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin travels in the blood and
stimulates the uterus to contract. Labor contractions become more and more intense
until the baby is expelled. This is an example of __________.
Correct Answer: Positive Feedback
Question 2.
Which of the following gives a cell structural support, determines the shape of a cell, and
directs the movement of substances through a cell?
Correct Answer: The Cytoskeleton
Question 3.
__________ differ from one another in their number of neutrons and atomic mass
Correct Answer: Isotopes
Question 4.
The sternum (breastbone) is __________ to the vertebral column.
Correct Answer: Anterior
Question 5.
Three common components of a feedback loop are _________, __________, and __________.
Correct Answer: receptor, integrating (control) center, effector
• Which of these is an example of active transport? -✓✓Transport of Na+ from
a place of low concentration to a place of higher concentration
Question 6.
A red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution. This means the concentration of
solutes in the solution is __________ than the concentration of solutes in the intracellular
fluid, and will cause the cell to ______________.
Correct Answer: higher, shrink
Question 7.
Chemicals in a solution can move down a concentration gradient. This means the
chemical will move from the area of __________ concentration to the area of _________
concentration.
, Correct Answer: high, low
Question 8.
During exercise, one generates excess heat and the body temperature rises. As a
response, blood vessels dilate in the skin, warm blood flows closer to the body surface,
and heat is lost. This is an example of __________.
Correct Answer: Negative Feedback
Question 9.
What function would immediately cease if the ribosomes of a cell were destroyed?
Correct Answer: Protein Synthesis
Question 10.
The study of how the body functions is called __________.
Correct Answer: physiology
• The plasma membrane is mostly made of molecules that have hydrophilic
heads and hydrophobic tails. These molecules are called _________.
-✓✓Phospholipids
Question 11.
A surgeon needs to be familiar with different versions of anatomy. This is because of the
phenomenon of _____.
Correct Answer: Anatomical Variation
Question 12.
Cytokinesis overlaps with which phase of mitosis?
Correct Answer: Telophase
Question 13.
Sodium has an atomic number of 11 and an atomic mass of 23. Sodium has __________.
Correct Answer: 12 neutrons and 11 protons
Question 14.
The fluid outside of a cell is called __________.
Correct Answer: extracellular fluid
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers | Graded A+
Question 1.
When a woman is giving birth, the head of the baby pushes against her cervix and
stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin travels in the blood and
stimulates the uterus to contract. Labor contractions become more and more intense
until the baby is expelled. This is an example of __________.
Correct Answer: Positive Feedback
Question 2.
Which of the following gives a cell structural support, determines the shape of a cell, and
directs the movement of substances through a cell?
Correct Answer: The Cytoskeleton
Question 3.
__________ differ from one another in their number of neutrons and atomic mass
Correct Answer: Isotopes
Question 4.
The sternum (breastbone) is __________ to the vertebral column.
Correct Answer: Anterior
Question 5.
Three common components of a feedback loop are _________, __________, and __________.
Correct Answer: receptor, integrating (control) center, effector
• Which of these is an example of active transport? -✓✓Transport of Na+ from
a place of low concentration to a place of higher concentration
Question 6.
A red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution. This means the concentration of
solutes in the solution is __________ than the concentration of solutes in the intracellular
fluid, and will cause the cell to ______________.
Correct Answer: higher, shrink
Question 7.
Chemicals in a solution can move down a concentration gradient. This means the
chemical will move from the area of __________ concentration to the area of _________
concentration.
, Correct Answer: high, low
Question 8.
During exercise, one generates excess heat and the body temperature rises. As a
response, blood vessels dilate in the skin, warm blood flows closer to the body surface,
and heat is lost. This is an example of __________.
Correct Answer: Negative Feedback
Question 9.
What function would immediately cease if the ribosomes of a cell were destroyed?
Correct Answer: Protein Synthesis
Question 10.
The study of how the body functions is called __________.
Correct Answer: physiology
• The plasma membrane is mostly made of molecules that have hydrophilic
heads and hydrophobic tails. These molecules are called _________.
-✓✓Phospholipids
Question 11.
A surgeon needs to be familiar with different versions of anatomy. This is because of the
phenomenon of _____.
Correct Answer: Anatomical Variation
Question 12.
Cytokinesis overlaps with which phase of mitosis?
Correct Answer: Telophase
Question 13.
Sodium has an atomic number of 11 and an atomic mass of 23. Sodium has __________.
Correct Answer: 12 neutrons and 11 protons
Question 14.
The fluid outside of a cell is called __________.
Correct Answer: extracellular fluid
