APHY 102 Final Exam Review with correct
Answers
What type of epithelium forms the mucosa of the respiratory tract?
ciliated columnar epithelium
What causes ovulation of mature egg from ovary & production of estrogen & progesterone.
Luteinizing hormone
phases of ovarian cycle
follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase
The site of sperm maturation and storage
epididymis
Which of the glands is responsible for 60% of the synthesis of semen?
Seminal vesicles
What does contraction of the cremaster muscles do?
moves the testes closer to the body, where they can absorb body heat
What does contraction of the dartos muscle do?
causes the scrotum to become tight (wrinkled), which reduces heat loss.
Which umbilical structure contains high concentration of fetal waste?
umbilical artery
What is the outermost layer of pericardium?
Fibrous Pericardium
Salivary amylase breaks down what?
starch
Which organ produces bile?
liver
What is tidal volume?
amount of air inhaled and exhaled during a normal breathing cycle.
What structure is known as the "voice box"?
larynx
Which antibody crosses the placenta?
IgG
,IgG info / functions
Approximately 75% of serum antibodies in humans.
The main type of antibody found in blood and extracellular fluid.
Provides protection to the fetus in utero.
Urine should not contain which substance?
Glucose
Glucose in the urine can indicate diabetes
Which layer of the adrenal gland produces glucocorticoids?
Zona fasciculata
True or false: Iron is an essential element required for the synthesis of thyroid hormone.
True
Iron is an element that is essential for the human body to synthesize and metabolize the thyroid
hormones. The body is dependent upon iron to convert thyroxine (T4) into the active hormone
triiodothyronine (T3) via thyroid peroxidase (TPO).
True or false: The testes first appear and develop inside the scrotum.
False.
The testes originate in the abdominal cavity, near the kidneys. They must descend into the scrotum.
True or false: Embryonic ectoderm gives rise to the nervous system in the adult organism.
True
True or false: If a woman ovulates more than one egg and each egg is fertilized by separate sperm
cells, it results in the creation of identical twins.
false.
It creates fraternal twins.
The largest diameter artery in the human body is the _________.
Aorta
Which cells secretes hydrochloric acid?
Parietal cells
, Which of the following is not a second line of defense?
Vomit, natural killer cells, or a fever?
Vomit
Vomiting is part of the first line of defense.
Natural killer cells, fever and inflammation are all part of the second line of defense.
3 multiple choice options
The innermost layer of the uterus is the....?
endometrium
The cells that produce testosterone in the testis are called...?
Interstitial cells
Red blood cells live for approximately.....?
120 days / 4 months
The natural pacemaker of the heart is known as....?
The SA node
True or false: Pulmonary circulation provides blood supply to all body tissues.
False
Pulmonary circulation takes deyoxygenated blood from the heart, pumps it to the lungs, and then
returns it back to the heart
The majority of water & nutrients is absorbed in the....?
Small intestine
True or false: The adrenal glands release renin.
False
The kidneys release renin.
It's important to know that while the adrenal glads sit on top of the kidneys, they are complete
different organs and they only share a location..
True or false: Type II Cells of the alveoli secrete surfactant.
True
What is the largest lymph organ that also stores blood platelets?
Spleen
Answers
What type of epithelium forms the mucosa of the respiratory tract?
ciliated columnar epithelium
What causes ovulation of mature egg from ovary & production of estrogen & progesterone.
Luteinizing hormone
phases of ovarian cycle
follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase
The site of sperm maturation and storage
epididymis
Which of the glands is responsible for 60% of the synthesis of semen?
Seminal vesicles
What does contraction of the cremaster muscles do?
moves the testes closer to the body, where they can absorb body heat
What does contraction of the dartos muscle do?
causes the scrotum to become tight (wrinkled), which reduces heat loss.
Which umbilical structure contains high concentration of fetal waste?
umbilical artery
What is the outermost layer of pericardium?
Fibrous Pericardium
Salivary amylase breaks down what?
starch
Which organ produces bile?
liver
What is tidal volume?
amount of air inhaled and exhaled during a normal breathing cycle.
What structure is known as the "voice box"?
larynx
Which antibody crosses the placenta?
IgG
,IgG info / functions
Approximately 75% of serum antibodies in humans.
The main type of antibody found in blood and extracellular fluid.
Provides protection to the fetus in utero.
Urine should not contain which substance?
Glucose
Glucose in the urine can indicate diabetes
Which layer of the adrenal gland produces glucocorticoids?
Zona fasciculata
True or false: Iron is an essential element required for the synthesis of thyroid hormone.
True
Iron is an element that is essential for the human body to synthesize and metabolize the thyroid
hormones. The body is dependent upon iron to convert thyroxine (T4) into the active hormone
triiodothyronine (T3) via thyroid peroxidase (TPO).
True or false: The testes first appear and develop inside the scrotum.
False.
The testes originate in the abdominal cavity, near the kidneys. They must descend into the scrotum.
True or false: Embryonic ectoderm gives rise to the nervous system in the adult organism.
True
True or false: If a woman ovulates more than one egg and each egg is fertilized by separate sperm
cells, it results in the creation of identical twins.
false.
It creates fraternal twins.
The largest diameter artery in the human body is the _________.
Aorta
Which cells secretes hydrochloric acid?
Parietal cells
, Which of the following is not a second line of defense?
Vomit, natural killer cells, or a fever?
Vomit
Vomiting is part of the first line of defense.
Natural killer cells, fever and inflammation are all part of the second line of defense.
3 multiple choice options
The innermost layer of the uterus is the....?
endometrium
The cells that produce testosterone in the testis are called...?
Interstitial cells
Red blood cells live for approximately.....?
120 days / 4 months
The natural pacemaker of the heart is known as....?
The SA node
True or false: Pulmonary circulation provides blood supply to all body tissues.
False
Pulmonary circulation takes deyoxygenated blood from the heart, pumps it to the lungs, and then
returns it back to the heart
The majority of water & nutrients is absorbed in the....?
Small intestine
True or false: The adrenal glands release renin.
False
The kidneys release renin.
It's important to know that while the adrenal glads sit on top of the kidneys, they are complete
different organs and they only share a location..
True or false: Type II Cells of the alveoli secrete surfactant.
True
What is the largest lymph organ that also stores blood platelets?
Spleen
