CSFA PRACTICE EXAM. 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CSFA PRACTICE EXAM
BODY TEMPERATURE IS REGULATED BY THE: ANS: HYPOTHALAMUS



WATER CONSTITUTES WHAT AVERAGE NORMAL PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT? ANS: 50%-70%



THE THYROID GLAND CONSISTS OF RIGHT AND LEFT LOBES JOINED BY THE? ANS: ISTHMUS



LANGER LINES GENERALLY LIE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF: ANS: UNDERLYING MUSCLE
TENSION



THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO THE INTESTINAL TRACT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STOMACH,
DUODENUM, AND DISTAL RECTUM, IS DERIVED FROM THE: ANS: SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR MESENTERIC
ARTERIES



EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONES IN ADULTS CAUSES: ANS: ACROMEGALY



THE LARGE ARTERY THAT ARISES FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AORTIC ARCH AND DESCENDS INTO THE
ARM IS THE: ANS: SUBCLAVIAN



AN ENZYME ACTIVE INTHE DIGESTION OF STARCHES IS: ANS: AMYLASE



THE NORMAL PH OF BLOOD IS: ANS: 7.3-7.4



WHICH CELLS SECRETE PEPSINOGEN? ANS: CHIEF



WHICH VEIN DRAINS THE INTRACRANIAL VENOUS SINUSES TO VEINS ONTHE OUTSIDE OF THE SKULL?
ANS: EMISSARY

, WHICH ARTERIES SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BRAIN? ANS: VERTEBRAL AND INTERNAL CAROTIDS



WHICH ARTERY DIVIDES INTO THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES? ANS: INTERNAL
CAROTID



WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERIES IS A DIRECT BRANCH OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID?

1. VERTEBRAL

2.AORTA

3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL

4. FACIAL ANS: 3. MIDDLE CEREBRAL



THE LATERAL VENTRICLES WITHIN THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE COMMUNICATE WITH THE THIRD
VENTRICLE THROUGH THE OPENING CALLED: ANS: FORAMEN OF MONRO



THE THIED VENTRICLE OF THE BRAIN EMPTIES INTO THE FOURTH VENTRICLE THROUGH THE? ANS:
AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS



SPINAL FLUID IS PRODUCED BY THE: ANS: CHOROID PLEXUS



THE FOLD OF DURA MATER THAT SEPARATES THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES: ANS: FALX CEREBRI



WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEPARATES THE FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL LOBES?

1. FISSURE OF SYLVIUS

2.FISSURE OF ROLANDO

3.FISSURE OF BICHT

3.LONGITUDINAL FISSURE ANS: 1. FISSURE OF SYLVIUS