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1. Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral: d. ventral
2. What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease: b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic
group of signs and diseases
3. Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response
to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin: c. histamine
4. Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious
condi- tion
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
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c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome: a. serum sickness
5. What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus: b. interatrial septum
6. Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction
and relaxation?
a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output: c. cardiac cycle
7. Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic
re- sponse?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent: d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
8. What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage: c. regular, dense connective tissue
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9. Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
d. nervous: c. skeletal muscle
10. What is a bundle of nerve cell fivers held together with connective
tissue?
a. dendrite
b. axon
c. nerve
d. myelin: c. nerve
11. Which membrane is formed from connectivetissue?
a. cutaneous
b. mucous
c. serous
d. synovial: d. synovial
12. The epidermis is to the dermis.
a. superficial
b. deep
c. lateral
d. medial: a. superficial
13. Acne is an infection of which type of gland?
a. sudoriferous
b. sebaceous
c. ceruminous
d. meibomian: b. sebaceous
14. What is the medical term for baldness?
a. alopecia
b. pemphigus
c. verruca
d. dermatitis: a. alopecia
15. Which skin disorder is caused by an accumulation of bile pigment in
the blood?
a. pallor
b. cyanosis
c. jaundice
d. carotenemia: c. jaundice
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1. Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral: d. ventral
2. What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease: b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic
group of signs and diseases
3. Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response
to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin: c. histamine
4. Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious
condi- tion
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
1/
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c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome: a. serum sickness
5. What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus: b. interatrial septum
6. Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction
and relaxation?
a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output: c. cardiac cycle
7. Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic
re- sponse?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent: d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
8. What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage: c. regular, dense connective tissue
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9. Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
d. nervous: c. skeletal muscle
10. What is a bundle of nerve cell fivers held together with connective
tissue?
a. dendrite
b. axon
c. nerve
d. myelin: c. nerve
11. Which membrane is formed from connectivetissue?
a. cutaneous
b. mucous
c. serous
d. synovial: d. synovial
12. The epidermis is to the dermis.
a. superficial
b. deep
c. lateral
d. medial: a. superficial
13. Acne is an infection of which type of gland?
a. sudoriferous
b. sebaceous
c. ceruminous
d. meibomian: b. sebaceous
14. What is the medical term for baldness?
a. alopecia
b. pemphigus
c. verruca
d. dermatitis: a. alopecia
15. Which skin disorder is caused by an accumulation of bile pigment in
the blood?
a. pallor
b. cyanosis
c. jaundice
d. carotenemia: c. jaundice
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