Three copies of chromosome 21 causes:

A. Turner Syndrome
B. Klinefelter Syndrome
C. Down Syndrome
D. Tay-Sachs Disease
E. All of the above
Answer: C

How many spermatozoas and eggs will be produced in the end of spermatogenesis and
oogenesis?
A. 4, 4
B. 1, 4
C. 1, 1
D. 4, 1
E. 3, 1
Answer: D

Chromosomes always consist of:

A. DNA
B. Proteins
C. Nutrients
D. Mutations
E. A & B
Answer: E

The daughter cells produced in meiosis are genetically:

A. Mutated
B. Dissimilar
C. Identical
D. Similar
E. A & B
Answer: B

How many homologous chromosome pairs are there in a cell?

A. 45
B. 23
C. 28
D. 22
Answer: B

Condition in which there are three representatives of one chromosome is called:

A. Mitosis
B. Nondisjunction
C. Trisomy
D. Crossing Over
Answer: C

How many stages does mitosis have?

A. 1
B. 12
C. 8
D. 4
Answer: D

In what stage of mitosis does cytokinesis take place?

A. Interphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
Answer: D

The human prenatal period is divided into three period, except_____

A. Pre embryonic period
B. Embryonic period
C. Postnatal period
D. Fetal period
E. Period
Answer: C

Usually, how many weeks after fertilization does birth occurs?

A. I have no idea.
B. 24 hours after fertilization.
C. 40 days after fertilization.
D. 10 weeks after fertilization.
E. 38 weeks after fertilization.
Answer: E

The early stage in the reproductive process include:

A. Ovulation
B. Fertilization
C. Cleavage
D. Morula
E. All of the above
Answer: E

Which is the first stage of labor?

A. Dilation stage
B. Expulsion stage
C. Placental stage
D. Parental stage
E. None of the above
Answer: A

What are the only three chromosomes that can be tolerated in excess?
A.21, 13, 18
B.13, 15, 16
C.21, 22, 23
D.1, 2, 3
E.2, 4, 6
Answer : A

Which one of the following genotype is homozygous recessive?

A. AA
B. Aa
C. aa
D. aA
E. None of the above
Answer: C
The genotype of both parents are Aa, what’s the chance of the offspring has genotype of aa?
A.1/2
B.1/4
C.1/6
D.0
E.1
Answer: B

In what part of the male reproductive system are sperm stored and mature?
A. Penis
B. Urethra
C. Epididymus
D. Vas deferans
Answer: C

What is the most common cancer for males, ages 15-35?

A. Lung cancer
B. Testicular cancer
C. Cervical cancer
D. Prostate cancer
Answer: B

What are the two gamete cells?

A. androgen and testosterone
B. sperm and egg
C. zygotes
D. estrogen and progesterone
Answer: B

In the very early stages of reproduction, the step where a secondary oocyte is released from
the ovary and swept into the oviduct:
A. Step One: Ovulation
B. Step Two: Fertilization
C. Step Three: Cleavage
D. Step Four: Morula
E. Step Five: Blastocyast
Answer: A

By day 4, successive divisions produce a morula, a solid ball of cells that enter the uterus.
A. One: Ovulation
B. Step Two: Fertilization
C. Step Three: Cleavage
D. Step Four: Morula
E. Step Five: Blastocyast
Answer: D

A single sperm Penetrates the secondary oocyte. Eventually, the sperm and egg nicleui will
fuse, resulting in a fertilized egg or zygote.
A. Step One: Ovulation
B. Step Two: Fertilization
C. Step Three: Cleavage
D. Step Four: Morula
E. Step Five: Blastocyast
Answer: B
The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath is called
A. Inspiratory reserve volume
B. Tidal volume
C. Expiratory volume
D. Vital capacity
E. Residual volume
Answer: B

What is a process of the respiratory system?

A. Breathing
B. External respiration
C. Gas transport
D. Internal respiration
E. All of the above
Answer: E

Which one is NOT a main function of the nose?

A. Filtration and cleansing
B. Breathing
C. Conditioning the air
D. Olfaction
Answer: B

What adjustable passageway produces the voice?

