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Contents
1 THORAX, ABDOMEN AND PELVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.1 Thoracic Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Breast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.3 Mediastinum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4 Lungs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.5 Pleura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1.6 Trachea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
1.7 Heart and Pericardium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
1.8 Stomach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
1.9 Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
1.10 Colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1.11 Rectum and Anus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1.12 Liver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
1.13 Gallbladder and Excretory System Of The Liver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
1.14 Pancreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
1.15 Spleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
1.16 Kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
1.17 Ureters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
1.18 Suprarenal Glands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
1.19 Prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
1.20 Urethra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
1.21 Urinary Bladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
1.22 Uterus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
1.23 Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
1.24 Arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
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1.25 Veins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

1.26 Nerves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

1.27 Peritoneum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
1.28 Pelvis Cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
1.29 Perineum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
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1.1 Thoracic Wall

1. section of the ribs that articulate with ver- 5. Inferior portion of the sternum; made of
tebrae cartilage; cone shaped
A. body A. coracoid process
B. head B. acromion process
C. xiphoid process C. xiphoid process
D. glenoid cavity D. scapula
2. Responsible for manufacturing T cells for 6. What structure is responsible for exchang-
immune response ing gases in the mammal?
A. Parotid Gland A. Heart
B. Thyroid Gland B. Liver
C. Thymus Gland
C. Lungs
D. Adrenal Gland
D. Trachea
3. How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
7. How many thoracic vertebrae do we
A. 5 have?
B. 7 A. 11
C. 12 B. 12
D. none of above
C. 5
4. Responsible for metabolic processes D. 7
A. Parotid Gland
8. The smaller and shorter bone of the fore-
B. Thyroid Gland arm, runs up the thumb side of the fore-
C. Thymus Gland arm.
D. Adrenal Gland A. Humerus
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. B
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B. Radius B. sternum
C. Ulna C. scapula

D. Carpals D. rib
9. Which is true about the floating ribs? 14. Connects the true ribs to the sternum.
A. Each articulates with the thoracic ver- A. osteocytes
tebrae and directly to sternum with their
own costal cartilage B. costal cartilage
B. Each articulates with the thoracic ver- C. osseous tissue

tebrae and binds indirectly to sternum by D. amphiarthotic joint
sharing costal cartilage
15. Check all of the structures that are pro-
C. Each articulates with the thoracic ver-
tected by the thoracic cage
tebrae, but do not connect to the sternum
D. They do not connect to the sternum or A. Heart
the vertebrae B. Bladder
10. In the anatomical postion the radius is C. Lungs

to the ulna D. Brain
A. posterior E. Kidneys
B. anterior
16. Rib pairs 1-7, connect via costal cartilage
C. lateral directly to the sternum.
D. medial A. Costal Cartilage
11. Small, hook structure on the superior, an- B. Vertebrosternal (”True”) ribs
terior portion of the scapula; Attaches C. Vertebrochondral (”False”) Ribs
muscles of chest to arm
D. Vertebral (”Floating”) Ribs
A. xiphoid
B. acromion process 17. How many types of long bones are in your
upper limbs
C. coracoid process
A. 1
D. none of above
B. 2
12. What bones are inferior to the styloid pro-
cess C. 3
A. humerus D. 4
B. carpals 18. Structure made of cartilage that forms the
C. tarsals lower portion of the sternum
D. none of these A. sternum
B. body
13. Breastbone; flat, elongated bone that pro-
tects the heart and lungs C. glenoid cavity
A. clavicle D. xiphoid process
9. C 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. B
1.1 Thoracic Wall 4
19. How many ribs are there? 25. How many pairs of false ribs are there?
A. 12 A. 5
B. 24 B. 3
C. 36 C. 2
D. 6 D. 7
20. The shoulder blade; connects the humerus 26. How many pair of ribs are found in the typ-
ical human?
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with the clavicle.
A. scapulae A. 12
B. sternum B. 5
C. clavicle C. 10
D. ribs D. 8
27. During cadaveric dissection, the graduate

21. A hollow space that contains the spinal
student m examine an intercostal muscle
cord and meninges.
near the lateral margin of the sternum in
A. Vertebral foramen the 6th intercostal space.Which of the fol-
B. Spinous process lowing muscle most likely the graduate
has identified?
C. Transverse process
A. External intercostal muscle
D. Intervertebral disc
B. Internal intercostal muscle
22. Articulation point between the clavicles C. Intercostalis intimus muscle
and manubrium of the sternum.
D. sternocostalis muscle
A. Manubrium
28. point on vertebrae that the rib articulates
B. Sternal Angle
with
C. xiphoid process
A. facet
D. Clavicular Notches
B. manubrium
23. What tube carries food from the mouth to C. sternum
the stomach? D. xiphoid process
A. large intestine
29. Thin, S-shaped bones that connects the
B. small intestine sternum and scapulae
C. Esophagus A. cervical vertebrae
D. Trachea B. clavicles
24. How many true ribs do you have? C. ribs
A. 24 D. thoracic vertebrae
B. 7 30. How many true ribs are there?
C. 14 A. 2
D. 12 B. 3
20. A 21. A 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. C
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C. 7 36. Bones of the thoracic cavity that are not

D. none of above attached to the sternum; 5 lower ribs

A. small rib
31. How many ribs have cartilaginouse attach-
B. floating rib
ment to the sternum
C. true rib
A. 14 pair
D. false rib
B. 7
C. both are true 37. What connects the ulna to the humerus?
D. both are false A. the head
B. Olecranon process
32. Hyaline cartilage that connects ribs to the
sternum. C. styloid process
A. Costal Cartilage D. trochlear notch
B. Vertebrosternal (”True”) ribs 38. Rib pairs 11 and 12, no anterior attach-
ment to the sternum.
C. Vertebrochondral (”False”) Ribs
A. Costal Cartilage
B. Vertebrosternal (”True”) ribs
33. Muscle that contracts and relaxes to cause
C. Vertebrochondral (”False”) Ribs
inhalation/exhalation
A. Lung
B. Diaphragm 39. Junction of manubrium and body of the
sternum, level with the second rib.
C. Trachea
A. Manubrium
D. Mesentery
B. Sternal Angle
34. Which best describes the location of the C. xiphoid process
sternum
A. medial and inferior to the clavicle
40. Bone of the upper arm
B. superior and lateral to the clavicle
A. Clavicle
C. posterior and distal to the clavicle
B. Scapula
D. no answer is true
C. Acromion
35. Bones of the thoracic cavity that are at- D. Humerus
tached to vertebrae only (not attached to
sternum or another rib by costal cartilage); 41. How many different shapes of bones are
lowest two false ribs in your upper limbs?
A. floating ribs A. 1
B. false ribs B. 2
C. true ribs C. 3
D. loose ribs D. 4
31. D 32. A 33. B 34. A 35. A 36. D 37. D 38. D 39. B 40. D 41. B 42. B
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42. Bones that connect the upper limbs to the A. T1-T2

axial skeleton; includes the clavicle and
B. T12
scapula
C. T3-T6
A. ribs
B. Pectoral girdle D. T7-T11
C. sternum 48. What do your bones protect?

D. vertebrae A. organs
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43. Which of the following is NOT a part of a B. skin
vertebrae
C. muscles
A. Vertebral body
D. feelings
B. Spinous process
C. Transverse process 49. Where on the vertebra does the rib at-
tach?
D. Inferior process
A. Spinous Process
44. This is the scientific word for “windpipe.”
B. Anterior Processes
A. lungs
C. Transverse Processes
B. esophagus
D. Pedicles
C. trachea
D. heart 50. The 14 bones of the fingers
45. Bones of the thoracic cavity that articulate A. Carpals

directly to the sternum and vertebrae B. Metacarpals
A. true ribs C. Phalanges
B. false ribs D. Radius
C. floating ribs
51. The five bones that form the palm.
D. strong ribs
A. Carpals
46. What do you call the medial part of the
B. Metacarpals
sternum
A. manubruim C. Phalanges
B. body D. Radius
C. xiphoid 52. Weight-bearing region of the vertebrae
D. all are true that makes up bulk of the bone’s mass; an-
terior portion of vertebrae
47. The intercostal nerves are the anterior
primary rami ofthoracic one to thoracic A. body
eleven spinal nervesafter the dorsal pri- B. transverse process
mary ramus has been given off. Which
C. spinous process
of the following are typical intercostal
nerves? D. vertebral foramen
43. D 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. C 50. C 51. B 52. A 53. D
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53. How many phalages do you have in your B. Lumbar

hand? C. Sacral

A. 5
D. Thoracic
B. 10
59. Which is not a part of the sternum?
C. 15
D. 14 A. Mandible
B. Manubrium
54. The first curve of the spine; thinnest most
delicate vertebrae in the spine; function to C. xiphoid
allow flexibility for the neck, to protect D. body
the spinal cord
60. The posterior intercostal arteries are
A. cervical vertebrae
present in 11 intercostal spaces. Which
B. thoracic vertebrae of the following arteries give rise to 1st
C. lumbar vertebrae posterior intercostal artery?
D. vertebral foramen A. Superior intercostal artery
55. What is another name for your collar B. Costocervical trunk

bone? C. Subclavian artery
A. scapula D. Thyrocervical trunk
B. clavicle
61. The increase in vertebrae size from the
C. patella neck to the low back is due to:
D. sternum A. supporting more weight in the lower
back than in the neck
56. Which type of bone do you have the most
of in your hand? B. supporting less weight in the lower
A. long back than in the neck
B. short C. evolution
C. flat D. vertebrae don’t increase in size

D. irregular 62. How many false ribs are there?
57. First cervical vertebra. A. 2
A. Axis B. 3
B. Body C. 7
C. Vertebra prominens D. none of above
D. Atlas
63. What is the shape of the radius
58. The saying “Breakfast at 7, lunch at 12, A. long
dinner at 5, “ helps you remember the or-
B. short
der of the vertebrae. Which region only
has 5? C. flat
A. Cervical D. irregular
54. A 55. B 56. A 57. D 58. B 59. A 60. A 61. A 62. B 63. A 64. B
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64. A hole in bone is called a/an 69. How many pairs of false ribs are there?
False & floating ribs combine
A. magnum
A. 5
B. foramen
B. 3
C. fissure
C. 2
D. process
D. 7
65. Which of these structures allow for the
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70. Which of the following is not included in
ribcage to expand when a big breath is
the thoracic cage?
taken in?
A. ribs
A. costal carilage
B. all vertebrae
B. true ribs
C. sternum
C. sternum
D. costal cartilage
D. intervertebral disks
E. all of these
66. Thin columns of bones that point out to the 71. The fused portion of the spine located in
left and right sides (lateral) of the body the pelvic region is called the
used for muscle attachment
A. lumbar
A. spinous process
B. sacral
B. intervertebral disc C. cervical
C. transverse process D. thoracic
D. vertebral foramen
72. Which is true about the true ribs?
67. How many pair of false ribs do you have? A. Each articulates with the thoracic ver-
tebrae and directly to sternum with their
A. 5
own costal cartilage
B. 10
B. Each articulates with the thoracic ver-
C. 24 tebrae and binds indirectly to sternum by
sharing costal cartilage
D. 12
C. Each articulates with the thoracic ver-
68. Thin regions of cartilage between verte- tebrae, but do not connect to the sternum
brae that provide cushioning; Outer por- D. They do not connect to the sternum or
tion made of fibrocartilage that binds ver- the vertebrae
tebrae together and allows flexibility for
movement; soft inner portion acts as shock 73. A surgeon while performing surgery on the
absorber diaphragm is tracing the opening of the in-
A. spinous process ferior vena cava. Which of the following
part of the diaphragm contain this open-
B. transverse process ing?
C. intervertebral disk A. Central tendon
D. vertebral foramen B. Right crus of the diaphragm
65. A 66. C 67. A 68. C 69. A 70. B 71. B 72. A 73. A 74. B
1.1 Thoracic Wall 9
C. Left crus of the diaphragm 79. Second cervical vertebra.

D. Sternal attachment of the diaphragm A. Axis

B. Body
74. How many fused vertebrae make up the
coccyx? C. Vertebra prominens
A. 5 D. Atlas
B. 4 80. Your tailbone is called your
C. 7 A. Coccyx
D. 2 B. Cervix
75. Which best describes the location of the C. Sacrum

acromion D. Hyoid
A. posterior
81. How many types of bones are located in
B. anterior your hand?
C. medial A. 1
D. lateral B. 2
C. 3
76. Where does your upper arm attach to your
scapula? D. 4
A. acoracoid process 82. Which of the following processes is located
B. acrommion in the diaphysis of the radius?
C. spine A. olecranon
D. none of these B. styloid

C. coronoid
77. Which of the following is found in the epi-
physis of the humerous D. all of these
A. greater tubercle E. none of these
B. coronoid fossa 83. The third curve of the spine that is com-
posed of 5 vertebrae in the lower back;
C. lesser tubercle
These are the largest of the vertebrae and
D. all of these bears the weight of the upper body; these
bones function in protection of the spinal
78. Which of the following is supported by the cord and in supporting the weight of the
pectoral girdle? body.
A. humerus A. lumbar vertabrae
B. Radius B. cervical vertabrae
C. lulna C. thoracic vertabrae
D. all of these D. sacrum
75. A 76. D 77. D 78. D 79. A 80. A 81. B 82. E 83. A 84. C 85. A
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84. How many fused vertebrae make up the 90. How many cervical vertebrae do we
sacrum? have?
A. 3 A. 12
B. 4 B. 5
C. 5 C. 7
D. 12 D. 17
85. Thick, upper portion of the sternum; artic-
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91. This term is used to describe the chest of
ulates with clavicles
a mammal or another organism.
A. Manubrium
A. Abdomen (abdominal cavity)
B. Sternal Angle
B. Thorax (thoracic cavity)
C. xiphoid process
C. Ventral
D. Anterior
86. Inferior portion of the sternum
A. Manubrium 92. This is the scientific word for “voice box.”
B. Sternal Angle A. larynx
C. xiphoid process B. trachea
D. Clavicular Notches C. eipglottis
87. The larger and longer bone of the forearm. D. hard pallet
the proximal end of this bone articulates
with the distal end of the humerus to form 93. Vertebrae increase in size from the re-
the elbow joint. gion to the region.
A. Humerus A. lumbar to cervical

B. Radius B. cervical to lumbar
C. Ulna C. sacrum to coccyx
D. Carpals D. none of above
88. Extension of the scapula that forms the 94. How many cervical vertebrae are there?
high point of the shoulders
A. 5
A. Clavicle
B. 7
B. Scapula
C. 12
C. Acromion
D. none of above
D. Humerus
89. This causes you to sing !!!:) 95. Inferior to your wrist you have
A. Epiglottis A. all long bones

B. jalf B. all short bones
C. larynx C. both long and short bones
D. trachea D. irregular bones
86. C 87. C 88. C 89. C 90. C 91. B 92. A 93. B 94. B 95. A 96. D
96. How many ribs are found in the typical hu- 102. What’s the muscle under the lungs that
man? causes hiccups?

A. 12 A. osmosis
B. 5 B. diaphragm
C. 10 C. potassium
D. 24 D. Esophagus
E. 20
103. The middle, flat section of the sternum.
97. How many pairs of true ribs are there? A. clavicle
A. 12 B. head
B. 2 C. glenoid cavity
C. 5 D. Body
D. 7
104. Cartilage lined tube that carries air from
98. Which muscle in the Thoracic cavity pumps the mouth to the lungs
blood through the body?
A. Esophagus
A. Larynx
B. Trachea
B. Lungs
C. Larynx
C. Heart
D. Pharynx
D. phalanges
105. The thoracic cage mainly protects your vi-
99. Which type of bone to you have the least tal organs. Which is NOT included?
of in your hands
A. Lungs
A. long
B. Intestines
B. short
C. Spleen
C. irregular
D. Heart
D. none of above
100. Common passageway for air and food 106. How many floating ribs are there?
A. Soft Palate A. 2
B. Pharynx B. 3
C. Esophagus C. 7
D. Nasopharynx D. none of above
101. Tip of the shoulder; articulates with the 107. This organ takes in oxygen and puts out
clavicle carbon dioxide.
A. acromion process A. diaphragm
B. glenoid cavity B. blood
C. coracoid process C. catifram
D. xiphoid process D. lungs
97. D 98. C 99. C 100. B 101. A 102. B 103. D 104. B 105. B 106. A 107. D
108. A
108. The funny bone, large projection on the 114. Shoulder Blade
upper end of ulna.
A. Clavicle
A. Olecranon process
B. Scapula
B. Carpals
C. Acromion
C. Metacarpals
D. Phalanges D. humerus
109. Rib pairs 8-10, connect via costal carti-
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115. Which section of the spine contain the
lage to the 7th pair of ribs and share com- largest vertebrae?
mon attachment to the sternum.
A. Cervical
A. Costal Cartilage
B. Thoracic
B. Vertebrosternal (”True”) ribs
C. Vertebrochondral (”False”) Ribs C. Lumbar
D. Vertebral (”Floating”) Ribs D. Sacral
110. How many ribs do we have? 116. Which are the true ribs?
A. 24
A. Pairs #1 to #7
B. 12
B. Pairs #1 to #10
C. 26
C. Pairs #8 to #10
D. 15
D. Pairs #11 and #12
111. How many lumbar vertebrae do we
have? E. Pairs #13 and #14
A. 5
117. What brings oxygen from the nose to the
B. 4 lungs?
C. 12
A. diaphragm
D. 7
B. Trachea
112. What is the large, visible dip in between
the neck called? C. Tilapia
A. Jugular notch D. trout

B. Sternum
118. The two anterior intercostal arteries are
C. Clavicle present in 9 intercostal spaces. Which
D. Neck of the following arteries give rise to the
stated artery in the upper six intercostal
113. What structure connects to the bones in- space?
ferior to the humerus
A. Superior epigastric artery
A. condyles
B. capitulum B. internal thoracic artery
C. trochlea C. Musculophrenic artery

D. all of these D. Posterior intercostal artery
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119. The pectoral girdle consist of how many 125. The deltoid tuberosity is found in the
types of bones? A. epiphysis

A. 1 B. diaphysis
B. 2 C. superior to the greater tubercle
C. 3 D. lateral to the lesser tubercle
D. 4
126. What structure attaches to the thoracic
120. The eight bones that form the wrist. vertebrae, limiting motion in this region?
A. Carpals A. Ribs
B. Sternum
B. Metacarpals
C. muscles
C. Phalanges
D. heart and lungs
D. Ulna
127. Structure responsible for gas exchange
121. What divides the back side of the scapula
into unequal portions A. Liver
B. Lung
A. spine
C. Trachea
B. acromion
D. Kidney
C. Acoracoid
D. glenoid cavity 128. How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
A. 5
122. This is the passageway for tears:
B. 7
A. lacrimals
C. 12
B. vomer
D. none of above
C. palatines
129. The depression in the scapulae where the
D. inferior nasal conchae humerus articulates to form the shoulder
123. Pumps blood throughout the body joint.
A. sternum
A. Lungs
B. body
B. Liver
C. glenoid cavity
C. Heart
D. xiphoid process
D. Spleen
130. Collar Bone, slender bone that connects
124. Which of the following describes the clav- the manubrium of the sternum to the
icles scapula.
A. long bones A. clavicle
B. superior to the scapula B. scapula
C. holds shoulders in place C. acromion
D. all of these D. humerus

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1.2 Breast
1. What should we do to reduce malnutrition 4. Which of the following statements are
among children under two years of age? true for weak and sick newborns?
A. a.. show the child to the doctor and get A. a. Home care of weak and sick babies
the medicine is possible
B. B.. feed potatoes to the child B. B. Weak baby needs special care at
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home
C. S. Early initiation of breastfeeding and
adequate complementary feeding with ex- C. b & d
clusive breastfeeding up to 6 months D. The. sick child should be referred to
D. The. all of the above the hospital
5. Which of the following correctly describes

2. Select the environmental & lifestyle fac-
angiogenesis?
tors that increase the risk of breast can-
cer. A. Growth of blood vessels that provides
the tumor with nutrients and oxygen.
A. A sedentary lifestyle with little phys-
ical activity can increase your risk for B. Growth of blood vessels that allows tu-
breast cancer. mor cells to pass certain checkpoints in
the cell cycle
B. A diet high in saturated fat and lacking
fruits and vegetables can increase your C. Growth of blood vessels to bring in
risk for breast cancer. more immune cells to the tumor
C. Being overweight or obese can in- D. Movement of cancer cells through the
crease your risk for breast cancer. Your body inducing the production of more red
risk is increased if you have already gone blood cells.
through menopause. 6. What are the risk factors for breast can-
D. Frequent consumption of alcohol can cer?
increase your risk for breast cancer. The A. Late menarche
more alcohol you consume, the greater
B. Multiparity
the risk.
C. Short duration of oral contraceptives
E. Having radiation therapy to the chest
usage
before the age of 30 can increase your risk
for breast cancer. D. Prolong breastfeeding over 2 years
3. What advice can you give to the family to 7. Another name for Hirschsprung Disease?
maintain cleanliness? A. Stenosis rectum
A. a. wash hands before touching baby B. Ganglionik ileum
B. B. Using a clean and sterile bottle for C. Megacolon
the baby D. Atresia Ani
C. S. keep the umbilical cord clean and
8. Which of the following foods can be given
dry
to an infant in a household where non-
D. The. Point ‘A’ and ‘C’ vegetarian food is eaten?

1.2 Breast 15
A. a. mashed egg white C. removal of great tissue

B. B. mashed egg yolk D. machine that creates images

C. S. S. well-cooked and mashed non-
vegetarian food 14. Oncogenes are the cancer causing genes in
cell but they do not express usually. This
D. The. Khichdi, kheer, mashed fruits and is because the presence of
vegetables
A. proto-oncogene
9. Stain used in histopathological examina-
B. tumor suppressor gene
tion of rectal biopsy in Hirschsprung dis-
ease: C. transcription factor
A. Faint blood D. none of above
B. Hematoxylin-Eosin
15. On average how much would treatment
C. Gram cost per year?
D. Blue print A. $10, 000
10. What breast cancer screening method is B. $100, 000
considered the best for Thailand? (Multi-
C. $180, 000
ple options can be selected)
A. Self Breast Examination D. $300, 000
B. Mammogram 16. Using sound waves to create images of ar-

C. Ultrasound eas within the body.
D. MRI A. ultrasound
11. The main therapy for early stage breast B. MRI

cancer is C. CAT scan
A. Operation D. EKG
B. Hormonal therapy
17. How can we identify a weak newborn?
C. Radiotherapy
A. a. Baby born before completion of 8.5
D. Chemotherapy
months
12. What is the removal of a breast tumor and B. B. Baby weighing less than 2 kg at birth
surrounding tissue to help treat breast can-
cer? C. S. not feeding the baby as forcefully as
needed
A. mastectomy
D. The. all of the above
B. chemotherapy
C. radiation therapy 18. Clinical features of Hirschsprung disease?
D. lumpectomy A. Projectile vomit
13. A mammogram is a B. Jaundice
A. x-ray of breast tissue C. Ganglions in the colon
B. a surgery to remove tumors D. Late exit Meconeum > 24 hours

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19. Which is NOT an early sign of breast can- 24. Taking samples from the body for clues
cer? that might indicate certain diseases.
A. Lumps in the breast A. pathology
B. Change of shape or size of the breast B. oncoloy
C. Feelings of repeated nausea C. radiology
D. Skin changes on or around the breast D. genealogy
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20. How can you get breast cancer? 25. Should the baby be fed from both breasts
at each feed?
A. Air droplets
A. a. yes because it helps in making more
B. Genetic
milk
C. Saliva
B. B. No, because the baby will not be
D. none of above able to empty both breasts
21. What should females be looking for when C. S. feed from one breast until the
checking there breasts? breast is empty
A. Any abnormal lumps. D. The. yes because it meets the need of

the baby
B. If one breast is bigger than the other
which is normal for you. 26. Activities or choices that will affect your
C. nipple discharge, inverted nipples, health.
changes in shape or size of the nipple or A. lifestyle factors
breast.
B. biogenetics
D. swelling or redness of the breast.
C. healthy choices
22. What is the ratio of women that are diag- D. habits
nosed with breast cancer in their lifetime?
27. How do you develop breast cancer?
A. 1 in 5
A. By being on contraception.
B. 2 in 10
B. When there are abnormal changes in
C. 1 in 8
the genes that are responsible for keep-
D. 1 in 3 ing the cells healthy.
23. What puts you at risk of developing breast C. By breast feeding.

cancer? D. none of above
A. Bumping or bruising your breasts
28. Tumor marker for breast cancer is?
B. Wearing an underwired bra.
A. CA 125
C. Having breast implants.
B. CA 15.3
D. Being overweight, excessive drinking,
C. CA 19.9
prolonged exposure to certain hormones
(oestrogen) D. AFP

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29. Why is it important to feed a variety of 35. Definitive Therapy for Hirschsprung dis-
nutritious foods to young children? ease?

A. a. for better body growth A. Posterosagital anorectoplasty
B. B. for better ability of learning and ac- B. End colostomy
tivities
C. Ladd’s procedure
C. S. to fight infections
D. Pull-through
D. The. all of the above
E. Ileostomy
30. How many breast cancer survivors are es-
timated to be alive in the United States 36. Kelainan jinak payudara diklasifikasikan
today? menurut kriteria ANDI (Aberrations of
Normal Development and Involution of
A. 2 million
the breast), yang termasuk abberation
B. 2.6 million adalah:
C. 3.3 million A. Nipple eversion
D. 4.1 million B. Fibroadenoma
31. What is the importance of Vitamin-‘A’? C. Gigantomastia
A. a. helps make new blood D. Abscess
B. B. better intelligence and memory
37. Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer
C. S. helps keep eyes healthy
cells.
D. The. Point ‘A’ and ‘C’
A. chemotherapy
32. What is the most common symptom? B. radiation therapy
A. inflammation C. cancer surgery
B. Swollen lymph
D. mitotic spindling
C. Lumps
38. Select all that are genetic factors of breast
D. discomfort
cancer
33. Which includes triple Diagnostic Breast Ex- A. If your mother, sister, father or child
amination, Except has been diagnosed with breast or ovar-
A. Clinical Breast Examination ian cancer, you have a higher risk of be-
B. Mammography ing diagnosed with breast cancer in the
future. Your risk increases if your relative
C. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy was diagnosed before the age of 50.
D. Thorax X-Ray
B. Early menstruation (before age 12),
34. At what age can a child be introduced to a late menopause (after 55), having your
diet from different food groups? first child at an older age, or never hav-
ing given birth can also increase your risk
A. a. as soon as the baby is 6 months old
for breast cancer.
B. B. when the baby is 1 year old
C. Having dense breast tissue can in-
C. S. when the baby is 10 months old crease your risk for breast cancer and
D. S. when the baby is 10 months old make lumps harder to detect.

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D. Breast cancer is diagnosed more often B. B. To identify a newborn requiring hos-

in Caucasian women than women of other pital treatment
races. C. S. for advice on breastfeeding and
39. What treatment would most likely be used complementary feeding
first D. The. Point ‘A’ and ‘B’
A. Chemotherapy/ Radiation 44. Which includes breast parenchyma tissue,
B. Rehabillitaion except?
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C. Surgery A. Acinus
D. none of above B. Lobules
40. What can we do to save the life of a weak C. Ductus Lactiferus
newborn? D. Cooper’s ligament
A. a. get extra breastfeeds
45. Gold standard for diagnosing Hirschsprung
B. B. provide kangaroo mother care disease?
C. S. Ensure extra breastfeeding, warmth A. photo poles abdomen
and hygiene
B. Cross table lateral supine
D. The. give life-saving antibiotics to the
C. Stool Analysis
baby
D. Rectal biopsy
41. A diagnostic procedure that involves re-
moving a tissue sample from a patient. 46. What is the correct position for breastfeed-
ing a baby?
A. biopsy
A. a. Mother should only breastfeed
B. lipotripsy
while sitting
C. pathogenesis
B. B. mother should breastfeed lying
D. oncology down
42. What type of a person is most likely re- C. S. Mother can breastfeed in both sit-
lapse? ting and lying position
A. Underweight D. The. depends on baby’s comfort
B. Obese 47. Which food group is important for body-
C. Older In age building?
D. Younger A. a. Cereals and millets
43. Why is it important to observe breastfeed- B. B. pulses, legumes, nuts and non-
ing in newborns? vegetarian foods
A. a. To identify a newborn in need of ex- C. S. green leafy vegetables

tra care D. The. edible oil
1.3 Mediastinum

1.3 Mediastinum 19
1. This bone marrow is taken from a close 7. The lymph node excision category codes
relative, so there is genetic similarity are based on what two things?

