BIO 151 FINAL EXAM 2025 / HUMAN
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FINAL
EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | A+
GRADE
As your jet takes off, you are pushed back in your seat
and watch as the ground moves farther and farther away.
Suddenly, your ears "pop" and you wonder what just
happened. Then you recall your biology class and the air
pressure changes in your ear permitted by the ______.
A) organ of Corti
B) auditory canal
C) Eustachian tube
D) basilar membrane
E) outer ear chamber Correct Answer C) Eustachian tube
Functionally, what is the muscle fiber's fundamental unit of
contraction?
A) sarcomere
B) thick filament
C) myofibril
D) thin filament
E) Z line Correct Answer A) sarcomere
In contrast to action potentials, receptor potentials ______.
,A) vary in intensity
B) do not rely on changes in the membrane potential
C) rely on vibrations and not ions to send signals
D) do not require a stimulus
E) are all-or-none phenomena Correct Answer A) vary in
intensity
Sensory transduction of light/dark information in the
vertebrate retina is accomplished by
A) horizontal cells.
B) ganglion cells.
C) rods and cones.
D) bipolar cells.
E) amacrine cells. Correct Answer C) rods and cones.
Standing out in center field, the baseball player watches
the hitter's bat strike the ball and then, slightly later, hears
the sound of the impact. What types of sensory receptors
did the player just use?
A) photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
B) chemoreceptors and pain receptors
C) thermoreceptors and chemoreceptors
D) pain receptors and thermoreceptors
E) motion receptors and chemoreceptors Correct Answer
A) photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
The correct sequence of sensory processing is
,A) sensory adaptation → stimulus reception → sensory
transduction → sensory perception.
B) sensory perception → stimulus reception → sensory
transduction → sensory adaptation.
C) stimulus reception → sensory perception → sensory
adaptation → sensory transduction.
D) sensory perception → sensory transduction → stimulus
reception → sensory adaptation.
E) stimulus reception → sensory transduction → sensory
perception → sensory adaptation. Correct Answer E)
stimulus reception → sensory transduction → sensory
perception → sensory adaptation.
The middle ear converts
A) air pressure waves to nerve impulses.
B) pressure waves to hair cell movements.
C) fluid pressure waves to air pressure waves.
D) air pressure waves to fluid pressure waves.
E) fluid pressure waves to nerve impulses. Correct Answer
D) air pressure waves to fluid pressure waves.
Which of the following is an example of sensory
adaptation of receptors?
A) detecting sound and light simultaneously
B) ignoring the shoes on your feet
C) distinguishing between different colors
D) ignoring a boring lecture
E) going into deep sleep Correct Answer B) ignoring the
shoes on your feet
, Which of the following sensory receptors is incorrectly
paired with its category?
A) muscle spindle—mechanoreceptor
B) olfactory receptor—electromagnetic receptor
C) taste receptor-chemoreceptor
D) hair cell—mechanoreceptor
E) rod—electromagnetic receptor Correct Answer B)
olfactory receptor—electromagnetic receptor
Deserts typically occur in a band at 20 degrees north and
south latitude because
A) trade winds have a little moisture.
B) these locations get the most intense solar radiation of
any location on Earth.
C) moisture-laden air is heavier than dry air and is not
carried to these latitudes.
D) descending air masses tend to be cool and dry.
E) ascending air tends to be moist. Correct Answer D)
descending air masses tend to be cool and dry.
In which of the following terrestrial biome pairs are both
parts dependent upon periodic burning?
A) chaparral and savanna
B) tropical forest and temperate broadleaf forest
C) grassland and tundra
D) desert and savanna
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FINAL
EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | A+
GRADE
As your jet takes off, you are pushed back in your seat
and watch as the ground moves farther and farther away.
Suddenly, your ears "pop" and you wonder what just
happened. Then you recall your biology class and the air
pressure changes in your ear permitted by the ______.
A) organ of Corti
B) auditory canal
C) Eustachian tube
D) basilar membrane
E) outer ear chamber Correct Answer C) Eustachian tube
Functionally, what is the muscle fiber's fundamental unit of
contraction?
A) sarcomere
B) thick filament
C) myofibril
D) thin filament
E) Z line Correct Answer A) sarcomere
In contrast to action potentials, receptor potentials ______.
,A) vary in intensity
B) do not rely on changes in the membrane potential
C) rely on vibrations and not ions to send signals
D) do not require a stimulus
E) are all-or-none phenomena Correct Answer A) vary in
intensity
Sensory transduction of light/dark information in the
vertebrate retina is accomplished by
A) horizontal cells.
B) ganglion cells.
C) rods and cones.
D) bipolar cells.
E) amacrine cells. Correct Answer C) rods and cones.
Standing out in center field, the baseball player watches
the hitter's bat strike the ball and then, slightly later, hears
the sound of the impact. What types of sensory receptors
did the player just use?
A) photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
B) chemoreceptors and pain receptors
C) thermoreceptors and chemoreceptors
D) pain receptors and thermoreceptors
E) motion receptors and chemoreceptors Correct Answer
A) photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
The correct sequence of sensory processing is
,A) sensory adaptation → stimulus reception → sensory
transduction → sensory perception.
B) sensory perception → stimulus reception → sensory
transduction → sensory adaptation.
C) stimulus reception → sensory perception → sensory
adaptation → sensory transduction.
D) sensory perception → sensory transduction → stimulus
reception → sensory adaptation.
E) stimulus reception → sensory transduction → sensory
perception → sensory adaptation. Correct Answer E)
stimulus reception → sensory transduction → sensory
perception → sensory adaptation.
The middle ear converts
A) air pressure waves to nerve impulses.
B) pressure waves to hair cell movements.
C) fluid pressure waves to air pressure waves.
D) air pressure waves to fluid pressure waves.
E) fluid pressure waves to nerve impulses. Correct Answer
D) air pressure waves to fluid pressure waves.
Which of the following is an example of sensory
adaptation of receptors?
A) detecting sound and light simultaneously
B) ignoring the shoes on your feet
C) distinguishing between different colors
D) ignoring a boring lecture
E) going into deep sleep Correct Answer B) ignoring the
shoes on your feet
, Which of the following sensory receptors is incorrectly
paired with its category?
A) muscle spindle—mechanoreceptor
B) olfactory receptor—electromagnetic receptor
C) taste receptor-chemoreceptor
D) hair cell—mechanoreceptor
E) rod—electromagnetic receptor Correct Answer B)
olfactory receptor—electromagnetic receptor
Deserts typically occur in a band at 20 degrees north and
south latitude because
A) trade winds have a little moisture.
B) these locations get the most intense solar radiation of
any location on Earth.
C) moisture-laden air is heavier than dry air and is not
carried to these latitudes.
D) descending air masses tend to be cool and dry.
E) ascending air tends to be moist. Correct Answer D)
descending air masses tend to be cool and dry.
In which of the following terrestrial biome pairs are both
parts dependent upon periodic burning?
A) chaparral and savanna
B) tropical forest and temperate broadleaf forest
C) grassland and tundra
D) desert and savanna
