TEAS 7 Anatomy & Physiology Practice Questions - Multiple Choice

Which of the following muscle types is described as striated and under involuntary control? A. cardiac muscle B. smooth muscle C. skeletal muscle D. gluteus maximus - ANS A. cardiac muscle You don't have to tell your heart to beat The corpus callosum is associated with which part of the brain? A. cerebellum B. pons C. cerebrum D. midbrain - ANS C. cerebrum The corpus callosum connects the two cerebral hemispheres Which of the following describes the volume of air moved into or out of the lungs during a single respiratory cycle? A. tidal volume B. lung capacity C. vital capacity D. minimal volume - ANS A. tidal volume Which of the following is the most superficial layer of the epidermis? A. stratum basale B. stratum spinosum C. stratum lucidum D. stratum corneum - ANS D. stratum corneum Come lets go sun bathing Which of the following tissue types is avascular and contains a basement membrane? A. connective B. muscle C. epithelial D. nervous - ANS C. epithelial Epithelial tissue does not have a blood supply Which of the following joints is a type of hinge joint? A. finger interphalangeal joint B. shoulder joint C. cranial sutures D. sternoclavicular joint - ANS A. finger interphalangeal joint Which of the following is classified as a fibrous joint? A. intervertebral discs B. symphysis pubis C. cranial suture D. elbow joint - ANS C. cranial suture Which of the following substances is a nitrogenous waste excreted by the body? A. urea B. electrolytes C. carbon dioxide D. water - ANS a. urea Proteins are made of amino acids that have a nitrogenous base. That nitrogenous base forms ammonia and is converted to urea in the liver The thoracic cavity lies ____ to the abdominopelvic cavity. A. dorsal B. ventral C. superior D. inferior - ANS C. superior Which hormone is produced by the pancreas? A. cholecystokinin B. glucagon C. gastrin D. melatonin - ANS B. glucagon Glucagon is made by the pancreas in response to low blood glucose Which of the following processes results in the formation of polar bodies? A. oogenesis B. mitosis C. spermatogenesis D. gonadogenesis - ANS A. oogenesis Which of the following receptor types detects pain stimuli? A. nociceptors B. proprioceptors C. photoreceptors D. baroreceptors - ANS A. nociceptors Nociceptors detect pain Proprioceptors detect positioning and movement Photoreceptors detect light Baroreceptors detect pressure Which of the following hormones surges right before ovulation to help trigger this event? A. testosterone B. estrogen C. FSH D. LH - ANS D. LH Luteinizing Hormon Which of the following neurons carries a sensory stimulus to the central nervous system? A. interneuron B. motor neuron C. efferent neuron D. afferent neuron - ANS D. afferent neuron Remember "A" like arriving to CNS In which of the following structures will filtrate enter after it leaves the distal convoluted tubule? A. glomerulus B. proximal convoluted tubule C. loop of Henle D. collecting duct - ANS D. collecting duct The collecting duct is after the distal convoluted tubule Which of the following structures found in compact bone forms channels that contains blood vessels and nerves? A. lacunae B. lamellae C. osteon D. haversian canal - ANS D. haversian canal The osteon is the functional unit of bone and the haversian canal runs in the center of it Which of the following cells is not a nonspecific phagocytic white blood cell? A. t lymphocytes B. neutrophils C. macrophages D. monocytes - ANS A. t lymphocytes