BSC 2086 Study Guide Questions With Complete Solutions
1) ______________ are found especially in the mucous
membrane, standing guard against parasites and allergens.
Correct Answers Eosinophils
10) Which of the following is a feature shared by cardiac muscle
and skeletal muscle? Correct Answers Muscle fiber striations
100) The right apex of the heart is found ___ of the midline of
the body. Correct Answers To the left
101) What is the average normal pH range of blood? Correct
Answers 7.35-7.45
102) Which of the following factors does not influence heart
rate? Correct Answers Skin color
103) The term ductus venosus refers to ____. Correct Answers
A special fetal vessel that allows umbilical blood to bypass the
liver
104) Which of the following is not a type of hormone
interaction? Correct Answers Feedback
105) A foramen ovale ____. Correct Answers Connects the two
atria in the fetal heart
106) Which of the following is not part of the conduction system
of the heart? Correct Answers AV valve
,107) Damage to the ___ is referred to as heart block. Correct
Answers AV node
108) Which vessel(s) of the heart receive(s) blood during right
ventricular systole? Correct Answers Pulmonary trunk
109) Respiratory control centers are located in the ___. Correct
Answers medulla and pons
11) In a normal ECG, the deflection that is generated by
ventricular repolarization is called the _____. Correct Answers
T wave
110) Tidal volume is air ___. Correct Answers exchanged
during normal breathing
111) The single most important regulator of calcium levels in
blood is ___. Correct Answers Parathyroid hormone
112) Which of the following is a protective function of blood?
Correct Answers Prevention of blood loss
113) Intrapulmonary pressure is the ___. Correct Answers
pressure within the alveoli of the lungs
114) The most powerful respiratory stimulus for breathing in a
healthy person is ___. Correct Answers Increase of carbon
dioxide
115) Several hormones are synthesized in the hypothalamus and
transported to the anterior pituitary gland. The mechanism of
, transportation from hypothalamus to anterior pituitary gland is
through the ___. Correct Answers Hypophyseal portal system
116) Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the ___.
Correct Answers Left atrium
117) The walls of the alveoli are composed of two types of cells,
type I and type II. The function of type II is to ___. Correct
Answers secrete surfactant
118) What ion is sometimes used as a second messenger of
amino acids-- based hormones? Correct Answers Calcium
119) What is the physical movement of air into and out of the
lungs called? Correct Answers Ventilation
12) The viscosity of blood is due more to the presence of ____
than to any other factor. Correct Answers Erythrocytes
120) virtually all of the protein or amino acid- based hormones
exert their effects through intercellular __________ Correct
Answers second messengers
121) which of the following is not a phase of hemostasis ?
Correct Answers fibrinolysis
122) Eicosanoids do not include ___________ Correct Answers
hydrocortisone
123) which of the following is characterized of all leukocytes?
Correct Answers they are nucleated.
1) ______________ are found especially in the mucous
membrane, standing guard against parasites and allergens.
Correct Answers Eosinophils
10) Which of the following is a feature shared by cardiac muscle
and skeletal muscle? Correct Answers Muscle fiber striations
100) The right apex of the heart is found ___ of the midline of
the body. Correct Answers To the left
101) What is the average normal pH range of blood? Correct
Answers 7.35-7.45
102) Which of the following factors does not influence heart
rate? Correct Answers Skin color
103) The term ductus venosus refers to ____. Correct Answers
A special fetal vessel that allows umbilical blood to bypass the
liver
104) Which of the following is not a type of hormone
interaction? Correct Answers Feedback
105) A foramen ovale ____. Correct Answers Connects the two
atria in the fetal heart
106) Which of the following is not part of the conduction system
of the heart? Correct Answers AV valve
,107) Damage to the ___ is referred to as heart block. Correct
Answers AV node
108) Which vessel(s) of the heart receive(s) blood during right
ventricular systole? Correct Answers Pulmonary trunk
109) Respiratory control centers are located in the ___. Correct
Answers medulla and pons
11) In a normal ECG, the deflection that is generated by
ventricular repolarization is called the _____. Correct Answers
T wave
110) Tidal volume is air ___. Correct Answers exchanged
during normal breathing
111) The single most important regulator of calcium levels in
blood is ___. Correct Answers Parathyroid hormone
112) Which of the following is a protective function of blood?
Correct Answers Prevention of blood loss
113) Intrapulmonary pressure is the ___. Correct Answers
pressure within the alveoli of the lungs
114) The most powerful respiratory stimulus for breathing in a
healthy person is ___. Correct Answers Increase of carbon
dioxide
115) Several hormones are synthesized in the hypothalamus and
transported to the anterior pituitary gland. The mechanism of
, transportation from hypothalamus to anterior pituitary gland is
through the ___. Correct Answers Hypophyseal portal system
116) Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the ___.
Correct Answers Left atrium
117) The walls of the alveoli are composed of two types of cells,
type I and type II. The function of type II is to ___. Correct
Answers secrete surfactant
118) What ion is sometimes used as a second messenger of
amino acids-- based hormones? Correct Answers Calcium
119) What is the physical movement of air into and out of the
lungs called? Correct Answers Ventilation
12) The viscosity of blood is due more to the presence of ____
than to any other factor. Correct Answers Erythrocytes
120) virtually all of the protein or amino acid- based hormones
exert their effects through intercellular __________ Correct
Answers second messengers
121) which of the following is not a phase of hemostasis ?
Correct Answers fibrinolysis
122) Eicosanoids do not include ___________ Correct Answers
hydrocortisone
123) which of the following is characterized of all leukocytes?
Correct Answers they are nucleated.