A. allogenic A. method and number
B. transgenic B. location and number
C. autologenic C. extent and depth
D. biogenic D. method and location
2. Overlapping 8. Mediastinum codes are identified by which
A. transplantation factor?
B. mediastinotomy A. extenuating circumstances
C. lymphadenitis B. conditional complexity
D. nesting C. patient position
D. surgical approach
3. This bone marrow is collected from the pa-
tient and later transplanted or reinfused 9. How many categories are located in the
back into the patient from whom it came mediastinum heading?
A. allogenic A. 4
B. transgenic B. 3
C. autologenic C. 6
D. biogenic D. 2
4. What is it called when the diaphragm is 10. This type of lymphadenectomy is the re-
out of normal position and has moved up moval of the lymph nodes, glands, and sur-
farther into the thoracic cavity? rounding tissues.
A. hernia A. modified
B. eventration B. radical
C. imbriation C. limited
D. laceration D. partial
5. A diaphragmatic hernia is also known as 11. inflammation of the lymph nodes
a(n) A. transplantation
A. gastro hernia B. mediastinotomy
B. umbilical hernia C. lymphadenitis
C. esophageal hiatal hernia D. imbrication
D. thoracoabdominal hernia
12. The spleen is composed of this material
6. grafting tissue from one source to another that also surrounds veins and arteries
A. transplantation A. blood
B. mediastinotomy B. bone marrow
C. lymphadenitis C. lymph tissue
D. imbrication D. none of the above

1.4 Lungs 20
13. cutting into the mediastinum 15. is a malignant disease of the bone mar-
A. transplantation row in which excessive white blood cells
are produced.
B. mediastinotomy
A. leukopenia
C. lymphadenitis
B. anemia
D. imbrication
C. leukemia
14. What word describes a lymphadenectomy D. leukocytosis
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in which only the lymph nodes are re-
moved? 16. The manufactures most blood cells.
A. radical A. liver
B. partial B. lymph nodes
C. segmental C. spleen
D. limited D. bone marrow
1.4 Lungs
1. I work with the intercostal muscles to al- A. The lungs
low ventilation to happen B. The brain
A. Ribs C. The ribs
B. Intercostal Muscles D. The heart
C. Diagraphm
5. Asthma is best defined by
D. none of above
A. constricting the airways in the lungs
2. is not good for your lungs. due to inflammation
A. exercising B. getting particles stuck in the lungs

C. difficulty in breathing from exercise
B. singing
D. decrease in breathes per minute
C. smoking
based on lung capacity
D. yelling
6. Where gas exchange happens
3. What name is given to the “grape-like A. alveoli
clusters” found at the tips of the branches
of the respiratory tree, that functions as B. heart
the site of gas exchange? C. raveoli
A. alveoli D. mouth
B. bronchial tubes 7. Diaphragm is
C. lung A. part of lungs
D. diaphragm B. muscle that helps in breathing
4. works like a computer, it also makes C. throat muscle
you think and remember things. D. structure in bones

1.4 Lungs 21
8. How many parts of a flower are there? C. air pipe

A. 4 D. none of above

B. 7 14. What is the structure that protects the
C. 10 lungs?
D. 5 A. Rib cage
B. Skull
9. What is the name of the tube that connects
the mouth and nose to the lungs? C. Pelvis
A. Trachea D. Vertebrae
B. Oesophagus 15. Unscramble the word OKEAR.

C. Pharynx A. Kreao
D. Bronchi B. Keora
C. Kaero
10. The atria are the “upstairs” chambers of
the heart and these are the “downstairs” D. Kerao
chambers. 16. takes place as the diaphragm FLATTENS
A. valves OR MOVES DOWNWARDS
B. ventricles A. bronchi
C. blood B. exhalation
D. candy hearts C. inhalation
D. alveoli
11. What is the lungs’ job for the human body
A. to give blood 17. Small trees and shrubs with spines
B. to remove oxygen from the human A. Deciduous forest

body and to give the human body carbon B. Evergreen forest
dioxide C. Thorn and Shrub forest
C. To make us smart D. Mangrove forest
D. to give oxygen to the humans’ body
18. Oxygen from the air enters the blood
blood and remove carbon dioxide from the
stream where in the lungs?
human body
A. Arteries
12. carry blood to the heart. B. Veins
A. Arteries C. Capillaries
B. Veins D. Sinuses
C. Capillaries
19. are protected by the ribs.
D. Vena Cava
A. Lungs and brain
13. The windpipes correct name is the B. Heart and lungs
A. gullet C. Heart and brain
B. trachea D. none of above

1.4 Lungs 22
20. The process of movement of air into and 26. this is the internal organ used for breath-
out of the lungs is called ing
A. Circulation A. nose
B. Digestion B. lungs
C. Breathing C. diaphragm
D. Excretion D. mouth
27. How many lungs do we have
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21. the air we breath contains 21 percent but
we only use percent A. 1
A. 5 B. 2
B. 8 C. 3
C. 3 D. 4
D. 6 28. What structure of the heart collects deoxy-
genated blood from the body?
22. Which part of the body is NOT used for the
human breathing system to work? A. left atrium
B. left ventricle
A. Mouth
C. right atrium
B. Nose
D. right ventricle
C. Small intestine
D. Diaphragm 29. Which gas we take out when we exhale?
A. Oxygen
23. Why are lungs specialised for breathing
B. Carbon dioxide
A. Large surface are
C. Nitrogen
B. Because it’s green
D. Hydrogen
C. Lots of Alveoli
30. are forests that are secured by the
D. Because there is two of them government and the in-charge of that for-
24. What is the meaning of Sundar in english? est is called
A. Reserved
A. Dirty
B. Deciduous
B. Beautiful
C. Forest protector
C. Dusty
D. Forest ranger
D. Ver bad
31. The ability to provide and sustain vigorous
25. Strong, gusty, hot and dry winds called total body activity aerobically is the defi-
as? nition of?
A. Summer A. Muscular endurance
B. Loo B. FitnessStength
C. Monsoon C. Power
D. none of above D. Cardio-respiratory endurance

1.4 Lungs 23
32. The digestion of which food molecule by 38. Which of the following protects our organs
enzymes begins in the mouth? in our body?

A. Glucose A. Diaphragm
B. Protein
B. Ribcage
C. Starch
C. Trachea
D. Fat
D. Bronchi
33. What is the name of the tiny air sacs in
your lungs? 39. What is the smelliest flower called?
A. Bronchioles
A. Rafflesia
B. Ravioli
B. Hibiscus
C. Alveoli
C. Sunflower
D. Bronchus
D. Tulip
34. The Corona Virus affects the mostly.
A. Brain 40. What is the average human heartbeat?
B. Eyes
A. 30 to 40 beats a minute
C. Lungs
B. 20 to 60 beats a minute
D. Feet
C. 60 to 100 a minute
35. Clusters of tiny air sacs that allow the ex-
change of oxygen and carbon dioxide D. 40 to 70 beats a minute
A. Pharynx
41. The examiner ask the client to repeat the
B. Diaphragm letter “E” while you listen over the chest
C. Alveoli wall. This test is done to elicit what voice
sound?
D. Lungs
A. Bronchophony
36. What is it called when you breathe in
through your nose or mouth? B. Egophony
A. Inhale C. Whispered pectoriloquy
B. Exhale D. none of above
C. Unhale
D. Dehale 42. Given the following structures:1. alveoli2.
bronchi3. bronchiolesWhich of the follow-
37. I have a large surface area to increase how ing is the correct order in which air would
much oxygen and carbon dioxide can pass flow after inhalation?
to and from the blood stream
A. 1, 2, 3
A. Trachea
B. 2, 1, 3
B. Bronchi
C. Alveoli C. 2, 3, 1
D. none of above D. 3, 2, 1

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43. this is where the cycle of breathing hap- 48. Your body couldn’t breathe without this
pens first system. Which one is it?
A. nose A. perspiration system
B. mouth B. respiratory system
C. lungs C. photosynthesis
D. urinary system
D. nose and/or mouth
49. As you breathe, this contracts and flattens
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44. An officer incharge of protecting or manag- to give your lungs room to fill up with air:
ing a forest are known as
A. larynx
A. Manager
B. lung balloon
B. Field officer C. diaphragm
C. Forest Ranger D. bronchiole
D. Forest Friend
50. Air moves into the lungs due to
45. Which path describes the movement of A. decreased air pressure in lungs
oxygenated blood? B. pressure of diaphragm on lungs
A. Vena cava to right atrium to right ven- C. throat muscles contracting
tricle
D. active transport
B. Pulmonary vein to left atrium to left
ventricle 51. Which chemical test is used to detect the
presence of glucose in food?
C. Right ventricle to pulmonary artery to
A. Benedict’s test
lungs
B. Biurets test
D. none of above
C. Iodine test
46. How does your chest change during inhala- D. Ethanol test
tion?
52. A contraction of the diaphragm during in-
A. getting bigger halation causes it to flatten. What else
B. getting smaller does the contraction result in?
C. no change A. An increase in the volume of the tho-
racic cavity
D. none of above
B. Increase in alveolar pressure
47. The client repeat the phrase “ninety-nine” C. A decrease in lung volume
while you auscultate the chest wall. What
D. A decrease in the volume of the tho-
is the test for?
racic cavity
A. Egophony
53. Which of the following is NOT a feature of
B. Bronchophony alveoli
C. Whispered pectoriloquy A. Have a large surface area
D. none of above B. Have thin walls

1.4 Lungs 25
C. Have extensive blood supply 59. Dates are rich in which mineral?
D. Have a muscular wall A. Vitamins

B. Nickle
54. Name the National Park in Rajasthan?
C. phosphorous
A. Desert National Park
D. Iron
B. Thorn National Park
60. The trachea divides into two bronchus,
C. Dry National Park
which then divide into smaller bronchioles-
D. none of above at the end of these there are
A. pots of gold
55. Location of gas exchange
B. cilia-air sacs
A. alveoli
C. alveoli-air sacs
B. myocardium
D. none of above
C. raveoli
D. pulmonary vent 61. What can your lungs do that no other part
of your body can do?
56. The gas that provides energy to the body A. float
is oxygen, while the one that produces
B. sink
waste products or “exhaust” of the body
is C. move
A. carbon dioxide D. be damaged
B. Water 62. Which of the following are the key events

C. Blood when we Inhale? Select all that apply
A. Expand chest and PIP becomes more
D. Fluid
negative
57. The alveoli are B. Volume in alveoli increase
A. a type of pasta C. Pressure in alveoli drops
B. small air sacs where oxygen gets ab- D. Air flows into alveoli and fills lungs
sorbed into the body. E. Pressures equalize and air flow stops
C. bones
63. This chamber of the heart PUMPS blood to
D. none of above the body.
A. Right Atrium
58. I ended the day with a glass of tomato
juice. I call it the RED SIP. Unscramble the B. Right Ventricle
word and identify the name of the animal. C. Left Atrium
A. Reindeer D. Left Ventricle
B. Spider
64. Why is the diaphragm important to the
C. snake breathing system?
D. Deer A. Helps the system to digest

1.4 Lungs 26
B. it helps the system to do its main func- 69. Body parts are called
tions A. pieces
C. it contracts and relaxes, changing the B. organs
pressure in the lungs so air will en- C. machines
ter/leave
D. none of above
D. It decreases the carbon dioxide in the
blood 70. What moves out of the blood into the alve-
oli during gas exchange?
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65. When you inhale your lungs do what? A. Water
A. Turn purple B. Hydrogen
B. deflate C. Oxygen
C. inflate D. Energy
D. do a dance 71. The lungs are found in the

A. Chest
66. What is the following describing:-External B. Brain
intercostal muscles contract-Diaphragm
contracts-becomes flatter-Ribs & sternum C. Abdomen
move upwards and outwards-Increase D. none of above
in chest cavity volume-Lung volume
72. What is the Diaphragm?
increases-Pulmonary air pressure de-
creases below atmospheric pressure- A. Muscle dividing the thorax and ab-
Atmospheric air is forced into the lungs domen
A. Expiration B. Muscle between the ribs

C. Upper Half of Torso
B. Respiration
D. Pipe running down from the mouth
C. Spirometer
73. The heart is protected by the
D. Inspiration
A. ribs
67. Our chest contains a pair of lungs, which B. head bones
are made up of sections called C. arm muscles
A. Septum D. none of above
B. Bronchi 74. how are gills specialised for fish and un-
C. Lobes derwater breathing?
D. Bronchioles A. Gills usually consist of thin filaments of

tissue
68. Is all around the outside of the lungs? B. Gills have tiny holes in them to let wa-
ter in
A. Blood
C. Gills allow for quick movement in the
B. Fluid water
C. Air D. Gills don’t help at all and just look cool
D. Oxygen E. Gills are giant hole sin the side of a fish

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75. The RECEIVES blood returning from the 80. Which of the following happens during in-
lungs. spiration?

A. Right Atrium A. Diaphragm contracts
B. Right Ventricle B. Abdominal muscles contract
C. Left Atrium C. External intercostal muscles relax
D. Left Ventricle D. Internal intercostal muscles contract

81. You have 2 bronchi, each one is called a
76. What is the main bone structure that pro-
tects the lungs
A. bronchiole
A. Vertebrae
B. bronchus
B. Rib cage
C. bronchioley
C. Skull D. none of above
D. Pelvis
82. Which blood vessel carries oxygenated
77. Select the option that best describes some- blood away from the lungs?
thing I can do to keep safe during the A. aorta
Corona Virus. B. vena cava
A. Go to the park with all my friends C. pulmonary artery
B. Wash my hands only once a day to save D. pulmonary vein
soap
83. After you inhale, where does the oxygen
C. Be scared because that will help me to go down to get to your bronchi?
be more focused
A. Your Heart
D. Wash my hands multiple times a day to
keep them clean B. Your Bronchi
C. Your Lungs
78. What do the cilia do? D. Your Trachea
A. Catch dust and microbes
84. My lungs trade oxygen for through the
B. Waft mucus and trapped dust and mi- tiny balloons.
crobes up and out of the lungs
A. air
C. Help the cells lining the windpipe to B. carbon dioxide
move about
C. blood
D. none of above
D. lungs
79. Are the long term weather conditions 85. In which state is Bhavnagar Amreli Forest
of a place situated?
A. climate A. Tamil Nadu
B. seasons B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Monsoon C. Gujrat
D. none of above D. Kerala

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86. What is asthma? 92. the look like a wasp’s nest and is
A. disease that makes learning difficult where the exchange of oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes places.
B. disease that makes breathing difficult
A. alveoli
C. disease that makes walking difficult
D. disease that makes cooking difficult B. bronchial tubes
C. lung
87. Bengal tiger are found in
D. diaphragm
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A. Evergreen forest
B. Thorn forest
93. What major artery takes oxygenated
C. Mangrove forest blood away from the heart?
D. Mountain forest A. pulomonary artery
88. Where does air first enter your body? B. aorta
A. ears C. pulmonary veins
B. eyes
D. vena cava
C. toes
D. nose or mouth 94. Which of the following are features of the
alveoli that adapt them to gas exchange?
89. To help gas exchange, the surface of the I. High surface areaII. Thin wallsIII. Close
lungs must NOT be to the skin
A. Wet A. I and II only
B. Thin
B. I only
C. Dry
C. II and III
D. Large
D. I, II and III
90. The respiratory system is made up of the
trachea, the lungs, and the 95. Which blood vessel brings deoxygenated
A. Liver blood to the lungs?
B. Diaphragm A. aorta
C. Esophagus B. vena cava
D. Pancreas
C. pulmonary artery
91. Why is the diaphragm important to the res- D. pulmonary vein
piratory system?
A. It contracts or expands air from the 96. What is the main organ in the respiratory
lungs. system?
B. It helps the system to digest. A. Kidney
C. It helps the system to do its main func- B. Heart
tions.
C. Lungs
D. It helps decrease the carbon dioxide in
the system. D. Diaphragm

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97. Every human has lungs. 102. How many mm3 are in 7cm3?
A. one A. 7

B. two B. 70
C. three C. 700
D. four D. 7000
98. What process creates the Carbon Dioxide 103. Your heart beats faster when you
in our body?
A. rest
A. Photosynthesis
B. exercise
B. Respiration
C. sleep
C. Protein Synthesis
D. none of above
D. Breathing
99. When you EXHALE, air passes through the 104. The respiratory system is made up of the
respiratory parts in which of the following trachea, the lungs, and what else?
sequences? A. liver
A. Trachea, alveoli, bronchi, larynx, B. diaphragm
nose/mouth
C. esophagus
B. Alveoli, bronchi, trachea, larynx,
D. pancreas
nose/mouth
C. Alveoli, bronchi, larynx, trachea, 105. We receive oxygen and take out what
nose/mouth from our bodies?
D. Bronchi, alveoli, trachea, larynx, A. Our need to live
nose/mouth
B. Carbon Dioxide
100. The are the most prominent mountain C. Molecules unneeded to the body.
ranges in India
D. Chemicals needed to the body .
A. Mount Everest
B. The Aravalli Range 106. The trachea leads to the
C. The Eastern Ghats. A. Bronchioles
D. The Himalaya Range B. Bronchi
C. Oesophagus
101. Which part of the Respiratory Sys-
tem collects air from the environment & D. Pulmonary artery
heats/moistens the air before entering
the body? 107. What do healthy lungs look like?
A. lungs A. spongy and black
B. nose B. hard and black
C. heart C. hard and pinkish gray
D. brain D. spongy and pinkish gray

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108. Deciduous Forest is found in 113. During gas exchange what enters from
A. Madhya Pradesh, South Bihar, and alveoli to the capillaries?
west Odisha A. CO2
B. Kerala, South Maharashtra and Ut- B. CO
tarakhand C. O2
C. Karnataka and western Mysore D. nitrogen
D. None of the above
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114. Monsoon season
109. Who is a forest ranger? A. June to September
A. The person who hunts animals. B. October to November
B. An officer in charge of protecting a for- C. March to May
est D. December to February
C. A tourist
115. During cellular respiration, what happens
D. none of above to the carbon dioxide?
110. Which of the following are features of A. Itleaves the alveoli and is exhaled from
the alveoli that adapt them to gas ex- the lungs
change? I. High surface areaII. Thin walls B. It leaves the bloodstream and enters
III. Dry surfaces the alveoli
A. I and II only C. It leaves the cells and enters the blood-
B. I only stream
C. II and III D. It leaves the alveoli and enters the
bloodstream
D. I, II, and III
116. The trachea is also called the:
111. What is tidal volume?
A. lung
A. The volume of air inspired and expired
during a normal breath at rest B. diaphragm
B. The volume of air inspired and expired C. windpipe

during exercise D. bronchus
C. The extra volume of air you could in- 117. Which of the following tries to pull the
spire if you wanted to chest wall outward and also creates an in-
D. The total volume of air you could possi- ward pull?
bly inspire and expire during a maximum A. visceral pleura
breath in and out
B. elastic recoil
112. Which gas we take in when we inhale? C. intrapleural space
A. Oxygen D. pleural membranes
B. Carbon dioxide
118. A substance that causes cancer is gener-
C. Nitrogen ally called a/an
D. Hydrogen A. pollutant

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B. irritant 124. Given the following structures:1. lar-

C. carcinogen ynx2. nasal cavity3. pharynx4. tra-
cheaWhich of the following is the correct

D. antigen order that air would flow during inhala-
119. The heart has chambers. tion.
A. 1 A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2 B. 2, 3, 1, 4
C. 3 C. 2, 1, 3, 4
D. 4
D. 4, 2, 3, 1
120. What is the purpose of the lungs?
125. The is a wall of muscle that divides
A. bring bad air in and good air out
the right and left halves of the heart.
B. bring hot air in and cold air out
A. Atrioventrucular Valve
C. bring good air in and bad air out
B. Semilunar Valve
D. bring cold air in and hot air out
C. Septum
121. The bone that protects the lungs is called
D. Diaphragm
A. cranium
126. Which of the following is not happening
B. rib cage during inhalation?
C. vertebrae
A. the diaphragm contracts
D. esophagus
B. the rib cage rises up
122. The alveoli are where
C. expands the volume of the chest cavity
A. the two characters in the movie live.
D. diaphragm is relaxing
B. oxygen gets absorbed into the body.
C. you breathe. 127. With circulation the heart provides your
D. none of above body with:
123. What is gaseous exchange? A. oxygen
A. The movement of Oxygen and Car- B. nutrients

bon Dioxide between the bronchi and pul- C. a way to get rid of waste
monary artery
D. all of the above
B. The movement of Oxygen and Carbon
Dioxide between the alveoli and blood-
128. How often do you breath?
stream
C. The movement of Oxygen and Carbon A. 10 times a minute
Dioxide between the heart and lungs B. 2 times a minute
D. The movement of Oxygen and Car-
C. 20 times a minute
bon Dioxide between the nasal cavity and
heart D. 100 times a minute

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129. Why does the left lung have fewer lobes 135. Which of the following is TRUE about the
than the right lung? regulation of bronchiole radius in Bronchi-
A. The heart sits on the left side ole constriction?
B. The stomach sits on the left side A. parasympathetic via muscarinic recep-
tors
C. False:they have the same number of
lobes B. sympathetic via activation of b2 (recep-
tors on smooth muscle)
D. False:the heart sits on the right side
C. relaxation
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130. Where does the oxygen that we breathe D. epinephrine
get absorbed into the blood?
E. HIGH CO2
A. The Bronchi’s
136. Where does respiration occur?
B. The Trachea
A. Cells
C. The Nose
B. Lungs
D. The Alveoli
C. Skin
131. help us breathe. D. Brain
A. The heart
137. Gas exchange occurs in air sacs called
B. The brain
A. Bronchi
C. The lungs
B. Diaphragm
D. none of above C. Alveoli
132. What is the name of the waste gas we D. Larynx
release as we exhale?
138. how much of the world has weak lungs
A. Carbon Dioxide
A. 80
B. Oxygen
B. 30
C. Blood
C. 40
D. Carbon Monoxide
D. 10
133. Which type of blood cell does not have a 139. Which bones protect the lungs and are
nucleus? also needed for breathing to happen?
A. Phagocyte A. ribs
B. Lymphocyte B. radius and ulna
C. Red blood cell C. cranial bones
D. none of above D. jaw bones
134. What blood vessel carries deoxygenated 140. Arteries
blood from the heart to the lungs?
A. Always carry blood away from the
A. Vena cava heart
B. Pulmonary vein B. Always carry blood towards the heart
C. Pulmonary artery C. Always carry oxygenated blood
D. Aorta D. Always carry deoxygenated blood

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141. During winter Delhi get and in Kerala 147. Which muscle is involved in breathing?
it receives A. diaphragm

A. Cooler, Moderate B. biceps
B. Hot, Icey C. abdominal
C. Sunny, Moderate cold D. none of above
D. None of the Above
148. The heart pumps to every part of
142. are the parts of the lungs where the ex- your body.
change of gases happen A. water
A. inhalation B. juice
B. exhalation C. milk
C. alveoli D. blood
D. bronchi 149. The trachea leads to
143. What happens to tidal volume during ex- A. Bronchioles
ercise? B. Bronchi
A. It increases C. Oesophagus
B. It decreases D. Pulmonary vessel
C. It gets faster 150. For air to flow into the lungs, the pres-
D. It slows down sure inside the alveoli must become lower
than the atmospheric pressure. How does
144. What is the scientific name of the “wind- this occur?
pipe? ”
A. By decreasing lung size
A. Larynx
B. By coughing
B. Trachea
C. By increasing lung size
C. Lungs
D. none of above
D. none of above
151. Which is not a long term effect of training
145. The voice box is also known as the: on the lung function?
A. alveoli A. Increased gaseous exchange
B. larynx B. Smaller oxygen debt
C. trachea C. Respiratory muscles get fitter and
stronger
D. motor mouth
D. Improved cardiac output
146. Tress shed their leaves in some seasons
152. Which of the following are the smaller
A. Deciduous forest
branches of the bronchial airways in the
B. Evergreen forest respiratory tract?
C. Thorn and shrub forest A. Bronchus
D. Mangrove forest B. Trachea

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C. Bronchioles 158. Our body parts work to keep our

D. Diaphragm body alive.
A. together
153. Which heart chamber pumps blood to the
lungs? B. alone
A. right atrium C. separatly
B. right ventricle D. none of above
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C. left atrium 159. You can find me between each rib and I
D. left ventricle allow the ribcage to change size and vol-
ume
154. Areas that fall on the leeward side of A. Ribs
mountains receive less rainfall and are
called B. Intercostal Muscles
A. Leeward Side C. Diagraphm
B. Windward D. none of above
C. Rain shadow areas 160. What are the main organs of gas ex-
D. None of above change in the respiratory system?
A. diapragm
155. I make up a movable cage to protect the
lungs B. lungs
A. Ribs C. trachea
B. Intercostal Muscles D. bronchi
C. Diagraphm 161. India has very geographical features

D. none of above A. Many
156. The cardiovascular and respiratory sys- B. Limited

tem work together to C. A few
A. provide oxygen to the human move- D. None of the above
ment system
162. Why is mucus produced in the lungs?
B. remove waste products from the hu-
man movement system. A. To help you cough
C. both of these answers are correct. B. To trap microbes to reduce the chance
of infection
D. none of above
C. To help the air move in and out
157. Name the structure found at the back of D. none of above
the throat which is the common passage-
way for food, water and air. 163. Trees are closely packed together
A. The pharynx A. Deciduous forest
B. The larynx B. Evergreen forest
C. The alveoli C. Thorn and shrub forest
D. The nasal cavity D. Mangrove forest

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164. What type of cells carries oxygen? C. oxygen

A. red blood cells D. alveoli

B. white blood cells 170. A is a large stretch of land that is
C. neurons usually is covered with trees
D. none of above A. Farm
165. What happens to the intercostal muscles B. Forest

during inhalation? C. Plateau
A. The diaphragm relaxes D. none of above
B. pressure in the lungs increases 171. What is the name of the dome shaped
C. The ribs are elevated muscle under lungs that helps you inhale?
D. The size of the thoracic cavity de- A. Trachea
creases B. Diaphragm
166. unscramble the following words to form C. Biceps
meaningful words related to mangrove D. Bronchi
forest .NEAT GIRLS BEG
A. GORILLA 172. The movement of blood through the heart
and body is called what?
B. BENGAL TIGER
A. circulation
C. REDSPIDER
B. locomotion
D. INDIAN BUCK
C. ventriculation
167. What molecules are the building blocks of D. heart pump
proteins?
A. Amino acids 173. When you breathe the diaphragm
creating more space for more air.
B. Fatty acid
A. raises high
C. Glycerol
B. raises low
D. Glucose
C. lifts high
168. Where in the respiratory tract does the D. flattens out
exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
take place? 174. Where is the smelliest flower located?
A. Larynx A. Japan
B. Bronchi B. Kenya
C. Trachea C. US
D. Alveoli D. Malaysia
169. The air sacs that are covered with capil- 175. What is the name of the gas that we need
laries where gas exchange takes place to breathe in?
A. bronchi A. Carbon Dioxide
B. lungs B. Oxygen

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C. Blood 181. What name is given to the structure that

acts like a trapdoor” that covers over the
D. Carbon Monoxide
windpipe the instant one swallows food or
liquid?
176. Which part of the heart collects oxygen
rich blood from the lungs? A. Esophagus
A. Left atrium B. Epiglottis
B. left ventricle C. Pharynx
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D. Tongue
C. right ventricle
D. right atrium 182. fan out like coral in this resin cast that
also shows pulmonary arteries and tra-
177. If someone has a pneumothorax, they chea
have A. bronchi
A. a lung infection B. alveoli
B. a very big rib cage C. inhalation
C. a collapsed lung D. exhalation
D. a third lung 183. As the examiner percussed for diaphrag-

matic excursion, he measured the distance
178. What part of the respiratory system between the two marks and obtain a read-
does air never enter? ing of 4cm bilaterally. This reading indi-
cates what?
A. Mouth
A. Normal
B. Diaphragm
B. Diaphragmatic descend
C. Bronchi
C. Uneven excursion
D. Trachea
D. Dullness
179. How many chambers does the heart 184. What muscles are used in breathing in
have?
A. diaphragm and intercostals
A. 4
B. diaphragm and lungs
B. 6 C. Abdominals
C. 3 D. none of above
D. 1
185. Given the following structures:1.larynx2.nasal
cavity3.pharynx4.tracheaWhich is the cor-
180. Which of the following is affected by the
rect order that air would flow during in-
respiratory system?
halation?
A. Yawning A. 1234
B. Hiccups B. 2134
C. Sneezing C. 2314
D. All of these D. 4231

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186. The heart is a strong 192. Which of the following is the largest mus-
A. muscle cle, which is also the most efficient and it
is located under the lungs and separates

B. bone them from the other internal organs such
C. fat as the liver, the stomach, the intestines
and etc.?
D. blood
A. Trachea
187. Each breath comes into my first. B. Bronchi
A. tongue or eyes C. Bronchioles
B. nose or mouth D. Diaphragm
C. brain or blood
193. Which of the following organs combine
D. heart oxygen with the blood and eliminate car-
bon dioxide?
188. I am the windpipe that leads from the
A. Brain
mouth and nose to the bronchi
B. Heart
A. Trachea
C. Lungs
B. Bronchiole
D. Liver
C. Alveoli
D. none of above 194. takes place as the diaphragm relaxes
A. inhalation
189. What is Respiration?
B. alveoli
A. How energy is released from glucose
C. exhalation
in cells
D. bronchi
B. The function of sweating
C. the function of breathing 195. how much of the world has good lungs
D. none of above A. 40
B. 60
190. spasm of the diaphragm
C. 70
A. cough
D. 20
B. sneeze
196. Sundari, keora, and kankara are the fa-
C. hiccup mous trees found in this forest.
D. yawn A. Evergreen Forest
191. What is the main function of the respira- B. Deciduous Forest
tory system? C. Mangrove Forest
A. To break food down D. Mountain Forest
B. Circulate the blood
197. The tiny hairs that keep mucus and dirt
C. Supply the blood with oxygen out of your lungs are called:
D. none of above A. lung hairs

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B. stubble alveoli. Which body system is the doctor

C. bronchioles examining?
A. the lymphatic system
D. cilia
B. the respiratory system
198. Where are your lungs located?
C. the circulatory system
A. Stomach D. the cardiovascular system
B. Back
204. The respiratory system is made up of the
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C. Chest trachea, the lungs, and the:
D. Head A. liver
199. The beating sound your heart makes B. diaphragm
comes from what? C. esophagus
A. blood going in the wrong direction D. pancreas
B. valves closing 205. At the bottom of the rib cage there is a
C. the heart skipping beats sheet of muscle called
D. your ears playing tricks on you A. the diaphragm
B. tarexium
200. Trees gives us and
C. ventilation drum
A. Carbon Dioxide
D. none of above
B. Oxygen
206. Which of the following can reduce surface
C. Food
tension in smaller alveoli?
D. Plastic
A. elastic recoil
201. When you inhale, your lungs: B. surfactant
A. inflate C. alveolar epithelial cells
B. turn purple D. type 1 cells
C. deflate 207. Which of the following does NOT make
D. do a dance up part of the lungs?
A. Alveoli
202. How many ribs do you have?
B. Bronchioles
A. 156
C. Heart
B. 22
D. Bronchi
C. 17
208. The breathing rate is faster in children
D. 12
and women than in men.
203. Amy goes to the doctor because she is not A. False
feeling well. The doctor carefully looks for B. True
anything abnormal in Amy’s pharynx. The
doctor then listens through his stethoscope C. Only on Thursdays
for abnormal sounds in Amy’s bronchi and D. Donald Trump

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209. What “pushes” the blood from the heart 214. What is the name of the muscles that
to the lungs? move your rib cage?

