A&p Questions

Front 1

A needle would pierce the epidermal layers in which order?

Back 1

Corneum, glanuolosum, germinativum

Front 2

The plasma membrane is important for all the following reasons:

Back 2

It is selectively permeable, it contains the cell contents, and it acts as a site for cell-to-cell interaction and recognition

Front 3

What are the structures of the limbic system?

Back 3

Hippocampus, amygdaloid, hypothalamus

Front 4

What is the main function of the rods in the eyes?

Back 4

Vision in dim light

Front 5

What are the structures of the brain stem?

Back 5

Medulla oblongata, Pons, midbrain

Front 6

What muscle works with and assists the action of the prime mover?

Back 6

Synergist

Front 7

Muscle tissue is endowed with all the following:

Back 7

Excitability, contractibility, and extensibility

Front 8

Joints are commonly called "freely movable" are?

Back 8

Diarthroses

Front 9

The area at the end of the shaft of a long bone is termed what?

Back 9

Epiphysis

Front 10

PTH is characterized by all the following:

Back 10

It is secreted by the parathyroid gland; it causes activation of the osteoclasts, in excess, causes release of calcitonin.

Front 11

Papillary layer of the dermis contains:

Back 11

Meissner's corpuscle and is rich in nerve endings

Front 12

A single layer of epithelium that forms the lining of serous membranes would be?

Back 12

Simple Squamous

Front 13

Movement of oxygen from red blood cells through the blood plasma across a capillary wall is called?

Back 13

Diffusion

Front 14

The sweat glands and hormone-producing glands (i.e. duct-ed and ductless glands) are formed from?

Back 14

Epithelium

Front 15

During ventricular systole in human circulation, blood enters these vessels:

Back 15

Aorta and pulmonary trunk

Front 16

The tricuspid valve is closed when the ventricle is in?

Back 16

Systole

Front 17

During which part of the ECG does the diastole occur?

Back 17

T-P interval

Front 18

What does the P wave in the ECG correspond to?

Back 18

Atrial depolarization

Front 19

The hair cells that detect balance are located where?

Back 19

Vestibular apparatus

Front 20

What does the QRS compex in ECG correspond to?

Back 20

Atria repolarization

Front 21

Urine moves from the kidneys to the urinary bladder throught the ?

Back 21

Ureters by peristalic contraction of the smooth muscle of the ureters.

Front 22

What causes erection of the penis?

Back 22

Dilation of the arterioles supplying the sponge like vascular spaces of the penis.

Front 23

Gonadotropin releasing hormone stimulates the release of which hormone?

Back 23

Luteinizing Hormones

Front 24

Contraction of the mammary ducts during the milk ejection reflex is stimulated by:

Back 24

Oxytocin

Front 25

What causes ejaculation?

Back 25

A spinal reflex

Front 26

What typer of primary tissues line the body's cavities?

Back 26

Epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue

Front 27

Where would the pacinian corpuscles be found?

Back 27

Subcutaneous layer (below skin)

Front 28

Water moves in and out of the cell by?

Back 28

Plasma membranes

Front 29

What is muscle tetanus?

Back 29

Maximal muscle contraction

Front 30

What is the part of the neuron that sends information?

Back 30

Axon

Front 31

Which cells make myelin in the CNS?

Back 31

Oligodendrocytes

Front 32

Which cells make up the myelin in the PNS?

Back 32

Schwann cells

Front 33

The tissue which histologically is squamous epithelium uncertain by a sparse connective tissue is?

Back 33

Tunica intima

Front 34

The chief anitbody ammunition against antigens is?

Back 34

Complement fixation

Front 35

The dorsal side of the patella is called the?

Back 35

Popliteal

Front 36

What is the ground substance in cells?

Back 36

Matrix

Front 37

A fracture in the shaft of a bone would break the

Back 37

diaphysis

Front 38

Mineralocorticoids is to aldosterone as glucocortoids is to

Back 38

Cortisol

Front 39

Blood within the pulmonary veins return to the:

Back 39

L atrium

Front 40

Which of the following are involved in pulmonary circulation?

Back 40

R ventricle, pulmo artery, and L atrium

Front 41

Most foreign substances in inspired air fail to reach the lungs because of the:

Back 41

Ciliated mucous lining in the nose

Front 42

What are the phases of gastric secretion?

Back 42

Gastrin stimulates acid secretion in the stomach and the mobility of the entire GI tract, Gastric phase (food in the stomach stimulates further acid secretion and Gastrin release by stomach), then it is the intestinal phase ( food in the Sm intestine stimulates the release of secretin, CCK and GIP)

Front 43

Most of the water absorbed from the GI tract occurs here

Back 43

Small intestine

Front 44

The layers of the digestive tube contains:

Back 44

Blood vessels, lymphatic nodes and glands in the submucosa

Front 45

The factor favoring filtrate formation at the glomerulus's is the:

Back 45

Glomerular hydrostatic pressure

Front 46

Alcohol acts as a diuretic because it decreases the secretion of the:

Back 46

Antidiuretic hormone

Front 47

To relax after a difficult exam a student goes to a local hangout and drinks 2 Quarts of beer. In which, there is a minimal amount of sodium. Which would occur?

Back 47

A large increase in plasma volume.

Front 48

What is glycogenolysis?

Back 48

Breakdown of glycogen to glucose

Front 49

Equilibrium/dizziness/vertigo- has to do with what apparatus in inner ear?

Back 49

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Front 50

Purpose of cerebellum?

Back 50

Coordinate movement

Front 51

Which organelle (from cell) has two membranes?

Back 51

Mitochondria

Front 52

Which muscle extends arm?

Back 52

triceps brachi

Front 53

What is the pathway of blood coming from pulmonary circulation?

Back 53

Venule, vein, heart, artery, arteriole

Front 54

What is the pathway of vision?

Back 54

Transmission of light to the retina, pass through the cornea, aqueous humor, lens, and the vitreous humor.

Front 55

What part of the nephron is completely inside.

Back 55

Collecting duct

Front 56

What muscle is in the back of the lower leg?

Back 56

gastrocemus

Front 57

What is Acetylcholine?

Back 57

Neurotransmitter released at all neuromuscular junctions and parasympathetic nervous system.

Front 58

What does parasympathetic nervous system do?

Back 58

Decrease heart rate

Front 59

What does the sympathetic nervous system do?

Back 59

Increases heart rate (fight-flight) release norepinephrine

Front 60

Where are oxytocin and ADH made?

Back 60

Hypothalamus but stored and released from the Posterior Pituitary gland

Front 61

contractions during pregnancy

Back 61

Oxytocin

Front 62

What is corneum

Back 62

First layer of epidermis

Front 63

What are buffers

Back 63

CO2 and carbonic acid

Front 64

Which is more prevalant

Back 64

protein

Front 65

What is the purpose of glia cells

Back 65

Support

Front 66

What is Micturation reflex and how is it activated?

Back 66

Involuntary urination-occurs when urethral sphincter (smooth muscle) and external urethral sphincter (skeletal muscle) are opened

Front 67

what is enclosed capsule in the kidney?

Back 67

The kidney are buried in fat or adipose tissue

Front 68

Ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum are involved with?

Back 68

Protein systhesis in cells

Front 69

Calcium is needed for muscle contraction at?

Back 69

synapse

Front 70

Where is the most re-absorption of nephron done in the kidney?

Back 70

Proximal tubule

Front 71

What is a hinge joint and what are some examples?

Back 71

A hinge joint is also known as a freely movable join or diarthrosis, ex between humerous and ulna

Front 72

What is the anterior pituitary gland

Back 72

No neural connections with the hypothalamus