Practice Questions - Multiple Choice
2025/2026
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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers 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 correct answers C. superior
Which hormone is produced by the pancreas?
A. cholecystokinin
B. glucagon
C. gastrin
D. melatonin correct answers 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?
A. oogenesis
B. mitosis
C. spermatogenesis
D. gonadogenesis correct answers A. oogenesis
Which of the following receptor types detects pain stimuli?
A. nociceptors
B. proprioceptors
C. photoreceptors
D. baroreceptors correct answers A. nociceptors
Nociceptors detect pain
Proprioceptors detect positioning and movement
Photoreceptors detect light
Baroreceptors detect pressure