A. The larynx
B. The bronchial tree
C. The pharynx
D. The eustachian tubes
Answer: A

Which part of the lower respiratory system serves as the main airway and consists of a tube
reinforced with c-shaped rings of cartilage?
A. Alveoli
B. Trachea
C. Larynx
D. Epiglottis
E. Bronchi
Answer: B

Which of the following is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and
the blood?
A. Breathing
B. External respiration
C. Gas transport
D. Internal respiration
Answer: B

What is the boxlike structure composed of mostly cartilage that functions as a "traffic
director" for materials passing through the neck?
A. Pharynx
B. Epiglottis
C. Larynx
D. Glottis
E. Bronchial tree
Answer: C
What is the smallest kind of vein
A. Artery
B. Venule
C. Arteriole
D. Heart
E. Lungs
Answer: B

How large is the human heart?

A. Watermelon
B. Fist
C. It greatly varies
D. Golf ball
E. Marble
Answer: B

What is the single greatest killer of men and women in the United States?
A. Car accidents
B. Marijuana
C. Cardiovascular disease
D. Aids
E. Cigarettes
Answer: C

Which of the following is a mechanism to move blood from the lower parts of the body
toward the heart?
A. Valves in veins prevent backflow of blood
B. Contraction of skeletal muscle squeeze veins
C. Breathing causes pressure changes that move blood toward the heart
D. all of the above
Answer: D

What are the two circuits through which blood flows through the heart?
A. The pulmonary circuit and systematic circuit
B. The myocardium circuit and systemic circuit
C. The the atrium circuit and the pulmonary circuit
D. The pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit
Answer: D

A larger-diameter muscular tube that transports blood away from the heart toward the cells
of body tissues is called________.
A. Vein
B. Artery
C. Capillary
D. Venule
Answer: B

What is the outer region of the kidney called?

A. Renal cortex
B. Medulla oblongata
C. The pelvis
D. Kidney muscularis
E. Aorta
Answer: A
The kidneys regulate:
A. Excretion
B. The collecting duct
C. Amount of water and substances that are removed to and from the blood
D. How urine will leave the body
E. The breakdown of amino acid
Answer: C

What hormone is released by the kidneys?

A. adrenaline
B. calcitonin
C. erythropoietin
D. insulin
E. oxytocin
Answer:C

The function (s) of nephrons include:

A. Glomerular Filtration
B. Tubular Reabsorption
C. Tubular Secretion
D. All of the Above
E. None of the Above
Answer: D

The structure of the lung is most like ___.

A. A balloon
B. A grapelike cluster
C. Foam rubber
D. Coral
Answer: C

Pneumonia can be caused by:

A. Radiation, chemicals, or allergies
B. Fungi or protozoans
C. Bacteria or viruses
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: D

During normal breathing, which is a factor in exhalation?

A. Contraction of intercostal muscles
B. Contraction of the disphragm
C. Abdominal contraction
D. Relaxation of the diaphragm
E. None of the above
Answer: D

What are the four processes that play a part in respiration?

A.Breathing, Diffusion, Submission, Gas Transport
B.Breathing, External respiration, Gas transport, Internal Respiration
C.Breathing, Filtration, Cleansing, Gas transport
D.External respiration, Cleansing, Carbon Exchange, Filtration
E. Chemical Reaction, Oxygen Transport, Filtration, Cleansing
Answer: B
What makes up the upper respiratory system?
A. Sinuses
B. Disphragm
C. Bronchi and bronchioles
D. Sinuses, nasal cavity, and pharynx
Answer: D

The alveoli of the lungs are

A. Surfaces for gas exchange
B. Covered with capillaries
C. Cup shaped chambers for gases to go in
D. All of the above
Answer: D

Oxygen is carried from the ____ throughout the body by the ____. _______ is a protein in the
red blood cells that binds to oxygen in order to carry it from the lungs to the cells.
A. Alveoli, blood, hemoglobin
B. Blood, saliva, hydrogen
C. Alveoli, hemoglobin, plasma
D. Brain, alveoli, hemoglobin
Answer: A

Which of the following is not a function of the Nephrons (units of the kidneys responsible for
urine production)
A. Glomerular filtration
B. Tubular reabsorption
C. Tubular secretion
D. Glomerular homeostasis
Answer: D

Which of the following are part of the urinary system?

A. Bladder
B. Kidneys
C. Ureter
D. Urethra
E. They are all components of the urinary system
Answer: E

Which of the following is not a region of the kidney?

