APHY 102 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
True Ans: A person under stress may have a lowered resistance
to infection.
T or F
all of the above. Ans: The B vitamins are :
a. essential for normal cellular metabolism
b. involved in the oxidation of carbohydrates, lipids, and protiens
c. grouped because they are in the same foods
d. all of the above.
b. D Ans: Deficiency of vitamin__________ causes osteomalacia
a. E
b. D
c. C
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d. A
c. supplies oxygen and nutrients to and remove wastes from
tissues Ans: Circulation is vital because it
a. inflates the lungs
b. delivers carbon dioxide to tissues and removes excess oxygen
c. supplies oxygen and nutrients to and remove wastes from
tissues
d. delivers wastes to tissues
a. absorbed more readily in the presence of bile salts Ans: Fat-
soluble vitamins are
a. absorbed more readily in the presence of bile salts
b. excreted rapidly by the kidneys
c. easily destroyed by heat during cooking
d. not stored in tissues
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False Ans: The stomach is C- shaped and extends from the
duodenum to the spleen.
T or F
c. blood cells and platelets Ans: "Formed elements" are
a. blood and lymph
b. serum and plasma
c. blood cells and platelets
d. sodium and potassium
True Ans: Lymph transports fat molecules with longer chains of
carbon atoms away from the intestine.
T or F
c. a fever Ans: Interleukin-1 secretion causes
a. an allergic reaction
b. an antibody response
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c. a fever
d. cytokine secretion
D. all of the above Ans: Which of the following terms is (are)
defined correctly?
a. Adequate diet-diet that provides sufficient energy and essential
nutrients for growth, maintenance , and repair of tissues.
b. Malnutrition- poor nutrition that results from a lack of essential
nutrients
c. Bulimia- binging and purging
d. All of the above
c. neutrophils. Ans: Which of the following are most active as
phaocytes?
a. erythrocytes
b. eosinophils
c. neutrophils.
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