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straighterline A&P 1 Cumulative Final
Original
1. Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism?
stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy
2. Which of the following is the most widely distributed type of muscle in the body?
Smooth
3. A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient concludes that part of the brain was likely damaged
by trauma due to a large population of which type of cell?
microglia
4. During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules?
One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA ligase
5. Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells?
stratum spinosum
6. Which of the following components of the bone matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered?
Collagen
7. The targeted response of the hormone lipotropin is an increase in which of the following?
the breakdown of fat in adipose tissues
, 2
8. What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic
information?
cellular
9. Which sentence best describes the sliding filament model of muscle contraction?
Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
10. Which of the following is the definition of a third degree burn?
a burn that has destroyed the dermis and epidermis
11. Which class of chemical messengers is secreted by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell?
Neurotransmitter
12. Which of the following types of openings in the skeletal system does a "sinus" describe?
Cavity
13. Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell?
Oxidative phosphorylation
14. What type of axons is found in a gray ramus comunicans?
unmyelinated, post-ganglionic axons
15. Deep means
Away from the surface
16. Which of the following is consistent with homeostasis?
As body temperature rises, sweating occurs to cool the body
, 3
17. which of the following describes the position of the nose?
Superior to the mouth
18. An organelle is
A small structure within a cell
19. Posterior means
Toward the back of the body
20. Which body system would be affected by degeneration of cartilage in joints?
Skeletal
21. Inferior
Pointing towards the feet (down)
22. The study of tissues is
histology
23. Cephalic means
closer to the head
24. the term "dorsal" means
toward the back of the body
25. The thumb is to the fifth digit (little finger).
lateral
26. The shoulder is to the elbow
proximal
, 4
27. The inguinal region is commonly known as the
Groin
28. Nerve cells generate electrical signals in response to changes in the environment. This is an
example of
responsiveness
29. Magnetic resonance imaging is based on the movement of
protons in a magnetic field
30. The pectoral region is the
chest area
31. An increase in the number of cells is
Growth
32. What system removes nitrogenous waste products from the blood and regulates blood pH, ion
balance, and water balance?
urinary
33. The sural region is the
calf
34. An anatomic image created from sound waves is a
sonogram
35. the lumbar region is the
lower back
straighterline A&P 1 Cumulative Final
Original
1. Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism?
stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy
2. Which of the following is the most widely distributed type of muscle in the body?
Smooth
3. A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient concludes that part of the brain was likely damaged
by trauma due to a large population of which type of cell?
microglia
4. During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules?
One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA ligase
5. Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells?
stratum spinosum
6. Which of the following components of the bone matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered?
Collagen
7. The targeted response of the hormone lipotropin is an increase in which of the following?
the breakdown of fat in adipose tissues
, 2
8. What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic
information?
cellular
9. Which sentence best describes the sliding filament model of muscle contraction?
Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
10. Which of the following is the definition of a third degree burn?
a burn that has destroyed the dermis and epidermis
11. Which class of chemical messengers is secreted by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell?
Neurotransmitter
12. Which of the following types of openings in the skeletal system does a "sinus" describe?
Cavity
13. Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell?
Oxidative phosphorylation
14. What type of axons is found in a gray ramus comunicans?
unmyelinated, post-ganglionic axons
15. Deep means
Away from the surface
16. Which of the following is consistent with homeostasis?
As body temperature rises, sweating occurs to cool the body
, 3
17. which of the following describes the position of the nose?
Superior to the mouth
18. An organelle is
A small structure within a cell
19. Posterior means
Toward the back of the body
20. Which body system would be affected by degeneration of cartilage in joints?
Skeletal
21. Inferior
Pointing towards the feet (down)
22. The study of tissues is
histology
23. Cephalic means
closer to the head
24. the term "dorsal" means
toward the back of the body
25. The thumb is to the fifth digit (little finger).
lateral
26. The shoulder is to the elbow
proximal
, 4
27. The inguinal region is commonly known as the
Groin
28. Nerve cells generate electrical signals in response to changes in the environment. This is an
example of
responsiveness
29. Magnetic resonance imaging is based on the movement of
protons in a magnetic field
30. The pectoral region is the
chest area
31. An increase in the number of cells is
Growth
32. What system removes nitrogenous waste products from the blood and regulates blood pH, ion
balance, and water balance?
urinary
33. The sural region is the
calf
34. An anatomic image created from sound waves is a
sonogram
35. the lumbar region is the
lower back
