TEAS 7 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS - MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following structures contains deoxygenated blood?
A. left ventricle
B. pulmonary vein
C. aorta
D. pulmonary artery - Answer-D. pulmonary artery
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
If Mary has Type A positive blood, what type of blood can she receive? (Select all that
apply)
A. O-
B. AB-
C. A-
D. O+
E. B+ - Answer-A. O-
C. A-
D. O+
Which of the following substances would not be found in the filtrate?
A. glucose
B. red blood cells
C. sodium
D. urea - Answer-B. red blood cells
Which of the following structures controls the movement of chyme from the stomach
into the small intestine?
A. cardiac sphincter
B. lower esophageal sphincter
C. ileocecal sphincter
D. pylori sphincter - Answer-D. pylori sphincter
Which of the following will occur when the parasympathetic nervous system is
activated?
A. digestion increases
B. pupils dilate
C. bladder relaxation
D. heart rate increases - Answer-A. digestion increases
Parasympathetic - rest and digest
, Which of the following electrolytes is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum during
muscle contraction?
A. calcium
B. sodium
C. potassium
D. chloride - Answer-A. calcium
calcium causes the troponin-tropomyosin complex to shift and cause muscle
contractions
Which of the following enzymes found in pancreatic juice functions to digest proteins?
A. lactase
B. amylase
C. trypsin
D. pepsin - Answer-C. trypsin
Amylase - digest cards
Pepsin - also digests protein, but in the stomach
Trypsin - digests proteins, made in pancreas
A mutation in which of the following proteins would directly impact the muscular
system?
A. albumin
B. hemoglobin
C. actin
D. fibrinogen - Answer-C. actin
Where are epinephrine and norepinephrine produced?
A. hypothalamus
B. adrenal cortex
C. adrenal medulla
D. anterior pituitary - Answer-C. adrenal medulla
MEN = stress
(medulla, epinephrine, norepinephrine)
Which part of the heart is inflamed in a patient diagnosed with endocarditis?
A. muscle layer of heart
B. heart valves
C. membrane sac around heart
D. serous pericardium - Answer-B. heart valves
Endocarditis is the inflammation of the endocardium which would include the heart
valves, pericarditis would affect sac around
Which of the following receptor types detects pain stimuli?
A. nociceptors
B. proprioceptors
C. photoreceptors
D. baroreceptors - Answer-A. nociceptors
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS - MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following structures contains deoxygenated blood?
A. left ventricle
B. pulmonary vein
C. aorta
D. pulmonary artery - Answer-D. pulmonary artery
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
If Mary has Type A positive blood, what type of blood can she receive? (Select all that
apply)
A. O-
B. AB-
C. A-
D. O+
E. B+ - Answer-A. O-
C. A-
D. O+
Which of the following substances would not be found in the filtrate?
A. glucose
B. red blood cells
C. sodium
D. urea - Answer-B. red blood cells
Which of the following structures controls the movement of chyme from the stomach
into the small intestine?
A. cardiac sphincter
B. lower esophageal sphincter
C. ileocecal sphincter
D. pylori sphincter - Answer-D. pylori sphincter
Which of the following will occur when the parasympathetic nervous system is
activated?
A. digestion increases
B. pupils dilate
C. bladder relaxation
D. heart rate increases - Answer-A. digestion increases
Parasympathetic - rest and digest
, Which of the following electrolytes is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum during
muscle contraction?
A. calcium
B. sodium
C. potassium
D. chloride - Answer-A. calcium
calcium causes the troponin-tropomyosin complex to shift and cause muscle
contractions
Which of the following enzymes found in pancreatic juice functions to digest proteins?
A. lactase
B. amylase
C. trypsin
D. pepsin - Answer-C. trypsin
Amylase - digest cards
Pepsin - also digests protein, but in the stomach
Trypsin - digests proteins, made in pancreas
A mutation in which of the following proteins would directly impact the muscular
system?
A. albumin
B. hemoglobin
C. actin
D. fibrinogen - Answer-C. actin
Where are epinephrine and norepinephrine produced?
A. hypothalamus
B. adrenal cortex
C. adrenal medulla
D. anterior pituitary - Answer-C. adrenal medulla
MEN = stress
(medulla, epinephrine, norepinephrine)
Which part of the heart is inflamed in a patient diagnosed with endocarditis?
A. muscle layer of heart
B. heart valves
C. membrane sac around heart
D. serous pericardium - Answer-B. heart valves
Endocarditis is the inflammation of the endocardium which would include the heart
valves, pericarditis would affect sac around
Which of the following receptor types detects pain stimuli?
A. nociceptors
B. proprioceptors
C. photoreceptors
D. baroreceptors - Answer-A. nociceptors
