CSFA PRACTICE EXAM REVIEWE ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS 2026/2027
1. BODY TEMPERATURE IS REGULATED BY THE:: HYPOTHALAMUS
2. WATER CONSTITUTES WHAT AVERAGE NORMAL PERCENTAGE OḞ TOTAL BODY
WEIGHT?: 50%-70%
3. THE THYROID GLAND CONSISTS OḞ RIGHT AND LEḞT LOBES JOINED BY THE?-
: ISTHMUS
4. LANGER LINES GENERALLY LIE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OḞ:: UN-
DERLYING MUSCLE TENSION
5. THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO THE INTESTINAL TRACT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OḞ
THE STOMACH, DUODENUM, AND DISTAL RECTUM, IS DERIVED ḞROM THE:: SU-
PERIOR AND INḞERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERIES
6. EXCESSIVE SECRETION OḞ GROWTH HORMONES IN ADULTS CAUSES:: -
ACROMEGALY
7. THE LARGE ARTERY THAT ARISES ḞROM THE LEḞT SIDE OḞ THE AORTIC ARCH
AND DESCENDS INTO THE ARM IS THE:: SUBCLAVIAN
8. AN ENZYME ACTIVE INTHE DIGESTION OḞ STARCHES IS:: AMYLASE
9. THE NORMAL PH OḞ BLOOD IS:: 7.3-7.4
10. WHICH CELLS SECRETE PEPSINOGEN?: CHIEḞ
11. WHICH VEIN DRAINS THE INTRACRANIAL VENOUS SINUSES TO VEINS ONTHE
OUTSIDE OḞ THE SKULL?: EMISSARY
12. WHICH ARTERIES SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BRAIN?: VERTEBRAL AND INTERNAL CAROTIDS
13. WHICH ARTERY DIVIDES INTO THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL AR-
TERIES?: INTERNAL CAROTID
14. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING ARTERIES IS A DIRECT BRANCH OḞ THE INTER-
NAL CAROTID?
1. VERTEBRAL
2. AORTA
,3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL
4. ḞACIAL: 3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL
15. THE LATERAL VENTRICLES WITHIN THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE COMMUNI-
CATE WITH THE THIRD VENTRICLE THROUGH THE OPENING CALLED:: ḞORAMEN OḞ
MONRO
, 16. THE THIED VENTRICLE OḞ THE BRAIN EMPTIES INTO THE ḞOURTH VENTRICLE
THROUGH THE?: AQUEDUCT OḞ SYLVIUS
17. SPINAL ḞLUID IS PRODUCED BY THE:: CHOROID PLEXUS
18. THE ḞOLD OḞ DURA MATER THAT SEPARATES THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES:-
: ḞALX CEREBRI
19. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING SEPARATES THE ḞRONTAL AND TEMPORAL
LOBES?
1. ḞISSURE OḞ SYLVIUS
2. ḞISSURE OḞ ROLANDO
3. ḞISSURE OḞ BICHT
3.LONGITUDINAL ḞISSURE: 1. ḞISSURE OḞ SYLVIUS
20. THE ḞRONTAL LOBE IS BOUNDED POSTERIORLY BY THE CENTRAL SULCUS,
ALSO CALLED THE;: ḞISSURE OḞ ROLANDO
21. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING AREAS LOCATED IN THE ḞRONTAL GYRUS OḞ
THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE ḞUNCTION OḞ SPEECH:
1. BRODMANN'S
2. BROCA'S
3. TEMPORAL
4. CEREBRAL CORTEX: 2. BROCA'S
22. THE WHITE LINE OḞ HILTON IS SITUATED:: BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANAL
SPHINCTERS
23. A CHEMICAL REACTION THAT PROVIDES ENERGY BY THE BREAKDOWN OḞ
ḞOOD MOLECULES IS CALLED: CATABOLISM
24. COLLAGEN IS PRODUCED BY WHAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE?: ḞIBROBLASTS
25. WHAT IS THE NORMAL CARDIAC OUTPUT ḞOR AN ADULT?: 4-8L/MINUTE
26. WHICH VEIN DRAINS THE RIGHT SIDE OḞ THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN?: AZYGOS
27. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING ARTERIES SUPPLIES THE CECUM, ASCENDING
COLON, HEPATIC ḞLEXURE, AND PROXIMAL PORTION OḞ THE TRANSVERSE
