CON COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Calciferol (aka vitamin D) is controlled by?.
Answer: Parathyroid hormone
◍ What are finger prints made of?.
Answer: Friction ridges
◍ The tympanic membrane is located between which structures?.
Answer: External auditory canal & middle ear
◍ Sebaceous gland function?.
Answer: Secretes oil
◍ Part of the brain that attaches to the spinal cord?.
Answer: Medulla oblongata
◍ What is endocytosis?.
Answer: Engulfs and brings in (endo = internal)
◍ Which structure carries oxygen to the cells?.
Answer: Hemoglobin
◍ Which hormone helps stimulate the thickening of the endometrium during
menstruation?.
Answer: progesterone
◍ Which of the following is NOT a function of the digestive tract?a) to use
enzymes to break down foodb) to perform gas exchangec) to remove waste
from the bodyd) to use peristalsis to move food along.
Answer: b) to perform gas exchangeGas exchange is a function of the
respiratory system
,◍ The mediastinum is located within which cavity?.
Answer: Thoracic cavity
◍ Which of the following produce progesterone to prepare the uterus for
preganancy?.
Answer: Corpus luteum
◍ The malleus, incus & stapes are located in which part of the body?.
Answer: Ear
◍ The Rough ER functions in the human cells to?.
Answer: Synthesize proteins
◍ What is the result of carbon dioxide in the body?.
Answer: Body becomes more acidic
◍ Which structure conducts urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?.
Answer: Ureter
◍ Which structure produces T-lymphocytes?.
Answer: Thymus
◍ The mediastinum is located within which cavity?.
Answer: Thoracic cavity
◍ The top of the sternum is called?.
Answer: Manubrium
◍ Aerobic respiration takes place in?.
Answer: Mitochondria and requires oxygen and glucose to produce carbon
dioxide, water and energy
◍ Which bone does not articulate with any other bone?.
Answer: Hyoid Bone
◍ Sebaceous gland function?.
Answer: Secretes oil
◍ What is Meosis?.
, Answer: Is to make haploid gametes and production of germ cells.
◍ Types of asexual reproduction?.
Answer: binary fission and mitosis
◍ The soleus muscle is located in which general area?.
Answer: -the legs
◍ Bones are classified according to.
Answer: their shape (tissue type: compact or spongy) (shape: long, short,
flat, or irregular)
◍ Two divisions that make up the nervous system?.
Answer: PNS & CNS (Peripheral & Central)
◍ The latissimus dorsi are found in the.
Answer: shoulders
◍ Most obvious skin cancer?.
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
◍ What gland is located on the anterior surface of the trachea?.
Answer: Thyroid gland
◍ Polypeptides are?.
Answer: Chains of amino acids
◍ Increase rate of breathing results in what blood pH change?.
Answer: Alkalosis
◍ What internal structure of the ear is concerned with hearing?.
Answer: Cochlea
◍ What is the function of thrombocytes (platelets)?.
Answer: Blood clotting
◍ The superior vena cavaA) ascends from the right atriumB) ascends from the
left atriumC) descends from the right atriumD) none of the above.
Answer: A
, ◍ Aspirin occurs when there is a tear in which structures?.
Answer: Ligament
◍ The tympanic membrane is located between which structures?.
Answer: External auditory canal & middle ear
◍ Synovial joints are?.
Answer: Freely mobile
◍ A bone that is part of the upper limbs isa. metatarsalb. metacarpalc. tibiad.
fibula.
Answer: b. metacarpal
◍ Structure that provides a pulse reading in the neck?.
Answer: Carotid artery
◍ When drawing blood from antecubital region, which blood vessel is used to
obtain blood?.
Answer: Median cubital
◍ Fertilization of an ovum occurs in which anatomical structure?.
Answer: Fallopian tubes (also called uterine tubes)
◍ What is the most widely distributed type of sweat gland?.
Answer: -eccrine
◍ Increase rate of breathing results in what blood pH change?.
Answer: Alkalosis
◍ Ceruminous (aprocrine) glands secrete?.
Answer: Earwax
◍ When drawing blood from antecubital region, which blood vessel is used to
obtain blood?.
Answer: Median cubital
◍ Which layer of the stomach contains blood vessel and nervesA) the
mucosaB) the submucosaC)the serosaD) the cardia.
