BIOS 255 - Comprehensive Exam
Most homeostatic regulatory mechanisms involve which feedback system?
Negative
What is the name of the serous membrane that lines the surface of the stomach?
Visceral peritoneum
A molecule that has an unequal number of protons and neutrons is known as an
ion
Which type of chemical reaction consists of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones?
Decomposition
Which of the following macromolecules plays a specific role in producing sex steroids?
Cholesterol
Which organelle specializes in packaging, transporting, and modifying proteins produced by
the rough ER?
Golgi apparatus
Which are forms of passive transport?
Simple diffusion
Osmosis
Which molecule makes up the majority of the plasma membrane?
Phospholipids
During which cellular stage is DNA replicated?
S-phase
What does the extracellular matrix consist of?
Ground substance
Protein fibers
Which of the following cells of nervous tissue are responsible for generating electrical
impulses?
, Neurons
What type of solution would cause water to enter red blood cells, causing the cells to swell
and potentially burst?
Hypotonic solution
Which of the following layers of the epidermis undergoes mitosis to replace damaged or lost
cells, pushing old cells upward to be shed?
Stratum basale
Most glands are composed of which type of tissue?
Epithelial tissue
Which of the following glands have ducts that open onto a hair follicle and secrete an
odorous, milky sweat?
Apocrine glands
Which of the following bones is not formed by intramembranous ossification?
Femur (endochondral ossification)
intramembranous ossification
Bones are formed directly from connective tissue without a cartilage model.
Which hormone will stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone to help increase blood calcium
levels?
Parathyroid hormone
Which of the following bones do we sit on?
ischium
____ossification replaces a connective tissue membrane with bone.
Intramembranous
What is the name of the fibrous covering on the internal surface of bone, lining the medullary
cavity?
Endosteum
Which of the following is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?
Maxilla
Most homeostatic regulatory mechanisms involve which feedback system?
Negative
What is the name of the serous membrane that lines the surface of the stomach?
Visceral peritoneum
A molecule that has an unequal number of protons and neutrons is known as an
ion
Which type of chemical reaction consists of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones?
Decomposition
Which of the following macromolecules plays a specific role in producing sex steroids?
Cholesterol
Which organelle specializes in packaging, transporting, and modifying proteins produced by
the rough ER?
Golgi apparatus
Which are forms of passive transport?
Simple diffusion
Osmosis
Which molecule makes up the majority of the plasma membrane?
Phospholipids
During which cellular stage is DNA replicated?
S-phase
What does the extracellular matrix consist of?
Ground substance
Protein fibers
Which of the following cells of nervous tissue are responsible for generating electrical
impulses?
, Neurons
What type of solution would cause water to enter red blood cells, causing the cells to swell
and potentially burst?
Hypotonic solution
Which of the following layers of the epidermis undergoes mitosis to replace damaged or lost
cells, pushing old cells upward to be shed?
Stratum basale
Most glands are composed of which type of tissue?
Epithelial tissue
Which of the following glands have ducts that open onto a hair follicle and secrete an
odorous, milky sweat?
Apocrine glands
Which of the following bones is not formed by intramembranous ossification?
Femur (endochondral ossification)
intramembranous ossification
Bones are formed directly from connective tissue without a cartilage model.
Which hormone will stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone to help increase blood calcium
levels?
Parathyroid hormone
Which of the following bones do we sit on?
ischium
____ossification replaces a connective tissue membrane with bone.
Intramembranous
What is the name of the fibrous covering on the internal surface of bone, lining the medullary
cavity?
Endosteum
Which of the following is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?
Maxilla
