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BIOL 235 MIDTERM 2 CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
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◍ Glycogenesis stimulated by.
Answer: hormone insulin, stimulates hepatocytes and skeletal muscle cells
◍ Conduction system.
Answer: ensures that the chambers of the heart contract in a coordinated
manner
◍ The trachea is anterior.
Answer: to the esophagus and extends from the larynx to the superior border
of the fifth thoracic vertebra
◍ PQRS.
Answer: Atrial depolarization (P wave) - Atrial systole - depolarization of
ventricle (QRS complex) - ventricular systole - repolarization of ventricular
fibers (T wave) - ventricular diastole
◍ Complement system.
Answer: defensive system made up of over 30 proteins produced by the liver
and found circulating in blood plasma whiting tissues throughout the body.
◍ Endocardium.
Answer: innermost heart layer, thin layer of endothelium over a thin layer of
connective tissue, provides smooth lining for the chambers of the heart and
covers the valves, continuous with the endothelial lining of the large blood
vessels attached to the heart
◍ Excess in K+.
Answer: blocks generation of action potentials

,◍ Macula densa.
Answer: columnar tubule cells in the renal tubule
◍ Release of FSH is stimulated by.
Answer: GnRH
◍ Gases diffuse.
Answer: from areas of higher partial pressure to areas of lower partial
pressure
◍ ECG.
Answer: recording of the electrical activity that initiates each heartbeat
◍ Vitamins.
Answer: organic nutrients required in small amounts to maintain growth and
normal metabolism
◍ Three methods of capillary exchange.
Answer: simple diffusion, transcytosis, bulk flow (filtration and
reabsorption)
◍ Fibrous skeleton of the heart.
Answer: fibrous rings support the four valves of the heart and are fused to
one another
◍ Reduction.
Answer: addition of electrons, increase in potential energy
◍ Tunica interna.
Answer: innermost layer endothelium, facilitate efficient blood flow by
reducing surface friction
◍ Blood vessels in chorionic villi.
Answer: connect to the embryonic heart via the umbilical arteries and the
umbilical vein, which will eventually become the umbilical cord
◍ Path of sperm.
Answer: corona radiate, zona pellucida, plasma memebrane of secondary

, oocyte, cytoplasm of secondary oocyte
◍ Second signal.
Answer: T cell will only become activated if it binds to a the foreign antigen
and at the same time receives a second signal, costimulation
◍ Platelet.
Answer: fragment of megakaryocyte that is enclosed by a piece of plasma
membrane
◍ At midcycle.
Answer: a surge in LH triggers ovulation
◍ Urine can be up to 1000 times more acidic than blood due to.
Answer: the operation of the proton pumps in the collecting ducts of the
kidneys
◍ Protein anabolism occurs.
Answer: in the ribosomes of almost every living cell
◍ emigration or diapedesis.
Answer: The process of leukocytes squeezing through the capillary
endothelium to exit the vasculature
◍ The thoracic aorta is the.
Answer: continuation of the ascending aorta
◍ Most important factor that determines how much O2 binds to hemoglobin.
Answer: the partial pressure of 02, the higher the partial pressure of O2 the
more O2 combines with Hb
◍ Hemostasis.
Answer: sequence of responses that stops bleeding, vascular spasm, platelet
plug formation, blood clotting
◍ Inspiratory reserve volume.
Answer: by taking in a very deep breath
◍ The left side of the heart.

, Answer: pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic circulation to all tissue
of the body except the air sacs of the lungs
◍ Osmolarity.
Answer: the measure of the total number of dissolved particles per liter of
solution
◍ Immunoglobulins (Tgs).
Answer: antibodies belong to a group of glycoproteins called globulins
◍ Esophagus.
Answer: secretes mucus and transports food to the stomach
◍ Vascular resistance depends on.
Answer: size of the lumen, blood viscosity, and total blood vessel length
◍ Location of fixed phagocytic macrophages.
Answer: narrow capillaries of the spleen
◍ All systemic arteries branch.
Answer: from the aorta
◍ Main cytokines.
Answer: interleukin 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, tumor necrosis factor, interferons,
macrophage migration inhibiting factor
◍ Oropharynx.
Answer: intermediate portion of the pharynx, lies posterior to the oral cavity
and extends from the soft palate inferiorly to the level of the hyoid bone
◍ Lymphatic capillaries are found.
Answer: throughout the body except in avascular tissues, the central nervous
system, portions of the spleen, and bone marrow
◍ Epididymis.
Answer: site of sperm maturation
◍ The extend of urinary salt (NaCl) loss.
Answer: is the main factor that determines body fluid volume

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