Patient Safety Practice Questions With Complete A+ Graded Answers
1) Hormones are produced in which of the following body systems?
A) respiratory
B) digestive
C) endocrine
D) lymphatic
c
2) Tuberculosis is generally considered a disease of which of the following body systems?
A) respiratory
B) digestive
C) endocrine
D) lymphatic
a
3) How many times per minute does the average person inhale and exhale?
A) 5
B) 15
C) 50
D) 100
b
4) Protection is the primary function of which of the following systems?
A) cardiovascular
B) integumentary
C) urinary
D) muscular
b
5) The term ventral refers to which part of the body?
A) back
, B) shoulder
C) side
D) front
d
6) If a normal person breathes in, the oxygen travels through air passages to the lungs. Which of
the following takes place?
A) Oxygen (O2) is exchanged for carbon dioxide (CO2).
B) The heart beats faster.
C) The lungs can fill with fluid.
D) The pulse rate changes.
a
7) Which structure governs the functions of the individual cell, such as growth, repair,
reproduction, and metabolism?
A) membrane
B) cytoplasm
C) lysosome
D) nucleus
d
8) How many lobes do normal human lungs have?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
d
9) After oxygen crosses the respiratory membranes (in the lung) into the blood, about 97% of it
combines with:
A) hemoglobin
B) carbon dioxide
C) hypochloride
D) carbaminohemoglobin