A. right atrium A. Bicep muscles
B. right ventricle B. Cardiac muscles
C. left atrium C. Respiratory muscles

D. Intercostal muscles
D. left ventricle
215. What surrounds the alveoli?
210. Which is the correct order of structures
that air passes through? A. oxygen
B. carbon dioxide
A. Trachea → bronchi → bronchioles →
alveoli C. capillaries
B. Bronchi → trachea→ bronchioles → D. bronchioles
alveoli
216. What is this the equation for? -Q = SV X
C. Bronchioles → bronchi → trachea → HR
alveoli A. Stroke volume
D. Trachea → bronchioles ? bronchi B. Maximum heart rate
→ alveoli
C. Cardiac output
211. What is the name of the dome shaped D. bradycardia
muscle under your lungs?
217. After you inhale, where does the oxygen
A. Trachea go down to get to your lungs?
B. Diaphragm A. Your heart
C. Biceps B. Your diaphragm
D. Bronchi C. Your blood vessels
D. Your windpipe
212. What is the common name for the lar-
ynx? 218. What is the respiratory system?
A. The voice box A. Body’s food processing system
B. The food-tube B. Body’s breathing system
C. A bolus C. Body’s reproduction system
D. The bronchi D. Body’s nervous system
219. Vital capacity is best defined as

213. When we breathe out, our diaphragm be-
comes A. The total volume of air that can be ex-
pelled out in one breath
A. relaxed and dome shaped
B. The total volume of air that can be
B. contracted and flattened breathed in one breath
C. relaxed and flattened C. The total volume of oxygen in the lungs
D. dome shaped and contracted D. The total volume of the lungs

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220. How big is an adult lung? C. The heart gets rid of the wastes in your
A. as big as a basketball body produced by homeostasis.
B. as big as a football D. diffuses oxygen and carbon dioxide

C. as big as a tennis ball
226. how much water humans exhale per
D. as big as a volleyball hour?
221. When you breathe in air, you bring oxy- A. 15.5
gen into your lungs and blow out:
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B. 17.5
A. carbon dioxide
C. 12.5
B. carbon monoxide
D. 37.5
C. oxygen
D. hydrogen 227. I ended the day with a glass of tomato
juice. I call it the RED SIP. The animal name
222. The PUMPS blood to the lungs. is
A. Right Atrium A. Reindeer
B. Right Ventricle
B. Spider
C. Left Atrium
C. snake
D. Left Ventricle
D. Deer
223. What are the most common animals that
help pollinate flowers? 228. How many lungs do you have?
A. Butterflies And Spiders A. 0
B. Horses And Bees B. 1
C. Fishes And Dogs
C. 2
D. Bees And Butterflies
D. 3
224. Protected forests where the cutting
down of trees and other hunting of animals 229. Inhale!!!My lungs
is prohibited are known as A. Got Smaller
A. Mountain forest
B. Got Bigger
B. Reserve Forest
C. Stayed the same
C. Thorn forest
D. Turned inside-out
D. Mangrove Forest
225. What is the main function of the heart? 230. Your lungs are sealed within air tight
bags lined with something called the
A. They provide the tissues of the HMS
(human movement system) with oxygen, A. ciliated epithelium
nutrients, protective agents, and a means B. pleural membrane
to remove waste products.
C. alveoli sacs
B. The heart is the control centers for all
body activities. D. intercostal muscle

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231. What happens when we breath in? Se- B. bronchi → bronchiole → trachea →
lect all that apply nose
C. trachea→ bronchi → bronchiole→

A. chest expands
B. diaphragm contracts nose
C. chest contracts D. none of above
D. diaphragm relaxes 237. This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood

returning from the body
232. I am a tiny air sac at the end of the bron-
A. Right Atrium
chioles where gas exchange happens
B. Right Ventricle
A. Trachea
C. Left Atrium
B. Bronchi
D. Left Ventricle
C. Alveoli
D. none of above 238. The smallest blood vessels are called
A. veins
233. What is a way to prevent Lung Cancer?
B. capillaries
A. Drink Alchohol
C. blood vessels
B. Don’t smoke
D. arteries
C. Eat Unhealthy
D. Smoke 239. Which of the following created at the air
fluid interface in the alveoli can alter the
234. Oxygen from the air enters the blood compliance?
stream at what location?
A. pharynx tension
A. Cardiac Notch B. surface tension
B. Pulmonary Vein C. intraventricular tension
C. Alveoli D. exponential tension
D. Paranasal Sinuses
240. healthy are usually pink in color. You
235. What is an active site? have two of these.
A. The part of a substrate that binds to an A. alveoli
enzyme B. epiglottis
B. The region of an enzyme that binds to C. lungs
the substrate
D. trachea
C. A biological catalyst
D. none of above 241. What colour is the sepal of the flower
usually?
236. When air is pushed OUT of the lungs, A. blue
what is the correct order for the tubes it
passes through? B. brown
A. bronchiole → bronchi → trachea → C. green

nose D. red

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242. What would happen if our heart stops D. none of above

pumping?
246. What happens when the intercostals con-
A. We would die, because the heart
tract during inhalation?
pumps blood to the human body
B. We would feel pain A. The diaphragm relaxes
C. We would die because we will not B. The ribs are elevated

breathe C. Pressure in the lungs increases
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D. we will live, but we will feel pain now D. The size of the thoracic cavity de-
and then creases
243. Trees have roots above the soil 247. In asthma which WBC (white blood cells)
A. Deciduous forest are responsible?
B. Evergreen forest A. leukocytes
C. Thorn and Shrub forest B. eosinophils
D. Mangrove forest C. monocytes
244. Which of the following is a tube-like D. lymphocytes
structure that allows the air you breathe
E. T cells and B cells
in through your mouth and nose to travel
to your lungs? 248. Which is NOT a function of the Respira-
A. Bronchus tory System?
B. Trachea A. it warms the air
C. Bronchioles B. it exchanges O2 and CO2
D. Diaphragm C. It pumps blood to the organs
245. The movement of a substance from a re- D. it creates sound through the larynx
gion of high concentration to a region of
low concentration (down the concentration 249. Forest with straight, tall, conical trees
gradient).What is this a definition of? with needle-shaped leaves. Identify the
forest.
A. Active transport
B. Diffusion A. Mountain Forest
C. Osmosis .Cells will also need more oxy- B. Deciduous Forest

gen and produce more carbon dioxide as a C. Swampy Forest
result of that increased respiration.When
D. Thorn Forest
blood reaches the lungs, a larger volume
of air is needed to replace the increased 250. I am the tube leading from the trachea
levels of O2 used and remove the CO2 into each lung
produced. The body increases the rate
and depth of breathing to compensate for A. Trachea
this.The time taken for breathing rate to B. Bronchi
return to normal is known as recovery
time and can be used as a measure of fit- C. Alveoli
ness. D. none of above

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251. We make furniture out of B. Breathing

A. Cloths C. Gas exchange

B. Trees D. Respiration
C. Utensils
257. Which of the following show the air pas-
D. none of above sage for exhalation?
252. Which of the following are the large air A. windpipe→ lungs → nose
tubes leading from the trachea to the lung B. lungs → nose →windpipe
and carries air to the lungs?
C. lungs →windpipe→ nose
A. Bronchus
D. nose →windpipe→ lungs
B. Trachea
C. Bronchioles 258. Which of the following is TRUE about
D. Diaphragm the regulation of bronchiole radius in Bron-
chodilation?
253. Where is the heart located? A. sympathetic via activation of b2 (recep-
A. in the leg tors on smooth muscle)
B. in the ribcage B. parasympathetic via muscarinic recep-
C. in the head tors
D. in the muscle C. contraction
D. histamine
254. How does oxygen move out of the alveoli
into the blood? 259. What are responsible for breathing?
A. Diffusion
A. Heart
B. Osmosis
B. Lungs
C. Through transport proteins
C. Nose
D. Active transport
D. Mouth
255. When we breathe in, our chest moves
260. The best definition for residual volume is
A. Upward and outward
A. The volume of air remaining in the
B. Inward and downward
lungs after maximum exhalation
C. Upward and downward
B. The volume of oxygen remaining in the
D. Inward and outward lungs after normal breathing
256. The movement by diffusion of oxygen C. The volume of air breathed after maxi-
and carbon dioxide across a membrane is mum effort
called D. The total volume of air left in the lungs
A. Ventilation after short, quick breaths
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1. The tertiary bronchi supply the following 6. The left main bronchus is divided into how
lung structure: many lobar bronchi?
A. Lobulos A. Three
B. Lungs B. Four
C. Segments C. Of the
D. alveoli D. Cinco
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2. The only lung structure that is not covered 7. Pulmonary emphysema is a pathology that
by pleura is: causes destruction of the alveoli and the
adjacent structure, forming abnormal air
A. lung hilum sacs in the lungs. Indicate which would be
B. fissures the most correct option if a complication
occurred:
C. Segments
A. Pneumothorax
D. lobes
B. spontaneous pneumothorax
3. What layers of the pleura are attached to C. Bruno chest under tension
the thoracic wall?
D. hydroneumotorax
A. fluid
E. Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax
B. Plasma
C. Visceral 8. Which is NOT a face of the lung
A. diaphragmatic face
D. Parietal
B. costal face
E. Membrane
C. mediastinal face
4. Which is the largest pleural sinus?
D. bronchial face
A. costodiaphragmatic recess/ phrenico-
costal sinus 9. results of physical examination obtained in
patients with malignant pleural effusion
B. sinus costomediostinalis
A. fremitus normal, ipsilateral side lag-
C. phrenicomediastinal sinus ging
D. cupula pleurae B. normal noise, hypersonic
5. A 19-year-old female patient is injured af- C. hyperresonance, dim
ter participating in a fight. The costal por- D. dim, breath lost
tion of the parietal pleura has been injured.
What nerve carries pain from that area? 10. The function of the tracheal muscle is:
A. Vagus Nerves A. rise
B. phrenic nerves B. Lateralization
C. sympathetic chain C. descent
D. intercostal nerves D. Constriction

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11. The basic structural unit of respiration is: 16. In what year was Marie Curie awarded
her Nobel Prize in Physics for her research
A. alveolar ducts
on radioactivity?

B. respiratory bronchioles
A. 1911
C. alveoli B. 1903
D. alveolar sacs C. 1902
12. What is an example of a cause for tran- D. 1997

sudative pleural effusion 17. What is the structure that divides the up-
A. CHF per airways from the lower airways?
B. chylothorax A. Thyroid cartilage
C. Pneumonia B. main bronchi

C. cricoid cartilage
D. none of above
D. Trachea
13. Indicate what are the types of inflamma-
18. What is responsible for the dilation of the
tory pleural effusions
bronchioles?
A. Empyema, hemothorax, and serous
A. Sympathetic Trunk
pleurisy
B. intercostal nerves
B. Pleuritis serofibrinous, pleurisy ulcer-
ative y pleuritis hemorrhagica C. Vagus Nerves
D. phrenic nerves
C. Hemorrhagic pleurisy, pneumothorax,
chylothorax 19. In which lung is the lingula located and on
D. Bacterial endocarditis, hemothorax, which edge?
and intestinal perforation A. anterior border of the right lung
B. anteroinferior border of left lung
14. The narrowest portion of the conducting
bronchi is called: C. posterior border of the right lung
A. alveolar ducts D. posterior border of left lung
B. segmental bronchi 20. Approximately how many conducting bron-

chioles are there?
C. alveoli
A. 12-15
D. terminal bronchioles
B. 20-25
15. quick and easy initial management of pa- C. 30
tients presenting with malignant pleural
D. 25
effusion
A. therapeutic thoracotomy 21. Mark the true statements!
A. the mucosal fold found in the bifurca-
B. WSD installation
tion is the carina tracheae
C. Torako’s Wealth
B. the left main bronchus is bypassed by
D. put on pigtails the azygos vein

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C. the part of the trachea adjacent to the 27. What is the most posterior structure on
esophagus is the paries membranaceus the pulmonary pedicle?
D. the ligament that attaches the trachea A. Pulmonary artery
to the larynx is called ligamentum thyro- B. superior pulmonary vein
tracheale
C. inferior pulmonary vein
22. Mention at which vertebral level we find D. pulmonary bronchus
the lower edge of the lung
28. The alveolar ducts open into:
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A. Mt A. alveoli
B. Q8 B. alveolar sacs
C. T10 C. respiratory bronchioles
D. T12 D. bronchi
23. one of the following sides of the lung is 29. The thyroid is previously related to the
related to the ribs trachea, its isthmus occupies the following
tracheal cartilages:
A. diaphragmatic face
A. 2-4
B. mediastinal facet
B. 2-1
C. costal face C. 3-5
D. none D. 3-6
24. pleural protein/serum protein ration >0.5 30. where is the pleural cavity located
is likely A. between the parietal pleura and the
A. exudate chest wall
B. transudate B. between the visceral and parietal
pleura
C. executive
C. between the visceral pleura and the
D. none of above lung parenchyma
25. The projection of the trachea encompasses: D. none
A. Tsh-Tsh 31. At what vertebral level is the carina?

B. indignant A. T1
B. smack
C. indignant
C. knock
D. Tsh-T5
D. Item
26. At what height is the highest point of the
32. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE SYSTOLIC
lungs - apex pulmonis?
PRESSURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY
A. At the height of C7 A. 24mmHg
B. At the height of C2 B. 20mmHg
C. At the height of Th1 C. suffocation
D. At the height of C5 D. brighten up

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33. What covers the lungs above the apertura 38. The mediastinum with respect to the pul-
thoracis superior? monary cavities is:

A. mm. stairs A. Lateral
B. fascia endothoracica B. Medial
C. pleura costalis C. Superior
D. pleura diaphragmatica D. Inferior
E. cupula pleurae 39. What is the main function of the Pleura
34. the cardiac notch is located in A. as a process of respiration
A. the anterior border of the right lung B. liquid transportation
B. anterior border of left lung C. plasma assembly point
C. lower border of right lung D. fluid inlet and outlet
D. posterior border of left lung E. exchange of O2 and CO2 by diffusion
35. What is the most common lung tumor in 40. Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax is
non-smokers? seen more in:
A. They are not prone to lung tumors A. Children
B. Adenocarcinoma B. Seniors
C. solitary fibrous tumor C. Young adults
D. Metastatic tumors from adjacent or- D. Post-operative patients
gans (Liver, Kidneys, Hematogenous)
41. The pleura that is related to the lungs is
36. What are the 4 main types of lung carcino- called:
mas? A. Parietal
A. Squamous cell, small cell, adenocarci- B. Pulmonary
noma, and large cell tumors
C. Saco pleural
B. Hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell
carcinomas, angiosarcomas, and cystade- D. Visceral
nomas 42. What type of tumor is the mTor gene asso-
C. Chondrosarcomas, small tract carcino- ciated with?
mas, Kaposi’s woodworm, metastatic tu- A. metastatic
mors
B. non-small cell carcinoma
D. Small cell, large cell, squamous cell,
and adenocarcinoma tumors C. small cell carcinoma
D. Linfangioleimiomatosis
37. Before Robin was Batman’s apprentice, he
used to work in a 43. What was the patient’s name?
A. Circus doing acrobatics A. Sarah Valencia
B. an ice cream show B. Rosa Reyes Evening
C. worked in a pet store with birds C. Rosa Ruiz Valencia
D. police station D. NS, NR

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44. What lung surface forms the base of the B. inferior to artery
lungs?
C. posterior to artery
A. Costal
D. anterior to the artery
B. Mediastinica
C. diaphragmatic 50. What nerve is posterior to the pulmonary
pedicle?
D. sternal
A. Vague
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45. superior vena cava obstruction usually
causes what type of pleural effusion B. Frenico
A. transudative C. Sympathetic trunk

B. exudative D. 5to intercostal
C. executive
51. What are the morphological differences of
D. none of above malignant mesothelioma?
46. The. Inferior thyroid veins drain into the A. Epithelioid, Sarcomatoid and Mixed
following structure: B. Epithelial, Fibrous and Biphasic
A. internal jugular
C. Mesenchymal, Carcinoid and Cystic
B. brachiocephalic trunk
D. Bronchogenic, Epithelioid and Fibrous
C. external jugular
D. subclavian 52. What is the position of the esophagus with
respect to the trachea?
47. Name the formulas running in the inter-
costal sulcus in order from top to bottom. A. rear and right
A. v.intercostalis-a.intercostalis-n.intercostalis B. Anterior and to the right

C. rear and left
B. a.intercostalis n.intercostalis- D. Anterior and left
v.intercostali
C. n.intercostalis-a.intercostalis-v.intercostalis 53. The pulmonary veins empty into:
A. superior vena cava
D. v.intercostal-n.intercostalis-a.intercostalis
B. left atrium
48. The place where the trachea bifurcates is C. Inferior vena cava
called
D. right aryan
A. carina
B. bronchiole 54. What type of nerve fibers does the vis-
ceral pleura contain?
C. lobar bronchus
D. none A. Visceral afferent fibers
B. Somatic efferent fibers
49. in the left lung hilum the left main bronchus
is located C. Visceral efferent fibers
A. superior to artery D. somatic afferent fibers

1.5 Pleura 49
55. What type of tumor is more frequent in the D. Nephrotic syndrome, which generates
alteration of the RAS gene? decreased oncotic pressure

A. small cell carcinoma 61. Within the neurovascular package that ac-
B. squamous cell carcinoma companies the trachea is the following
C. hamartroma structure:
D. Lymphadenopathy A. phrenic nerve

B. Subclavian artery
56. Which of the bronchi has a larger diameter
and is more vertical? C. Vagus nerve
A. right main bronchus D. superior vena cava
B. left main bronchus 62. on the mediastinal side of the left lung we
C. upper lobar bronchus find the impression
D. middle lobar bronchus A. superior vena cava
B. arch of the aorta
57. in the right lung mediastinal side we find
C. inferior vena cava
A. groove for superior vena cava
D. azygos vein
B. groove of the subclavian artery
C. groove for hemiazygos vein 63. A 14-year-old patient is shot by a knife af-
ter not realizing that it was loaded when
D. groove for the aortic arch
playing with his brother, he selects from
58. What passes between the pleura and the which levels he had to be shot to injure
pericardium? the costodiaphragmatic recess
A. n.phrenicus A. LMA: 8th and 10th rib
B. a. pericardiacophrenica B. CML: 8th and 10th rib
C. n. vagus C. LMA: 10th and 12th rib
D. descending aorta D. LMA: 6th and 8th rib
E. no. recurrent laryngeal 64. malignancy usually causes what type of
pleural effusion
59. Into which chamber do the pulmonary
veins drain? A. transudative
A. Right Atrium B. exudative
B. Left Atrium C. executive
C. Right ventricle D. none of above
D. Left ventricle 65. Which formulas are imprinted on the right
60. Indicate what is a cause of pleural effusion lung?
A. Drop in hydrostatic pressure A. superior vena cava
B. Increased lymphatic drainage B. v. azygos
C. Increased permeability of the lung ep- C. sternum

ithelium D. liver

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66. Which of the following formulas runs in B. ions or molecules that can release H+
the esophagotracheal sulcus? C. the concentration of hydrogen ions
A. no. recurrent laryngeal produced is equivalent
B. n. phrenicus D. An increase in the alkaline component
is a state of acidosis
C. a. common carotid
E. not one of the above
D. v. hemiazygos accessorius
72. Which formulas are imprinted on the left
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67. The faces that are studied to the lung are,
lung?
EXCEPT:
A. arch of the aorta
A. Costal
B. oesophagus
B. diaphragmatic
C. costs first
C. Mediastinica
D. v. hemiazygos
D. sternal
73. The artery that gives the tracheal branches
68. Who is responsible for the nutritional irri- for the irrigation of the tracheal is:
gation of the lung?
A. subclavian
A. bronchial artery
B. upper thyroid
B. Pulmonary artery
C. Tronco tirocervical
C. bronchial vein D. lower thyroid
D. superior phrenic artery
74. The sternal line of reflection encompasses
E. Pulmonary vein the following costal cartilages:
69. assessing the prognosis of patients with A. 2-4
malignant pleural effusion using tools such B. 1-5
as
C. 1-5
A. karnofsky score
D. 1-6
B. LENT score
75. which medication is not associated with
C. ECOG score pleural effusions?
D. BIRADS score A. beta blockers
70. The left bronchus is with respect to the B. amiodarone
arch of the aorta. C. phenytoin
A. Superior D. lovastatin
B. Inferior
76. What bronchus enters the already
C. Lateral branched pedicle?
D. Medial A. Right Lobar Bronchus
71. In an acid-base balance system, what is a B. Left Lobar Bronchus
base? C. None
A. ions or molecules that can accept H+ D. Both

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77. PE usually causes what type of pleural ef- B. bronchi lobares-bronchi segmentales-
fusion bronchi principales-bronchi terminales-
bronchioli-bronchioli terminales-

A. transudative
bronchioli respiratorii
B. exudative
C. bronchi principales-bronchi lobares-
C. executive bronchi segmentales-bronchioli-bronchi
D. none of above terminales-bronchioli terminales-
bronchioli respiratorii
78. Mention which is the most superior struc-
D. bronchi principales-bronchi lobares-
ture within the pulmonary hilum
bronchi segmentales-bronchi terminales-
A. Pulmonary arteries bronchioli-bronchioli terminales-
B. Pulmonary Veins bronchioli respiratorii
C. Main bronchus 83. The most common distribution of malig-
D. bronchial arteries nant pleural effusion is from the primary
tumor as follows
79. In addition to lubrication, what other func- A. gastrointestinal
tion does the pleural cavity allow:
B. lungs
A. Nutrition
C. integument
B. Motion
D. nasopharynx
C. Friction
D. Strain 84. Which statement(s) are true about the
right lung?
80. nephrotic syndrome usually causes what A. middle lobe consists of 2 segments
type of pleural effusion
B. from the main bronchus itt eparterialis
A. transudative
C. the lower lobe consists of 5 segments
B. exudative
D. from the main bronchus itt hyparterial
C. executive
D. none of above 85. Which of the statements below gives the
projection of the lung dorsally?
81. What is the main symptom of a pleural ef- A. paravertebrally, the lung border is lo-
fusion? cated at the height of the 11th rib
A. dyspnea and pleuritic pain. B. paravertebrally, the lung border is lo-
B. tachypnea cated at the height of the 8th rib
C. Cyanosis C. medioscapularis at the level of the 9th
D. Tachycardia rib, the lung border is located
D. medioscapularis at the height of the
82. Mark which is the correct order! 12th rib, the lung border is located
A. bronchioli respiratorii-bronchi
principales-bronchi lobares-bronchi 86. that we identify to find the apex of the
segmentales-bronchioli-bronchi terminales- lung
bronchioli terminales A. the lingula

1.6 Trachea 52
B. the pulmonary ligament C. Breathing

C. first rib impression D. particle cleaning
D. the interlobar fissure 92. Mark the TRUE statements!
87. the arteries that supply the lung are A. there is a fissura obliqua on both lungs
A. the bronchial B. the esophagus causes an impression
B. the lungs on the right lung
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C. the upper phrenics C. the impressio cardiaca is located on
the right lung
D. the inferior phrenics
D. fissura horizontalis found only on the
88. The arteries in charge of nourishing the left lung
lungs are:
93. The weight of the right lung in the male is
A. bronchial arteries
A. 450 grams
B. Pulmonary arteries
B. 550 grams
C. segmental arteries
C. 700 grams
D. pulmonary veins
D. 600 grams
89. Which of the following blood vessels con-
tains oxygen-rich blood? 94. What is meant by transpulmonary pres-
sure?
A. v. bronchiales
A. Pressure which is lower in inspiration
B. the. pulmonary
B. The lower the expiratory pressure
C. a. bronchialis
C. The pressure that is higher on inspira-
D. v. pulmonalis
tion
90. What procedure is most commonly used in D. Pressure that is higher on expiration
pleural effusions
E. The pressure is always the same dur-
A. paracentesis ing inspiration and expiration
B. thoracentesis
95. Where is the projection of the bifurcation
C. effusioncentesis tracheae?
D. none of above A. At the height of Th4
91. All are functions of the trachea EXCEPT: B. At the height of Th3
A. air conduction C. At the height of Th1
B. air heating D. At the height of Th5
1.6 Trachea
1. Name of respiratory system in insects is.. C. Circulatory system
A. Lung system D. Tracheal system
B. Gills system 2. There are small pores in the thorax and

1.6 Trachea 53
abdomen of insects called.. 8. What pathway does the oxygen flow from
A. lamellae the trachea to the alveolar ducts

B. tracheal A. tertiary, primary, secondary, terminal,
respiratory
C. spiracle
D. nostril B. primary, tertiary, secondary, respira-
tory, terminal
3. patrol the epithelium, phagocytizing
C. primary, secondary, tertiary, respira-
dust or debris that has reached the alve-
tory, terminal
olar sacs.
A. Septal cells D. primary, secondary, tertiary, terminal,
respiratory
B. Surfacant
C. Alveolar macrophages 9. What is the narrow passage in the
D. none of above bronchi?
4. Insects exchange gases with the environ- A. tertiary bronchi

ment through tiny openings in their ab- B. bronchiole
domens called:
C. tracheal cartilage
A. Spiracles
D. respiratory bronchi
B. Trachea
C. Tracheal tubes 10. Grasshoppers, like humans, has a(n):
D. Bronchioles A. Trachea
5. The is superior to the B. Bronchioles
A. Base;Apex C. Bronchi
B. Point; Base
D. Alveoli
C. Head; Base
D. Apex; Base 11. Bronchioles branch into the which each
supply air to the lobules of the lung
6. What does surfacant do?
A. respiratory bronchioles
A. increases surface tension
B. decreases surface tension B. terminal bronchioles
C. increases surface area C. alveoli ducts

D. decreases surface area D. alveoli
7. adjustments to the control the amount 12. The trachea branches out to form finer
of resistance to airflow and distribution of tubes called..
air floe to the lungs
A. Nostril
A. diameter of the bronchioles
B. steak with mashed potatoes B. Tracheole
C. bronchi C. Lung
D. pulmonary embolism D. Lamellae

1.6 Trachea 54
13. the respiratory membrane consists of A. Diffusion

A. the squamous alveolar epithelium B. Skin
B. the endothelial cells lining an adjacent C. Breathing
capillary D. Tracheal tubes
C. the fused basement membranes that
lie between the alveolar and endothelial 19. Respiratory bronchioles open into pas-
cells sageways called which end at
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D. all of the above A. alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts
B. alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs
14. The cartilages of the secondary bronchi are
, but farther along the branches of the C. alveolar ducts, alveolar tubes
bronchial tree they become D. none of above
A. massive, smaller 20. What is the correct order once you get past
B. smaller, massive the smaller bronchioles?
C. longer, shorter A. aveioli ducts, aveoli, terminal bronchi-
D. shorter, longer oles, respiratory bronchioles
B. respiratory bronchioles, terminal bron-
15. diffusion occurs across to chioles, aveoli, aveoli ducts
A. respiratory membrane C. terminal bronchioles, respiratory bron-
B. chicken chioles, alveoli, alveoli ducts
C. chicken tenders D. terminal bronchioles, respiratory bron-
D. tracheal cartilage chioles, aveoli ducts, alveoli
16. How can you tell the difference between 21. Walls of the trachea are supported by
the lungs? A. cricoid cartilages
A. There is no difference, they are the B. tracheal cartilages
same C. thyroid cartilages
B. How many lobes they have D. none of above
C. Weight
22. What reduces friction between the lungs?
D. Diameter
A. Pleural Fluid
17. the respiratory exchange surfaces receive B. surfactant
blood from arteries from the
C. interstital fluid
A. pulmonary circut
D. blood
B. system circut
C. blood circut 23. Where does the trachea end?
D. none of above A. in the lungs

B. in the sternum
18. Single celled organisms take in oxygen and
get rid of carbon dioxide through the pro- C. in the mediastinum
cess of: D. none of above

1.7 Heart and Pericardium 55
24. Pneumothorax is to like hemothorax 28. List the layers from the lung outwards.
is to A. Visceral to Cavity to parietal

A. Collapsed; full B. Parietal to visceral to cavity
B. Oxygen; hemoglobin C. Cavity to visceral to parietal
C. Air;blood D. Cavity to parietal to visceral
D. Blood;Air 29. which below not a characteristic of trache-
ole to increase the efficiency of the sys-
25. During an asthma attack, can almost
tem..
completely block the passage ways
A. Moist
A. bronchoconstriction
B. Numerous
B. lungconstriction
C. Soft
C. the trachea
D. Thin
D. the larynx
30. What is a segment of long tissue that is
26. How many lobes are in each lung? bounded by a connective tissue partitions
and supplied by a single bronchiole, accom-
A. R1 L3
panied by branches of pulmonary arteries
B. R4 L2 and veins.
C. R3 L2 A. lobule
D. There are no lobes B. larynx
C. bronchi
27. What is the muscular sheet that separates
the thoracic and the abdominopelvic cavi- D. none of above
ties? 31. What surrounds the lungs?
A. Diaphragm A. Respiratory Membrane
B. External Oblique B. Pleura
C. Latissimus Dorsi C. Sac
D. Serratus Anterior D. Mucous Membrane
1.7 Heart and Pericardium

1. Which of the following surface anatomical 2. If a blood vessel has valves, it is probably
features is a deep groove that marks the a(n)
border between the atria and ventricles?
A. vein.
A. Coronary sulcus
B. artery.
B. Apex
C. capillary
C. Auricle
D. none of above
D. Posterior interventricular sulcus
E. Anterior interventricular sulcus 3. Which of the following is a consequence if

the QRS complex? 9. What part of the heart makes up most of

A. Opening of the AV valves the inferior surface?
A. R. Atrium
B. Ventricular myocardial contraction
B. L. Atrium
C. Closure of the semilunar valves
C. R. Ventricle
D. Ventricular myocardial relaxation
D. L. Ventricle
4. What are some tests used for cardiac diag-
10. The conduction system flows from the SA
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nostic exams?
Node to the AV node. It then must go
A. xray the ventricles through the fibrous skeleton.
B. creatinine What is the name of the only branch that
runs through the fibrous skeleton?
C. O2 sat
A. RIght Bundle Branch
D. angiogram, aortagram, EKG, cardiac
catheterization B. Purkinje Fibers
C. Bundle of His
5. which valve is located between the right
atrium and right ventricle D. Bachmann’s Bundle
A. mitral 11. How is a heart murmur detected?