A. Renal cortex
B. Renal medulla
C. Renal vein
D. Renal pelvis
Answer: C

What is the most common cancer in men between ages 15 and 35?
A. Colon Cancer
B. Testicular Cancer
C. Lung Cancer
D. Breast Cancer
E. All of the above
Answer: B
What part of the male reproductive system stores the sperm for maturation?
A. Testes
B. urethra
C. Epididymis
D. prostate gland
E. seminal vesicles
Answer: C

Which female reproductive part is located externally?

A. Labia Majora
B. Uterus
C. Cervix
D. Ovaries
E. None of the above
Answer: A

What are the 3 regions of a kidney in order?

A. Renal pelvis, renal medulla, renal cortex
B. Renal medulla, renal pelvis, renal cortex
C. Renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis
D. None of these are in the correct order
Answer: C

Metabolic wastes include which of the following substances?

A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Water
C. Salts
D. All of the above
Answer: D

Which of the following is a function of Nephrons?

A. Glomerular filtration
B. Tubular reabsorption
C. The rest of the answers are correct (A, B, D)
D. Tubular secretion
Answer: C

What muscular tubes transport blood away from the heart?

A. Capillaries
B. Arteries
C. Venules
D. Veins
E. Arterioles
Answer: B

Which of the following are microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules?
A. Capillaries
B. Arteries
C. Venules
D. Veins
E. Arterioles
Answer: A

What muscular tubes transport blood to the heart?

A. Capillaries
B. Arteries
C. Venules
D. Veins
E. Arterioles
Answer: D

Which of the following are the controllers of blood pressure and the “gate-keeper” of
capillary networks?
A. Capillaries
B. Arteries
C. Venules
D. Veins
E. Arterioles
Answer: E

What is the type of cell division that produces haploid gametes?

A. Interphase
B. Mitosis
C. Meiosis
D. Cytokinesis
Answer: C

Interphase is?
A. Specific segment of DNA that controls protein synthesis.
B. Stage of mitosis in which chromosomes attach to mitotic spindle.
C. A time when changes occur both in the nucleus and cytoplasm.
D. Period of growth and preparation for cell division.
Answer: D

What is the first stage in cell division?

A. Prophase
B. Interphase
C. Metaphase
D. Anaphase
E. None of the above
Answer: B

What is the cell divison cycle in which one nucleus divides into two daughter nucei
containing the same number and kinds of chromosomes?
A. Interphase
B. Mitosis
C. Meiosis
D. Cytokinesis
Answer: B

What is the correct order of the early stages of the reproductive process?
A. Cleavage, fertilization, ovulation, implantation
B. Ovulation, fertilization, implantation, cleavage
C. Fertilization, ovulation, cleavage, implantation
D. Ovulation, fertilization, cleavage,implantation
Answer: D

What are the three parts of the prenatal period?

A. Pre-Pregnant, Pregnant, Post-Pregnant
B. Fertilization, Pregnant, Labor
C. Pre-Embryonic Period, Embryonic Period, Fetal Period
D. Cleavage period, Implantation period, Extraembryonic period
Answer: C

This term describes the union of a sperm and an egg

A. Ovulation
B. Fertilization
C. Embryonization
D. Mitosis
Answer: B

This is the fertilized ovum containing genetic material from both the mother and father with
a total of 46 chromosomes
A. Embryo
B. Blastocyst
C. Zygote
D. Morula
Answer: C.

In order, what are the four stages of mitosis?

A. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
B. Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
C. Anaphase, Telophase, Metaphase, Prophase
D. Telophase, Anaphase, Prophase, Metaphase
E. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase

What is the name of the process in which maternal and paternal forms of genes mix
together?
A. Anaphase
B. Mitosis
C. Cytosis
D. Crossing over
E. Telophase

Chromosomes arranged in pairs on the basis of physical characteristics, such as overall

length and centromere location is known as:
A. Metaphase
B. Cytokinesis
C. Karyotype
D. Cytophase
E. Mitosis

Which of the following is not a function of the kidneys?

A. water conservation
B. maintaining acid-base balance in the blood
C.hemodyalisis
D. maintaining homeostasis
E. release erythropoietin
Answer: C

What are the nephrons responsible for?

