Section III. Science
You have 63 minutes to complete 53 questions.
1. The skin and linings of internal organs are examples of what type of
tissue?
A. Connective
B. Epithelial
C. Muscle
D. Neural
2. Which type of tissue coordinates and controls many body activities?
A. Connective
B. Epithelial
C. Muscle
D. Neural
3. What substances transported in blood does the liver excrete as bile?
A. Gases
B. Hormones
C. Nutrients
, D. Wastes
4. What is the purpose of the superior vena cava?
A. Flow blood into the pulmonary artery
B. Facilitate blood drainage into the right ventricle
C. Receive deoxygenated blood from systemic circulation
D. Saturate the body tissues with a large volume of blood
5. The negative-feedback mechanism that regulates the level of glucose in a
person’s blood is an example of what type of hormone secretion
regulation?
A. Hormone regulation
B. Nervous system regulation
C. Blood levels of chemical regulation
D. Intercellular ion concentration regulation
6. Which chemical signal would respond to the redness caused by an
infected wound?
A. Autocrines
B. Neuromodulators
C. Paracrines
D. Pheromones
7. What disease results when the pancreas cannot uptake the glucose in
, the bloodstream properly?
A. Addison’s
B. Arthritis
C. Diabetes
D. Hyperthyroidism
8. Which of the following diseases causes localized inflammatory
degeneration that causes the wall of the small intestine to thicken?
A. Peptic ulcers
B. Crohn’s disease
C. Ulcerative colitis
D. Malabsorption syndrome
9. Where are the sublingual salivary glands located?
A. Near the ears
B. Below the jaw
C. Under the tongue
D. Beside the sinuses
10. Which of the following is one of the primary functions of the large
intestine?
A. To kill bacteria
B. To recycle water
You have 63 minutes to complete 53 questions.
1. The skin and linings of internal organs are examples of what type of
tissue?
A. Connective
B. Epithelial
C. Muscle
D. Neural
2. Which type of tissue coordinates and controls many body activities?
A. Connective
B. Epithelial
C. Muscle
D. Neural
3. What substances transported in blood does the liver excrete as bile?
A. Gases
B. Hormones
C. Nutrients
, D. Wastes
4. What is the purpose of the superior vena cava?
A. Flow blood into the pulmonary artery
B. Facilitate blood drainage into the right ventricle
C. Receive deoxygenated blood from systemic circulation
D. Saturate the body tissues with a large volume of blood
5. The negative-feedback mechanism that regulates the level of glucose in a
person’s blood is an example of what type of hormone secretion
regulation?
A. Hormone regulation
B. Nervous system regulation
C. Blood levels of chemical regulation
D. Intercellular ion concentration regulation
6. Which chemical signal would respond to the redness caused by an
infected wound?
A. Autocrines
B. Neuromodulators
C. Paracrines
D. Pheromones
7. What disease results when the pancreas cannot uptake the glucose in
, the bloodstream properly?
A. Addison’s
B. Arthritis
C. Diabetes
D. Hyperthyroidism
8. Which of the following diseases causes localized inflammatory
degeneration that causes the wall of the small intestine to thicken?
A. Peptic ulcers
B. Crohn’s disease
C. Ulcerative colitis
D. Malabsorption syndrome
9. Where are the sublingual salivary glands located?
A. Near the ears
B. Below the jaw
C. Under the tongue
D. Beside the sinuses
10. Which of the following is one of the primary functions of the large
intestine?
A. To kill bacteria
B. To recycle water