B. tricuspid A. Exercising
C. bicuspid B. X-ray
D. aortic C. Surgery
D. Listening to the heartbeat
6. what is the inner lining of the heart called
12. Which of the following statements cor-
A. endocardium
rectly describes what occurs as a result of
B. myocardium the depolarization that accompanies the P
C. emdometrium wave?
D. pericardium A. The ventricles return to the resting
state.
7. Which of these tissues is known as the B. The atria return to the resting state.
body’s natural pacemaker?
C. The impulse spreads to the ventricles,
A. SA node triggering ventricular contractions.
B. Purkinje fibers D. The impulse spreads across the atria,
C. AV node triggering atrial contractions.
D. Bundle of His 13. What is ECG?
A. electrocardiogram
8. This layer encloses the heart
B. a tool that collects electrical changes
A. myocardium
in the heart muscle
B. pericardium
C. will detect any abnormal rhythm of the
C. endocardium heart
D. epicardium D. all of the above

14. Where is the tricuspid valve located? D. the ventricles contract simultaneously
A. Between the right atrium and right ven- in a wave that begins at the base and
spreads toward the apex

tricle
B. Between the left atrium and the left 19. This structure separates the right and left
ventricle halves of the heart and prevents oxy-
C. Between the right ventricle and the genated blood from mixing with deoxy-
pulmonary artery genated blood:
D. Between the right atrium and the left A. Interatrial Septum

atrium B. Tricuspid Valve
15. Deoxygenated blood travels from the right C. Interventricular Septum
atrium to the right ventricle through this D. Mitral Valve
valve:
A. Mitral Valve 20. which valve is located between the left
atrium and left ventricle
B. Aortic Valve
A. aortic
C. Pulmonary Valve
B. pulmonic
D. Tricuspid Valve
C. mitral
16. The first heart sound is associated with clo- D. tricuspid
sure of the valves.
A. bicuspid and mitral 21. What structure separates the right side of
the heart from the left?
B. bicuspid and aortic
A. papillary muscles
C. aortic and tricuspid
B. chordae tendineae
D. bicuspid and tricuspid
C. septum
17. If your EDV is 170mL and your ESV is
D. bicuspid valves
50mL, what is your Stroke Volume?
A. 120mL 22. How many valves does the heart have?
B. 120mV A. 7
C. 220mL B. 4
D. 3.45mL C. 3
18. After the stimulus for a contraction is gen- D. 2
erated at the SA node, it must be dis-
23. Which of the following is considered part
tributed so that
of the walls of the heart, and part of the
A. the atria and ventricles contract simul- pericardium?
taneously
A. Myocardium
B. the atria contract together before the
B. Endocardium
ventricles
C. the ventricles contract together be- C. Epicardium
fore the atria D. Visceral Pericardium

24. which pulse site is closest to the heart 30. This is the thickest layer of the heart
A. carotid A. Pericardium
B. apical B. Endocardium
C. radial C. Myocardium
D. brachial D. Epicardium
25. The horizontal line on the graph paper mea- 31. What is the funtion of the capillaries?
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sures: A. Endures high blood pressure
A. respirations B. Get rid of waste
B. burn of the stylus C. Collect blood
C. voltage D. Transfer oxygen and nutrients
D. time
32. What can be used to treat heart failure?
26. Where is the heart located in the body? A. Cardiac Glycosides
A. slightly to the left of the chest B. Alpha-agonist
B. very center of the chest C. Beta-antagonist
C. slightly to the right of the chest D. none of above
D. none of above
33. The valve lies between the right
27. Which of the following are functions of the atrium and right ventricle.
heart? Select all that apply. A. bicuspid
A. Transport oxygen B. aortic semilunar
B. Retain wastes C. pulmonary
C. Pumps blood D. tricuspid
D. Aid in transportation of nutrients to
cells 34. What part of the hearts electrical conduc-
tion system is found in the ventricle mus-
28. What is the name of the protective sac cle walls and is what causes them to con-
around the heart? tract?
A. Epicardium A. SA Node
B. Pericardium B. AV Node
C. Vena Cava C. AV Bundle
D. Pulmonary Vein D. Purkinje Fibers
29. This separates the 2 upper chambers of the 35. Known as the heart’s pacemaker, it initi-
heart. ates the depolarization.
A. Interatrial septum A. Sinoatrial Node
B. Interventricular septum B. Atrioventricular Node
C. Atria C. AV bundle
D. Ventricles D. Purkinje fibers

36. Blood enters the right atrium through C. Endocardium

which vessels D. Myocardium

A. Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
42. What represents the P wave?
B. Pulmonary Artery
A. rapid ventricular depolarization
C. Pulmonary Vein
B. ventricular repolarization
D. Tricuspid Valve
C. atrial depolarization
37. What part of the Intrinsic Conduction Sys- D. arterial repolarization
tem is located inside the interventricular
septum? 43. The smooth layer that lines the inside of
A. Purkinje Fibers the heart
B. SA & AV Nodes A. Endocardium
C. Bundle Branches B. Pericardium
D. Superior Vena Cava C. Myocardium

38. The muscular wall that divides the heart
into right and left halves is called the 44. Where is the sinoatrial node located?
A. chordae tendinea A. right atrium
B. papillary layer B. right ventricle
C. aorta C. left atrium
D. septum D. left ventricle
39. What is another name for the Epicardium? 45. Blunt, rounded point; most inferior part of
A. Inner Surface the heart
B. Muscular Wall A. apex
C. Visceral Endocardium B. base
D. Visceral Pericardium C. ventricle

D. atrium
40. The R. Ventricle blood supply comes from
the 46. Which event in a cardiac muscle cell’s ac-
A. Marginal Branch tion potential lasts about 75 msec and
ends with closure of potassium channels?
B. Posterior Interventricular Branch
A. Repolarization
C. Circumflex
B. Plateau
D. LAD
C. Hyperpolarization
41. The Sinoatrial Node is located in the R. D. Rapid depolarization
Atrium wall, lateral to the opening of the
Superior Vena Cava. Which layer of the 47. What is the covering around the heart
heart is it embedded in? called?
A. Visceral Pericardium A. Pericardium
B. Parietal Pericardium B. Epicardium

C. Ventricle 53. Vessels that carry blood away from the

D. Cell wall heart
A. Veins
48. In intercalated discs, which of the follow-
ing structures help convey the force of con- B. Artery
traction from cell to cell? C. Ventricle
A. Occluding junctions D. Atrium
B. Tight junctions
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54. Which major blood vessel delivers blood
C. Desmosomes from the body to the heart?
D. Gap junctions A. vena cava
E. Connexons B. aorta
49. Hypertension is C. pulmonary vein
A. high blood pressure D. mitral valve
B. low blood pressure 55. Which of the following is the correct defi-
C. fast heart rate nition of Bradycardia?
D. low heart rate A. lack of adequate blood supply to the
heart muscle
50. The blood flows throughout the systemic
B. a rapid uncoordinated quivering of the
and pulmonary systems of the body. The
ventricles
blood flows from the lungs and enters the
Left Atrium via the C. rapid heart rate over 100 beats per
minute (bpm)
A. 2 pulmonary arteries
D. heart rate that is substantially slower
B. 2 pulmonary veins
than normal, less than 60 beats per
C. 4 pulmonary arteries minute (bpm)
D. 4 pulmonary veins
56. What part of the heart makes up the Left
51. Which chamber receives blood from the surface area?
coronary sinus? A. R. Atrium
A. R. Atrium B. R. Ventricle
B. L. Atrium C. L. Atrium
C. L. Ventricle D. L. Ventricle
D. R. Ventricle
57. Throughout the contractile fibers phases,
52. The name given to the study of the heart another action potential cannot occurs nor-
structure and function mally. This is called?
A. cardiology A. Dysrhythmia
B. epidemiology B. Muscle Tension
C. endocrinology C. Resting Membrane Potential
D. biology D. Absolute Refractory Period

58. Which of the following describes systemic 63. What are the four chambers of the heart
circulation?
A. Left & Right Atrium, Left & Right Ven-

A. Deoxygenated blood is elivered to the tricle
lungs by the aorta.
B. Left & Right Aorta, Left & Right Ventri-
B. Oxygenated blood is returned to the cle
right atrium by the pulmonary vein.
C. Left Chamber, Right Chamber, Top
C. At the capillaries, the blood changes Chamber, Bottom Chamber
from blue to red as it picks up oxygen.
D. Left & Right Atrium, Left & Right Pul-
D. At the capillaries, the blood changes monary
from red to blue as it drops off oxygen in
body tissues. 64. All of the following are serous membranes
covering the heart and separating it from
59. This takes blood away from the heart? the rest of the thoracic cavity EXCEPT
A. Artery A. Fibrous Pericardium
B. Vein B. Parietal Pericardium
C. Blood vessel C. Myocardium
D. None of these D. Visceral Pericardium
60. the role of the fluid in the pericardial cavity 65. What is the normal paper speed?
is to
A. 10
A. reduce friction between visceral and
B. 25
parietal membranes
C. 40
B. lessen the weight of the heart
D. 50
C. filter the blood
D. none of the above 66. What is the inner layer of the heart called
that forms the valve flaps and is continu-
61. After blood leaves the Right atrium it ous with blood vessels?
passes through the
A. epicardium
A. right ventricle
B. myocardium
B. aortic valve
C. endocardium
C. av valve
D. none of above
D. tricuspid valve
67. The heart receives blood from the body via
62. How many heart tissues are there? the:
A. 1 A. Aorta
B. 3 B. Superior and inferior vena cava
C. 4 C. Pulmonary vein
D. 2 D. Pulmonary artery

68. The cells that carry oxygen to body cells C. Oxygenated blood
are D. Deoxygenated blood
A. leukocytes
74. What is the function of the pulmonary
B. lymphocytes valve
C. erythrocytes A. opens to allow blood to pass from the
D. monocytes left atrium to the left ventricle
69. Which chamber do the superior and infe- B. opens to allow blood to be pumped
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rior vena cavae and coronary sinus empty from the heart to the lungs (receiving oxy-
into? gen)
A. right atrium C. opens to allow blood to leave the heart
B. left atrium D. closes the upper right chamber that

holds blood coming in from the body
C. right ventricle
D. left ventricle 75. The fluid that makes up the cytosol also
makes up 2/3 of your bodily fluid. This
70. Where is the epicardium? fluid is know as?
A. Center A. Intercellular
B. Inner Surface B. Intracellular
C. Outer Surface C. Extracellular
D. none of above D. Intravascular
71. Abnormally fast heart rate; greater than 76. The outer layer of the heart that is basi-
100 bpm cally a fluid filled sac
A. Tachycardia A. Pericardium
B. Bradycardia B. Myocardium
C. Fibrillation C. Endocardium
D. Heart block D. none of above
72. What are the functions of the tricuspid and 77. Which coronary artery lies within the coro-
bicuspid valves? nary sulcus?
A. prevent blood from leaking back into A. LAD
he ventricles B. Marginal Branch
B. prevent blood from leaking back into C. Circumflex
the atria
D. Left Main Artery
C. allow blood to flow into the atria
D. allow blood to leave the ventricles 78. Which structure is responsible for carrying
conduction signals to papillary muscles of
73. The flow of blood between the heart and the heart and preventing over overdisten-
cells of body tion (stretching) of ventricles?
A. Systemic circulation A. Ligamentum arteriosum
B. Pulmonary circulation B. Moderator band

C. AV valves 84. What is the order of impulses in the con-

D. Myocardium duction system

A. SA node, AV node, purkinje fibers, bun-
79. Which area is the top portion of the dle of His
heart?
B. SA node, AV node, bundle of His, purk-
A. Apex inje fibers
B. Base
C. AV node, bundle of His, purkinje fibers,
C. Diaphragm SA node
D. none of above D. none of above
80. This triggers contraction in the atria 85. Blood that leaves the lungs and is heading
A. SA node back to the heart is traveling through the
B. AV node
C. QT node A. pulmonary veins
D. AV Bundles B. pulmonary arteries

C. aorta
81. outer layer of the pericardium
D. vena cava
A. visceral pericardium
B. parietal pericardium 86. Sling like structure that supports the heart
C. epicardium A. Pericardium
D. myocardium B. Left atrium
82. The septum is made mostly of the C. Precordium
ventricle because D. Myocardium
A. Interventricular, Right, houses large
portion of conduction system 87. The thickest chamber of the heart as it has
to pump the blood from the heart to other
B. Interarterial, Left, houses large por-
parts of the body.
tion of conduction system
A. Right atrium
C. Interventricular, Left, houses large
portion of the conduction system B. Left atrium
D. Interventricular, Left, houses pecti- C. Right ventricle
nate muscle
D. Left ventricle
83. A homeostatic imbalance of the heart that
occurs when the muscle cells of the heart 88. The VOLUME of blood pumped out of a ven-
die is called tricle with each heartbeat is known as
A. Myocardial infaction (MI) A. Heart Rate

B. pericarditis B. Stroke Volume
C. congestive heart failure C. Cardiac Output
D. heart stoppage D. Blood Pressure

89. A feature of the fibrous pericardium is C. Septum

A. A double layer membrane D. none of above
B. Contains pericardial fluid
95. In a the recording has a wavelike up
C. fuses to the great vessels and down movement throughout the trac-
D. Contains muscle ing.
90. The fluid-filled sac that covers the heart A. somatic tremor
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A. Pericardium B. wandering baseline
B. Epicardium C. interrupted baseline

C. Myocardium D. AC interference
D. Endocardium 96. Regarding the heart
91. Which of the following are the smallest A. It is completely surrounded by peri-
blood vessels? cardium that is attached to left dome of
A. artery the diaphragm
B. vein B. it has fossa ovalis laying on the intera-
trial septum
C. venule
C. it is supplied by coronary arteries that
D. capillary
arise from the aortic sinuses
92. Which is a measure of the electrical events D. sinuatrial node is the normal pace-
that occur in a single heart beat? maker
A. Electrocardiogram E. mitral valve lies in the left atrioventric-
B. Echocardiogram ular orifice
C. Angiogram
97. What is the function of the papillary mus-
D. Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) cles in the heart?
93. The conduction system’s Action potential A. Make up muscular wall of heart
starts at the SA node and flows through B. Contract ventricles for pumping blood
3 internodals. The Anterior Internodal
branches off to the L. Atrium. What is the C. Control opening and closing of AV
name for this branch? valves
A. Tract of Wenkebach D. Control opening and closing of semilu-
nar valves
B. Bachmann’s Bundle
C. Bundle of His 98. Part between that left ventricle and the
D. Tract of Thorel body
A. Right atrium
94. Which of the following is the bottom cham-
bers of the heart? B. Aorta
A. Atrium C. Left ventricle
B. Ventricle D. Right ventricle

99. What is the endocardium? 105. Which valve shuts so that oxygenated
A. The outer surface of the heart blood doesn’t flow back into the left ven-
tricle?

B. The inner surface of the heart
A. aortic
C. That is not a part of the heart wall
D. The middle of the heart B. bicuspid
C. pulmonary
100. Contraction of the heart is done by the
A. epipericardium D. tricuspid
B. visceral pericardium 106. Action Potential in Contractile Fibers goes
C. pericardium through phases 0-4. During which phase
D. myocardium does the K efflux balance with Ca influx
causing the cell to begin contraction?
101. How many valves does your heart
A. phase 0 (Depolarization)
have?
A. 1 B. Phase 1 (Brief Repolarization)
B. 2 C. Phase 2 ( Plateau)
C. 3 D. Phase 3 (Repolariation)
D. 4
107. Pulmonary arteries transport
102. The coronary veins empty blood from the
myocardium into a large vein on the poste- A. oxygenated blood to the lungs
rior side of the heart known as the B. blood rich in carbon dioxide to the
A. pulmonary vein lungs
B. inferior vena cava C. oxygenated blood to the heart
C. superior vena cava D. oxygenated blood directly to the aorta
D. coronary sinus
108. This takes blood from the right ventricle
103. Chamber that pumps blood into the pul- to the lungs
monary artery
A. Pulmonary arteries
A. Right ventricle
B. Pulmonary veins
B. Left atrium
C. Right atrium C. Left atrium
D. Left ventricle D. Aorta
104. Which coronary vein drains directly into 109. This separates the Right and Left atria
the right atrium?
A. Interventricular Septum
A. Great Cardiac
B. Middle Cardiac B. Interatrial Septum
C. Small Cardiac C. Myocardium

D. Anterior Cardiac D. Pulmonary Valve

110. The transfer of oxygen, carbon dioxide, 115. The transportation of blood from the
waste, and water occurs at which of the right side of the heart to the lungs and
following blood vessels? back to the left side of the heart is known
as circulation.
A. arteries
A. systemic
B. arterioles
B. cardiac
C. capillaries
C. pulmonary
D. veins
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D. coronary
111. Blood that leaves the heart and is head-
ing to the lungs is traveling through the 116. What separates the right and left cham-
bers of the heart?
A. bicuspid valve
A. pulmonary arteries
B. tricuspid valve
B. pulmonary veins
C. SA node
C. superior vena cava
D. septum
D. inferior vena cava
117. The function of chordae tendineae (heart
112. The two chambers of the heart with thin strings) is
walls that collect blood from the major
veins and empty it into the larger, more A. assist in ventricle contraction
muscular chambers. B. holding the atrioventricular valves in
place while the heart is pumping blood.
A. aorta
C. move blood to the lungs
B. atria
D. reoxygenate blood
C. ventricles
D. lungs 118. SA node is known by this name as it con-
trol the rate of the heartbeat
113. Which layer of the heart contains a lu- A. AV node
bricating fluid that reduces friction as the
heart beats? B. Purkinje fibers
C. SV node
A. Pericardium
D. pacemaker
B. Endocardium
C. Myocardium 119. What is the shape of the heart?
D. none of above A. Circular organ
B. Rectangular organ
114. Which Coronary Artery run inferior to the
right auricle before it branches. C. Triangular organ
D. none of the above
A. LAD
B. Marginal branch 120. What part of the hearts electrical conduc-
tion system is found in the hearts septum
C. Left Coronary Artery
and conveys impulses toward the ventri-
D. Right Coronary Artery cles?

A. SA Node A. Atrioventricular (AV) node

B. AV Node B. Sinoatrial (SA) Node

C. AV Bundle C. Bundle of His
D. Purkinje Fibers D. Purkinje fibers
121. Coronary arteries: 126. What are the two heart tissues called?
A. supply the heart muscle cells with a A. periwinkle & myocardial
supply of blood. B. peri the platypus and myocardium
B. supply the brain cells with a supply of C. pericardium and myocardium
blood.
D. pericardium and myocarditis
C. contain deoxygenated blood.
127. What is the order of blood vessels once
D. when clogged, cause a stroke.
blood leaves the heart?
122. A 74 yr old. male presents to ER with A. veins, venules, capillaries, arterioles,
heart rate of 180 bpm, what paper speed arteries
should be used?
B. veins, capillaries, arteries, arterioles,
A. 10 venules
B. 25 C. arteries, veins, capillaries
C. 40 D. arteries, arterioles, capillaries,
D. 50 venules, veins
123. Which part of the ECG corresponds to the 128. The narrowing of blood vessels is known
repolarization of the ventricle? as
A. vasodilation
A. P wave
B. diastole
B. QRS complex
C. vasoconstriction
C. T wave
D. systole
129. Which valve shuts so that deoxygenated
124. The right coronary arteries branches into
blood doesn’t flow back into the right ven-
which 2 arteries?
tricle?
A. LAD, Circumflex
A. aortic
B. Posterior Interventricular branch, B. bicuspid
Marginal branch
C. pulmonary
C. Marginal branch, Circumflex
D. tricuspid
D. LAD, Marginal branch
130. Which layer of the heart wall is composed
125. Third part of Cardiac Conduction Sys- cardiac muscle fibers which allow the heart
tem:This structures branches down from to contract?
septum and out towards each ventricle.
They *relay* the signal to the Purkinje A. Epicardium
fibers. B. Myocardium

C. a. Endocardium 136. This structure pumps oxygenated blood

D. a. None of these out of the heart toward the body:
A. right atrium
131. Which cardiac conducting system struc-
B. right ventricle
tures are responsible for establishing the
rate of cardiac contraction? C. left atrium
A. Pacemaker (nodal) cells D. left ventricle
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B. Plateau cells 137. Which valve is part of the systemic blood
C. Conducting cells system?
D. Action potentiating cells A. Mitral Valve

B. Tricupsid Valve
132. Which chamber of the heart pumps
C. Pulmonic Valve
oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues?
D. Vena Cava Valve
A. Right atrium
B. Right ventricle 138. What is the contraction phase of a hear-
beat called?
C. Left ventricle
A. diastole
D. none of above
B. sinoatrial
133. What part of the heart mostly makes up C. systole
the Anterior Surface?
D. atrioventricular
A. R. Atrium
139. What carries the oxygenated blood from
B. L. Atrium
the lungs to the left atrium of the heart?
C. R. Ventricle A. vena cava
D. L. Ventricle B. aorta
134. Horizontal to V4 at left anterior axillary C. pulmonary vein
line D. pulmonaryartery
A. V3
140. The pericardium does not provide
B. V5
A. protection
C. V4
B. an anchor to heart to other structures
D. V6 C. lubrication to reduce friction
E. AvL D. assistance in ventricle contraction
135. What’s larger-the atria or the ventri- 141. Structure(s) that keep the blood flowing
cles? in one direction.
A. Atria A. Valve(s)
B. Ventricles B. Septum(s)
C. Both are equal C. Neuron(s)
D. none of above D. Bronchiole(s)

142. Which of the following statements is B. Right ventricle

false? C. Left atrium

A. The connective tissues of the heart
D. Right atrium
include abundant reticular and elastic
fibers. 147. What part of the hearts electrical conduc-
B. The connective tissues of the heart tion system “delays” the impulse from the
prevent overexpansion of the heart. atria to the ventricles?
C. The connective tissues of the heart A. SA Node
help the heart return to normal shape af-
B. AV Node
ter contractions.
C. AV Bundle
D. The connective tissues of the heart
form the cardiac skeleton of the heart. D. Purkinje Fibers
E. The connective tissues of the heart
148. As the right ventricle contracts, the blood
provide support for nerves of the my-
flows into the
ocardium.
A. Heart
143. The right side of the heart delivers blood
to the while the left side delivers blood B. Pulmonary arteries
to the C. Atrium
A. Lungs;Body D. Ventricle
B. Body;Lungs
149. Aorta
C. Lungs;Brain
A. The largest arterial trunk that carries
D. Brain;Lungs blood from the heart to be distributed by
144. Which chambers of the heart are the branch arteries through the body
thickest and strongest? B. a vessel that returns blood to the heart
A. Atria C. a body structure that is temporarily
B. Ventricles closes a passage or orifice, or permits
movement of fluid in only one direction.
C. Valves
D. An integrated group of cells with a
D. Aorta
common function, structure, or both
145. The most muscular chamber of the heart
is the 150. What does the left side of the heart do?
A. left ventricle A. The left side of the heart pumps blood
through the lungs where it gets oxygen.
B. left atrium
B. The left side of the heart receives the
C. right atrium
blood containing oxygen and pumps blood
D. right ventricle to the rest of the body.
146. This chamber of the heart has the thickest C. The left side of the heart controls the
myocardium because it has to pump blood muscles on the left side of the body,
to the entire body (not to the lungs). D. The left side of the heart supplys our
A. Left ventricle arms with bloo

151. What is the correct path through the cir- C. 0.1 mV

culatory system which describes the pas- D. 0.1 seconds
sage of a blood clot originating in the left
leg? 156. which blood vessel brings oxygen rich
A. Vena cava → left atrium → left ventri- blood from the lungs into the left atrium
cle → lungs → right atrium → right ven- A. aorta
tricle → aorta
B. pulmonary arteries
B. Vena cava → right atrium → right ven-
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tricle → lungs → left atrium → left ven- C. right ventricle
tricle → aorta D. pulmonary veins
C. Vena cava → left atrium → right
157. Which valve is also called the mitral
atrium → lungs → left ventricle → right
valve and prevents flow back into the left
ventricle → aorta
atrium from the left ventricle and is an AV
D. Vena cava → right atrium → left valve?
atrium → lungs → right ventricle → left
ventricle → aorta A. aortic
B. bicuspid
152. The space between the layers of the peri-
cardium that contains fluid to reduce fric- C. pulmonary
tion D. tricuspid
A. pericardial cavity
158. The muscular middle layer of the heart is
B. epicardium called the
C. endocardium A. epicardium
D. myocardium B. myocardium
153. About how large is the human heart? C. pericardium
A. the size of an onion D. endocardium
B. the size of a fist 159. The pulmonary semilunar valve prevents
C. 4.5 pounds a back-flow of blood into the
D. the size of a baseball A. pulmonary artery
154. What is also called the Bundle of HIs? B. right ventricle
A. Sinoatrial Bundle C. left ventricle

B. Atrioventricular Bundle D. right atrium
C. Purkinje Fibers 160. Which does not make up the circulatory
D. SA & AV Nodes system?
A. heart
155. One square on the graph paper (horizon-
tal line) represents: B. blood
A. 0.04 seconds C. lungs
B. 0.04 mV D. blood vessels

161. Which of the following vessels originate 167. Which heart valve prevents regurgitation
at the base of the aorta at the aortic si- of blood into the left atrium?
nuses?

