BMS 107 Exam 1 Review questions
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Food proteins are broken down into amino acids, building blocks that can then be used to build
new proteins that make up muscles and bones. This is a good example of what human life
process? - correct answer ✔✔Metabolism
The two organ systems that have the primary responsibility for regulating body activities are -
correct answer ✔✔Nervous and endocrine
The patellar region is superior to the inguinal region - correct answer ✔✔False
In the anatomical position, the thumb is ___ to the finger - correct answer ✔✔Lateral
The system responsible for movement of limbs, maintenance of posture, and production of heat
is the _________________ system. - correct answer ✔✔Muscular system
Serous membrane are associayed with the - correct answer ✔✔All (pericadial, pleural &
abdominal)
The knee is ___ to the ankle - correct answer ✔✔Proximal
The mediastinum contains the heart, lungs, trachea, esophagus, and major blood vessels. -
correct answer ✔✔false
A mechanism that involves the formation of pseudopods in order to move solid particles into
cells is called __________________. - correct answer ✔✔phagocytosis
, In passive processes, substances move across the plasma membrane:
1. with the use of ATP
2. up (or against) a concentration gradient
3. down (or along) a pressure gradient
4. equally in all directions - correct answer ✔✔down or along a pressure gradient (3 only)
The only human cell that has a flagellum is the ________________ cell. - correct answer
✔✔Sperm
Production of ATP (cellular respiration) is best associated with which organelle? - correct answer
✔✔Mitochondrion
Diffusion and osmosis are passive processes that occur primarily due to the kinetic energy of
molecules. - correct answer ✔✔True
Protein molecules form the basic framework of the plasma membrane. - correct answer
✔✔False
The transport process that moves oxygen from the air sacs in the lungs into surrounding blood
vessels is called _____________________. - correct answer ✔✔Diffusion
When charged, medium-sized molecules like glucose and amino acids move across a membrane
from high to low concentration, the following process has occurred. - correct answer
✔✔Facilitated diffusion
Extracellular fluid includes all of the following EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Cytosol
and answers graded A+
Food proteins are broken down into amino acids, building blocks that can then be used to build
new proteins that make up muscles and bones. This is a good example of what human life
process? - correct answer ✔✔Metabolism
The two organ systems that have the primary responsibility for regulating body activities are -
correct answer ✔✔Nervous and endocrine
The patellar region is superior to the inguinal region - correct answer ✔✔False
In the anatomical position, the thumb is ___ to the finger - correct answer ✔✔Lateral
The system responsible for movement of limbs, maintenance of posture, and production of heat
is the _________________ system. - correct answer ✔✔Muscular system
Serous membrane are associayed with the - correct answer ✔✔All (pericadial, pleural &
abdominal)
The knee is ___ to the ankle - correct answer ✔✔Proximal
The mediastinum contains the heart, lungs, trachea, esophagus, and major blood vessels. -
correct answer ✔✔false
A mechanism that involves the formation of pseudopods in order to move solid particles into
cells is called __________________. - correct answer ✔✔phagocytosis
, In passive processes, substances move across the plasma membrane:
1. with the use of ATP
2. up (or against) a concentration gradient
3. down (or along) a pressure gradient
4. equally in all directions - correct answer ✔✔down or along a pressure gradient (3 only)
The only human cell that has a flagellum is the ________________ cell. - correct answer
✔✔Sperm
Production of ATP (cellular respiration) is best associated with which organelle? - correct answer
✔✔Mitochondrion
Diffusion and osmosis are passive processes that occur primarily due to the kinetic energy of
molecules. - correct answer ✔✔True
Protein molecules form the basic framework of the plasma membrane. - correct answer
✔✔False
The transport process that moves oxygen from the air sacs in the lungs into surrounding blood
vessels is called _____________________. - correct answer ✔✔Diffusion
When charged, medium-sized molecules like glucose and amino acids move across a membrane
from high to low concentration, the following process has occurred. - correct answer
✔✔Facilitated diffusion
Extracellular fluid includes all of the following EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Cytosol
