EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
• ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone).
Answer: adrenal cortex - "triple S" Cortisol: anti-inflammatory/depresses
immune system Aldosterone: retain waterTestosterone
• materials are exported out of the cell (energy required).
Answer: What is exocytosis?
• liver, gallbladder, pancreas, salivary glands.
Answer: What are the accessory organs?
• Buffers.
Answer: substance that can absorb or release H+ ions, (most important
Buffers are carbonic acid Bicarbonate)
• Passive Transport (Diffusion).
Answer: Does not need ATP to move
• A, D, E, K.
Answer: what are vitamins that are fat soluble ?
• fats and oils.
Answer: What is a lipid?
• Hypodermis (subcutaneous layer).
Answer: 3rd layer of the skin; Consists of connective tissue which binds the
skin to the underlying muscle.
• spinal cavity.
Answer: Where is the spine located?
• Found in the walls of all the hollow organs of the body except the heart. It
contraction reduces the size of these structures; movement generally is
, considered Involuntary.
Answer: What is smooth muscle?
• Define cardiac output.
Answer: amount of blood pumped out by each ventricle in one minute
• heart muscle, involuntary.
Answer: What is cardiac muscle?
• connect muscle to muscle or bone.
Answer: What is aponeuroses?
• high pressure.
Answer: Arteries have what type of pressure ?
• Cytoskeleton.
Answer: provide structure and movement. Form structures that was under
mitosis
• Edema.
Answer: too much intake, not enough output
• protein pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis.
Answer: What are the types of active transport?
• What is pancreatic amylase?.
Answer: starch digesting enzyme
• genetic material.
Answer: What is DNA?
• Pleural Cavity.
Answer: contains the lungs
• What are the hormones that affect the breast ?.
Answer: estrogen controls the growth of the ducts, and progesterone controls
the growth of the glandular buds. Many other hormones also play vital roles
in milk production. These include follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),
luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, oxytocin, and human placental
, lactogen (HPL).
• What is the duodenum responsible for?.
Answer: Breaking down food in the small intestines
• Iodine.
Answer: thyroid hormones
• 1st spacing edema.
Answer: normal
• A type of white blood cell that make antibodies to fight off infections.
Answer: Lymphocytes
• A small, air-filled, mucosa-lined cavity in temporal bone.
Answer: What is the tympanic cavity?
• Fibrinogen.
Answer: also clotting
• implantation.
Answer: happens in the uterus - endometrium
• a molecule containing a very large number of atoms.
Answer: What is a macromolecule?
• Water soluble vitamins.
Answer: B: energy, growth, development C: collagen, immunity
• Deltoid.
Answer: shoulder
• Lateral.
Answer: away from the midline, to the side
• Artificial immunity.
Answer: vaccines/shots
• Define homeostasis.
Answer: Maintaining a stable internal environment
, • Process of labor.
Answer: -Progesterone levels decrease -Releasing of prostaglandins
-Contractions! Ouchie, hard pass. -OXYTOCIN gets that myometrium goin'
BB!
• Passive immunity.
Answer: antibodies passed through the placenta
• Connect bone to bone.
Answer: What are ligaments?
• Golgi Apparatus (Golgi Bodies).
Answer: Packages materials and sends them to other parts of the cell
• towards the midline of the body.
Answer: What does medial mean?
• Diffusion.
Answer: both solvent (water) and solute moves from lower concentration to
high concentration
• Thalamus.
Answer: "relay station"
• Deep.
Answer: away from the surface
• Lumbar.
Answer: lower back, 5 vertebrae
• Energy.
Answer: What is vitamin B used for in our bodies ?
• What is the job of insulin?.
Answer: it acts to lower blood sugar in the body
• 3rd line of defence.
Answer: specific! Protects only against unique pathogens. Uses B cells
(antibodies) & T cells (killer cells)