A. Aortic semilunar valve
A. Anterior interventricular arteries B. Tricuspid valve
B. Coronary sinuses C. Mitral valve
C. Left and right coronary arteries D. Pulmonary semilunar valve
D. Circumflex arteries
168. Receive blood returning to the heart from
162. This structure prevents the backwards the lungs or the rest of the body.
movement of blood: A. Atria
A. Ventricle B. Ventricles
B. Valve C. Fibrous pericardium
C. Atrium D. Epicardium
D. Vein
169. Select the correct pattern:
163. What do the concentric layers of the my- A. Blood from the right ventricle → pul-
ocardium do? monic valve → into the pulmonary artery
A. Minimize Contractions to the lungs
B. Maximize Contractions B. Blood from the right ventricle → aor-
C. Minimize Relaxation tic valve → into the pulmonary artery into
the lungs
D. Maximize Relaxation
C. Blood from the left ventricle → aortic
164. If there is a sudden drop in blood pres- valve → into many arteries and provides
sure, what happens to the heart rate? blood to the body
A. Increases D. Blood from the left ventricle → pul-
B. Decrease monic valve → into many arteries and pro-
vides blood to the body
C. Returns to Normal
D. Stays the same 170. Pulmonary circulation involves blood to
flow between the heart and the:
165. What is the name of the double walled
A. body.
sac that surrounds the heart?
B. digestive organs.
A. Myocardium
C. brain.
B. Epicardium
C. Pericardium D. lungs.
D. Endocardium 171. What is the function of the Tricuspid

Valve?
166. The P wave of an ECG represents
A. closes to stop the blood flow from the
A. atrial repolarization right ventricle to the left ventricle
B. atrial depolarization B. sends oxygen to the lungs
C. ventricular repolarization C. open to allow blood to flow from the
D. ventricular depolarization right atrium to the right ventricle

D. closes off the left atrium from collec- 177. Capillary beds are drained by vessels
tinig oxygen rich blood coming in from the known as
lungs A. venules
172. Drain blood from cardiac muscle; empty B. venae cavae
into coronary sinus C. arterioles
A. left coronary artery D. arteries
B. right coronary arter
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178. Wall of the heart:The outer layer, reduces
C. cardiac veins friction
D. none of above A. Pericardium
B. Epicardium
173. what structure transports deoxygenated
blood from heart to L lung C. Myocardium
A. left ventricle D. Endocardium
B. right pulmonary artery 179. What alters the force of contraction by

increasing stroke volume?
C. left pulmonary artery
A. Positive Inotrope
D. pulmonary veins
B. Afterload
174. Which of the following is the outermost C. Negative Inotrope
layer of the heart?
D. none of above
A. Endocardium
180. The fluid that surrounds the heart and
B. Myocardium
prevents friction when it beats is
C. Parietal Pericardium A. platelets
D. Epicardium B. water
175. What layer of the hearts walls, lines all C. serous fluid
heart chambers, and contains blood ves- D. cerebrospinal fluid
sels?
181. What does EKG/ECG stand for?
A. Myocardium
A. electric cardiac graphing
B. Epicardium
B. electronic coronary geography
C. Visceral pericardium
C. electrocardiogram
D. Endocardium
D. elemental cardioglyph
176. Which structure is referred to as the 182. Name the artery that carries blood from
“pacemaker” of the heart? the left ventricle to the body
A. AV node A. vena cava
B. bundle fibers B. aorta
C. SA node C. pulmonary Vein
D. aorta D. pulmonary artery

183. In the walls of the heart, there are two B. atria; ventricles
thin layers around a thick layer of muscle C. arteries; veins
called the

D. veins; arteries
A. epithelial tissue.
B. pericardium. 189. This side of the heart pumps oxygenated
blood:
C. connective tissue.
D. myocardium. A. Right side
B. Left side
184. What do we call the areas that can act as
pressure points? C. Both sides
A. pericardium D. Neither side
B. heart 190. Which valve prevents blood flow back
C. pulse point into the right atrium from the right ven-
tricle and is an AV valve?
D. all of the above
A. aortic
185. This structure carries oxygenated blood
toward the body: B. bicuspid
A. Pulmonary Vein C. pulmonary
B. Pulmonary Artery D. tricuspid

C. Vena Cava 191. Which type of circulation does the left
D. Aorta ventricle pump blood to?
A. systemic circulation
186. which vessel carries deoxygenated blood
to the lungs? B. pulmonary circulation
A. pulmonary veins C. both of these
B. pulmonary trunk/arteries D. none of these
C. aorta
192. What is another word for the bicuspid
D. superior vena cava valve?
187. An electronic device near a pt during a 12 A. mitral valve
lead EKG can cause what type of artifact? B. aortic valve
A. somatic tremor C. pulmonary valve
B. wandering baseline D. semilunar valve
C. interrupted baseline
193. What body part is the heart roughly
D. AC interference
shaped like?
188. The two superior receiving chambers of A. a closed fist
the heart are known as the , while the
B. a closed mouth
two inferior discharging chambers of the
heart are known as the C. bridge of nose
A. ventricles; atria D. earlobe

194. The semilunar valves are only open dur- B. pulmonary vein
ing which phase C. pulmonary trunk and arteries
A. atrial contraction and ventricular fill- D. coronary sinus
ing
B. isovolumetric contraction 200. The volume of blood pumped out of a ven-
tricle with each heartbeat is known as
C. ventricular ejection
A. heart rate (HR)
D. isovolumetric relaxation
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B. stroke volume (SV)
195. of the heart has the thick muscular C. cardiac output (CO)
wall because it pumps the blood to the sys-
temic circuit D. blood pressure (BP)
A. left ventricle 201. A double-walled sac that is the outer-

most layer of the heart.
B. Right ventricle
A. Pericardium
C. right atrium
B. Endocardium
D. left atrium
C. Epicardium
196. The vertical line on the graph paper mea-
D. Myocardium
sures:
A. respirations 202. Which artery allows oxygenation of the
Left Ventricle?
B. burn of the stylus
A. Left Anterior Descending Coronary
C. voltage
Artery
D. time
B. Posterior inter ventricular Artery
197. inner layer of the pericardium C. Aortic Valve
A. parietal pericardium D. Mitral Valve
B. visceral pericardium
203. The pointed, inferior portion of the heart,
C. myocardium known as the , rests on the diaphragm
D. endocardium and is oriented toward the left hip.
A. base
198. The walls of the are substantially
thicker because that chamber acts as the B. mediastinum
more powerful systemic pump of the C. apex
heart. D. pericardium
A. left atrium
204. Which of the following is the outermost
B. left ventricle layer of the pericardial cavity surrounding
C. right atrium the heart?
D. right ventricle A. parietal pericardium
199. Carries blood from the left ventricle to B. fibrous pericardium

the body. C. visceral pericardium
A. aorta D. visceral pleural membrane

205. Which chamber receives deoxygenated 210. During the Diastolic phase, the ventricles
blood The valves open and the valves
are closed.

A. Left Ventricle
A. Relaxed, semilunar, AV
B. Right Atrium
B. Contracted, semilunar, AV
C. Right Ventricle
C. Relaxed, AV, semilunar
D. Left Atrium
D. Contracted, AV, semilunar
206. Which of the following is often called the 211. Concerning the coronary vessels and con-
pacemaker of the heart? ducting system
A. Purkinje fibers A. the anterior interventricular artery is a
B. sinoatrial (SA) node branch of the left coronary artery
C. atrioventricular (AV) bundle (bundle of B. the coronary sinus runs in the poste-
His) rior interventricular sulcus
D. atrioventricular (AV) node C. blockage a coronary artery may cause

referred pain in the neck
207. Which of the following are layers of the D. the AVN is found near the entry of the
heart wall? superior vena cava to the right atrium
A. Parietal Layer E. the SAN is usually supplied by a branch
of the right coronary artery
B. Endocardium
C. Visceral Layer 212. Pulmonary circulation involves blood
flow to and from the heart and the
D. Epicardium
A. body
E. Myocardium
B. digestive organs
208. A 65 yr old female is having a 12 lead C. brain
EKG and is shivering. What type of arti- D. lungs
fact might be displayed due to shivering?
213. What does the QRS complex represent?
A. somatic tremor
A. ventricular depolarization
B. wandering baseline
B. rapid ventricular repolarization
C. interrupted baseline
C. ventricular repolarization
D. AC interference
D. rapid ventricular depolarization
209. Which valve(s) prevents backflow from 214. h intercostal space on the left mid-
of blood into the ventricles?
clavicular line
A. Semilunar Valves A. V5
B. Cardiac Valve B. V6
C. Mitral Valve C. V4
D. Tricuspid Valve D. V3

215. What are the four heart valves? B. Epicardium

A. tricuspid, cuspid, aortic, & pulmonary C. Myocardium
B. tricuspid, bicuspid, aortic, & pul- D. Endocardium
monary
221. Where in the heart could I find the SA
C. tricuspid, bicuspid, aorta, & pulmonary Node?
D. tricuspid, cuspid, aorta, or pulmonary A. Right Atrium
B. Left Atrium
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216. The chordae tendineae prevent the pro-
lapse of: C. Right Ventricle
A. The aortic valve D. Left Ventricle
B. The pulmonary valve 222. What is the normal resting heart rate of
C. The atrioventricular valves children 9-10 years old?
D. The semi-lunar valves A. 40-50
B. 60-110
217. When we hit the threshold of the SA
Node Potential. Channels open to al- C. 120-190
low the fast influx of a molecule, causing D. none of the above
rapid depolarization. Which molecule does
223. The man with a typical coronary circula-
this?
tion has been suffering from embolism of
A. Na the circumflex branch of the left coronary
B. Ca artery. this condition would result in is-
chemia of which areas of heart?
C. K
A. Anterior part of the left ventricle
D. Protein
B. Anterior interventricular region
218. What is the final destination of the elec- C. posterior interventricular region
trical impulse in the heart?
D. Posterior part of the left ventricle
A. Purkinje Fibers
E. Anterior part of the right ventricle
B. SA & AV Nodes
224. the movement of blood from the heart to
C. Bundle Branches
all parts and systems of the body
D. Superior Vena Cava
A. pulmonary circulation
219. Wall of the heart that lines all of the B. capillaries
heart chambers and covers valves C. systemic circulation
A. Pericardium D. aorta
B. Epicardium
225. Which vessels take blood from the lungs
C. Myocardium to the heart?
D. Endocardium A. pulmonary arteries
220. Wall of the heart made up mostly of car- B. pulmonary veins
diac muscle C. coronary arteries
A. Pericardium D. aorta

226. If blood is in the right ventricle, where 231. Blood vessels that carry blood away
would it pass through next? from the heart are called

A. Aortic valve A. veins.
B. Tricuspid valve B. arteries.
C. Pulmonary valve C. capillaries.
D. Mitral valve D. none of above
227. Action Potentials: 232. Which heart sound is the closure offer the
A. Pacemaker Potential SL valves?
B. Threshold A. S1
C. Action Potential B. S2
D. Fast K+ Outflow C. S3
E. Fast Ca++/Na+ Inflow D. S4
F. Slow Na+ Inflow 233. Artery
228. The pacemaker of the heart is also known A. A valve in the heart that guards the
as the opening between the left atrium and the
left ventricle; prevents the blood in the
A. AV node ventricle from returning to the atrium. Al-
B. SA node ternative name is bicuspid valve.
C. Purkinje fibres B. A vein that is the largest vein in the hu-
D. Bundle of His man body and returns blood to the right
atrium of the heart from bodily parts be-
229. Patient’s coronary angiograms reveal a low the diaphragm.
thrombosis in the circumflex branch of the C. The body structure that temporarily
left coronary artery. Which of the follow- closes a passage or orifice, or permits
ing conditions could result from blockage movement of fluid in only one direction.
of blood flow in the circumflex branch?
D. Any of the tubular, branching, muscu-
A. tricuspid valve insufficiency lar, and elastic-walled vessels that carry
B. mitral valve insufficiency blood from the heart through the body.
C. ischemia of AVN 234. The first heart sound, “lub, “ is caused
D. paralysis of pectinate muscle by the closure of the valves.
E. necrosis of moderator band (sep- A. semilunar
tomarginal trabecula) B. pulmonary
230. This chamber pushes the blood out of the C. atrioventricular (AV)
aorta to the body D. aortic
A. Right atrium
235. the structure that divides the heart into
B. Right ventricle left and right sections, creating a double
C. Left atrium pump
D. Left ventricle A. apex

B. atria B. AV node
C. septum C. Purkinje fibres
D. ventricles D. Bundle of His
236. What valve is part of the pulmonary 241. Standard leads are
blood system? A. Bipolar
A. Mitral Valve B. Unipolar
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B. Bicuspid Valve C. tripolar
C. Tricuspid Valve D. none of above
D. Aortic Valve
242. Which vessel does the left ventricle
237. Concerning the heart empty into?
A. the right ventricle forms most of the in- A. pulmonary artery
ferior border of heart B. pulmonary vein
B. oblique sinus lies between the left C. aorta
atrium and the oesophagus D. coronary artery
C. all heart valves are retrosternal
243. Order the phases an action potential trav-
D. mitral valve is the best heard at the left els in the conduction system
sternal edge
A. SA node→ AV bundle branches→ AV
E. mitral valve is the outflow valve of the node→ Purkinje fibers
right ventricle
B. SA node→ AV node→ AV bundle
238. What type of tissue does the epicardium branches→ Purkinje fibers
consist of? C. Av bundle branches→ AV node→ SA
A. Loose Connective node→ Purkinje fibers
B. Dense Connective D. Purkinje fibers→ SA node→ AV
node→ AV bundle branches
C. Nervous
D. Simple Squamous 244. Oxygenated blood nourishing the my-
ocardium comes from vessels that branch
239. Arteries are normally depicted as red off the aorta called
while veins are colored blue. The excep-
tions to this rule are the arteries and
veins. B. pulmonary veins
A. systemic C. coronary arteries
B. hepatic D. venae cavae
C. coronary 245. What is the pacemaker of the heart?
D. pulmonary A. AV node
240. The emptying of the atria is controlled by B. SA node
the: C. Bundle of His
A. SA node D. Bundle branches

246. The layer of the heart that forms a B. Pulmonary Artery

smooth, protective lining of the heart C. Pulmonary Vein
chambers and valves is the

D. Aorta
A. endocardium
B. myocardium 252. What is the contraction phase of a heart-
beat?
C. epicardium
A. diastole
D. parietal pericardium
B. SA node
247. If this cation has elevated levels in the C. systole
blood it increases Heart Rate and Contrac-
tility? D. impulse
A. Na 253. The middle cardiac vein drains the area

supplied by the posterior Interventricular
B. K
branch of the right coronary artery. Which
C. Ca chamber(s) is it draining?
D. S A. R. Atrium
248. The heart sends blood to the body tissues B. L. Atrium, L. Ventricle
via which vessel? C. L. Ventricle, R. Ventricle
A. Aorta D. L. Atrium, R. Atrium
B. Right atrium
254. What is the function of the blood?
C. Pulmonary Artery
A. pump blood throughout the body
D. Vena cava
B. provide a network of tubes through
249. Which organ is first to receive oxy- which blood can travel
genated blood from the aorta? C. act as a vehicle to carry oxygen and nu-
A. lungs trients
B. heart D. none of these
C. stomach 255. Which of the following is another term
D. brain for heart attack?
A. Cardiac arrhythmia
250. What are the tiny white cords that an-
chor the cusps or flaps of endocardium to B. Myocardial infarction
the walls of the ventricles? C. Bradycardia
A. chordae tendineae D. Tachycardia
B. ligamentum arteriosum 256. Who among the following takes care of
C. ductus venosus his/ her heart best?
D. myocardium A. Miya works from 6am to 12 midnight.
251. Deoxygenated blood enters the heart B. Gio exercises every morning.
through the C. Leo eats heavy meals 6 times a day.
A. Superior and Inferior Vena Cava D. all of the above

257. What is the function of the bicuspid 262. What is the correct order for the Aortic
valve? Arch, starting with the artery closest to
A. closes off the left atrium collecting the Ascending Aorta.
the oxygen rich blood coming in from the A. Brachiocephalic, R. Carotid, L. Subcla-
lungs vian
B. opens to allow blood to pass from right B. Brachiocephalic, R. Subclavian, L.
atrium to right ventricle Carotid
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C. stop backflow of air from coming in the C. R. Subclavian, R. Carotid, L. Subclavian
heart
D. Brachiocephalic, L. Carotid, L. Subcla-
D. opens to allow blood to pass from left
vian
atrium to left ventricle
258. Because the SA node initiates 1 cardiac 263. What area of the heart’s electrical con-
cycle, it fires at a rate of duction is known as the “pacemaker” of
the heart?
A. 40-60 bpm
A. Purknife fibers
B. 80-90 bpm
B. SA node
C. 60-80 bpm
D. 60-100 bpm C. Bundle of his
D. Interventricular Septum
259. Which heart chamber has the thickest
wall? 264. Which are functions of the skeleton?
A. R. Atrium A. Support
B. L. Atrium
B. Insulation
C. R. Ventricle
C. prevents valves from stretching
D. L. Ventricle
D. Makes the heart rigid.
260. What is a pulse?
265. Sustained elevated arterial blood pres-
A. The sound the heart makes
sure above 140/90 mm Hg is a condition
B. Alternating surges of pressure in an known as
artery that occur with each contraction
and relaxation A. hypertension (high blood pressure)
C. The process of stopping a heart attack B. orthostatic hypotension

D. Breathing heavily C. circulatory shock
261. What cannot happen in cardiac muscles D. myocardial infarction

resulting from a refractory period that con-
266. Which is NOT a precordial lead?
tinues until relaxation is under way?
A. Depolarization A. AvL
B. Repolarization B. V3
C. The plateau C. V6
D. Tetanus D. V4

267. h intercostal space on the right side of 272. which pulse site is located at the inner
sternum forearm

A. V1 A. brachial
B. V2 B. radial
C. apical
C. V3
D. femoral
D. V4
E. AvL 273. When blood enters the vessels in the
lungs, oxygen and carbon dioxide are ex-
268. Horizontal to V4 at left midaxillary line changed in the:
A. Bronchi
A. V4
B. Alveoli
B. AvL
C. Surfactant
C. V5
D. Tissues
D. V6
274. The tiny white cords that anchor the
269. Which side of the heart contains oxy- cusps or flaps of endocardium to the walls
genated blood? of the ventricles are called the
A. the right A. chordae tendineae
B. the left B. ligamentum arteriosum

C. ductus venosus
C. the superior region
D. myocardium
D. the inferior region
275. Which side of the heart contains deoxy-
270. What do the four valves do for the genated (blue) blood?
Heart? A. right
A. The valves keep blood moving through B. left
the heart in the right direction.
C. both
B. The Valves help circulate the blood to
D. neither
your fingers.
C. They do not play any function in the 276. factors that influence heart rate include
heart. all EXCEPT
A. neural controls
B. hormones and ions
271. Which vessels supply the heart’s muscu- C. physical factors
lar wall with blood?
D. food
A. pulmonary veins
277. How many chambers does the human
B. left ventricle heart have?
C. coronary arteries A. 4
D. brachial arteries B. 2

C. 3 283. The coronary arteries

D. 5 A. Exit the aorta at a point immediately
distal to the aortic semifinal valve
278. Which blood vessels carry blood to the B. Fill the right atrium with blood with
heart? each myocardial contraction
A. Aorta C. Connect the right and left atria
B. veins D. Deliver most O2 and nutrients to the
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myocardium while the myocardium is con-
C. arteries
tracted
D. arterioles
284. Which chamber pumps out oxygenated
279. One complete heartbeat blood
A. ECG A. Right Atrium

B. Left Atrium
B. systole
C. Left Ventricle
C. diastole
D. Right Ventricle
D. cardiac cycle
285. Groove that runs around the hears, sep-
280. Where is Aortic and Pulmonic Valve lo- arating the atria from the ventricles.
cated? A. coronary sulcus
A. All of the Above B. venae cavae
B. Middle of the stomach C. pulmonary vein
C. Between the chest in the left side D. pulmonary trunk and arteries
D. Between the ventricles and the major 286. How many valves in the heart?
blood vessels leaving the heart A. 4
281. What is the muscular layer of the heart B. 3
called? C. 2
A. epicardium D. 1
B. myocardium 287. which pulse site is found posterior to the
C. endocardium bend of the knee
A. pedal
D. mesocardium
B. popliteal
282. Supplies blood to most of the wall of the C. femoral
right ventricle
D. radial
A. left coronary artery
288. What must happen so that the Coronary
B. right coronary arter Arteries can be able to supply the heart?
C. cardiac veins A. Ventricles must contract
D. none of above B. Ventricles must relax

C. Nothing, the coronary arteries are al- 294. Which of the following is not true of the
ways supplying the heart heart?

D. none of above A. The heart is located within the medi-
astinum
289. How do the heart valves let blood flow
through the heart? B. The apex is located to the left of the
Sternal midline at the level of the fifth in-
A. they close tercostal space
B. they open C. The Base of the heat is located at the
C. they open and close level of the second rib
D. none of the above D. The pericardium is composed of car-
diac muscle
290. What is the delivery of blood to and from
the heart itself called? 295. The sinoatrial node, located in the right
A. coronary circulation atrium of the heart, is often called the
B. pulmonary circulation A. pacemaker
C. systemic circulation B. pericardial cavity
D. cardiac circulation C. atrioventricular (AV) bundle (bundle of
His)
291. What is the outer layer of the heart
D. auricle
called?
A. Heart wall 296. Circulation involving the lungs is called
B. Pericardium
C. Epicardium A. Pulmonary Circulation
D. Thoracic cavity B. Cutaneous Circulation

C. Systemic Circulation
292. In which ECG phase does ventricular re-
polarization occur? D. Cardiac Convendency
A. T wave 297. The heart makes a LUB / DUB sound.
B. R wave What causes the DUB sound?
C. P wave A. Atria Contracting
D. QRS complex B. AV Valves Closing
293. Place the following in the correct order:1. C. Ventricles Contracting

atria contract 2. AV node 3. Bundle of His D. SL Valves Closing
4. Purkinje fibers 5. SA node 6. ventricles
contract 298. The heart is a
A. 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 A. muscle
B. 2, 1, 5, 3, 4, 6 B. ligament
C. 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 1 C. tendon
D. 2, 6, 5, 3, 4, 1 D. none of the above

299. How is the heart shaped and sized? C. Right Atrium

A. two closed fists together D. Lungs
B. a lemon
305. Which of the following describes the
C. a closed fist heart?
D. none of above A. It is the same size as your lungs.
300. What is the medical term for cardiac mus- B. It sits entirely on the left side of the
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cle? thoracic cavity.
A. Myocardium C. It is enclosed within the peritoneal cav-
B. Epicardium ity.
C. Pericardium D. It is surrounded by the visceral peri-
cardium.
D. Endocardium
301. The right atrium receives blood from the: 306. A hollow, muscular organ that pumps
blood throughout the body.
A. superior and inferior vena cavae
A. Skeleton
B. pulmonary veins, pulmonary arteries
B. Heart
C. superior and inferior venae cavae and
coronary sinus C. Vein
D. membranous septum, coronary sinus D. Artery
302. The chamber below the bicuspid (left AV 307. When the heart valves open and close the
valve) is the heart
A. right atrium A. becomes tired
B. left atrium B. relaxes & contracts
C. right ventricle C. beats rapidly
D. left ventricle D. all of the above
303. What is the function of the blood ves-
308. Normal resting heart rate is bpm
sels?
A. 95
B. provide a network of tubes through B. 110
which blood can travel C. 75
C. act as a vehicle to carry oxygen and nu- D. 60
trients
D. none of these 309. What are some tissues of the heart?
A. Pericardium
304. When blood enters the right atrium,
where is it coming from? B. Epicardium
A. The body C. Endocardium
B. Left ventricle D. Expocardium

310. Which layer of the following serves the 315. The vena cavas take the blood to the
dual purpose of forming the inner layer of A. Right atrium
the pericardium and forming the outermost

wall of the heart? B. Right ventricle
A. fibrous pericardium C. Aorta
B. parietal pericardium D. Left atrium
C. visceral pericardium 316. Blood may exit the heart through either
or structures called the great ves-
D. myocardium
sels.
311. The mitral valve is also called the A. superior vena cava, inferior vena cava
valve.
B. pulmonary trunk, aorta
A. pulmonary semilunar C. right ventricle, left ventricle
B. tricuspid D. pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins
C. aortic semilunar
317. which vessel carries oxygenated blood
D. bicuspid away from the lungs?
312. Which is the correct order for blood A. pulmonary veins
flow? B. pulmonary trunk/arteries
A. Arteries, capillaries, venules, veins C. aorta
B. Arteries, Veins D. superior vena cava
C. Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, 318. mV is a measurement for membrane po-
venules, veins tential. What are we measuring when
D. Veins, venules, capillaries, arterioles, looking at potential energy generated?
arteries A. Current
313. What is the cardiac muscle of the my- B. Resistance
ocardium connected by? C. Influx
A. Muscle D. Voltage
B. Ligaments
319. Picture # 10
C. Tendons A. Superior Vena Cava
D. Intercalated discs B. Aorta
314. Kyla has been feeling extreme pain and C. Left Pulmonary Artery
tightness in her chest area. What ailment D. Left Pulmonary Veins
does she most probably have?
320. The blood that is pumped out of the left
A. angina
ventricle contains
B. hypertension
A. a full supply of oxygen
C. stroke
B. impurities that must be removed by the
D. heart failure liver

C. a high percentage of carbon dioxide 326. Which of the following structural fea-
tures is composed of connective tissue
D. all the wastes to be delivered to the or-
fibers connected to cone-shaped projec-
gans of excretion
tions on the inner surface of the ventricle?
321. Which of the following does not describe A. Trabeculae carneae
the location of the heart?
B. Chordae tendineae
A. pericardial cavity
C. Pulmonary cusps
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B. mediastinum
D. Fossa ovalis
C. pleural cavity
E. Aortic sinuses
D. ventral cavity
327. Oxygenated blood is pushed into the
322. What chamber does blood first enter into aorta by
the heart?
A. right ventricle
A. Right Atrium
B. left ventricle
B. Left Atrium
C. right atrium
C. Right Ventricle
D. left atrium
D. Left Ventricle
328. The blood in a fetal heart flows from the
323. Which pulse site is found on the neck and R. Atrium to L. Atrium via
used during adult CPR
A. Pulmonary veins
A. carotid
B. Foramen ovals
B. apical
C. Ductus arteriosus
C. femoral
D. Pulmonary arteries
D. temporal
329. Which of the following has deoxygenated
324. During diastole, where is the blood pres- blood?
sure higher?
A. Pulmonary artery
A. atria
B. Pulmonary vein
B. ventricles
C. Thoracic Aorta
C. aorta
D. Abdominal Aorta
D. pulmonary arteries
330. Inferior cavity that receives oxygenated
325. Large blood vessels that carry blood blood from the left atrium via the mitral
away from the heart are called valve and pumps it through the aorta
A. arteries A. Right Atrium
B. capillaries B. Left Atrium
C. veins C. Right Ventricle
D. venae cavae D. Left Ventricle

331. Inferior cavity that is responsible for D. It is in the skull and frequently is in-
pumping oxygen-depleted blood to the fected.
lungs

336. Normal resting blood pressure is
A. Right Atrium
A. 160/90
B. Left Atrium
B. 90/50
C. Right Ventricle
C. 130/70
D. Left Ventricle
D. 120/80
332. The Atrioventricular Valves are closed by
pressure, the contraction of the ventricles 337. Which chamber does the left atrium
causes the blood pressure to rise. This empty into via the bicuspid valve?
rise in pressure forces the blood out of A. right atrium
the semilunar valves. What prevents ev- B. left atrium
ersion?
C. right ventricle
A. Chordae tendineae
D. left ventricle
B. Trabeculae carneae
338. Which of the following is the innermost
C. Pectinate muscles
layer of the heart?
D. Crises terminalis
A. Epicardium
333. what is the name of the double folded B. Myocardium
membrane surrounding the heart
C. Parietal pericardium
A. endocardium
D. Endocardium
B. myometrium
339. What divides the heart into right and left
C. pericardium
sides?
D. myocardium
A. Atria
334. Which area(s) would have deoxygenated B. Ventricles
blood?
C. Septum
A. right atrium
D. none of above
B. left atrium
340. carries blood away from the heart.
C. pulmonary vein
A. Blood cells
D. two of these
B. Veins
335. Which of the following describes the coro- C. Capillaries
nary sinus?
D. Arteries
A. empties deoxygenated blood from
coronary arteries into right atrium 341. The interior lining of the heart. the
B. empties deoxygenated blood from valves and the large vessels of the heart
coronary arteries into left atrium are together called the:
C. supplies the heart muscle with oxy- A. endocardium

genated blood B. myocardium

C. pericardium 347. The conductive system of the heart is

D. epicardium not a nerve tract, it is caused by charged
molecules moving across the cell mem-
342. What is the purpose of the valves in the branes. What molecule slowly leaks out
heart? of the cell?
A. control speed of heart beat A. Na
B. keep blood flowing in one direction B. K
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C. prevent pathogens from entering the C. Cl
heart
D. Proteins
D. separate the heart into two sides
343. Which layer of the heart is primarily 348. Which of the following is a difference
made of cardiac muscle tissue? between cardiac muscle and skeletal mus-
cle?
A. endocardium
B. myocardium A. unlike skeletal muscle cells, cardiac
muscle cells do not rely on an influx of cal-
C. epicardium cium ions for depolarization
D. all of the above B. unlike skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle
344. An inflammation due to excess fluid in the is not striated
Pericardial Space: C. unlike skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle
A. Pericarditis does not use a sliding filament mechanism
for contraction
B. Myocarditis
C. Epicarditis D. unlike skeletal muscle cells, cardiac
muscle cells can be autorhythmic
D. Endocarditis
345. Valves not closing properly, therefore 349. Which vessel does the right ventricle
blood leaking past (back to atria)-most empty into?
common in bicuspid/mitral valve due to in- A. pulmonary artery
creased pressure there
B. pulmonary vein
A. varicose vein
C. aorta
B. aneursysm
D. coronary artery
C. angioplasty
D. heart murmur 350. Which of the Is descriptive of the my-
ocardium?
346. Supplies blood to much of the anterior
wall of the heart and most of the left ven- A. composed of contractile proteins
tricle called actin And myosin
A. left coronary artery B. thicker in the ventricles than atria
B. right coronary arter C. Thicker in the left ventricle then the
C. cardiac veins right ventricle
D. none of above D. All of the above

351. Which chamber of the heart contracts to B. SA/AV Node

send blood to the pulmonary artery and C. Purkinje Fibers
lungs?

