QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which class of carbohydrates is composed of many monosaccharides? -
✔✔Polysaccharides
✔✔Which nutrients are required in small amounts by the human body? - ✔✔Vitamins
and minerals
✔✔Which statement describes the first phase of the citric acid cycle? - ✔✔Pyruvate is
oxidized to form Acetyl CoA
✔✔Which vessels or structures absorb dietary fat? - ✔✔Lacteals
✔✔Which chemical promotes the collection of platelets and aids in vasoconstriction -
✔✔thromboxane A2
✔✔Which cell kills parasitic worms by flooding them with toxins? - ✔✔Eosinophil
✔✔Which cell is an active phagocyte that increases rapidly during short-term or acute
infections? - ✔✔Neutrophil
✔✔Which statement explains the underlying concept of the cardiac cycle? - ✔✔The
average heart beats about 75 beats/minute and the length of each cycle is less than
one second
✔✔Thrombocytopenia - ✔✔A condition that is due to a deficiency of platelets
✔✔Sequence for the developments of RBCs - ✔✔Hemocytoblast -> Erythroblast ->
Erythrocyte
✔✔2 Substances for discovering blood clots - ✔✔Urokinase & Streptokinase
✔✔Normal WBC - ✔✔5,000-10,000
✔✔Pernicious Anemia - ✔✔The form of anemia that is caused by lack of dietary iron
✔✔Gamete - ✔✔a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with
another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.
✔✔Blood vessel spasms following an injury are stimulated by - ✔✔Serotonin released
from platelets
, ✔✔Lymphatic system - ✔✔Network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of
toxins waste and other unwanted materials
✔✔Cells that are primarily responsible for immunity - ✔✔Lymphocytes and
macrophages
✔✔Final step in the formation of a blood clot - ✔✔Thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin
✔✔Interferon - ✔✔A group of hormone-like peptides produced by cells in response to
viruses
✔✔homologous chromosomes - ✔✔Chromosomes from the mother and father that
contain similar genetic information
✔✔Genotype - ✔✔A combination of genes in a zygote
✔✔Zygote - ✔✔a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a
fertilized ovum.
✔✔Diploid Cell - ✔✔A cell that contains two complete sets of chromosomes. Double the
haploid chromosome number
✔✔Hemophilia - ✔✔a medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is
severely reduced, causing the sufferer to bleed severely from even a slight injury.
✔✔Types of WBC - ✔✔neutrophils.
lymphocytes.
eosinophils.
monocytes.
basophils.
✔✔The most active phagocytic cells in circulating blood are - ✔✔Neutrophils and
monocytes
✔✔Testosterone production is triggered when the Leydig cells receive hormonal signals
from the _____. - ✔✔Pituitary Gland
✔✔Which structures produce about 60% of the fluid portion of semen? - ✔✔seminal
vesicles
✔✔Which molecules can be used by the body to form cellular structures such as
enzymes, antibodies, hormones and collagen? - ✔✔Amino Acids