A. conserving water
B. forming urine
C. transforming vitamin D into calctiriol
D. Maintaining homeostasis
Answer: B

The hypothalamus responds to changes in the concentration of water in the blood by:
A. Increasing secretion of ADH
B. Decreasing secretion of ADH
C. Increasing ducts of nephrons
D. Both A & B
E. None of the above
Answer: D

In what age are the neural connections to the external urthral sphincter fully developed,
which allows conscious control over urination?
A. 10
B. 4
C. 6
D. 35
Answer: D

Which hormone is released by the adrenal cortex?

A. l
d. maintaining homeostasis
ANSWER: BB. Water
C. Salts
D. All of the above
Answer: D located externally?
a)Labia Majora
b)Uterus
c)Cervix
d)Overies
e)None of the abovedneys

C)Ureter

D)Urethra

E) They are all components of the urinary system

Answer: EWhat makes up the upper respiratory system?
A.sinuses
B.diaphragm
C.bronchi and bronchioles
D.sinuses, nasal cavity, and pharynx
Answer D

The alveoli of the lungs are

A.surfaces for gas exchange
B.covered with capillaries
C.cup shaped chambers for gases to go in
D.all of the aboveall of the above
Answer D

Oxygen is carried from the _____ throughout the body by the _____. ____ is a protein in the
red blood cells that binds to oxygen in order to carrie it from the lungs to the cells.
A.alveoli, blood, hemoglobin
B.blood, saliva, hydrogen
C.alveoli, hemoglobin, plasma
D.brain, alveoli, hemoglobin
Answer AA. Atrial natriuretic
B. B. Adolestrone
C. ADH
D. Nephons
Answer: B

What is the site where substances are removed from and added to the filtrate?
A. Distal convoluted tubule
B. Collecting duct
C. Renal Tubule
D. Proximal convoluted tubule
E. Glomerular capsule
Answer: C

The Lower Respiratory System, responsible for exchanging gases is made up of the
following, EXCEPT:
A. Lungs
B. Trachea
C. Sinuses
D. Bronchi
E. Bronchioles
Answer: C

What is the main function(s) of the larynx?

A. A selective entrance to the lower respiratory system
B. Production of voice
C. Housing of the auditory tubes
D. Both A & B
Answer: D

What causes emphysema?

A. The reduction in the number of alveioli
B. Production of voice
C. Housing of the auditory tubes
D. Both A & B
Answer: A

Which of the following is NOT true about lung cancer?

A. 85-90% of all cases of lung cancer are caused by smoking
B. Lung cancer usually has no symptoms until it was quite advanced
C. The progression to lung cancer begins with chronic inflammation
D. Lung Cancer is usually detected in time for a cure
Answer: D

What are the types of chromosome alterations?

A. Inversion
b. Translocation
C. Duplication
D. All of the above
Answer: D

When is an allele described as dominant?

A. When the effects of an allele cannot be detected, regardless of whether an alternative
allele is also present
B. When the effects of an allele can be detected, regardless of whether an alternative allele
is also present
C. Only when an allele is the only one present
D. None of the above
Answer: B

What is a carrier?
A. Someone who displays the recessive phenotype but is heterozygous for a trait and can
pass on the dominant allele to descendants
B. A small canine with a rather high pitched bark
C. Someone who displays the dominant phenotype but is heterozygous for a trait and can
pass on the recessive allele to descendants
D. Someone who displays the dominant phenotype but is homozygous for a trait and can
pass on the recessive allele to descendants
Answer: C

Which of the following is NOT a primary sign of the genetic disorder Cystic Fibrosis?
A. Salty sweat
B. Digestive problems
C. Fast metabolism
D. Respiratory problems
Answer: C

Which one of the following structures does not constitute the lower respiratory system?
A. Epiglottis
B. Larynx
C. Pharynx
D. Trachea
E. Alveoli
Answer: C

What structure of the lower respiratory system is considered the source of the voice?
A. Trachea
B. Bronchi
C. Larynx
D. Bronchioles
E. Lungs
Answer: C

Tidal Volume is...?

A. The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during an ordinary breath.
B. The amount of air that can be inhaled in addition to a normal breath.
C. The amount of air that can be exhaled in addition to a normal breath.
D. The amount of air remaining in the lungs after maximum exhalation.
E. The amount of air that can be inhaled or exhaled in a single breath.
Answer: A

What is the function of the pharanyx?

