BIO 169 - Anatomy and Physiology I - Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
What characteristic of life involves the removal of waste products that result from metabolic
processes? - Answers excretion
What is the smallest level of structural organization in the human body? - Answers chemical
level
In laboratory, you will study tissues. This area of study is known as: - Answers histology
Which organ system produces movement and generates heat? - Answers muscular system
What part of a feedback loop causes physiological responses to return the variable to the
normal homeostatic range? - Answers effector
Which organ system includes blood vessels and the heart? - Answers cardiovascular system
Blood pressure is arteries is higher than the blood pressure in capillaries. Blood flows from
arteries to capillaries due to the presence of a: - Answers gradient
Which of the following is the most complex structural level of organization? - Answers organ
level
How many codons are present in the following strand of mRNA? TACGGTAGTATG - Answers 4
Microtubules are composed of protein subunits known as: - Answers tubulin
Which of the following processes are functionally opposite to one another? - Answers
endocytosis and exocytosis
Which organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids for export from the cell? -
Answers Golgi apparatus
What occurs during the period of interphase known as the S phase? - Answers DNA replication
(synthesis) takes place
The reactions of oxidative catabolism, or aerobic respiration, can occur in the mitochondrion
only in the presence of: - Answers oxygen
What process divides the cytosol, organelles, and proteins? - Answers cytokinesis
Resting membrane potential is due to unequal concentrations of: - Answers ions
The stage of the cell cycle in which the cell performs its normal functions and prepares for cell
division is called: - Answers interphase
A process that requires energy to move a substance against its concentration gradient is called:
- Answers active transport
, Where does transcription of DNA into RNA occur? - Answers nucleus
Sodium ions are moving with their concentration gradient with the use of a protein channel
across a plasma membrane. Determine the type of membrane transport used to transport these
sodium ions. - Answers facilitated diffusion
The Na+/K+ pump transports three sodium ions out of the cell for every two potassium ions
moved into the cell. This is an example of: - Answers an antiport pump
Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is FALSE? - Answers The
cytoskeleton synthesizes proteins
Which of the following is a function of a plasma membrane protein? - Answers molecular
transport through the membrane
Human cells that lack centrioles cannot: - Answers divide
During osmosis, water moves toward: - Answers the highest solute concentration
A substance moves by facilitated diffusion in a cell. - Answers protein channel
Where does protein synthesis occur? - Answers ribosomes
If a cell has 18 chromosomes and undergoes mitosis, how many chromosomes would each
daughter cell have? - Answers 18
Carbon dioxide is a small molecule that moves through the phospholipid bilayer with its
concentration gradient by: - Answers simple diffusion
Provide the tRNA anticodon: UAC - Answers AUG
Tetracycline is an antibiotic used to treat infections. It binds with bacterial ribosomes and
inhibits the tRNA molecule from binding to the ribosome. What process is interrupted? -
Answers translation
Which of the following is a yellow-orange skin pigmet? - Answers carotene
Thomas is deaf, but can feel the vibrations of music through sensory receptors in his skin called:
- Answers lamellated (Pacinian) corpuscles
How long will it take for a suntan to fade? - Answers 40 to 50 days
Where is thick skin located? - Answers palms
Exposure to UV radiation causes the skin to darken by increasing to production of: - Answers
melanin
Subcutaneous injections involve administration of medicine into the: - Answers hypodermis
What characteristic of life involves the removal of waste products that result from metabolic
processes? - Answers excretion
What is the smallest level of structural organization in the human body? - Answers chemical
level
In laboratory, you will study tissues. This area of study is known as: - Answers histology
Which organ system produces movement and generates heat? - Answers muscular system
What part of a feedback loop causes physiological responses to return the variable to the
normal homeostatic range? - Answers effector
Which organ system includes blood vessels and the heart? - Answers cardiovascular system
Blood pressure is arteries is higher than the blood pressure in capillaries. Blood flows from
arteries to capillaries due to the presence of a: - Answers gradient
Which of the following is the most complex structural level of organization? - Answers organ
level
How many codons are present in the following strand of mRNA? TACGGTAGTATG - Answers 4
Microtubules are composed of protein subunits known as: - Answers tubulin
Which of the following processes are functionally opposite to one another? - Answers
endocytosis and exocytosis
Which organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids for export from the cell? -
Answers Golgi apparatus
What occurs during the period of interphase known as the S phase? - Answers DNA replication
(synthesis) takes place
The reactions of oxidative catabolism, or aerobic respiration, can occur in the mitochondrion
only in the presence of: - Answers oxygen
What process divides the cytosol, organelles, and proteins? - Answers cytokinesis
Resting membrane potential is due to unequal concentrations of: - Answers ions
The stage of the cell cycle in which the cell performs its normal functions and prepares for cell
division is called: - Answers interphase
A process that requires energy to move a substance against its concentration gradient is called:
- Answers active transport
, Where does transcription of DNA into RNA occur? - Answers nucleus
Sodium ions are moving with their concentration gradient with the use of a protein channel
across a plasma membrane. Determine the type of membrane transport used to transport these
sodium ions. - Answers facilitated diffusion
The Na+/K+ pump transports three sodium ions out of the cell for every two potassium ions
moved into the cell. This is an example of: - Answers an antiport pump
Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is FALSE? - Answers The
cytoskeleton synthesizes proteins
Which of the following is a function of a plasma membrane protein? - Answers molecular
transport through the membrane
Human cells that lack centrioles cannot: - Answers divide
During osmosis, water moves toward: - Answers the highest solute concentration
A substance moves by facilitated diffusion in a cell. - Answers protein channel
Where does protein synthesis occur? - Answers ribosomes
If a cell has 18 chromosomes and undergoes mitosis, how many chromosomes would each
daughter cell have? - Answers 18
Carbon dioxide is a small molecule that moves through the phospholipid bilayer with its
concentration gradient by: - Answers simple diffusion
Provide the tRNA anticodon: UAC - Answers AUG
Tetracycline is an antibiotic used to treat infections. It binds with bacterial ribosomes and
inhibits the tRNA molecule from binding to the ribosome. What process is interrupted? -
Answers translation
Which of the following is a yellow-orange skin pigmet? - Answers carotene
Thomas is deaf, but can feel the vibrations of music through sensory receptors in his skin called:
- Answers lamellated (Pacinian) corpuscles
How long will it take for a suntan to fade? - Answers 40 to 50 days
Where is thick skin located? - Answers palms
Exposure to UV radiation causes the skin to darken by increasing to production of: - Answers
melanin
Subcutaneous injections involve administration of medicine into the: - Answers hypodermis
