Portage Learning A&P II: Final Exam
Questions and Answers
Question 1
The middle layer of the eye includes which regions?
Correct Answer
Ciliary body and iris
Question 2
If someone sustains an injury to the area of the spinal cord, as shown below by the
blue oval, would you be more likely to see paralysis or decreased sensation? Explain
your answer.
Correct Answer
Since the dorsal area is damaged, the patient will most likely experience decreased
sensation because the dorsal root carries sensory information.
Question 3
True or False: Lymph fluid moves in the following order: Interstitial fluid→ lymph
capillaries→ Lymph vessels→ Lymphatic Duct→ Veins
Correct Answer
True
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,Question 4
Which of the following is true about the location of the bladder?
Correct Answer
In females, the bladder is anterior to the vagina.
Question 5
Which of the following is false concerning ADH?
Correct Answer
When ADH is in circulation dilute urine is excreted.
Question 6
Blood enters the spleen via the _______________.
Correct Answer
Splenic Artery
Question 7
These arteries feed the afferent arterioles.
Correct Answer
Interlobular
Question 8
Eyes begin to detect light and dark:
Correct Answer
2nd trimester
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,Question 9
Your patient was just admitted to the hospital with renal failure. For the following
questions, use the blood values of: pH =7.1, PCO2 = 30 mm, HCO3- = 20 mEq/L
A. Determine if the patient is in acidosis or alkalosis.
B. Is the cause respiratory or metabolic?
C. Is the condition being compensated?
D. If compensated, what is the body doing to compensate?
Correct Answer
A. Acidosis (<7.35)
B. Metabolic (HCO3-<22)
C. Yes (PCO2 <35)
D. Hyperventilation to increase CO2 elimination
Question 10
A patient is found to have blindness of the right visual field of both eyes. What part of
the vision pathway was most likely damaged? Explain your response.
A. Left optic nerve
B. Right optic nerve
C. Left LGN
D. Right LGN
Correct Answer
If the patient has blindness in the right visual fields of both eyes, they are most
likely experiencing damage to the Left LGN because it supplies the nerve to the
right visual fields.
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, Question 11
Name the vessel in the figure below: (highlighted in blue, also indicated by the arrow)
Correct Answer
Anterior intraventricular artery
Question 12
What is the purpose of the mitral valve?
Correct Answer
The mitral valve allows the flow of blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle
Question 13
Discuss two features of the bladder that allow for expansion.
Correct Answer
The bladder is made out of elastic tissue that allos for expansion, and it also
contains ruggae folds that can expand.
Question 14
Urine with a pH of 5.0 is:
Correct Answer
within normal range; acidic
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Questions and Answers
Question 1
The middle layer of the eye includes which regions?
Correct Answer
Ciliary body and iris
Question 2
If someone sustains an injury to the area of the spinal cord, as shown below by the
blue oval, would you be more likely to see paralysis or decreased sensation? Explain
your answer.
Correct Answer
Since the dorsal area is damaged, the patient will most likely experience decreased
sensation because the dorsal root carries sensory information.
Question 3
True or False: Lymph fluid moves in the following order: Interstitial fluid→ lymph
capillaries→ Lymph vessels→ Lymphatic Duct→ Veins
Correct Answer
True
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,Question 4
Which of the following is true about the location of the bladder?
Correct Answer
In females, the bladder is anterior to the vagina.
Question 5
Which of the following is false concerning ADH?
Correct Answer
When ADH is in circulation dilute urine is excreted.
Question 6
Blood enters the spleen via the _______________.
Correct Answer
Splenic Artery
Question 7
These arteries feed the afferent arterioles.
Correct Answer
Interlobular
Question 8
Eyes begin to detect light and dark:
Correct Answer
2nd trimester
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,Question 9
Your patient was just admitted to the hospital with renal failure. For the following
questions, use the blood values of: pH =7.1, PCO2 = 30 mm, HCO3- = 20 mEq/L
A. Determine if the patient is in acidosis or alkalosis.
B. Is the cause respiratory or metabolic?
C. Is the condition being compensated?
D. If compensated, what is the body doing to compensate?
Correct Answer
A. Acidosis (<7.35)
B. Metabolic (HCO3-<22)
C. Yes (PCO2 <35)
D. Hyperventilation to increase CO2 elimination
Question 10
A patient is found to have blindness of the right visual field of both eyes. What part of
the vision pathway was most likely damaged? Explain your response.
A. Left optic nerve
B. Right optic nerve
C. Left LGN
D. Right LGN
Correct Answer
If the patient has blindness in the right visual fields of both eyes, they are most
likely experiencing damage to the Left LGN because it supplies the nerve to the
right visual fields.
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, Question 11
Name the vessel in the figure below: (highlighted in blue, also indicated by the arrow)
Correct Answer
Anterior intraventricular artery
Question 12
What is the purpose of the mitral valve?
Correct Answer
The mitral valve allows the flow of blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle
Question 13
Discuss two features of the bladder that allow for expansion.
Correct Answer
The bladder is made out of elastic tissue that allos for expansion, and it also
contains ruggae folds that can expand.
Question 14
Urine with a pH of 5.0 is:
Correct Answer
within normal range; acidic
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