ANP 1106-Final Exam Questions and Correct AnswersANP 1106-Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers

ANP 1106-Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Question 1
Which energy production process provides the majority of the energy for muscle
activity?
Correct Answer
Aerobic respiration



Question 2
In a healthy individual which of the following would be low?
Correct Answer
Afterload



Question 3
Unlike inspiration, expiration is a passive act because no muscular contractions are
involved. Expiration, however, depends on two factors. Which of the choices below
lists those two factors?
Correct Answer
the recoil of elastic fibers that were stretched during inspiration and the inward pull
of surface tension due to the film of alveolar fluid



Question 4
Which of the following best demonstrates an example of cooperation of the
parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems?
Correct Answer
Parasympathetic stimulation causes vasodilation of blood vessels in the penis,
leading to erection; sympathetic stimulation then causes ejaculation.




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,Question 5
Which cell organelle provides the majority of the ATP needed by the cell to carry out
its metabolic reactions?
Correct Answer
Mitochondrion



Question 6
The calcium calmodulin system of contraction regulation is found in:
Correct Answer
Smooth muscle only



Question 7
Aldosterone will ________.
Correct Answer
promote an increase in blood pressure



Question 8
A precapillary sphincter is a cuff of smooth muscle that regulates the flow of blood
into the capillaries.
Correct Answer
True



Question 9
Functions of the spleen include all of those below except ________.
Correct Answer
forming crypts that trap bacteria




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,Question 10
The ANS stimulates smooth and skeletal muscles and glands, whereas the somatic
nervous system innervates cardiac muscles only.
Correct Answer
False



Question 11
Your patient has the flu and reports 5 to 6 loose stools a day. He has experienced an
isotonic fluid volume loss. What does "isotonic fluid loss" mean?

Correct Answer
Water and electrolytes are lost in equal proportions.



Question 12
Which respiratory-associated muscles would contract if you were to blow up a
balloon?
Correct Answer
internal intercostals and abdominal muscles would contract



Question 13
Choose the compatible transfusion.
Correct Answer
Donate type O blood to a recipient with type AB blood.



Question 14
What is excitation-contraction coupling?
Correct Answer
events leading to the sliding of myofilaments




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, Question 15
Conduction through the autonomic efferent chain is faster than conduction in the
somatic motor system.
Correct Answer
False



Question 16
If cells are placed in a hypertonic solution containing a solute to which the membrane
is impermeable, what could happen?

Correct Answer
The cells will lose water and shrink.



Question 17
When muscles are contracting under oxygen deficient conditions, they will form
________ to ensure they maintain a supply of ATP.
Correct Answer
Lactic acid



Question 18
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs and through all cell
membranes by ________.
Correct Answer
diffusion



Question 19
Which of the following would increase heart rate?
Correct Answer
Epinephrine




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