A. The main airway
B. Conduct air from trachea to each lung
C. Common passageway for air, food, and drink
D. Adjustable entryway that produces the voice
E. Provide internal surface area for gas exchange
Answer: C
Where does the pulmonary circuit transport blood to:
A. Lungs
B. Arms
C. Legs
D. Brain
E. All the Above
Answer: A

Which artery is responsible for delivering blood to the head and the brain?
a) Pulmonary Artery
b) Coronary Artery
c) Carotid Artery
d) Renal Artery
e) Aorta
Answer: C

The correct order that oxygen- rich blood flows through in the body is:
A. Heart - vein - artery - capillary - arteriole - venule
B. Heart - artery - capillary - arteriole - venule - vein
C. Heart - artery - arteriole - capillary - venule - vein
D. Lungs - heart - capillariy - muscles - vein - venule
E. Heart - arteries - arteriole - capillary - vein – venule
Answer: C

Which is correct in the relation to blood transportation?

A. Arteries transport blood away from the heart
B. Arteries and veins both transport blood away from the heart
C. Veins transport blood to the heart
D. Both A and C
E. Arteries and veins both transport blood to the heart
Answer: D

The condition in which there are three representatives of one chromosome is called
A. Monosomy
B. Trisomy
C. Nondisjunction
D. Autosomy
Answer: B

A combination of a DNA molecule and specialized proteins called histones is a

A. Chromosome
B. Diploid
C. Gene
D. Centromere
Answer: A

Meiosis keeps the chromosome number ____ over generations and _____ genetic variability in
the population.
A. Constant, decreases
B. Constant, increases
C. Changing, increases
D. Changing, decreases
E. None of the above
Answer: B
Individuals with two copies of the same allele of a gene:
A. genotype
B. heterozygous
C. phenotype
D. homozygous
Answer: D

If a couple's genotypes are all Ff Gg, so what is the possibility for their child has the FF Gg
and FF gg?
A.1/16;1/4
B.1/16;1/16
C.1/8;1/16
D.1/16;1/8
Answer: C

About Sex-Linked Genes, which one of following is NOT true?

A. The Y chromosome is important in determining gender.
B. An embryo without Y chromosome will develop as a female
C. A son can inherit an x-linked recessive allele only from his mother
D. A daughter’s X-linked recessive allele must be inherited by her mother
Answer: D

During this process, a nuclear envelope forms around each group of chromosomes at each
pole, and the mitotic spindle disassembles.
A. Anaphase
B. Interphase
C. Metaphase
D. Telophase
E. Prophase
Answer: D

What is not true of mitosis?

A. it prodcues two diploid cells
B. its daughter cells are genetically dissimiliar
C. Chromosomes are exchanged in crossover
D. Occurs in somatic cells
E. One cell divison
Answer: C

What is a stem cell?

A. The end of a cell
B. Unspecialized cells that divide continually
C. Specialized cells
D. Unspecialized cells that don’t divide ever
E. None of the above
Answer: B

The secretion of seminal vesicles contain:

A. Citric acid
B. Fructose
C. Amino Acids
D. Prostaglandins
E. All of the above
Answer: E
Find the correct order of early stages in the reproductive process.
A. ovulation- cleavage- fertilization-morula-blastocyst-implantation
B. ovulation- morula-fertilization-cleavage-blastocyst-implantation
C. Ovulation-cleavage-morula-fertilization-blastocyst-implantation
D. Ovulation-fertilization-cleavage-morula-blastocyst-implantation
E. Ovulation-fertilization-cleavage-blastocyst-morula-implantation
Answer: D

What is NOT the method for removing genital warts?

A. Freezing (cold cautery)
B. Burning with an electrical instrument (hot cautery)
C. Surgery
D. Podophylin
E. None
Answer: E

What is (are) the method(s) of birth control to avoid pregnancy?

A. Abstinence
B. Sterilization
C. Hormonal contraception
D. Intrauterine devices
E. All of the above
Answer: E

During the first meiotic division, meiosis I produces two cells, each with how many
chromosomes?
A. 22
B. 23
C. 24
D. 25
Answer: B

How many kidney(s) does the urinary system consist of?

