Human Anatomy and Physiology Exam
Questions and Answers
What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)? - Answer-Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the function of medulla oblongata? - Answer-helps regulate breathing, heart and
blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing
What are four lobes of the brain? What are their functions? - Answer-Cerebrum: thought
& action
Cerebellum: receives information, movement like posture, balance, coordinates, and
speech
Limbic System: emotions
Brain Stem: controls the flow of message between the brain to the rest of the body
What are the special senses? - Answer-See, smell, touch, hear, and taste
What is the iris of the eye? - Answer-thin circular structure in the eye, control the
diameter and size of the pupil and the amount of light reaching the retina
What controls the hormone levels? - Answer-Thyroid
What pituitary hormone allows egg development in the ovaries and sperm development
in the testes? - Answer-Estrogen and Testosterone
What makes up blood? - Answer-Heart
Where are red blood cells formed? - Answer-Bone Marrow
What is the function of white blood cells? - Answer-to fight the infection
What part of the heart does blood return to from the lungs? - Answer-Inferior and
Superior Vena Cava
Where are the pacemaker cells of the heart located? - Answer-wall of the right atrium
near the superior vena cava, between left atrium and right ventricle, along the
interventricular septum, inner ventricular wall of the heart
What are the three layers of the heart wall? - Answer-Epicardium, myocardium,
endorcardium
What is the main function of the lymphatic system? - Answer-Remove interstitial fluid
from tissues
Questions and Answers
What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)? - Answer-Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the function of medulla oblongata? - Answer-helps regulate breathing, heart and
blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing
What are four lobes of the brain? What are their functions? - Answer-Cerebrum: thought
& action
Cerebellum: receives information, movement like posture, balance, coordinates, and
speech
Limbic System: emotions
Brain Stem: controls the flow of message between the brain to the rest of the body
What are the special senses? - Answer-See, smell, touch, hear, and taste
What is the iris of the eye? - Answer-thin circular structure in the eye, control the
diameter and size of the pupil and the amount of light reaching the retina
What controls the hormone levels? - Answer-Thyroid
What pituitary hormone allows egg development in the ovaries and sperm development
in the testes? - Answer-Estrogen and Testosterone
What makes up blood? - Answer-Heart
Where are red blood cells formed? - Answer-Bone Marrow
What is the function of white blood cells? - Answer-to fight the infection
What part of the heart does blood return to from the lungs? - Answer-Inferior and
Superior Vena Cava
Where are the pacemaker cells of the heart located? - Answer-wall of the right atrium
near the superior vena cava, between left atrium and right ventricle, along the
interventricular septum, inner ventricular wall of the heart
What are the three layers of the heart wall? - Answer-Epicardium, myocardium,
endorcardium
What is the main function of the lymphatic system? - Answer-Remove interstitial fluid
from tissues
