TEAS 7 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
PRACTICE QUESTIONS - MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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 hormones is released from alpha cells in the pancreas?
A. insulin
B. glucagon
C. somatostatin
D. amylase - Correct Answers -B. glucagon
Insulin would be beta cells in the pancreas
Which of the following cell types is part of the adaptive immune system?
A. reticulocytes
B. goblet cell
C. plasma cell
D. monocyte - Correct Answers -C. plasma cell
Monocytes are innate immune system (nonspecific); plasma cells are b cells that make
antibodies so they are adaptive
Which of the following muscles is found in the trunk of the body?
A. brachialis
B. pectoralis major
C. vastus lateralis
, D. gastrocnemius - Correct Answers -B. pectoralis major
What is the name of the structure of nerve fibers that connects the left and right cerebral
hemispheres?
A. hippcampus
B. cerebral cortex
C. corpus callosum
D. transverse fissure - Correct Answers -C. corpus callosum
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
PRACTICE QUESTIONS - MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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 hormones is released from alpha cells in the pancreas?
A. insulin
B. glucagon
C. somatostatin
D. amylase - Correct Answers -B. glucagon
Insulin would be beta cells in the pancreas
Which of the following cell types is part of the adaptive immune system?
A. reticulocytes
B. goblet cell
C. plasma cell
D. monocyte - Correct Answers -C. plasma cell
Monocytes are innate immune system (nonspecific); plasma cells are b cells that make
antibodies so they are adaptive
Which of the following muscles is found in the trunk of the body?
A. brachialis
B. pectoralis major
C. vastus lateralis
, D. gastrocnemius - Correct Answers -B. pectoralis major
What is the name of the structure of nerve fibers that connects the left and right cerebral
hemispheres?
A. hippcampus
B. cerebral cortex
C. corpus callosum
D. transverse fissure - Correct Answers -C. corpus callosum
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
