Chapters 20-22 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
George Kent is a 54-year-old widower with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
and was rushed to the emergency department with increasing shortness of breath, pyrexia, and a
productive cough with yellow-green sputum. He has difficulty communicating because of his
inability to complete a sentence. One of his sons, Jacob, says he has been unwell for three days.
Upon examination, crackles and wheezes can be heard in the lower lobes; he has tachycardia and
a bounding pulse. Measurement of arterial blood gas shows pH 7.3, PaCO2 68 mm Hg, HCO3
28 mmol/L, and PaO2 60 mm HG. How would you interpret this? - CORRECT
ANSWER Respiratory Acidosis
Frequent vomiting of stomach contents would cause what type of acid-base imbalance? -
CORRECT ANSWER Metabolic alkalosis
Process of releasing urine to the outside: - CORRECT ANSWER Micturition
Dehydration stimulates which organ to release antidiuretic hormone? - CORRECT
ANSWER Posterior pituitary gland
Under normal conditions, the percentage of glucose found in end-stage urine is: - CORRECT
ANSWER 0%
Sperm production occurs in the testes inside the - CORRECT ANSWER Seminiferous
tubules
Spermatogenesis is the? - CORRECT ANSWER Process of producing sperm
During what phase of meiosis does crossing over occur? - CORRECT ANSWER Prophase
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, High Ang II, low sodium, or low blood pressure should stimulate increased __________
secretion. - CORRECT ANSWER Aldosterone
Intracellullar fluids have a high concentration of which electrolyte? - CORRECT
ANSWER Potassium
Testosterone is produced in the? - CORRECT ANSWER interstitial cells
Spermatogenesis is the- - CORRECT ANSWER process of producing sperm
Renin is released from the: - CORRECT ANSWER juxtaglomerular apparatus
Gonadotropins: - CORRECT ANSWER FSH and LH
Immediately after leaving the collecting duct, urine is first captured by the: - CORRECT
ANSWER Minor calyx
The corpus luteum produces two hormones. Which one is listed? - CORRECT
ANSWER progesterone
Causes increased GFR: - CORRECT ANSWER Increased glomerular hydrostatic pressure
The production of female gametes and secretion of female sex hormones is the function of the? -
CORRECT ANSWER Ovaries
The hormone of ovulation: - CORRECT ANSWER LH
Most water output occurs through: - CORRECT ANSWER Urine