A.2
B.3
C.1
D.4
Answer: A

How many kidney(s) does the urinary system consist of?

A.2
B.1
C.4
D.3
Answer: A

The Kidneys help produce red bloods cells and activate vitamin _____.
A. Vitamin E
B. Vitamin K
C. Vitamin D
D. Vitamin C
Answer: C

Which of the following hormones is NOT involved in the regulation of the female
reproductive process?
A. Estrogen
B. Progesterone
C. Luteinizing hormone
D. Antidiuretic hormone
Answer: D

Which of the following is not a stage of the human sexual response?

A. Resolution
B. Abstinence
C. Excitement
D. Orgasm
E. Plateau
Answer: B

Which is not a part of the female reproductive system?

A. Ovaries
B. Uterus
C. Testes
D. Vagina
E. Oviducts
Answer: C

Gonads produce:
A. Epididymis
B. Vas deferens
C. Gametes
D. Citric acid
E. Follicle-stimulating hormone
Answer: C

What is the grape like structure found in the lungs that is surrounded
by capillaries and functions as a surface for gas exchange?
A. Bronchus
B. Alveolus
C. Diaphragm
D. Intercostals
E. Cilia
Answer: B

What is the respiratory disorder in which there is inflammation of the

lungs that causes fluid to accumulate in the alveoli, thus reducing gas exchange?
A. Strep Throat
B. Common Cold
C. Tuberculosis
D. Flu
E. Pneumonia
Answer: E

The amount of air remaining in the lungs after maximum exhalation is called?
A. Tidal Volume
B. Inspiratory Reserve Volume
C. Residual Volume
D. Vital Capacity
E. Expiratory Reserve Volume
Answer: C
Flu is an abbreviation of
A. Pneumonia
B. Common Cold
C. Influenza
D. Tuberculosis
E. Emphysema
Answer: C

AB Blood type is an example of ______

A. Homozygous Recessive Trait
B. Co-dominance
C. Sex-Linked Gene
D. A livable Mutation
Answer: B

The trait of widows peak is a:

A. Phenotype
B. Recessive allele
C. Early warning sign of Huntington's disease
D. Genotype
Answer: A

Individuals with two copies of the same allele are said to be:
A. Heterozygous
B. Recessive
C. Dominant
D.
E. Homozygous
Answer: E

An Acrosome:
A. Contains the father's Chromosomes.
B. Is a sac that covers the head of the sperm, contains enzymes that will assist in
fertilization.
C. Contains mitochondria that will provide metabolic energy to fuel the trip to the egg.
D. Contains mitochondria that will provide metabolic energy to fuel the trip to the egg.
E. Produces eggs and the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Answer: B

The most common cancer in males 15-35 is:

A. Testicular
B. Leukemia
C. Lymphoma
D. Mouth
E. Brain
Answer: A

How much sperm does a healthy man produce each day?

A. 10 million
B. 100 million
C. 1 million
D. 100,000
E. 1 billion
Answer: B

What is the right sequence of cell division?

1. Prophase
2. Metaphase
3. Anaphase
4. Telophase
A 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 3, 2, 4
C. 2, 3, 1, 4
D. 3, 2, 4, 1
E. All of the above
Answer: A

Mitosis results in what?

A. Gamete production
B. Growth
C. Repair
D. A and B
E. B and C
Answer: E

Meiosis involves how many cell divisions?

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5
Answer: B

Which period of the human prenatal period occurs from fertilization through the second
week?
A. pre-embryonic period
B. embryonic period
C. fetal period
Answer: A

What is a ball of cells with an inner fluid-filled cavity?

A. Amnion
B. Blastocyst
C. Placenta
D. Fibrigen
Answer: B

What is the primary source of nourishment for embryos in many species of vertebrates?
A. Placenta
B. Fetal period
C. Yolk sac
D. Fibroblast
Answer: C

To work, the heart needs:

A. Milk
B. Nutrients and oxygen
C. Chlorplasts
D. Love
E. All of the above
Answer: B

When it comes to blood pressure, someone is likely to "brag" about having which of the
following:
A. High blood pressure
B. Low blood pressure
C. No blood pressure
D. Purkinje Fibers
E. Atherosclerosis
Answer: B

What change(s) in lifestyle are recommended to treat or prevent hypertension?

