SCI 221 PHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following may put one at risk for developing a given disease? - ✔✔All
of the above
✔✔The final product of carbohydrate digestion is a: - ✔✔monosaccharide.
✔✔The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when a
hydrostatic pressure gradient exists across the membrane is the process of: -
✔✔filtration
✔✔Which lipid is part of vitamin D? - ✔✔steroids
✔✔Of the 11 major body systems, which is the least involved in maintaining
homeostasis? - ✔✔reproductive
✔✔Aerobic respiration: - ✔✔produces the maximum amount of energy available from
each glucose molecule.
✔✔Intrinsic control: - ✔✔is sometimes called autoregulation.
✔✔Hematopoietic tissue can be found in the: - ✔✔bones
✔✔Attempting to pick up an object too heavy to lift would result in which type of muscle
contraction? - ✔✔Isometric
✔✔Sensory impulses ending in what part of the CNS trigger imprecise or "crude"
sensation awareness? - ✔✔Thalamus
✔✔_____, a natural constituent of blood, acts as an antithrombin and prevents clots
from forming in vessels. - ✔✔Heparin
✔✔Normal, quiet breathing is known as: - ✔✔eupnea
✔✔Cardiac output is determined by - ✔✔stroke volume and heart rate.
✔✔In comparison with the nervous system, the regulatory effects of the endocrine
system are: - ✔✔slow to appear but long-lasting.
✔✔In what area of the body would you expect to find an especially thick stratum
corneum? - ✔✔Sole of the foot
, ✔✔Which of the following constitutes total lung volume? - ✔✔Residual volume and vital
capacity
✔✔The intestinal hormone cholecystokinin: - ✔✔does all of the above.
✔✔Until bone growth in length is complete, a layer of the cartilage, known as the _____,
remains between the epiphysis and diaphysis. - ✔✔epiphyseal plate
✔✔All of the following substances are organic except: - ✔✔electrolytes
✔✔Hematopoiesis is carried out in the: - ✔✔red bone marrow.
✔✔The purpose of peristalsis is to: - ✔✔propel food forward along the GI tract.
✔✔All of the following are examples of passive transport except: - ✔✔endocytosis
✔✔When current leaps across an insulating myelin sheath from node to node, the type
of impulse conduction is called: - ✔✔saltatory conduction.
✔✔What is the function of the spleen? - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔The functions of the lymph nodes are - ✔✔defense and hematopoiesis.
✔✔A tissue is: - ✔✔a group of similar cells that perform a common function.
✔✔Small cells that synthesize and secrete a specialized organic matrix are -
✔✔osteoblasts
✔✔Which is not a function of epithelial tissue? - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔A decrease in the amount of white blood cells is called - ✔✔leukopenia
✔✔The hormone that causes the alveoli of the mammary glands to secrete milk is: -
✔✔prolactin
✔✔If the blood pH decreases below normal, the kidney tubules secrete _____ urine. -
✔✔more hydrogen ions from blood to
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the major functions of muscles? - ✔✔Protection
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the major groups of organic substances in the
human body? - ✔✔Salts
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following may put one at risk for developing a given disease? - ✔✔All
of the above
✔✔The final product of carbohydrate digestion is a: - ✔✔monosaccharide.
✔✔The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when a
hydrostatic pressure gradient exists across the membrane is the process of: -
✔✔filtration
✔✔Which lipid is part of vitamin D? - ✔✔steroids
✔✔Of the 11 major body systems, which is the least involved in maintaining
homeostasis? - ✔✔reproductive
✔✔Aerobic respiration: - ✔✔produces the maximum amount of energy available from
each glucose molecule.
✔✔Intrinsic control: - ✔✔is sometimes called autoregulation.
✔✔Hematopoietic tissue can be found in the: - ✔✔bones
✔✔Attempting to pick up an object too heavy to lift would result in which type of muscle
contraction? - ✔✔Isometric
✔✔Sensory impulses ending in what part of the CNS trigger imprecise or "crude"
sensation awareness? - ✔✔Thalamus
✔✔_____, a natural constituent of blood, acts as an antithrombin and prevents clots
from forming in vessels. - ✔✔Heparin
✔✔Normal, quiet breathing is known as: - ✔✔eupnea
✔✔Cardiac output is determined by - ✔✔stroke volume and heart rate.
✔✔In comparison with the nervous system, the regulatory effects of the endocrine
system are: - ✔✔slow to appear but long-lasting.
✔✔In what area of the body would you expect to find an especially thick stratum
corneum? - ✔✔Sole of the foot
, ✔✔Which of the following constitutes total lung volume? - ✔✔Residual volume and vital
capacity
✔✔The intestinal hormone cholecystokinin: - ✔✔does all of the above.
✔✔Until bone growth in length is complete, a layer of the cartilage, known as the _____,
remains between the epiphysis and diaphysis. - ✔✔epiphyseal plate
✔✔All of the following substances are organic except: - ✔✔electrolytes
✔✔Hematopoiesis is carried out in the: - ✔✔red bone marrow.
✔✔The purpose of peristalsis is to: - ✔✔propel food forward along the GI tract.
✔✔All of the following are examples of passive transport except: - ✔✔endocytosis
✔✔When current leaps across an insulating myelin sheath from node to node, the type
of impulse conduction is called: - ✔✔saltatory conduction.
✔✔What is the function of the spleen? - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔The functions of the lymph nodes are - ✔✔defense and hematopoiesis.
✔✔A tissue is: - ✔✔a group of similar cells that perform a common function.
✔✔Small cells that synthesize and secrete a specialized organic matrix are -
✔✔osteoblasts
✔✔Which is not a function of epithelial tissue? - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔A decrease in the amount of white blood cells is called - ✔✔leukopenia
✔✔The hormone that causes the alveoli of the mammary glands to secrete milk is: -
✔✔prolactin
✔✔If the blood pH decreases below normal, the kidney tubules secrete _____ urine. -
✔✔more hydrogen ions from blood to
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the major functions of muscles? - ✔✔Protection
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the major groups of organic substances in the
human body? - ✔✔Salts