D. none of above
A. left atrium
B. left ventricle 357. What does the cardiac muscle of the my-
ocardium do?
C. right atrium
A. Provides support
D. right ventricle
B. Provides strength
352. The outer layer of the heart is called
C. Allows heart to return to normal shape
A. myocardium
D. All of the Above
B. endocardium
358. The charade tendineae are necessary for
C. epicardium
the proper functioning of the
D. none of above
A. SA node
353. Which portion of the heart wall contains B. Pericardium
the epithelial and connective tissue?
C. Pulmonic semilunar valve
A. Epicardium
D. Mitral valve
B. Myocardium
C. Endocardium 359. what lines the walls of each heart cham-
ber
D. Pericardium
A. pericardium
354. Which structure separates the right and B. myocardium
the left ventricles?
C. endocardium
A. Interatrial Septum
D. epicardium
B. Nasal Septum
C. Interventricular Septum 360. What are the top chambers of the heart
called?
D. Fossa ovalis
A. Atrium
355. Second part of Cardiac Conduction Sys-
B. Ventricle
tem:This structure receives a signal and
passes it on to the Bundle of His C. Septum
A. Purkinje fibers D. none of above
B. Atrioventricular (AV) node 361. Which of the following is true of the aor-
C. Sinoatrial (SA) Node tic valve?
D. none of above A. Sees oxygenated blood
356. The velocity of Action Potentials can B. Jades right ventricular hypertrophy if
change depending on where it is in the con- the valve is stenotic
duction system. Which part to the conduc- C. Allows blood to flow from the ventricle
tion system is at 1m/s? into the pulmonary trunk
A. Atria/ventricle contractile fibers D. Classified as AV node

362. Separates the left atrium from the left A. mitral valve
ventricle:permits blood to flow one way B. atria
only, from the left atrium into the left ven-
tricle C. septum
A. Tricuspid Valve D. valve
B. Mitral Valve 368. A person with a heart rate of 75 beats
C. Pulmonary Valve per minute and stroke volume of 60 mL
per beat has a cardiac output of
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D. Aortic Valve
A. 4500 mL/min
363. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the B. 1.25 mL/min
heart
C. 0.8 mL/min
A. Veins
D. 120 mL/min
B. Artery
C. Ventricle 369. What happens when a blood clot blocks
the blood flow to the brain?
D. Atrium
A. angina
364. Another name for the mitral valve B. stroke
A. Tricuspid C. hypertension
B. Pulmonary D. heart attack
C. Bicuspid
370. What is the period of heart chamber re-
D. Aortic laxation (bottom number in blood pressure
365. Cardiac fibers contain desmosomes and reading)?
gap junctions, which are part of the inter- A. systole
calated discs. What allows the entire my- B. diastole
ocardium to contract as a single unit?
C. resistance
A. Desomosomes
D. velocity
B. Gap Junctions
C. Intercalated Discs 371. It is the amount of blood pumped out by
the heart in one minute.
D. Sarcolemma
A. Cardiac output
366. What specific portion of the heart wall B. Heart rate
contains the cardiac muscle tissue?
C. Stroke volume
A. Endocardium
D. Afterload
B. Epicardium
C. Myocardium 372. The valves are made of structures called
D. Pericardium A. Cusps
B. Semilunars
367. what is the structure in veins which tem-
porarily close and open so blood flows in C. Bicuspids
one direction D. none of above

373. What is the size of the Heart? C. QRS wave

A. Muscular Organ D. t Wave

B. Triangular Organ 379. which chamber receives blood from the
C. Sphere Shape left atrium
D. Roughly like two closed fists. A. L ventricle
B. L pulmonic artery
374. Separates the chambers of the heart.
C. R ventricle
A. mitral valve
D. R atria
B. septum
380. What are two Heart Valves?
C. aortic valve
A. Tricuspid Valve
D. ventricular divide
B. Chlorae Valve
375. During neonatal circulation, the ductus ar- C. Pulmonary Valve
teriosus loses it valve ability and becomes
the ligamentum arteriosum. The ductus ar- D. Triangular Organ Valve
teriosus help bypass the lungs via connect- 381. Which valve has the highest afterload?
ing which valves?
A. Aortic
A. Pulmonary vein and pulmonary artery
B. Pulmonary
B. Aortic Arch and Pulmonary Trunk
C. Bicupsid
C. Brachiocephalic and Pulmonary Trunk
D. Tricupsid
D. Superior Vena Cava and Aortic Arch
382. Blood leaves the right ventricle through
376. What is the role of valves in the veins? the
A. Slow down the heartbeat A. pulmonary trunk
B. Filter the blood B. aorta
C. To prevent backflow C. superior vena cava
D. Create a pulse D. coronary sinus
377. Which structure contains the low- 383. What is the aorta?
est amount of oxygen? A)pulmonary A. a muscular tube
veinB)aortaC)vena cavaD)left ventricle B. regulate blood flow
A. pulmonary vein C. a small vein
B. aorta D. the main artery of the body
C. vena cava
384. The name of the structure where the
D. left ventricle point of maximum impulse is located is
378. A recording of electrical changes that oc- A. Mediastinum
cur during the cardiac cycle B. base
A. blood pressure reading C. Apex
B. ECG D. none of above

385. Which factor for regulating the ventricles C. superior vena cava
pump at the same times is known as the D. coronary sinus
degree of stretch of the heart before con-
traction? 391. If a person has a EDV of 150mL and an
A. Contractility ESV of 100mL, with a heart rate of 60bpm,
what is their Cardiac Output?
B. Afterload
A. 3000mL/min
C. Preload
B. 2L/min
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D. none of above
C. 3000mL/sec
386. This structure returns oxygenated blood
to the heart: D. 2mL/min
A. Pulmonary Vein 392. The heart has its own blood supply with
B. Pulmonary Artery coronary arteries and veins. The Anterior
Interventricular Branch lies in the interven-
C. Vena Cava
tricular sulcus and supplies a bulk of the
D. Aorta blood to the left verntricle. What coronary
vein drains this area?
387. The part between the bicuspid valve and
the Aortic semilunar valve A. Great Cardiac Vein
A. Right atrium B. Coronary Sinus
B. Left atrium C. Middle Cardiac Vein
C. Right ventricle D. Small Cardiac Vein
D. Left ventricle
393. Which one of the following represents
388. Atrioventricular valve between the left the correct path for the transmission of an
atrium and the left ventricle. impulse in the intrinsic conduction system
of the heart?
A. tricuspid valve
A. AV node, Bundle of His, SA node, Purk-
B. bicuspid valve
inje fibers, bundle branches
C. semilunar valves
B. SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, bun-
D. none of above dle branches, Purkinje fibers
389. Larger, flat portion of the heart opposite C. SA node, Bundle of His, AV node, Purk-
the point inje fibers, bundle branches
A. apex D. SA node, Bundle of His, bundle
B. base branches, Purkinje fibers, AV node
C. ventricle 394. What cardiac tissue layer lines the cham-
D. atrium bers of the heart?
A. Myocardium
390. Blood leaves the left ventricle through an
artery known as the B. Epicardium
A. pulmonary trunk C. Pericardium
B. aorta D. Endocardium

395. Which chamber pumps blood to the 401. Where does blood go after the right
lungs? atrium?
A. left atrium

A. right atrium
B. left atrium B. left ventricle
C. right ventricle C. right ventricle
D. left ventricle D. aorta
396. A feature of the heart which includes 402. The anterior cardiac vein drains to
pectinate muscle and described as a pouch- where?
like structure is known as? A. R. Atrium
A. Atriums B. Great Cardiac Vein
B. Ventricles C. Corona Sinus
C. Aorta D. L. Atrium
D. Auricles 403. Diastole definition
397. The pulmonary veins take the blood to A. Sequence where the heart beats
the B. Phase in heartbeat where the muscle
A. Right atrium contracts
B. Left atrium C. Muscle relaxes in the heartbeat
C. Lungs D. A really fast heartbeat
D. Left ventricle 404. What is happening inside our hearts
whenever we hear the dub sound?
398. Carry blood from the lungs to the left
atrium. A. blood goes inside the heart
A. pulmonary vein B. blood goes out the rest of the body
B. aorta C. blood gets stuck
C. coronary sinus D. heart is resting
D. venae cavae 405. The partition where the bundle branches
are located is called the
399. What is the shape of a heart?
A. left atrioventricular groove
A. rectangular
B. interatrial septum
B. triangular
C. interventricular septum
C. oval
D. right atrioventricular groove
D. diamond
406. Fluid in the pericardial cavity that helps
400. The atrioventicular valve that sees un- reduce friction as the heart moves within
oxygenated blood the pericardial sac.
A. Pulmonic A. visceral pericardium
B. Bicuspid B. pericardial cavity
C. Aortic C. pericardial fluid
D. Tricuspid D. parietal pericardium

407. Valve flaps prevent the backflow of 412. Picture # 1

blood from the pulmonary artery into the: A. Superior Vena Cava
A. lung B. Aorta
B. right atrium C. Right Pulmonary Artery
C. right ventricle D. Inferior Vena Cava
D. veft atrium
413. Augmented leads are
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408. The heart layer that keeps blood from A. Bipolar
sticking to the inside of the heart made up B. Unipolar
of squamous epithelial cells
C. tripolar
A. endocardium
D. none of above
B. pericardium
414. Atrioventricular valve between the right
C. myocardium atrium and right ventricle
D. epicardium A. tricuspid valve
409. The semi-lunar valves include: B. bicuspid valve
A. The bicuspid and the tricuspid C. semilunar valves
B. The tricuspid and the aortic valve D. none of above
C. The aortic valve and the bicuspid 415. Into which chamber of the heart do the
pulmonary veins deliver blood?
D. The aortic valve and the pulmonary
valve A. left ventricle
B. right atrium
410. What are the functions of the semilunar
valves? C. left atrium
A. prevent blood from leaking back into D. right ventricle

the ventricles 416. Serous pericardium that covers the heart
B. prevent blood from leaking back into surface.
the atria A. visceral pericardium
C. allow blood to flow into the atria B. pericardial cavity
D. allow blood to leave the ventricles C. pericardial fluid
D. parietal pericardium
411. What is the function of the valves inside
the heart? 417. What is pulmonary circulation?
A. Guards the base of the 2 large arteries A. Blood travelling to and from the lungs
leaving the ventricular chambers.
B. Blood travelling to and from the body
B. Protect the common artery
C. A blood clot in the lungs
C. Contract and expand
D. The vessel that brings blood to the
D. Protect the temporal artery lungs

418. Which of the following pacemaker cells 423. Name of the place where the heart is
of the heart normally determines heart placed.
rate?

A. mediastinum
A. atrial conducting fibers
B. thoracic cavity
B. SA node
C. interpleural space
C. Ventricular myocardial cells
D. all of the above are correct
D. AV node
424. Heart sounds are lub-dub. What makes
419. Which of the following blood flow state- these sounds?
ments is true?
A. valves opening
A. Blood is pumped by the right atrium
through the mitral valve into the right ven- B. valves closing
tricle C. ventricles contracting
B. Blood is pumped by the right atrium D. atria contracting
into the right ventricle to the pulmonary
trunk toward the lungs 425. Which of the following is least character-
C. Blood is pumped by the left ventricle istic of normal sinus rhythm?
through the mitral valve into the aorta A. The action potential arises within the
D. Blood flows from the pulmonary capil- SA node
laries to the pulmonary arteries to the left B. The QRS complex and the T wave are
atrium ventricular electrical events
420. Oxygen-poor blood flows into what C. The origin of action potential is de-
atrium? scribed as ectopic
A. left D. Each P wave us followed by QRS com-
B. bottom plex
C. right 426. What vessels carry deoxygenated blood

D. top away from the heart?
A. Neither coronary arteries or pul-
421. Which of the following supply blood to
monary artery
the heart tissues?
B. Pulmonary artery only
A. Pulmonary artery
B. Pulmonary vein C. Both coronary arteries and pulmonary
artery
C. Cardiac veins
D. Coronary arteries only
D. Coronary arteries
427. Which of the following structures is a
422. These arteries carry deoxygenated blood
deep groove that is usually filled with a
from the right ventricle to the lungs.
substantial amount of fat and marks the
A. Pulmonary Artery border between the atria and the ventri-
B. Aorta Artery cles?
C. Superior Vena Cava A. Coronary sinus
D. Inferior Vena Cava B. Anterior interventricular sulcus

C. Posterior interventricular sulcus 433. What does an ECG measure?

D. Interventricular septum A. heart function
E. Coronary sulcus B. blood flow
C. brain activity
428. Freshly oxygenated blood is delivered to
the and then it passes into the to D. lung capacity
be pumped to the entire body.
434. One square on the graph paper (vertical
A. right ventricle; right atrium line) represents:
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B. left ventricle; left atrium A. 0.04 seconds
C. left atrium; left ventricle B. 0.04 mV
D. right atrium; right ventricle C. 0.1 mV
429. Which of the following aspects of contrac- D. 0.1 seconds
tion cannot occur in a normal cardiac mus- 435. Which fluid decreases friction during
cle cell? heart activity?
A. The plateau A. synovial fluid
B. Repolarization B. mucous
C. Tetanus C. serous fluid
D. Refractory period D. blood
430. When Ca2+ binds to troponin: 436. The distal end of the heart
A. Relaxation occurs A. pericardium
B. Contraction Occurs B. epicardium
C. ATP release occurs C. apex
D. none of above D. myocardium
431. The upper chambers of the heart are 437. The cardiac veins of the heart return ve-
called , while the lower chambers are nous blood to which of the following struc-
called tures?
A. aorta, bicuspid A. Inferior vena cava
B. valves, ventricles B. Left atrium
C. ventricles, atria C. Superior vena cava
D. atria, ventricles D. Coronary sinus
432. What lines the inside of the heart and pro- 438. Cardiac Cycle:
tects the valves and chambers? A. Left Ventricular Pressure
A. endocardium B. Left Atrial Pressure
B. pericardium C. Aortic Valve Closes
C. epicardium D. AV Valve Opens
D. none of above E. Aortic Valve Opens

F. Aortic Pressure C. act as a vehicle to carry oxygen and nu-

G. AV Valve Closes trients

H. End-Diastolic Volume D. none of these
I. End-Systolic Volume 444. Which structure is attached to both AV

valves?
439. What is the main function of the cardio-
vascular system? A. Trabeculae carneae
A. transport waste out of the body in the B. Papillary muscle
form of feces C. Chordates tendineae
B. transport oxygen and nutrients to the
D. Crystal terminalis
cells of the body and remove cellular
waste 445. Which chamber do the pulmonary veins
C. exchange gases with the environment empty oxygenated blood into?
D. transport nitrogen waste away from A. right atrium
the cells and out of the body
B. left atrium
440. Which valve separates the left atrium C. right ventricle
from the left ventricle?
D. left ventricle
A. tricuspid
B. mitral 446. This structure allows blood to flow in one
direction:
C. pulmonary
A. septum
D. aortic
B. aorta
441. Space between the visceral and parietal
C. heart valves
pericardia.
A. visceral pericardium D. blood vessels
B. pericardial cavity 447. Which blood vessels carry blood away

C. pericardial fluid from the heart?
D. parietal pericardium A. capillaries
B. veins
442. Inferior cavities of the heart
C. arteries
A. Atrium
B. Ventricle D. none of above
C. Artery 448. How many layers of the heart wall are

D. Vein there?
A. 1
443. What is the fucntion of the heart?
B. 2
C. 3
B. provide a network of tubes through
which blood can travel D. 4

449. The valve that closes the Aorta is the B. chordae tendineae
A. aortic semilunar valve C. papillary muscles
B. pulmonary semilunar valve D. cusps
C. right atrioventricular valve 455. Which chamber of the heart receives de-
D. left atrioventricular valve oxygenated blood from the body?
A. left atrium
450. The visceral layer of the serous peri-
B. left ventricle
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cardium is actually the same layer as the
C. right atrium
A. epicardium D. right ventricle
B. myocardium 456. These blood vessels are the first branches
C. fibrous pericardium of the aorta and feed the heart with
freshly oxygenated blood:
D. endocardium
A. Pulmonary Arteries
451. Which of the following blood vessels re-
B. Plumonary Veins
turns deoxygenated blood to the right
atrium from the trunk, viscera, and lower C. Vena Cava
limbs? D. Coronary Arteries
A. Inferior vena cava 457. Mitral Valve
B. Superior vena cava A. The semilunar valve separating the
C. Left and right pulmonary veins aorta from the left ventricle that prevents
D. Left and right pulmonary arteries blood from flowing back into the left ven-
tricle.
E. Aorta
B. A vein that is the largest vein in the hu-
452. This triggers contraction in the ventricle man body and returns blood to the right
atrium of the heart from bodily parts be-
A. SA node
low the diaphragm.
B. AV node
C. An anatomical cavity or passage espe-
C. QT node cially a chamber of the heart that receives
D. AV Bundles blood from the veins and forces it into a
ventricle or ventricles
453. What is the heart? D. A valve in the heart that guards the
A. meaty organ opening between the left atrium and the
left ventricle; prevents the blood in the
B. a small metal spike with a broadened
ventricle from returning to the atrium. Al-
flat head,
ternative name is bicuspid valve.
C. organ of soft nervous tissue
458. Which of the following describes cardiac
D. muscular organ
muscle tissue?
454. The fibrous chords that attach to the A. long, multinucleate, cylindrical
cusps of the valves B. branched cells with striations and in-
A. Purkinje fibers tercalated discs

C. linear cells with striations and bundled 464. The largest artery in the body is the
into fascicles A. brachiocephalic artery

D. none of these
B. pulmonary trunk
459. The His-Purkinje system C. aorta
A. Is responsible for the P wave on the D. common carotid artery
ECG
B. Transmit the action potential from the 465. What part of an ECG represents the ven-
AV node to the SA node tricular repolarization?
C. Is the ventricular electrical conduction A. P wave
system B. QRS complex
D. Transmits the action potential from C. T wave
the ventricular myocardial cells to the AV
D. none of above
node
460. What does the myocardium consist of? 466. What is another name for the bicuspid
valve?
A. Cardiac Muscle
A. mitro valve
B. Blood Vessels
B. two cuspid
C. Nerves
C. double cuspid
D. All of the Above
D. mitral valve
461. Which of the following is most related to
the pumping function of the heart? 467. List the heart valves
A. Semilunar, atrioventricular A. Tricuspid valve
B. Bicuspid, Tricuspid B. Pulmonary valve
C. Aorta, vena cavae C. Bicuspid valve
D. Actin, Myosin D. All of the above
462. Veins draining the head and arms empty 468. Which chamber does the right atrium
into the , which carries blood to the empty into via the tricuspid valve?
right atrium of the heart.
A. right atrium
B. left atrium
B. inferior vena cava
C. right ventricle
C. common iliac vein
D. great saphenous vein D. left ventricle
463. What is the most muscular chamber of 469. another name for the visceral pericardium
the heart? is
A. left ventricle A. endocardium
B. left atrium B. myocardium
C. right atrium C. epicardium
D. right ventricle D. parietal pericardium

470. These veins take oxygenated blood from 476. An electrocardiogram measures what?
the lungs to the left atrium A. The amount of pressure exerted on
A. Superior Vena Cava blood vessels.
B. Inferior Vena Cava B. The electrical activity of the heart.
C. Pulmonary Veins C. How many times the heart contracts
D. Aort over time.
D. The body’s temperature caused by fric-
471. Which of the following coronary blood
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tion of blood in vessel.
vessels drains directly into the right atrium
of the heart? 477. What divides the left side of the heart
A. Coronary sinus from the left side?
B. Middle cardiac vein A. Atrium
C. Coronary arteries B. Ventricles
D. Great cardiac vein C. Wall
472. What is the main organ of the circulatory D. Septum

system? 478. Supply blood to the tissues of the heart
A. Bladder A. coronary arteries
B. Heart B. venae cavae
C. Veins
C. pulmonary vein
D. Arteries
D. aorta
473. On which chamber of the heart does
479. Augmented leads:
blood flows before going to the lungs?
A. V1-V6
A. right atrium
B. left ventricle B. I II III
C. left atrium C. AVL, AVR, AVF
D. right ventricle D. none of above
474. The middle layer of the wall of the heart 480. Another name for the visceral layer of the
heart is
A. epicardium
A. Myocardium
B. myocardium
B. Endocardium
C. endocardium
C. Pericardium
D. septum
D. Epicardium
475. h intercostal space on the left side of ster-
num 481. Midway between V2 and V4 positions
A. V1 A. AvR
B. V2 B. AvL
C. V6 C. V5
D. AvR D. V3

482. Blood passes from B. when pressure inside the atria is

A. ventricle to atria greater than that inside the ventricles

B. aorta to pulmonary trunk C. when ventricular pressure exceeds
that of the atria
C. atria to ventricle
D. when pressure is greater in the aorta
D. atria to atria than in the left ventricle
483. The atrioventricular valves include
488. What part of the heart’s electrical system
A. pulmonary and aortic valves is known as the “gatekeeper” because it
B. pulmonary and tricuspid valves delays the electrical impulse?
C. bicuspid and aortic valves A. AV node
D. bicuspid and tricuspid valves B. Gap junction
484. The role of the atrioventricular node (AV C. Purkinje Fibers

node) is to D. SA node
A. initiate a sinus rhythm
489. Myocardium, cardiomyopathy, and elec-
B. conduct impulses to the sinoatrial trocardiogram all refer to
node (SA node)
A. Contraction and relaxation of the heart
C. initiate ventricular depolarization
B. Disease if the heart
D. slow down impulses so that the atria
can contract to fill the adjacent ventricles C. Diagnostic test of the heart
with blood D. The heart
485. The has the thickest wall because it 490. Which type of circulation does the right
pumps blood to the ventricle pump blood to?
A. right atrium; systemic circuit
A. systemic circulation
B. right ventricle; lungs
B. pulmonary circulation
C. left atrium; lungs
C. coronary circulation
D. left ventricle; systemic circuit
D. none of these
486. The semilunar valve through which blood
exits the left ventricle 491. Which is the correct path of electrical im-
pulses through the heart?
A. Tricuspid
A. SA → Purkinje Fibers → Bundle
B. Aortic
Branches → AV
C. Bicuspid
B. SA → AV → Bundle Branches → Purk-
D. Pulmonic inje Fibers
487. When do the A-V valves close during the C. AV → SA → Bundle Branches → Purk-
cardiac cycle? inje Fibers
A. when pressure inside the ventricles is D. AV → Bundle Branches → SA → Purk-
at its lowest inje Fibers

492. The Apex, made of the left ventricle, C. Body

faces which way? D. Blood
A. Posterior
498. Choose the answer that will fill in the
B. Left missing words in the correct order:vena
C. Anterior cava, , tricuspid valve, right ventri-
D. Right cle, pulmonary valve, , lungs, , left
atrium, , left ventricle, aorta
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493. The function of valves in the human circu- A. right atrium, pulmonary artery, pul-
latory system is to monary veins, bicuspid valve
A. stimulate the heart beat. B. atrial valve, right atrium, right ventri-
B. accelerate the flow of blood. cle, body
C. prevent the backward flow of blood. C. left ventricle, pulmonary artery, pul-
monary veins, tricuspid valve
D. serve as a cushion to prevent friction
D. right atrium, pulmonary veins, pul-
494. Which heart valve is between the right monary artery, bicuspid valve
atrium and right ventricle?
499. All four heart valves are briefly closed as
A. Tricuspid pressure begins to rise in the ventricles, a
B. Bicuspid phase known as
C. Mitral A. atrial systole
D. None of these B. isovolumetric contraction
495. Superior and inferior vena cavae and the C. ventricular systole
coronary sinus dump deoxygenated blood D. ventricular diastole
into
500. What does the right side of the right
A. right atrium heart do?
B. right ventricle A. The right side of the heart receives de-
C. left atrium oxygenated blood from the body through
the vena cava and pumps it into the right
D. left ventricle
ventricle which then sends it to the lungs
496. The lining of the chambers of the heart is to be oxygenated.
called the B. The right side of the heart is respon-
A. myocardium sible for words, logic, numbers, analysis,
lists, linearity and sequence
B. epicardium
C. The right side of the heart pumps blood
C. endocardium
through the lungs where it gets oxygen.
D. pericardium D. The right side of the heart is meaty or-
497. circulation takes blood from the heart gan that sits on the right side of the belly.
to the lungs and back. 501. How can you tell if you’re bleeding is ar-
A. Systemic terial or venous?
B. Pulmonary A. Venous is slow and arterial is fast

B. Venous is fast and arterial is slow 506. How many valves are there in the
Heart?
C. You have to run a test

A. 3
D. There is no difference
B. 2
502. Which of the following is true regarding
C. 4
the structures of the electrical conduction
system? D. 5
A. Th Av node is the pacemaker
507. The Circumflex supplies blood to what
B. In normal sinus rhythm, the electrical part of the heart?
signal arises within the SA node
A. R. Ventricle
C. The His-Purkinjie system spreads the
B. R. Atrium
electrical signal from the right atrium to
the left atrium C. L. Atrium, High lateral wall of the L.
Vent
D. The purple of the AV node is to in-
crease the speed at which the cardiac im- D. L. Atrium, Posterior Inferior wall of L.
pulse moves from the atria to the ventri- Vent
cles
508. What are the two large veins that drain
503. Heart sounds are associated with blood from the upper body and from the
lower body and empty it into the right
A. closing of heart valves
atrium of the heart?
B. delivery of blood to lungs
A. vena cava
C. delivery of blood to lungs
B. aorta
D. contraction of coronary arteries
C. pulmonary artery
504. The pericardial cavity is filled with serous D. pulmonary vein
fluid and reduces friction between the pari-
etal and layers of the pericardium. 509. Which chamber pumps blood to the
body?
A. Fibrous
A. right atrium
B. Visceral
B. left atrium
C. Endocardium
C. right ventricle
D. Myocardium
D. left ventricle
505. One of 2 main veins:carries de-
oxygenated blood from the lower body 510. The length of the cardiac cycle is normally
to the heart second(s) in length.
A. Aorta Artery A. 2
B. Inferior Vena Cava B. 4
C. Superior Vena Cava C. .8
D. Pulmonary Artery D. .3

511. Where does the heart sit in the chest? 516. Which pericardial layer is the outer most
layer?
A. right
A. Pericardium sac
B. left
B. Parietal pericardial
C. middle
C. epicardium
D. not in the chest
D. Fibrous pericardium
512. All of the following is true of the right 517. What cardiovascular circuit transports
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half of the heart EXCEPT blood from the right side of the heart to
A. Receives blood from body the lungs and then back to the left side of
the heart?
B. Sends blood to lungs
A. pulmonary
C. Contains deoxygenated blood
B. systemic
D. Contains oxygenated blood
C. coronary
513. The layer of the heart wall synonymous D. renal
with the visceral layer of the serous peri-
518. Which layer of the heart wall is also
cardium is
known as the visceral pericardium?
A. myocardium
A. Mesocardium
B. endocardium B. Intercardium
C. epicardium C. Epicardium
D. parietal layer of the serous peri- D. Myocardium
cardium
E. Endocardium
514. Which of the following shows the layers 519. The large veins that bring the blood back
of the heart starting with the innermost to the heart from the body is the?
layer.
A. Vena Cava
A. Myocardium, endocardium, peri- B. Aorta
cardium
C. Coronary artery
B. Myocardium, pericardium, endo-
D. Capillary
cardium
C. Endocardium, myocardium, peri- 520. The involuntary nervous system, also
cardium know as the autonomic nervous sys-
tem(ANS) is what allows your heart to
D. Endocardium, pericardium, my- beat without your input. It has 2 nervous
ocardium systems included in it. The nervous sys-
tem which controls your flight or fight re-
515. The natural pacemaker of the heart is the
sponse, is known as?
A. AV node (Atrioventricular node) A. Somatic Nervous System
B. SA node (Sinoatrial node) B. Autonomic Nervous System
C. Brainstem C. Parasympathetic Nervous System
D. Purkinje fibers D. Sympathetic Nervous System

521. The main function/purpose of heart C. endocardium

valves is to: D. aorta

A. Only create sound so you can hear the
527. Which of the following carries oxy-
heartbeat
genated blood?
B. Allow blood to flow freely back and
A. Right ventricle
forth between chambers
B. Both Av valves
C. Prevent backflow of blood
C. Both semilunar valves
D. They do not serve a purpose
D. Pulmonary veins
522. Veins that empty blood from the lungs
528. Which of the following lists the valves in
into the upper left heart chamber
the order through which the blood flows
A. Inferior Vena Cava from the vena cava through the heart?
B. Superior Vena Cava A. tricuspid, pulmonary, bicuspid, aortic
C. Pulmonary Veins B. mitral, pulmonary, bicuspid, aortic
D. Veins C. bicuspid, aortic, tricuspid, pulmonary
523. The exit valve for the right ventricle D. aortic semilunar, pulmonary, tricuspid,
bicuspid
A. Pulmonic
529. Which layer of the following serves the
B. Bicuspid
dual purpose of forming the inner layer of
C. Tricuspid the pericardium and forming the outermost
D. Aortic wall of the heart? A)fibrous pericardi-
umB)parietal pericardiumC)visceral peri-
524. Which is true about the pericardium? cardiumD)myocardium
A. it’s in the mediastinum A. fibrous pericardium
B. it has 2 layers B. parietal pericardium
C. it attaches to the great vessels C. visceral pericardium
D. all are correct D. myocardium
525. The distal end of the heart, on the left 530. In the walls of the heart, there are two
side of the sternum, that comes to a point thin layers that form a sandwich around a
at the fifth intercostal space. thick layer of muscle called the
A. Atrium A. epithelial tissue.
B. Ventricle B. pericardium.
C. Apex C. connective tissue.
D. Interatrial septum D. myocardium.
531. Encloses the heart
526. Which layer of the heart is made of mus-
cle tissue and pumps blood through the A. myocardium
system? B. pericardium
A. pericardium C. endocardium
B. myocardium D. epicardium

532. The second heart sound is associated A. right atrium; aorta

with closure of the valves.
B. left atrium; aorta
A. bicuspid and mitral
C. right ventricle; pulmonary arteries
B. bicuspid and aortic
D. left ventricle; pulmonary arteries
C. aortic and pulmonic
D. bicuspid and tricuspid 538. The three layers of the heart from super-
ficial to deep are as follows:
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533. A echocardiogram is a tool that is used
to: A. Myocardium, pericardium, endo-
A. Measure the electrical events in a cardium
heart beat B. Epicardium, Myocardium, Endo-
B. Measure the movement of blood cardium
through the heart using sound waves C. Myocardium, endocarditis, endo-
C. Measure the movement of blood cardium
through the heart using X-rays and spe-
D. Endocardium, Myocardium, Epi-
cific dyes
cardium
D. Measure the oxygenation of your blood
539. Which part of the conducting system is
534. What is a heart murmur?
located in the posterior wall of the right
A. A heart in perfect condition. atrium?
B. A defect in the heart. A. Purkinje fibers
C. The sound the heart makes.
B. Sinoatrial (SA) node
D. A heart attack.
C. Left and right bundle branches
535. The DUPP (second heart sound) is caused
D. AV bundle
by
A. Atria contracting E. Atrioventricular (AV) node
B. AV valves shutting 540. The outer layer in the wall of the heart
C. Ventricles contracting
A. epicardium
D. Semi lunar valves shutting
B. myocardium
536. What 3 electrical waves are present in an
C. endocardium
EKG?
A. P wave, T wave, QRS complex D. septum
B. T wave, U wave, R complex 541. The number of valves in the heart is

C. All of the above
A. 1
B. 2
537. Freshly oxygenated blood enters the
C. 3
heart through the , and is pumped out
the D. 4

542. Which of the following define diastole 547. On which chamber of the heart does
and systole blood flows before going to the rest of the
body?

