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HCC A&P 1 Departmental Final Review
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What are the three main parts of a eukaryotic cell?
Ans: plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus
Which of the following types of membrane proteins function by
recognizing and binding to hormones and neurotransmitters?
Ans: receptors
Plasma membranes are ________, which means that some chemicals
move easily through plasma membrane while other chemicals do not.
Ans: selectively permeable
In this transport process, the energy from hydrolysis of ATP is used to
drive substances across the membrane against their own
concentration gradients.
Ans: active transport
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Which of the following transport process uses secretory vesicles
formed in Golgi complex to release their contents out of the cell
membrane into the extracellular space?
Ans: exocytosis
Spermatozoa is the only type of human cell that contains a ________,
which is a whip-like structure that helps propel the sperm towards an
oocyte.
Ans: flagellum
Which of the following membrane-enclosed organelles modifies, sorts,
and packages proteins destined for other regions of the cell?
Ans: Golgi complex
The major function of mitochondria is to
Ans: generate ATP.
This structure binds to an amino acid and holds it in place on a
ribosome until it is incorporated into a polypeptide chain during
translation.
Ans: tRNA
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During this phase of cell division, the centromeres split leading to
separation and subsequent migration of the two members of a
chromatid pair to opposite poles of the cells. The cleavage furrow also
begins to develop during this phase.
Ans: interphase
Which of the following does NOT influence the rate of diffusion of a
chemical across a plasma membrane? a) concentration gradient of the
chemical across the membrane
b) mass of the diffusing chemical
c) distance that the chemical has to diffuse
d) amount of ATP available
e) temperature
Ans: amount of ATP available
A patient would be infused with a _______ solution in order to
ultimately relieve excess interstitial fluid in the brain.
Ans: hypertonic
What other organelle besides the nucleus contain DNA?
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Ans: mitochondrion
Which of the following membrane-enclosed organelles contains
several oxidases that are involved in oxidation of fatty acids and amino
acids during normal metabolism and in detoxification of chemicals like
alcohol in the liver?
Ans: peroxisomes
During this phase of cell division, organelles duplicate and centrosome
replication begins
Ans: interphase
Mitosis is:
Ans: produces two identical cells
Phagocytosis is the mechanism of action of this cell of the immune
system to protect from microbes:
Ans: Macrophages
The three types of subatomic particles that are important for
understanding chemical reactions in the human body are
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HCC A&P 1 Departmental Final Review
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
What are the three main parts of a eukaryotic cell?
Ans: plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus
Which of the following types of membrane proteins function by
recognizing and binding to hormones and neurotransmitters?
Ans: receptors
Plasma membranes are ________, which means that some chemicals
move easily through plasma membrane while other chemicals do not.
Ans: selectively permeable
In this transport process, the energy from hydrolysis of ATP is used to
drive substances across the membrane against their own
concentration gradients.
Ans: active transport
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Which of the following transport process uses secretory vesicles
formed in Golgi complex to release their contents out of the cell
membrane into the extracellular space?
Ans: exocytosis
Spermatozoa is the only type of human cell that contains a ________,
which is a whip-like structure that helps propel the sperm towards an
oocyte.
Ans: flagellum
Which of the following membrane-enclosed organelles modifies, sorts,
and packages proteins destined for other regions of the cell?
Ans: Golgi complex
The major function of mitochondria is to
Ans: generate ATP.
This structure binds to an amino acid and holds it in place on a
ribosome until it is incorporated into a polypeptide chain during
translation.
Ans: tRNA
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During this phase of cell division, the centromeres split leading to
separation and subsequent migration of the two members of a
chromatid pair to opposite poles of the cells. The cleavage furrow also
begins to develop during this phase.
Ans: interphase
Which of the following does NOT influence the rate of diffusion of a
chemical across a plasma membrane? a) concentration gradient of the
chemical across the membrane
b) mass of the diffusing chemical
c) distance that the chemical has to diffuse
d) amount of ATP available
e) temperature
Ans: amount of ATP available
A patient would be infused with a _______ solution in order to
ultimately relieve excess interstitial fluid in the brain.
Ans: hypertonic
What other organelle besides the nucleus contain DNA?
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Ans: mitochondrion
Which of the following membrane-enclosed organelles contains
several oxidases that are involved in oxidation of fatty acids and amino
acids during normal metabolism and in detoxification of chemicals like
alcohol in the liver?
Ans: peroxisomes
During this phase of cell division, organelles duplicate and centrosome
replication begins
Ans: interphase
Mitosis is:
Ans: produces two identical cells
Phagocytosis is the mechanism of action of this cell of the immune
system to protect from microbes:
Ans: Macrophages
The three types of subatomic particles that are important for
understanding chemical reactions in the human body are
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