Questions With Answers - Multiple Choice
Which of the following muscle types is described as striated and under involuntary
control?
A. cardiac muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. skeletal muscle
D. gluteus maximus - A. cardiac muscle
You don't have to tell your heart to beat
The corpus callosum is associated with which part of the brain?
A. cerebellum
B. pons
C. cerebrum
D. midbrain - C. cerebrum
The corpus callosum connects the two cerebral hemispheres
Which of the following describes the volume of air moved into or out of the lungs
during a single respiratory cycle?
A. tidal volume
B. lung capacity
C. vital capacity
D. minimal volume - A. tidal volume
Which of the following is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
A. stratum basale
B. stratum spinosum
C. stratum lucidum
D. stratum corneum - D. stratum corneum
Come lets go sun bathing
Which of the following tissue types is avascular and contains a basement membrane?
A. connective
B. muscle
C. epithelial
, D. nervous - C. epithelial
Epithelial tissue does not have a blood supply
Which of the following joints is a type of hinge joint?
A. finger interphalangeal joint
B. shoulder joint
C. cranial sutures
D. sternoclavicular joint - A. finger interphalangeal joint
Which of the following is classified as a fibrous joint?
A. intervertebral discs
B. symphysis pubis
C. cranial suture
D. elbow joint - C. cranial suture
Which of the following substances is a nitrogenous waste excreted by the body?
A. urea
B. electrolytes
C. carbon dioxide
D. water - a. urea
Proteins are made of amino acids that have a nitrogenous base. That nitrogenous base
forms ammonia and is converted to urea in the liver
The thoracic cavity lies ____ to the abdominopelvic cavity.
A. dorsal
B. ventral
C. superior
D. inferior - C. superior
Which hormone is produced by the pancreas?
A. cholecystokinin
B. glucagon
C. gastrin
D. melatonin - B. glucagon
Glucagon is made by the pancreas in response to low blood glucose
Which of the following processes results in the formation of polar bodies?