A. systole is the contraction of the heart
and diastole is the relaxation of the heart A. right atrium
B. diastole is the contraction of the heart B. left atrium
and systole is the relaxation of the heart
C. right ventricle
C. diastole and systole are both contrac-
tions of the heart D. left ventricle
D. diastole and systole are both relax- 548. What attaches the pulmonary trunk to
ation phases of the heart the aortic arch?
543. What does the Q-T interval indicate? A. Interventricular septum

A. Repolarization of the ventricles B. Chordae tendineae
B. Depolarization of the atria C. Fossa ovalis
C. Depolarization of the ventricles D. Trabeculae carneae
D. The time required for the ventricles to E. Ligamentum arteriosum
undergo a single cycle of depolarization
549. The valve separates the right atrium
544. The term that means the heart is contract- and ventricle, while the valve sepa-
ing rates the left atrium and ventricle
A. diastole A. tricuspid, bicuspid
B. systole B. bicuspid, tricuspid
C. tachycardia C. bicuspid, pulmonary
D. fibrillation D. tricuspid, pulmonary
545. What is the strongest (thickest) part of
550. What do we call the outer part of the
the heart?
heart that protects it?
A. right atrium
A. pericardium
B. right ventricle
B. myocardium
C. left ventricle
C. endocardium
D. left atrium
546. Superior cavity that oxygen-rich blood
from the lungs enters it through the pul- 551. The term that means heart contraction is
monary vein
A. Right Atrium A. diastole
B. Left Atrium B. systole
C. Right Ventricle C. tachycardia
D. Left Ventricle D. fibrillation

552. When both AV and SL valves are closed 557. A patient is implanted with an artificial
at the same time is known as cardiac pacemaker. Which of the following
A. Isovolumetric contraction conductive tissue had a defective function
that required the pacemaker?
B. End-diastolic volume
A. AV bundle
C. End-systolic volume
B. AVN
D. none of above
C. SAN
553. The second heart sound (the dup of the
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D. Purkinje fibers
lub-dup) is caused by the
E. Moderator band
A. opening of the pulmonary and aortic
valves 558. Carry blood from the body to the right
atrium.
B. closure of the tricuspid and bicuspid
valves A. venae cavae
C. closure of the pulmonary and aortic B. pulmonary vein
valves C. pulmonary trunk and arteries
D. opening of the tricuspid and bicuspid D. aorta
valves
559. Concerning the blood supply of the heart
554. Large blood vessels that carry blood A. the coronary arteries are the first
away from the heart are called: branches of aorta
A. arteries B. the anterior cardiac vein drains into
B. capillaries the coronary sinus
C. veins C. the great cardiac vein runs in the inter-
ventricular sulcus with the anterior inter-
D. venae cavae
ventricular artery
555. Which heart surface faces to the poste- D. if the posterior interventricular artery
rior? arises from the circumflex artery, the
A. Apex heart is said to have right dominance
B. Base E. the cardiac veins drain into the right
atrium (excluding the venae cordis mini-
C. Right
mae)
D. Left
560. Which of the following describes pul-
556. The SA Node is known as the natural monary circulation?
pacemaker, but it can be altered depend- A. Deoxygenated blood is elivered to the
ing if you are at rest or in motion. If you lungs by the aorta.
are out running, the SA Node increases Ac-
tion Potentials by which nervous system B. Oxygenated blood is returned to the
sending hormones to the SA node? right atrium by the pulmonary vein.
A. Parasympathetic C. At the capillaries, the blood changes
from blue to red as it picks up oxygen.
B. Sympathetic
D. At the capillaries, the blood changes
C. Somatic from red to blue as it drops off oxygen in
D. none of above body tissues.

561. This separates the Right and Left C. Left Ventricle

ventricle-Prevents oxygenated blood from D. Left Atrium
mixing with deoxygenated blood

A. Interatrial Septum 567. The arteries that feed the heart muscle
B. Tricuspid Valve A. Capillaries
C. Interventricular Septum B. Coronary
D. Mitral Valve C. Chordae teindineae
562. blood vessels that allow exchange of nu- D. Coronary sinus

trients with body tissues 568. The name of the arteries that feed the
A. arteries heart muscle
B. veins A. capillaries
C. capillaries B. coronary
D. coronary arteries C. chordae tendineae
563. Large vein that drains the cardian veins D. coronary sinus
of the heart and empties into the right
atrium 569. Separates the right atrium from the right
ventricle:The function of this valve is to
A. coronary sinus prevent back flow of blood into the right
B. pulmonary vein atrium
C. venae cavae A. Pulmonary Valve
D. coronary arteries B. Tricupid Valve
564. are tiny vessels that pass blood from C. Mitral Valve
arteries and veins. D. Aortic Valve
A. Veins
570. The heart sounds “lub” and “dup” result
B. Artery from
C. Capillaries A. opening of the heart valves
D. Sysole B. firing of the nodes of the intrinsic con-
565. The LUBB (first heart sound) is caused by duction system
C. blood rushing through the chambers
A. Atria contracting D. closure of heart valves
B. AV valves shutting
571. The electrocardiogram (ECG) wave that
C. Ventricles contracting results from the firing of the sinoatrial
D. Semi lunar valves shutting (SA) node is the wave.
A. QRS
566. Which portion of the heart is the most
muscular? B. T
A. Right Ventricle C. P
B. Right Atrium D. S-T

572. the heart is known as a double sided 578. The flow of blood between the heart and
A. myocardium the lungs
B. chamber A. systemic circulation
C. pump B. oxygenated circulation

C. Pulmonary circulation
D. electrical stimulator
573. What makes the heart sounds?
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579. Which chamber(s) would have oxy-
A. The valves opening and closing
genated blood?
B. The atria contracting
A. right atrium + left ventricle
C. The ventricles contracting
B. left atrium + right ventricle
D. The arteries pulsating
C. right atrium + right ventricle
574. What chamber pumps blood to the D. left atrium + left ventricle
body?
580. The right side of the heart is separated
A. Right atrium from the left side of the heart by the:
B. Right ventricle A. Chordae Tendinae
C. Left atrium B. Interventricular Septum
D. Left ventricle C. Papillary Muscles
575. A standard ECG/EKG consists of elec- D. Auricles
trodes.
581. The inner layer in the wall of the heart
A. 4
A. endocardium
B. 8
B. myocardium
C. 12
C. epicardium
D. 10
D. septum
576. The sinoatrial node is located in the
582. This goes up and around the heart; deliv-
A. aorta ers blood to the body-the largest artery in
B. right atrium the body
C. left atrium A. Aorta
D. right ventricle B. Pulmonary
C. Atrium
577. When the ventricles contract, the bicus-
pid (mitral) valve prevents blood from D. Ventricle
flowing from the
583. What is the function of the aortic valve?
A. right ventricle to right atrium A. closes of right ventricle
B. left ventricle to left atrium B. opens to allow blood to leave the heart
C. left atrium to the right atrium (left ventricle to aorta to body)
D. right atrium to the left atrium C. closes of right atrium

D. closes off the left ventricle that holds 589. Systole definition
oxygen rich blood before it is pumped out A. Phase in the heartbeat where the mus-
the body

cle contracts
584. The visceral pericardium is also called the B. Muscle relaxes in the heartbeat
A. myocardium C. Sequence where the heart beats
B. epicardium D. Undetected heart murmur
C. endocardium 590. The pericardium
D. parietal pericardium A. is divided into serous and fibrous lay-
585. In which of the following areas would ers
you find oxygenated (red) blood? B. lies in the anterior and middle medi-
A. right atrium and pulmonary artery astinum
B. left ventricle and pulmonary artery C. consists of a fibrous layer that at-
tached to the central tendon of diaphragm,
C. right atrium and pulmonary veins
sternum, and great vessels
D. left ventricle and pulmonary veins
D. the nerve supply to the fibrous, pari-
586. As the right ventricle contracts, the blood etal serous and visceral serous layers is
flows into the pulmonary trunk where it by phrenic nerve
splits into the E. the reflection of the serous peri-
A. Heart cardium around the pulmonary veins
forms the transverse sinus
B. Pulmonary arteries
C. Atrium 591. what is the area of sensitive tissue which
comprises the pacemaker known as
D. Ventricle
A. AV node
587. Why are the walls of the left ventricle
B. pace tissue
thicker than that of the right ventricle?
C. SA node
A. The left ventricle must force blood into
all the capillaries of the lungs D. myocardium
B. the left ventricle doesn’t skip leg day 592. The average heart beats about times
C. This is false, the walls of the right ven- per minute.
tricle are thicker A. 35
D. Blood from the left ventricle is pumped B. 50
throught the entire body
C. 75
588. The heart contracts in the following pat- D. 105
terns:
A. atrium, left atrium, then ventricles 593. Venous return drains into (a)
B. both atria, then both ventricles A. Coronary Sinus
C. right atrium, right ventricle, then the B. Right Atria

left atrium, left ventricle C. Coronary Artery
D. ventricles, then atria D. Left Atria

594. Chambers of the heart that have a very 599. Which of the following is the correct def-
thick myocardium as they push blood inition of Ischemia?
through arteries and to the lungs or the
A. lack of adequate blood supply to the
rest of the body
heart muscle
A. Atria
B. a rapid uncoordinated quivering of the
B. Ventricles ventricles
C. Fibrous pericardium C. rapid heart rate over 100 beats per
NARAYAN CHANGDER
minute (bpm)
D. Epicardium
D. heart rate that is substantially slower
595. This structure receives deoxygenated than normal, less than 60 beats per
blood returning from the body: minute (bpm)
A. right atrium
600. The heart is made of which of the follow-
B. right ventricle ing types of muscles?
C. left atrium A. Cardiac muscle
D. left ventricle B. Striated muscle
596. The normal period in the heart cycle dur- C. Smooth muscle
ing which the muscle fibers lengthen, the D. None of the above
heart dilates, and the cavities fill with
blood, roughly the period of relaxation is 601. Where does the blood go after it goes
called: into the pulmonary arteries?
A. systole A. lungs
B. pulse pressure B. heart
C. diastose C. head
D. diastole D. hands
597. Chamber that receives unoxygenated 602. The major blood vessel that carries oxy-
blood from the vena cava genated blood out of the heart is the
A. Left atrium A. left atrium
B. Left ventricle B. right atrium
C. Right atrium C. aorta
D. Right ventricle D. vena cava
598. The bicuspid valve is also referred to as 603. Pectinate muscle is found in all the follow-
the valve. ing EXCEPT
A. mitral A. R. Atrium
B. pulmonary B. L. Atrium
C. semilunar C. R. Auricle
D. aortic D. L. Auricle

604. The superior cavities of the heart C. Actin, Myosin

A. Atrium D. Contraction, relaxation

B. Ventricle
610. One of 2 main veins:brings de-
C. Pulmonary oxygenated blood from the upper body to
D. Aorta the heart, it empties into the right atrium
605. Water moves to where across a selec- A. Aorta Artery

tively permeable membrane to where the B. Inferior Vena Cava
solute concentration is the highest. This is
C. Superior Vena Cava
know as?
A. Simple Diffusion D. Pulmonary Artery
B. Facilitated Diffusion 611. the movement of blood from the heart to

C. Osmosis the lungs and back again
D. Active A. pulmonary circulation
606. Which ventricle has the thickest walls? B. capillaries
A. Left Atrium C. systemic circulation

B. Right Atrium D. aorta
C. Left Ventricle 612. Blood Pressure is measured in
D. Right Ventricle
A. BP
607. Where does the apex of the heart extend B. mmHg
too?
C. mm
A. 3rd intercostal space
D. ms
B. 4th intercostal space
E. mLHG
C. 5th intercostal space
D. 6th intercostal space 613. Lead I II III are leads.
608. What area of the heart is responsible A. unipolar

for the delay of conduction between the B. bipolar
atrium and ventricles?
C. tripolar
A. Right bundle branch
D. none of above
B. AV node
C. Bundle of his 614. The valves between the atria and ventri-
D. SA node cles are known as the valves.
A. atrioventricular
609. Which of the following electrical events
is most descriptive of a pacemaker cell? B. aortic
A. Spontaneous depolarization C. semilunar
B. Myocardial ischemia D. pulmonary

615. Which of the following increases heart 620. Abnormally slow heart rate; below 60
rate? bpm
A. cold A. Tachycardia
B. low levels of potassium B. Bradycardia
C. epinephrine and norepinephrine C. Fibrillation
D. none of above D. Heart block
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616. Most heart muscle receives blood from 621. Superior cavity that receives deoxy-
more than one artery. This collateral cir- genated blood from the body
culation is known as
A. Right Atrium
A. Dipolar
B. Left Atrium
B. Disupply
C. Right Ventricle
C. Anastomoses
D. Left Ventricle
D. Pleomorphic
622. The conduction system uses an electri-
617. what are the two lower chambers called cal signal, the message, known as the Ac-
A. atrium tion Potential(AP) to eventually make the
heart contract. Where does the AP initiate
B. ventricles at?
C. septum A. AV Node
D. SA node B. Bundle of His
618. Tunica , the middle layer of a typical C. SA Node
blood vessel, contains smooth muscle and D. Bachmann Branch
elastic fibers.
A. intima 623. Which is the correct flow of blood?
B. externa A. R. atrium → R. Ventricle → pulmonary
artery
C. media
B. R. atrium → L. atrium → aorta
D. adventitia
C. L. ventricle → pulmonary artery →
619. The mitral valve aorta
A. is the best heard at the left sternal D. L. ventricle → L. atrium → aorta
edge
624. What part of the heart makes up the right
B. is know as the bicuspid valve
surface?
C. forms the outflow from the chamber
A. R. Atrium
that is closest to the oesophagus
B. L. Atrium
D. is the most superior cardiac valve
C. R. Ventricle
E. if incompetent, would allow the pas-
sage of blood during diastole D. L. Ventricle

625. Blood pressure is recorded as 630. This layer of the heart consists of thick
A. Hydrostatic /diastolic bundles of cardiac muscle and is the layer
that actually contracts.

B. Diastolic/ hydrostatic
A. Epicardium
C. Systolic/diastolic
B. Myocardium
D. Diastolic/systolic C. Endocardium
626. In which event of a muscle cell action po- D. Pericardium
tential do potassium channels open and K+
631. The Semilunar Valves are:
ions rush out of the cell?
A. Tricuspid & Bicuspid
A. Refractory period
B. Pulmonary and Bicuspid
B. Rapid depolarization
C. Aortic & Tricuspid
C. Stimulus
D. Pumonary & Aortic
D. The plateau
632. Heart sounds “lub” and dub” are caused
E. Repolarization by
627. What is happening in the P-wave of an A. valves closing
EKG? B. muscles slamming into each other
A. Atria relaxes because the AV node C. valves opening
fired a signal D. blood pressure
B. Atria contracts because the AV node
fired a signal 633. Which one of the following blood vessels
carries oxygenated blood?
C. Atria contracts because the SA node
fired a signal
B. inferior vena cava
D. Atria relaxes because the SA node
fired a signal C. coronary sinus
D. pulmonary vein
628. Which valve is closed during heart relax-
ation to prevent blood from backflowing 634. Which of the following is the outermost
from the aorta into the heart? lining of the heart organ?
A. bicuspid (mitral) valve A. parietal pericardium
B. tricuspid valve B. fibrous pericardium
C. visceral pericardium
C. pulmonary semilunar valve
D. visceral pleural membrane
D. aortic semilunar valve
635. The Left coronary artery branches into
629. Delivers oxygenated blood to the my- which 2 coronary arteries?
ocardium
A. Anterior Interventricular branch,
A. Right ventricle Marginal branch
B. Left atrium B. LAD, Circumflex
C. right atrium C. LAD, Marginal Branch
D. Coronary arteries D. LAD, Anterior Interventricular branch

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636. The AV valve located between the left A. impulses from the vagus nerve
atrium and left ventricle B. impulses from the sympathetic nerves
A. Tricuspid
C. epinephrine
B. Bicuspid
D. adrenaline
C. Aortic
D. Pulmonic 639. Which of the following is the function of
a valve?
637. Carry blood from the right ventricle to
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A. Regulates the direction of the flow of
the lungs.
blood through the heart
A. pulmonary trunk and arteries
B. Regulates the amount of oxygen bound
B. pulmonary vein to hemoglobin
C. coronary sinus
C. Regulates heart rate
D. venae cavae
D. Directs the progression of the cardiac
638. Which of the following will slow down impulse from the SA node throughout the
heart rate? His-Purkinjae system
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1. Which of the following cells of the stomach B. counteract, neutralize, alkaline food
secrete hydrochloric acid?
C. make it less likely for digestive en-
A. Chief zymes to properly function
B. Parietal D. provide the acidic environment that is
C. Enteroendocrine required for digestive enzymes to prop-
D. none of above erly function
2. Produce about of gastric juice a day 5. This poem can BEST be described as a
A. 1 L A. Limerick
B. 2 L B. Nonfiction
C. 3 L C. Humorous
D. 4 L
D. Free Verse
E. 5 L
6. In stomach, which of the following change
3. what do cows eat
will occur
A. grass
A. Proteins are converted into polypep-
B. corn tides
C. hay B. starch is converted into maltose
D. apples
C. fats are converted in fatty acids and
4. The main purpose of stomach acid is to glycerol
A. break down food in your stomach D. maltose is converted into glucose

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7. The teeth and tongue of the oral cavity 12. This is a Good Quiz (Pick Two)
break foodstuff down physically. This is A. Yes
an example of

B. Yes it made my day
A. mechanical digestion
C. No
B. chemical digestion
D. No it ruined my day
C. absorption
13. The squeezing movements where the food
D. peristalsis is pushed through the esophagus into the
stomach are called motions.
8. What causes the sensation of “heartburn”
in the body? A. squezzing
B. swallowing
A. gastric juice that move into the esoph-
agus and “burns” C. peristalsis
B. a broken heart D. chewing
C. ingesting antacids 14. Which of the following did he blame for his
D. the production of the mucus that pro- stomach ache?
tects the stomach lining A. Gullab Jamun
B. Rasgullas
9. What type of digestion takes place in the
stomach? C. Chicken
A. mechanical D. Mutton
B. chemical 15. This is the muscular tube that connects the

mouth to the stomach.
C. both mechanical and chemical
A. small intestine
D. none of above
B. stomach
10. Which hormone decreases stomach empty- C. esophagus
ing? D. none of above
A. lipase
16. What is needed to activate pepsinogen?
B. secretin
A. Pepsin
C. CCK
B. Hydrochloric acid
D. gastrin C. Mucus
11. What are the contents in your stomach D. Acetic acid
called after mechanical and chemical diges-
17. Where does most of the digestive process
tion?
take place?
A. Bolus A. Small intestine
B. Chyme B. Stomach
C. Food C. Large intestine
D. Feces D. none of above

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18. Which of the following organs of the hu- 23. The name and formula of the acid found in
man body is an elastic, large, muscular, your stomach is
pear shaped bag with a multi chambered A. hydrobromic acid, HBr
organ located crosswise in the abdominal
B. hypochloric acid, HClO3
cavity beneath the diaphragm?
C. hypochlorous acid, HClO
A. Heart
D. hydrochloric acid, HCl
B. Kidney
24. What do cows eat?
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C. Liver
A. Grass
D. Stomach
B. Apples
19. What is so special about the author play- C. Iron
ing the role of Hamlet? D. Snakes
A. Hamlet is usually played by a dog.
25. How many layers of smooth muscles does
B. Hamlet is a male character, usually the stomach have?
played by a man A. 1
C. Hamlet is her favorite Shakespearean B. 2
play.
C. 3
D. none of above D. 4
20. What other reason makes “Stomach Ache 26. How many teeth does a cow have
Supreme” a poem? A. 32
A. It has a lines that rhyme B. 24
B. It is long. C. 52
C. It uses figurative language. D. 30
D. none of above 27. What happened on the night of the per-
formance? Choose three answers that are
21. What does mucus do? correct.
A. Digests food in the mouth A. She accidentally dropped the skull.
B. Digests food in the stomach B. She ran off stage crying.
C. Protects the stomach from dangerous C. She got over her fear and remembered
hydrochloric acid all her lines.
D. Absorbs nutrients from food so the D. She felt a jolt of excitement.
body has energy 28. The is where food is mixed with juices
and is squeezed and churned until it be-
22. meaning of respite
comes a thick liquid.
A. annoying A. esophagus
B. a short relief B. stomach
C. headache C. small intestine
D. none D. large intestine

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29. The main function of this organ is the ab- 34. If your head hurts, you have a
sorption of nutrients
A. toothache

A. stomach
B. stomach-ache
B. liver
C. headache
C. pancreas
D. none of above
D. small intestine
35. How many stomach does a cow have
30. Lining of stomach is protected through
A. 6
A. mucous
B. 1
B. muscles
C. 4
C. blood vessels
D. 2
D. all of them
36. Hydrochloric acid is a chemical that can
31. Choking on food is most likely caused by burn your skin-and yet it exists in your
an interference with the proper function- stomach. How can this be?
ing of the
A. Your small intestines absorb all the hy-
A. diaphragm drochloric acid
B. nasal cavity B. The food in your stomach absorbs all
the acid
C. bronchial tubes
C. Your stomach lining protects you
D. epiglottis
against burns
32. Each organ performs a function necessary D. The hydrochloric acid in your stomach
for a healthy, active, human body. The or- is different from the hydrochloric acid you
gan responsible for filtering the blood from would find in a chemistry lab
the digestive tract before sending it to the
rest of the body is which of the following 37. What carries food from the pharynx to the
organs? stomach?
A. Heart A. larynx
B. Stomach B. trachea
C. Liver C. esophagus
D. Lungs D. bronchioles
33. Gastrin is a hormone that stimulates diges- 38. Antacids include substances that contain
tive secretions when the bolus enters the , which act to counteract (neutralize)
stomach. It is secreted by excess acid in the stomach
A. G-cells A. weak acids
B. parietal cells B. water
C. chief cells C. bases
D. mucous cells D. sugar

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39. Which of the following is not a common 44. Enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates
cause of heartburn? A. Amylase
A. eating too much food at one time B. Pepsin
B. eating very spicy foods C. Pepsinogen
C. eating very bland foods and drinking D. Hydrochloric acid
water
45. If your stomach hurts, you have a
D. eating foods with high fat content
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A. toothache
40. Which of the following organs of the hu- B. stomach-ache
man body is the filtering machine of the
body that takes away toxins out of the C. headache
blood? D. none of above
A. Heart 46. The reader can tell that the speaker of the
B. Kidney story
C. Liver A. Dislikes making supper for the family
D. Stomach B. Dislikes making supper for himself

C. Enjoys creating new dishes for himself
41. Pepsin is the enzyme in the stomach that
D. Enjoys making supper for the family
digests protein. Pepsin is the active form
of pepsinogen. What cells of the stomach 47. Grammar Section homophone of:read
release pepsinogen?
A. Shed
A. Parietal
B. Rare
B. Chief C. Read
C. Enteroendocrine D. Cared
D. none of above
48. What is the last process of digestion?
42. Which cells secrete pepsinogen? A. Throw up
A. Parietal cells B. Break down
B. Mucus cells C. Small intestine
C. Zymogenic (chief) cells D. Lie down
D. Pepsin cells 49. “When food reaches the stomach, it
causes distention, which causes the stretch
43. What’s the matter with you ain’t i al- receptors to be activated”. Based on
ways been your friend? Who said this to the sentence above, what is the secretion
whom? phase for this?
A. The boy said this to his stomach A. Cephalic phase
B. The boy said this to his ears B. Gastric phase
C. None of them C. Intestinal phase
D. All of them D. none of above

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50. What do the bacteria do in the large intes- 56. Into what section of the stomach does food
tine? enter from the esophagus?
A. Phylorus

A. Produce vitamin C
B. Produce some vitamin K and B B. Cardia
C. Decay the columnar epithelium C. Fundus
D. Dissolve amino acids D. Body
51. Gastric juice is highly acidic with a pH 57. What is the third stomach?
A. 1.5-3.5 A. Abomasum
B. 7 B. Rumen
C. Omasum
C. 8.5-9.5
D. Reticulim
D. 10
E. 13 58. When was Edgar Albert Guest Born and
when did he die?
52. Amylase converts A. Born 1881
A. Starch into maltose B. Born 1981
B. starch into glycogen C. Died 1959
C. starch into glucose D. Died 1654
D. none of them
59. What is the term given to a ball-like mix-
53. Chemical digestion of begins in mouth ture of food and saliva that forms in the
mouth?
A. proteins
A. Peristalsis
B. fats
B. Mucus
C. carbohydrates
C. Epiglottis
D. all of them
D. Bolus
54. Which of the following is not a product
60. What is the innermost layer of the stom-
of the reaction between calcium carbonate
ach?
and hydrochloric acid?
A. Serosa
A. CaCl
B. Mucosa
B. H2O
C. Submucosa
C. CO2
D. Pylorus
D. CaCl2
61. What is gastric juice?
55. What are the smaller folds found on and
A. Secretions released by your stomach
around the villi?
B. Secretions released by your salivary
A. microcilia
glands
B. macrovilli C. Secretions released by your small in-
C. intestinal glands testine
D. microvilli D. none of above

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62. ‘Of course, I always my promises!’ C. Heart

said Hemant.
D. Lungs
A. break
B. do 68. Finger like projection in small intestine are
known as
C. fulfill
D. none of above A. cilia
B. villi
63. What prevents the gastric juices from di-
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gesting (breaking down) the stomach it- C. alveoli
self?
D. none of them
A. a thick layer of mucus protects the
stomach lining 69. Hydrochloric acid denatures proteins so
B. antacids found in the digestive en- that the pepsin enzyme can break them
zymes apart into
C. lipases and proteases A. amino acids
D. hydrochloric acid B. fatty acids
64. How much chicken pieces did Hement eat? C. nucleic acids
A. 9 large pieces D. simple sugars
B. 7 small pieces
70. When you are sick the doctor gives you
C. 8 large pieces
D. 8 small pieces A. doctor
65. Emulsification of fats occurs by the action B. dentist

of C. medicine
A. pancreatic juices D. none of above
B. amylase
C. bile 71. Pepsinogen, the precursor to pepsin, is se-
creted by
D. lipases
A. chief cells
66. Where is pepsinogen secreted?
B. G-cells
A. The gall bladder
C. parietal cells
B. The stomach
C. The pancreas D. mucous cells
D. The mouth 72. A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
67. Which human organ filters all the body’s A. saliva
blood, removes waste, and regulates body
fluids? B. blood
A. Kidneys C. acid
B. Brain D. chyme

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73. What is the main message the speaker is 78. Secretes intrinsic factor which allows for
trying to tell? vitamin B absorption in the small intestine.

A. Don’t be afraid to put different ingre- A. Chief Cells
dients together; you might invent a new
B. Parietal Cell
delicious meal
C. Mucus Cell
B. The more meals you make, the better
you get at cooking. D. G-cell
C. If you cook a disgusting meal, your 79. Gastric juice is made up of
mother won’t ask you to make supper ever
again. A. acids and bases
D. Creating the perfect meal requires B. acid and enzymes
careful planning. C. acids and antacids
74. Which of the following is the digestive D. fruits and vegetables
juice being produced by the liver?
80. What is the function of the digestive sys-
A. Glucose tem?
B. Glycogen A. to break down and absorb nutrients
C. Bile
B. to support and protect our bodies
D. Fats
C. to produce vitamin D
75. The stomach, liver, intestines, and pan- D. to help us move
creas are all organs in the same body sys-
tem. What is the main function of the 81. Hement could not resist good food, any-
stomach? thing or sweet
A. Breaking down food nutrients A. Fried
B. Pumping blood through the body B. Chicken
C. Controlling muscle movement C. Sweet
D. Fighting the body’s diseases D. Spicy
76. How is your Main part of your digestive 82. What is the final voluntary phase of diges-
system spelled tion until defecation?
A. Stomch
A. Mechanical digestion
B. Stomach
B. Chemical digestion
C. Stomche
C. Peristalsis
D. none of above
D. Swallowing
77. Which substance breaks up large fat
droplets into tiny fat droplets? 83. What is the first stomach?
A. Bile A. Reticulim
B. Lipase B. Rumen
C. Pancreatic Juice C. Omasum
D. Intestinal Juice D. Abomasum

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84. What separates the esophagus from the 90. Which of the following is not absorbed in
stomach? the stomach?
A. lower esophageal sphincter A. water
B. pyloric sphincter B. ions
C. fatty acids
C. rugae
D. amino acids
D. upper esophageal sphincter
91. abdominal pain
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85. What makes food wet and soft?
A. shower
A. teeth B. spoon
B. tongue C. stomach
C. saliva D. stomach-ache
D. esophagus 92. What is the coefficient in front of water in
the balanced chemical equation for the neu-
86. What is the 4th stomach? tralization reaction for aluminum hydrox-
A. Abomasum ide and hydrochloric acid?
B. Rumen A. 1
B. 2
C. Reticulim
C. 3
D. Omasum
D. 4
87. Gastritis is 93. Which thing would cure his stomach ache
A. Inflammation in the Stomach A. green water
B. Ulcers In the Digestive Tract B. water
C. Lumps In the colon C. green coconut water
D. All of the above D. sugarcane juice
94. What do the incisors do?
88. What is undigested food called?
A. Bite and tear off food
A. Food
B. Grind food
B. Throw up
C. Grasp food
C. Cud D. none of above
D. Pieces
95. When you check to see if something or
89. In line 2, PROTEST means someone is hot or cold. You are checking
their
A. give a compliment
A. teeth
B. To disapprove or complain B. temperature
C. To run away C. food
D. To accept or approve D. none of above

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96. Region where chyme enters the small in- 102. What helped the author decide to play
testine is known as the the role of Hamlet?