Answer: B
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Calciferol (aka vitamin D) is controlled by?.
Answer: Parathyroid hormone
◍ What are finger prints made of?.
Answer: Friction ridges
◍ The tympanic membrane is located between which structures?.
Answer: External auditory canal & middle ear
◍ Sebaceous gland function?.
Answer: Secretes oil
◍ Part of the brain that attaches to the spinal cord?.
Answer: Medulla oblongata
◍ What is endocytosis?.
Answer: Engulfs and brings in (endo = internal)
◍ Which structure carries oxygen to the cells?.
Answer: Hemoglobin
◍ Which hormone helps stimulate the thickening of the endometrium during
menstruation?.
Answer: progesterone
◍ Which of the following is NOT a function of the digestive tract?a) to use
enzymes to break down foodb) to perform gas exchangec) to remove waste
from the bodyd) to use peristalsis to move food along.
Answer: b) to perform gas exchangeGas exchange is a function of the
respiratory system
,◍ The mediastinum is located within which cavity?.
Answer: Thoracic cavity
◍ Which of the following produce progesterone to prepare the uterus for
preganancy?.
Answer: Corpus luteum
◍ The malleus, incus & stapes are located in which part of the body?.
Answer: Ear
◍ The Rough ER functions in the human cells to?.
Answer: Synthesize proteins
◍ What is the result of carbon dioxide in the body?.
Answer: Body becomes more acidic
◍ Which structure conducts urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?.
Answer: Ureter
◍ Which structure produces T-lymphocytes?.
Answer: Thymus
◍ The mediastinum is located within which cavity?.
Answer: Thoracic cavity
◍ The top of the sternum is called?.
Answer: Manubrium
◍ Aerobic respiration takes place in?.
Answer: Mitochondria and requires oxygen and glucose to produce carbon
dioxide, water and energy
◍ Which bone does not articulate with any other bone?.
Answer: Hyoid Bone
◍ Sebaceous gland function?.
Answer: Secretes oil
◍ What is Meosis?.
, Answer: Is to make haploid gametes and production of germ cells.
◍ Types of asexual reproduction?.
Answer: binary fission and mitosis
◍ The soleus muscle is located in which general area?.
Answer: -the legs
◍ Bones are classified according to.
Answer: their shape (tissue type: compact or spongy) (shape: long, short,
flat, or irregular)
◍ Two divisions that make up the nervous system?.
Answer: PNS & CNS (Peripheral & Central)
◍ The latissimus dorsi are found in the.
Answer: shoulders
◍ Most obvious skin cancer?.
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
◍ What gland is located on the anterior surface of the trachea?.
Answer: Thyroid gland
◍ Polypeptides are?.
Answer: Chains of amino acids
◍ Increase rate of breathing results in what blood pH change?.
Answer: Alkalosis
◍ What internal structure of the ear is concerned with hearing?.
Answer: Cochlea
◍ What is the function of thrombocytes (platelets)?.
Answer: Blood clotting
◍ The superior vena cavaA) ascends from the right atriumB) ascends from the
left atriumC) descends from the right atriumD) none of the above.
Answer: A
, ◍ Aspirin occurs when there is a tear in which structures?.
Answer: Ligament
◍ The tympanic membrane is located between which structures?.
Answer: External auditory canal & middle ear
◍ Synovial joints are?.
Answer: Freely mobile
◍ A bone that is part of the upper limbs isa. metatarsalb. metacarpalc. tibiad.
fibula.
Answer: b. metacarpal
◍ Structure that provides a pulse reading in the neck?.
Answer: Carotid artery
◍ When drawing blood from antecubital region, which blood vessel is used to
obtain blood?.
Answer: Median cubital
◍ Fertilization of an ovum occurs in which anatomical structure?.
Answer: Fallopian tubes (also called uterine tubes)
◍ What is the most widely distributed type of sweat gland?.
Answer: -eccrine
◍ Increase rate of breathing results in what blood pH change?.
Answer: Alkalosis
◍ Ceruminous (aprocrine) glands secrete?.
Answer: Earwax
◍ When drawing blood from antecubital region, which blood vessel is used to
obtain blood?.
Answer: Median cubital
◍ Which layer of the stomach contains blood vessel and nervesA) the
mucosaB) the submucosaC)the serosaD) the cardia.
Answer: B
