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Which molecule is the energy currency of the cell? ✔Correct Answer-adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Which digestive organ has both endocrine and exocrine functions? ✔Correct Answer-pancreas
What calculation estimates the primary macronutrient the body uses for energy at a given point in
time? ✔Correct Answer-respiratory quotient
Which branch of the nervous system is responsible for "fight-or-flight"? ✔Correct Answer-
sympathetic nervous system
Which type of bone protects internal organs and provides a large surface area for muscles to attach?
✔Correct Answer-flat bone
Which of the following is included in the axial skeleton? ✔Correct Answer-skull
According to the size principle of motor recruitment, in what order will muscle fibers be recruited
during activity? ✔Correct Answer-smallest and slowest firing rate to largest and fastest firing rate
Which type of muscle is the most common in the human body? ✔Correct Answer-skeletal muscle
Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement like exercise?
✔Correct Answer-somatic nervous system
What is the central nervous system (CNS) responsible for? ✔Correct Answer-receiving sensory
input and organizing, analyzing, and processing neural information
What is the term for blood circulation within the heart and lungs? ✔Correct Answer-pulmonary
circulation
Which heart structure is known as the pacemaker of the heart and initiates contraction of the right
atrium? ✔Correct Answer-sinoatrial (SA) node
In which anatomical plane does the internal and external rotation of the shoulder occur? ✔Correct
Answer-transverse plane
According to the American Heart Association, what is considered a 'normal' blood pressure?
✔Correct Answer-120/80 mm Hg
Which energy pathway produces the greatest amount of ATP? ✔Correct Answer-oxidative energy
pathway
Which organ is the largest lymphatic organ in the body? ✔Correct Answer-the spleen
, Which endocrine hormone promotes the uptake of glucose from the blood by target tissues?
✔Correct Answer-insulin
What neural function is processed directly by the spinal cord and not the brain? ✔Correct Answer-
a reflex
What class of hormones is released by the adrenal glands during times of stress? ✔Correct
Answer-catecholamines
Which digestive organ is responsible for the storage of fat-soluble vitamins and blood filtration and
detoxification? ✔Correct Answer-liver
The process of glycolysis is the breakdown of what molecule in the body? ✔Correct Answer-
glucose
Which energy pathway is dominant when the body is at rest or during low-intensity, long-duration
activity? ✔Correct Answer-oxidative energy pathway
What is the process of breaking triglycerides down into fatty acids to be converted to acetyl-CoA
during aerobic metabolism called? ✔Correct Answer-beta-oxidation
What is the primary muscle involved in pulmonary ventilation? ✔Correct Answer-diaphragm
Which two macronutrients are the most preferred sources of energy in the body? ✔Correct
Answer-carbohydrate and fat
What is the name of the heart valves located between the atria and ventricles that keep blood
moving in only one direction? ✔Correct Answer-atrioventricular (AV) valves
Which glands of the endocrine system produce and release substances through ducts or openings on
the body's surfaces? ✔Correct Answer-exocrine glands
Where in the cell do the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain occur? ✔Correct Answer-
mitochondria
The calcaneus is an example of what type of bone? ✔Correct Answer-short bone
What is the condition of low blood pressure measuring 90/60 mm Hg or less? ✔Correct Answer-
hypotension
Which endocrine hormone promotes the release of glucose from the liver and into the bloodstream?
✔Correct Answer-glucagon
What term is described as the volume of blood the left ventricle pushes out in a single heartbeat?
✔Correct Answer-stroke volume
What muscle fiber arrangement can be seen in the soleus muscle? ✔Correct Answer-bipennate
muscle
Which type of blood cells make up approximately 40 percent of blood volume? ✔Correct Answer-
red blood cells