COLON/
1. PANCREATICODUODENAL
QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS 2026/2027
1. BODY TEMPERATURE IS REGULATED BY THE:: HYPOTHALAMUS
2. WATER CONSTITUTES WHAT AVERAGE NORMAL PERCENTAGE OḞ TOTAL BODY
WEIGHT?: 50%-70%
3. THE THYROID GLAND CONSISTS OḞ RIGHT AND LEḞT LOBES JOINED BY THE?-
: ISTHMUS
4. LANGER LINES GENERALLY LIE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OḞ:: UN-
DERLYING MUSCLE TENSION
5. THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO THE INTESTINAL TRACT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OḞ
THE STOMACH, DUODENUM, AND DISTAL RECTUM, IS DERIVED ḞROM THE:: SU-
PERIOR AND INḞERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERIES
6. EXCESSIVE SECRETION OḞ GROWTH HORMONES IN ADULTS CAUSES:: -
ACROMEGALY
7. THE LARGE ARTERY THAT ARISES ḞROM THE LEḞT SIDE OḞ THE AORTIC ARCH
AND DESCENDS INTO THE ARM IS THE:: SUBCLAVIAN
8. AN ENZYME ACTIVE INTHE DIGESTION OḞ STARCHES IS:: AMYLASE
9. THE NORMAL PH OḞ BLOOD IS:: 7.3-7.4
10. WHICH CELLS SECRETE PEPSINOGEN?: CHIEḞ
11. WHICH VEIN DRAINS THE INTRACRANIAL VENOUS SINUSES TO VEINS ONTHE
OUTSIDE OḞ THE SKULL?: EMISSARY
12. WHICH ARTERIES SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BRAIN?: VERTEBRAL AND INTERNAL CAROTIDS
13. WHICH ARTERY DIVIDES INTO THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL AR-
TERIES?: INTERNAL CAROTID
14. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING ARTERIES IS A DIRECT BRANCH OḞ THE INTER-
NAL CAROTID?
1. VERTEBRAL
2. AORTA
,3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL
4. ḞACIAL: 3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL
15. THE LATERAL VENTRICLES WITHIN THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE COMMUNI-
CATE WITH THE THIRD VENTRICLE THROUGH THE OPENING CALLED:: ḞORAMEN OḞ
MONRO
, 16. THE THIED VENTRICLE OḞ THE BRAIN EMPTIES INTO THE ḞOURTH VENTRICLE
THROUGH THE?: AQUEDUCT OḞ SYLVIUS
17. SPINAL ḞLUID IS PRODUCED BY THE:: CHOROID PLEXUS
18. THE ḞOLD OḞ DURA MATER THAT SEPARATES THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES:-
: ḞALX CEREBRI
19. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING SEPARATES THE ḞRONTAL AND TEMPORAL
LOBES?
1. ḞISSURE OḞ SYLVIUS
2. ḞISSURE OḞ ROLANDO
3. ḞISSURE OḞ BICHT
3.LONGITUDINAL ḞISSURE: 1. ḞISSURE OḞ SYLVIUS
20. THE ḞRONTAL LOBE IS BOUNDED POSTERIORLY BY THE CENTRAL SULCUS,
ALSO CALLED THE;: ḞISSURE OḞ ROLANDO
21. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING AREAS LOCATED IN THE ḞRONTAL GYRUS OḞ
THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE ḞUNCTION OḞ SPEECH:
1. BRODMANN'S
2. BROCA'S
3. TEMPORAL
4. CEREBRAL CORTEX: 2. BROCA'S
22. THE WHITE LINE OḞ HILTON IS SITUATED:: BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANAL
SPHINCTERS
23. A CHEMICAL REACTION THAT PROVIDES ENERGY BY THE BREAKDOWN OḞ
ḞOOD MOLECULES IS CALLED: CATABOLISM
24. COLLAGEN IS PRODUCED BY WHAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE?: ḞIBROBLASTS
25. WHAT IS THE NORMAL CARDIAC OUTPUT ḞOR AN ADULT?: 4-8L/MINUTE
26. WHICH VEIN DRAINS THE RIGHT SIDE OḞ THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN?: AZYGOS
27. WHICH OḞ THE ḞOLLOWING ARTERIES SUPPLIES THE CECUM, ASCENDING
COLON, HEPATIC ḞLEXURE, AND PROXIMAL PORTION OḞ THE TRANSVERSE
COLON/
1. PANCREATICODUODENAL
