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MA 400 FINAL STUDY GUIDE (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What occurs when the ventricles are contracting? - ......(answer).....Atria are
relaxed
How much blood is in the body of an adult male? - ......(answer).....5 to 6 liters
What are some functions of the blood? - ......(answer).....Carries oxygen and
nutrients to cells
Carries hormones from endocrine glands to target tissues
Regulates body temperature
What is the lifespan of a red blood cell? - ......(answer).....120 days
What is the function of leukocytes? - ......(answer).....Defend the body against
disease
What antigens are present in an individual with type AB- blood? -
......(answer).....A and B antigens
Microscopic arteries are known as? - ......(answer).....Arterioles
What carries blood toward the heart? - ......(answer).....Veins
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What heart chamber receives oxygenated blood from the body? -
......(answer).....Right atrium
What is the partition that separates the right and left atria? -
......(answer).....Interatrial septum
What is the name of the valve located in the right ventricle at the base of the
pulmonary trunk? - ......(answer).....Pulmonary semilunar valve
What are the names of the two arteries that branch off the aorta to supply the
heart with oxygen and nutrients? - ......(answer).....Coronary arteries
The exchange of gases between the blood and tissue cells is known as -
......(answer).....Internal respiration
What is the function of mucus in the respiratory tract? - ......(answer).....Traps
foreign particles
What prevents food and water from entering the trachea? -
......(answer).....Epiglottis
After the bronchi enter the lungs, they brand into smaller passages that terminate
in? - ......(answer).....Alveoli
MA 400 FINAL STUDY GUIDE (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What occurs when the ventricles are contracting? - ......(answer).....Atria are
relaxed
How much blood is in the body of an adult male? - ......(answer).....5 to 6 liters
What are some functions of the blood? - ......(answer).....Carries oxygen and
nutrients to cells
Carries hormones from endocrine glands to target tissues
Regulates body temperature
What is the lifespan of a red blood cell? - ......(answer).....120 days
What is the function of leukocytes? - ......(answer).....Defend the body against
disease
What antigens are present in an individual with type AB- blood? -
......(answer).....A and B antigens
Microscopic arteries are known as? - ......(answer).....Arterioles
What carries blood toward the heart? - ......(answer).....Veins
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What heart chamber receives oxygenated blood from the body? -
......(answer).....Right atrium
What is the partition that separates the right and left atria? -
......(answer).....Interatrial septum
What is the name of the valve located in the right ventricle at the base of the
pulmonary trunk? - ......(answer).....Pulmonary semilunar valve
What are the names of the two arteries that branch off the aorta to supply the
heart with oxygen and nutrients? - ......(answer).....Coronary arteries
The exchange of gases between the blood and tissue cells is known as -
......(answer).....Internal respiration
What is the function of mucus in the respiratory tract? - ......(answer).....Traps
foreign particles
What prevents food and water from entering the trachea? -
......(answer).....Epiglottis
After the bronchi enter the lungs, they brand into smaller passages that terminate
in? - ......(answer).....Alveoli