A. Control weight
B. Exercise regularly
C. Do not smoke
D. Limit dietary salt
E. All of the above
Answer: E

What is the pharynx

A. An adjustable entryway that produces the voice
B. The windpipe
C. System of air tubules that conducts air
D. A passageway for food and air
E. Surfaces for gas exchange
Answer: D

What is the first of the three periods of the human prenatal period?
A. Embryonic period
B. Fetal period
C. Pre-embryonic period
D. Gastrulation
E. All of the above
Answer: Cs
answer: B nourishment for embryos in many species of vertebrates?
a. placenta
b. fetal period
c. yolk sac
d. fibroblast
- Answer: ce are said to be:> A. Heterozygous> B. Recessive> C. Dominant> E.
Homozygous>> Answer: E alveoli, thus reducing gas
exchange?

A) Strep Throat
B) Common Cold
C) Tuberculosis
D) Flu
E) Pneumonia
Answer) Eich is not a part of the female reproductive system?
A ovaries
B uterus
C testes
D vagina
E oviducts

According to the book (not your personal opinion) the most effective way to prevent
pregnancy is
A. Abstinence (refraining from intercourse)
B. Sterilization (vasectomy or tubal ligation)
C. Contraceptives (condoms, the ring, etc.)
D. Morning-after pills
E. A and b
Answer: E

The level of _______in the body remains relatively steady because its production is regulated
by a negative feedback loop involving hormones from the hypothalamus, the anterior
pituitary gland, and the testes.
A. Testosterone
B. Progesterone
C. Estrogen
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: A

Why is estrogen important?

A. Keeps women’s bodies heat regulated
B. Protects the heart and blood vessels
C. Absorbs calcium
D. Keeps the vagina wet during intercourse
E. All of the above
Answer: E

The heart:
A. Is a muscular pump
B. Generates the force needed to circulate blood
C. Has 3 layers
D. Is not a single structure
E. All of the above
Answer: E

Capillaries are:
A. Microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules
B. Blood vessels that control blood pressure
C. Responsible for the pumping action of the heart
D. Tissues of the heart
E. What causes heart attacks
Answer: A

Which is not a system of heart failure?

A. Fatigue
B. Shortness of breath
C. Fluid accumulation in the lungs or limbs
D. Weakness
E. Swelling
Answer: E

Blood pressure is:

A. The pressure of blood against the vessel walls
B. The exchange of blood and body cells
C. A network of capillaries
D. A network that transports blood to and from body tissues
E. Oxygen rich blood that enters the cell through mitosis
Answer: A

In what age are the neural connections to the external urethra sphincter fully developed,
which allows conscious control over urination?
A. 10
B. 4
C. 6
D. 3
E. 5
Answer: D

What is the site where substances are removed from and added to the filtrate?
A. Distal Convoluted Tubule
B. Collect ducts
C. Renal Tubule
D. Proximal Convoluted Tubule
E. Glomerular Capsule
Answer: C

Which hormone is released by the adrenal cortex?

A. Atrial Natriuretic
B. Adolestrone
C. ADH
D. Nephons
E. Renin
Answer: B

What hormone is manufactured by the hypothalamus and then travels to the posterior
pituitary for storage and release?
A. Hemodialysis
B. Antidiuretic Hormone
C. Aldosterone
D. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
E. Juxtaglomerular Apparatus
Answer: B

When does the postnatal period begin?

A. After Implantation
B. After fertilization
C. After birth
D. After Puberty
E. Before gastrulation
Answer: C

How many gamete cells are made by the male through meiosis?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
Answer: D

Cell differentiation is...

A. The process by which cells become specialized with respect to structure and function
B. When primary germ layers are established
C. Part of the embryonic period
D. A and C
E. All of the above
Answer: D specialized with respect to structure and function
b.) When primary germ layers are established
c.) Part of the embryonic period
d.) a and c
e.) all of the above
Answer: De

D. Proximal Convoluted Tubule

E. Glomerular Capsule

Answer: Cble for the pumping

action of the heart

d) tissues of the heart

e) what causes heart attacks?

correct answer(a)ains relatively steady because its production is regulated
by a negative feedback loop involving hormones from the hypothalamus,
the anterior pituitary gland, and the testes.
a) testosterone
b) progesterone
c) estrogen
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

Answer: A