A. Colon A. Her teacher, friends and family be-
lieved she could do it!
B. Iluem
B. All the other roles were taken
C. Jejunum
C. She liked the costume.
D. Duodenum
D. none of above
97. This poem has a total of stanzas.
103. In the small intestine, which of the fol-
A. 1 lowing nutrients diffuses into lacteals?
B. 8 A. Fats
C. 6 B. Carbohydrates
D. 4 C. Proteins
98. The process of swallowing one’s food is D. Glucose

called 104. The meaning of whine
A. deglutition A. Moan or cry feebly in pain
B. digestion B. None of them
C. mastication C. Made a clear ringing sound
D. absorption D. Texting
99. What stomach compartment is most like a 105. Which cell produces pepsinogen?
human stomach A. chief cells
A. RUMEN B. parietal cells
B. RETICULUM C. mucous cells
C. ABOMASUM D. enteroendocrine cells
D. OMASUM 106. The process of chewing one’s food is
100. This poem has a total of lines. called
A. deglutition
A. 26
B. digestion
B. 24
C. mastication
C. 25
D. absorption
D. 23
107. Which structure prevents swallowed
101. Another name for canine teeth is ? food from entering the trachea?
A. cuspids A. larynx
B. bicuspids B. uvula
C. molars C. pharynx
D. parotid D. epiglottis

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108. The stomach stretches when food enters. C. after baking the dish in the oven
This stretching action causes cells of the D. After garnishing with spinach or broc-
stomach to release gastrin, which causes coli
other cells to release products used for di-
gestion. What is the name of the cells that 114. What normally causes the defecation re-
release gastrin? flex?
A. Chief A. excess bacteria
B. Parietal B. illness
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C. Enteroendocrine C. presence of feces in the rectum
D. none of above D. hunger
109. Which cranial nerve innervates the stom- 115. Where is your stomach placed
ach?
A. Belly
A. glossopharyngeal
B. Spine
B. hypoglossal
C. Feet
C. trigeminal
D. Skull
D. vagus
116. Which is a function of the large intes-
110. Who is the boy talking to? tine?
A. None of them A. Produces digestive enzymes
B. All of them B. Holds a supply of bil
C. The boy is talking to his ears C. Absorbs water
D. The boy is talking to his stomach D. Digests food
111. Where does the stomach end? 117. Which of these lines from the poem
A. Pyloric Sphincter rhyme?
B. Submucosa A. Lines 1 and 2
C. Cardia B. Lines 10 and 12
D. Gastric pit C. Lines 23 and 24

D. Lines 11 and 12
112. Which part of the digestive system fol-
lows the small intestine? 118. Where do you go to get books?
A. large intestine A. The library
B. stomach B. The supermarket
C. liver C. Burger King
D. pancreas D. none of above
113. Put an entire tube of minty toothpase 119. The meaning of castor oil
A. Before adding cinnamon and hot sauce A. All of them
B. Before adding peanut butter B. None of them

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C. Oil from the seeds of the castor bean, 125. What was the first promise he made to
used as medicine to treat stomach ail- the goddess after getting a stomach ache.
ments

A. A hen
D. Texture oil used for plants and trees B. A Silver horse
120. Which of the following is the sugar which C. Silver Fish
is the main source of fuel for our body D. A silver hen
cells?
126. This secretion produced by parietal cells
A. Glucose kills bacteria in the stomach.
B. Glycogen A. Hydrochloric Acid
C. Bile B. Lipases
D. Fats C. Amylase
D. Intrinsic Factor
121. What are the finger-like projections in
the folds of the ileum called? 127. Which of the following is not an acces-
A. Cilia sory organ of digestion?
B. Villi A. pancreas
B. gallbladder
C. Tails
C. liver
D. Flagella
D. stomach
122. If your back hurts, you have a
128. When you are sick, you see or visit the
A. headache
B. toothache A. dentist
C. backache B. doctor
D. none of above C. medicine
D. none of above
123. What does abomasum resemble?
129. What did he ask his wife to give him to
A. Bird stomach
get relief?
B. Squid stomach
A. Coconut Water
C. Pig stomach B. Rasgullas
D. Human stomach C. Medicine
124. What does the author mean by “butter- D. Chicken
flies in my stomach? ” 130. What is the 2nd stomach?
A. She feels nervous. A. Rumen
B. She accidentally ate butterflies. B. Omasum
C. She is hungry. C. Abomasum
D. none of above D. Reticulim

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131. In which part of the alimentary canal 137. What occurs mainly in the small intes-
does digestion of protein begin? tine?
A. Small intestine A. Gastrin is secreted
B. Buccal cavity B. Lysozyme is secreted
C. Stomach C. Acidic chyme is neutralised
D. Oesophagus D. none of above
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132. What does a cow use to break down food 138. What is not present in the gastric juice?
when it first eats it?
A. pepsinogen
A. Teeth
B. water
B. Stomach
C. HCl
C. Head
D. antibodies
D. Saliva
139. What type of acid in the stomach?
133. What is an open sore in the skin or a mu-
cous membrane called? A. NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
A. Ulcer B. HCl (Hydrochloric Acid)
B. Scab C. NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide)
C. Distension D. none of above
D. Peristalsis 140. The bolus is formed in the
134. What is a synonym for HELPINGS in the A. liver
last stanza? B. mouth
A. To smile or grin C. stomach
B. Poison D. large intestine
C. Servings
141. Where does digestion begin?
D. To help someone with something
A. in the stomach
135. Where does the stomach empty into?
B. in the mouth
A. Small intestine
C. in the esophagus
B. Large intestine
D. in the small intestine
C. Pancreas
D. Liver 142. What organ of the alimentary canal is
located between the esophagus and the
136. How much can your stomach small intestine?
A. 2 Quarts A. stomach
B. 1 Quart B. large intestines
C. 3 Quarts C. pharynx
D. 1 Gallon D. salivary glands

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143. This is a paste like substance after food 148. Why does the poet use the exclamation
has been broken down and released into points in the fifth stanza?
the duodenum.

A. To show the speaker’s excitement
A. Pepsin B. To describe how the speaker is angry
B. Amylase C. To show the speaker’s fear
C. Chyme D. To show the speaker’s disappointment
D. Rugae 149. What do the molars do?
A. Grind food
144. Which of the following is not a way the
stomach protects itself? B. Bite and tear off food
A. Damaged epithelial cells are quickly re- C. Grasp food
placed D. none of above
B. A thick coat of bicarbonate-rich mucus 150. Chemical digestion happens because of
on the stomach wall
C. Epithelial cells joined by desmosomes A. Chewing Food
D. Pepsinogen is not active until HCl is B. Enzymes from the glands
present
C. Both enzymes from the glands and
chewing food
145. The meaning of pardner
D. Neither enzymes from the glands and
A. Stomach chewing food
B. Texting
151. Where does protein digestion begin?
C. Partner
A. Mouth
D. All of the above B. Stomach
146. Secretes hydrochloric acid (HCl) makes C. Liver
stomach pH 1.5-3.5 D. Small Intestine
A. Chief Cells 152. Which enzyme digest proteins in the
B. Parietal Cell stomach?
C. Mucus Cell A. amylase

B. pepsin
D. Gastric Glands
C. gastric lipase
E. Gastric Juice
D. tyrpsin
147. drawing / painting
153. How long is your digestive system.
A. pancake A. 20 ft.
B. penguin B. 40 in.
C. picture C. 30 ft
D. polar bear D. None of the above

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154. What enzyme breaks down proteins B. stomach

when it is activated by hydrochloric acid? C. both the mouth and stomach
A. Pepsin D. none of above
B. Peptin
160. The correct sequence of the steps in-
C. Pepto
volved in the process of Human Digestive
D. Protein System
155. The organ that coordinates your body’s A. Digestion, Ingestion, Assimilation,
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activities Egestion and Absorption
A. Skin B. Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, As-
similation and Egestion
B. Brain
C. Egestion, Absorption, Digestion, As-
C. Heart
similation and Ingestion
D. Lung
D. Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion, As-
E. Stomach similation and Egestion
156. What is the soft projection at the back of 161. The nutrients in digested food are ab-
your mouth? sorbed into the bloodstream in which of
A. Uvula the following organs?
B. Salivary gland A. Heart
C. Tongue B. Liver
D. Tonsils C. Intestines
157. In the small intestine, through what pro- D. Lungs
cess do carbs, proteins, and fats, once bro-
162. Wavelike motion that propels food for-
ken down, enter the blood stream?
ward
A. Diffusion
A. Peristalsis
B. Active transport
B. Contraction
C. Facilitated diffusion
C. Mechanical digestion
D. They all enter the bloodstream differ-
ently D. Churning
158. What is the main component of saliva? 163. Which of the following are the one of the
things that taken out of the food?
A. water
A. Glucose
B. digestive enzymes
B. Glycogen
C. electrolytes
C. Bile
D. antibacterial compounds
D. Fats
159. What part of the digestive system me-
chanically and chemically breaks down 164. An inactive enzyme secreted by the chief
food? cells
A. mouth A. Pepsinogen

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B. Pepsin B. Glycogen
C. Hydrochloric acid C. Bile

D. Amylase D. Fats
165. Peristalsis happens when? 171. What does a cow not have?
A. Digestion begins
A. No front top teeth
B. Muscle contractions move the food
B. No front back teeth
along
C. Stomach starts to digest the food C. No back teeth
D. Muscle does nothing D. No teeth at all
166. What is the meaning of suffice? 172. Which of the following is an enzyme in
A. Too much gastric juices that break down proteins?
B. Enough A. Pepsin
C. Relief B. Peristalsis
D. none of above C. Bile
167. Which hormone relaxes the pyloric D. Fats

sphincter?
173. You Liked This Quiz
A. lipase
A. Yes
B. CCK
B. Yes
C. gastrin
C. Yes
D. secretin
D. Yes
168. What breaks down the food
A. saliva 174. What is the salt (ionic compound) pro-
duced as a result of the neutralization re-
B. The teeth action between magnesium hydroxide and
C. the first stomach hydrochloric acid?
D. none of above A. NaCl
169. Why is “Stomach Ache Supreme” consid- B. NaOH
ered a poem? C. MgCl
A. It has 6 paragraphs
D. MgCl2
B. It has stanzas
C. It tells a story 175. Name the enzyme in the mouth.
D. none of above A. Protease

B. Amylase
170. Which of the following is called to the
Glucose that is stored in the liver? C. Lipase
A. Glucose D. Polymerase

1.9 Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum 132
176. what is the third stomach C. The longest portion of the large intes-
tine.
A. rumen
D. The last part of the small intestine
B. abomasum
C. omasum 180. what did hemant said to god mother
D. reticulum A. please take away the pain and i shall

give you a silver horse
177. What is the last stomach called B. please take away the pain and i shall
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A. rumen give you a poha
B. Abomasum C. please take away the and i shall stop

eating non veg
C. recticulum
D. none of these
D. omasum
181. Who is the author of the lesson (A boy
178. When food moves out of the stomach, it and his stomach?
is a soupy mixture called ? A. Kenn Nesbitt
A. Amino Acid B. Anna sewel
B. Saliva C. Kayla Miller
C. Enzymes D. Edgar Albert Guest
D. Chyme 182. The teeth and tongue break down food
physically. This is an example of
179. What is the alimentary canal?
A. chemical digestion
A. The portion of the digestive system
that food travels through. B. peristalsis
B. The portion of the digestive system C. ingestion

that food does NOT travel through D. mechanical digestion
1.9 Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum

1. The last portion of the small intestine that D. area of most chemical digestion
connects to the large intestine.
3. As chyme enters the duodenum, what con-
A. Duodenum tracts, sending bile down the cystic duct
B. Jejunum and into the common bile duct to the duo-
denum?
C. Ileum
A. Liver
D. Colon
B. Pancreas
2. The ileum is responsible for C. Gallbladder
A. absorption of some vitamins D. Stomach
B. absorbs most nutrients 4. Which enzyme is not secreted by the small
C. absorptions of water intestines?

A. Trypsin C. Sucrase
B. Peptidase D. Peptidase

C. Maltase
10. The shortest section of the small intestine
D. Lipase is the
5. is a disease that could occur in the A. jejunum
small intestine.
B. duodenum
A. Celiac disease
C. ileum
B. Cerebral palsy
D. appendiz
C. Coronary artery disease
D. Pneumonia 11. Third portion of small intestine which is at-
tached to the large intestine
6. In the small intestine, almost of the
absorption of usable nutrients takes place A. Duodenum
when chyme comes in contact with the mu- B. Jejunum
cosal walls
C. Ileum
A. 70%
D. Pancreas
B. 50%
C. 80% 12. BONUS!!! What are the 3 friends that help
D. 95% the small intestine with pulling out vita-
mins and minerals?
7. The gallbladder activity is caused by A. liver, pancreas, gallbladder
what?
B. liver, pancreas, esophagus
A. Cholecystokinin
B. Cholecystitis C. gallbladder, pancreas, stomach
C. Secretin D. rectum, pancreas, liver
D. Lactase 13. The epiglottis closes off the airway en-

trance and directs food to the
8. The ph in the small intestines is approxi-
mately? A. tracheatrachea
A. ph 2 B. esophagus
B. ph 4 C. larynx
C. ph 5 D. pharynx
D. ph 6
14. Which disease can affect villi?
E. ph 7
A. intolerance
9. The intestinal enzyme that breaks down
fats. B. colorectal cancer
A. Lipase C. malabsorption
B. Lactase D. celiac

15. Which organ pulls out the vitamins and 21. Bacteria found in the large intestine that
minerals from the food you’ve eaten? breaks down cellulose.
A. large intestines A. Intestinal flora
B. small intestines B. Peptidase
C. stomach C. Cellulase
D. pancreas D. Sucrase
16. The majority of the absorption of nutrients 22. Walls of the ileum are lined with that
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into the bloodstream occurs in the secrete intestinal juice.
A. Stomach A. gastric glands
B. Small intestine B. salivary glands
C. Large intestine C. intestinal glands
D. Liver D. pancreatic glands
17. The small intestine’s main function is: 23. Located in the central and lower abdomi-
nal cavity between the stomach and large
A. Absorbing water and electrolytes. intestine, is the MAJOR organ of digestion
B. Absorption of nutrient by the inner A. Large intestine
walls of the small intestine into the blood-
stream. B. Stomach
C. Liver
C. Producing bile.
D. Small intestine
D. none of above
24. The combination of gastric juice plus di-
18. Circular folds that enhance absorption?
gested bolus forms a liquid mixture in the
A. Villi stomach called
B. Microvilli A. borborygmus
C. Plicae B. ascites
D. Lacteal C. rugae
19. Which of the following statement is NOT D. chyme
correct about the duodenum of the small 25. Which of the following enzyme is most ac-
intestine? tive at an acidic pH?
A. Receives chyme from the stomach A. Amylase
B. Neutralises acids in the chyme B. Chymotrypsin
C. Has prominent villi and circular folds C. Pepsin
D. Is the segment closest to the stomach D. Lipase
20. Middle portion of the small intestine. 26. Site of macronutrient absorption is
A. Duodenum A. Small intestine
B. Jejunum B. Large intestine
C. Ileum C. Pancreas
D. Cecum D. none of above

27. Which organ holds the waste left over A. Gallbladder

from food? B. Pancreas

A. stomach C. Liver
B. large intestines D. Bile
C. liver
33. Which structure does not aide with absorp-
D. small intestines tion in the small intestines?
28. What is the material that is not digested A. villi
or absorbed when digestion is finished B. plicae
called?
C. rugae
A. Feces
D. lacteal
B. Urine
C. Chyme 34. Parts of the small intestine after the duo-
denum is known as
D. Bolus
A. Jejunum
29. Which part of the small intestine joins the B. Lipase duodenum
large intestine?
C. Amylase duodenum
A. Ileum
D. Lipase ileum
B. Duodenum
C. Jejunum 35. How long is the large intestine?
D. none of above A. 10 inches

B. 5 feet
30. Small structure attached to large intestine
that serves no digestive function. C. 20 or more feet
A. Appendix D. 2 feet
B. Cecum 36. A small green organ located on the inferior

C. Taenia coli surface of the liver, provides bile
D. Haustra A. Liver
B. Pancreas
31. Which of the following correctly orders the
smallest structure of the small intestine to C. Gallbladder
the largest? D. Bile
A. Microvilli, villi, plicae circulares 37. What is NOT a function of the large intes-
B. Villi, microvilli, plicae circulares tine?
C. Plicae circulares, villi, microvilli A. Goblet cells produce mucus to act as a
D. Microvilli, plicae circulares, villi lubricant
B. Does not digest food
32. Produced by the liver, and stored in the
gallbladder, is yellow-brown or yellow- C. Eliminates indigestible food from body
green and contains acids, mucus fluids, and as feces
two pigments D. Filters waste

38. A small green organ located on the inferior 43. Where is waste stored before it is ready
surface of the liver that secretes bile. to leave the body?
A. Liver A. rectum
B. Pancreas B. large intestines
C. Gall bladder C. pancreas
D. Small intestine D. small intestines

44. The first part of the small intestine is
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39. Which of the following enzymes are pro- called the
duced by the small intestine? Select all
that apply. A. Ileum
A. Pancreatic Lipase B. Duodenum

C. Pancreas
B. Peptidase
D. Appendix
C. Pancreatic Amylase
D. Trypsin 45. The portion of the large intestine located
between the descending colon and the rec-
E. Sucrase tum is the
40. Length of the duodenum is A. sigmoid
B. ileum
A. 21cm
C. cecum
B. 25cm
D. duodenum
C. 30cm
D. 31cm 46. The duct that carries secretions from the
gall bladder and bile is known as?
41. Which of the following structures does the A. Hepatic duct
small intestine have that the large intes- B. Cystic duct
tine does not? Select all that apply.
C. Common bile duct
A. Villi
D. Pancreatic duct
B. Plicae curculares
47. This is the primary way digestion is stim-
C. Mucosa
ulated (through impulses created by the
D. Blood capillaries parasympathetic nervous system) to con-
tinue as chyme moves through both in-
E. Muscle layer
testines.
42. The small intestine breaks down these A. The organs themselves can detect
macromolecules? (check the ones that ap- stretch, sending signals to the brainstem
ply) and back
A. Proteins B. It is a conscious choice you make to di-
gest food in the intestines
B. Carbohdrates
C. Seeing food in front of you stimulates
C. Lipids
peristalsis in both intestines automati-
D. Chyme cally

D. Your brain is always telling your in- 53. Numerous fingerlike projections in the
testines to push food through folds of the wall of the ileum is classified
as

48. Lacteal helps with the absorption of?
A. Bolus
A. Carbs
B. Chyme
B. Proteins
C. Bile
C. Lipids
D. Villi
D. Nucleic Acid
54. This is important in allowing small portions
49. The small intestine is started from pylorus of chyme to enter the small intestine.
of stomach and ended at the
A. Pyloric valve
A. duodenojejunal flexure
B. ileocecal valve
B. ileoceacal junction (valve)
C. Bile
C. lower esophageal sphincter
D. Gall bladder
D. none of above
55. Where is the pancreas located?
50. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Behind the stomach
A. The small intestine is the part of the in-
B. Behind the small intestine
testines where 90% of the digestion and
absorption of food occurs. C. Inside the small intestine
B. The small intestine consists of two D. Behind the large intestine
parts; the duodenum and jejunum.
56. Result of a strong peristaltic rush that
C. No enzymes are produced in the small quickly moves chyme through the small in-
intestine. testine
D. none of above A. Diarrhea
51. Which of the following is NOT true about B. Feces
the small intestine? C. Intestinal flora
A. Absorbs nutrients across the mucosal D. Segmentation
surface
57. Is the middle part of the small intestine
B. Chemically digests chyme from the
stomach A. Duodenum
C. Also known as the ‘small bowel’ B. Jejunum
D. Averages 2 metres in length C. Ileum
D. Cecum
52. Which of the following add chemicals to
the duodenum to help break down food? 58. Which one is NOT part of the small intes-
(select all that apply) tine?
A. liver A. Duodenum
B. appendix B. Jejunum
C. pancreas C. Ileum
D. stomach D. Cecum

59. What is the saclike first part of the large 64. The beginning section of the small intestine
intestine called? that attaches to the stomach.
A. Haustra A. Ileum
B. Cecum B. Duodenum
C. Appendix C. Jejunum
D. Rectum D. Appendix
65. BONUS!!! Where is the appendix located?
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60. All the fluids of the small intestine are
in nature. A. liver
A. alkaline B. pancreas
B. acidic C. large intestine

D. small intestine
C. neutral
D. sour 66. First part of the small intestine. It secretes
cholecystokinin
61. Small intestines receives digestive en- A. Duodenum
zymes from which structures? ( check all
that apply) B. Pancreas
C. Jejunum
A. Pancreas
D. Ileum
B. Liver
C. Gall bladder 67. The nervous system stimulates the
small intestine to perform segmentation
D. Spleen and peristalsis.
62. What is the purpose of the villi? (select all A. sympathetic
that apply) B. parasympathetic
A. increase the surface area C. somatic
B. chemically break down food D. autonomic
C. absorb nutrients into the bloodstream 68. The small intestine is subdivided into three
D. mechanically break down food segments. Which of the following is the
correct sequence regarding the passage of
63. Which one is NOT the criteria of small in- food through the small intestine?
testine? A. Duodenum, ileum, jejunum
A. jejunum begins at the duodenojejunal B. Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
flexure
C. Jejunum, duodenum, ileum
B. The ileum ends at the ileocaecal junc-
D. Ileum, jejunum, duodenum
tion
C. Duodenum is the shortest as compare 69. The small intestine measures about
to jejunum and ileum feet in length.
D. Ileum has coiled spring feathery ap- A. 8

pearances. B. 30

C. 21 75. Tiny projections that increase surface area

for absorption.
D. 40

A. Villi
70. Is important in allowing small portions of
B. Rugae
chyme to enter the first part of the small
intestine C. Bolus
A. Pyloric valve D. Flora
B. Ileocecal valve
76. A hormone that stimulates the gallbladder
C. Bile and pancreas to release bile and digestive
enzymes
D. Gallbladder
A. Pancreas
71. The part of the small intestine after the
B. Cholecystokinin
duodenum is known as
C. Jejunum
A. Jejunum
D. Ileum
B. Ileum
C. Cecum 77. Which of the following molecules are ab-
sorbed by the small intestine? (select all
D. Appendix
that apply)
72. Numerous fingerlike projections in the A. Amino acids
folds of the wall of the small intestine is
B. Simple sugar
classified as
C. Cellulose
A. Bolus
D. Fatty acid
B. Chyme
C. Bile 78. Which of the following process is not asso-
ciated with gastrointestinal function?
D. Villi
A. Secretion
73. The most coiled region of the small intes-
B. Motility
tine is known as the
C. Absorption
A. duodenum
D. Filtration
B. jejunum
E. Digestion
C. colon
D. ileum 79. Ringlike contractions that slow the move-
ment of chyme through the small intestine
74. The villi is adapted for the process of by pushing it back and forth.
A. digestion A. Segmentation
B. assimilation B. Peristalsis
C. absorption C. Diarrhea
D. ingestion D. none of above

80. The intestinal enzyme that breaks down C. jejunum

proteins. D. colon
A. Peptidase
86. If a patient is experiencing diarrhea (wa-
B. Sucrase
tery feces), the issue is most likely occur-
C. Lipase ring in which digestive organ?
D. Lactase A. Stomach
81. Pancreas secretes pancreatic juice through B. Liver
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the C. Small intestine
A. bile duct D. Large intestine
B. liver
87. These glands raise the ph of the chyme en-
C. pancreatic duct tering the small intestines
D. gastric glands A. Gastric glands
82. On average, how long does it take for ma- B. Intestinal glands
terials to pass from the duodenum to the C. Brunner’s glands
end of the ileum?
D. Acini glands
A. 4 hours
B. 4.5 hours 88. Which artery mainly supply small intes-
tine? (choose 2 answers)
C. 3 hours
A. Celiac artery
D. 5 hours
B. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA)
83. Saliva contains digestive enzymes to begin
C. Renal artery
digesting
A. carbohydrates D. Inferior mesenteric artery (IMA)
B. fats E. Gonadal artery
C. proteins 89. The correct order of the three sections of

D. all of the above the small intestines is:
A. duodenum, jejunum, ileum
84. The valve that attaches the Ileum to the
large intestine B. ileum, jejunum, duodenum
A. Ileum C. duodenum, ileum, jejunum
B. Jejunum D. jejunum, duodenum, ileum
C. Pancreas 90. The duct that originates from the gall blad-
D. Ileocecal valve der is known as?
A. Hepatopancreatic ampulla
85. Pancreatic juice is secreted into which part
of the digestive system? B. Ampulla of vader
A. duodenum C. Cystic duct
B. ileum D. Common bile duct

1.10 Colon 141
1.10 Colon

1. IN WHAT YEAR WAS AMERICA DISCOV- C. Tubulo-velosus
ERED? D. Inflammatory
A. OCTOBER 12, 1492
6. Main indication in familial polyposis of the
B. OCTOBER 6, 1942 colon
C. OCTOBER 2, 1492 A. Proctocolectomy before the age of 30
D. OCTOBER 1, 1942 due to high risk of malignancy
2. Most common type of polyp B. Full px ileostomy before the age of 45

with villous polyps due to risk of malig-
A. Hyperplasticity nancy
B. Adenoma C. Colectomy before the age of 65 to all
C. Familial-hereditary (eg familial polypo- px with CRC due to malignancy
sis) D. Prophylactic chemotherapy at full px
D. Malignant with tubular adenomatous polyps due to
malignant risk
3. Warning signs of the presence of polyps
and CRC 7. Drug used in CRC chemotherapy
A. Hematochezia A. Fluoracyl
B. leukocytosis B. It will be frozen
C. leukopenia C. Hydroxychloroquine
D. Changes in bowel habits D. TMN
E. Vomiting 8. Risk factors for CRC
4. Diagnostic tests of choice for polyps and A. Age (over 50 years)
CRC B. Dietary factors (low in fiber and high in
A. Colonoscopy fat)
B. Biopsy C. Family history of polyps
C. Rxtx D. Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
D. USG abdominal E. Pregnancy
E. TAC 9. CRC is the most frequent carcinoma
5. Type of adenomatous polyp but prone to A. First

malignancy B. Second
A. fleecy C. Third
B. Tubular D. Quinto
1.11 Rectum and Anus

1.11 Rectum and Anus 142
1. What organ STORES bile? B. chemical digestion

A. Gallbladder C. digestive system
B. Liver D. stomach
C. Pancreas
7. absorbed via lymph channels, travel under
D. Appendix protein escort
2. The last section of the digestive system, A. mineral
where water and minerals are absorbed
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B. vitamin
from food into bloodstream, and it forms
C. water-soluble
and stores feces for elimination
A. small intestine D. fat-soluble
B. large intestine 8. a large organ that makes bile, stores extra

C. rectum nutrients absorbed by the body and breaks
down toxins.
D. stomach
A. stomach
3. Which of the following is a component of
B. gallbladder
the circulatory system?
C. liver
A. heart
D. large intestine
B. blood vessels
C. blood 9. Food is crushed by your as you chew.
D. all answers A. Digestion
4. Salivary amylase initiates the digestion of B. Teeth

which of the following compounds? C. Mouth
A. lipids D. Esophagus
B. proteins
10. A carbohydrate is an organic compound
C. starches that is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and
D. vitamins oxygen. The unique structure of carbo-
hydrates makes them useful material for
5. are broken down by the enzyme lin- building cell walls in plants. Which of the
gual lipase in the mouth. following is a function of carbohydrates in
A. Proteins animals?
B. Complex carbohydrates A. digesting food
C. Simple carbohydrates B. fighting disease
D. Lipids C. short term energy
E. Vitamins D. insulation
6. Process by which enzymes break down 11. A muscular opening at the end of the rec-
food into small molecules that the body can tum through which solid waste (feces) is
use eliminated from the body
A. mechanical digestion A. rectum

B. anus B. kidneys
C. esophagus C. gall bladder

D. large intestine D. pancreas
12. The organ that stores bile. 18. Where is water absorbed into the blood-
stream?
A. gall bladder
A. Mouth
B. stomach
B. Stomach
C. liver
C. Small Intestine
D. appendix
D. Large Intestine
13. The acid in your stomach used for diges-
tion. 19. It is a small sac under the liver where bile
is stored.
A. sodium bicarbonate
A. liver
B. insulin
B. pancreas
C. hydrochloric
C. gallbladder
D. amylase
D. none of above
14. When you exhale, the diaphragm
20. What is the correct order in which food
A. moves upwards passes through the digestive system?
B. moves downwards A. mouth>stomach>large intes-
C. flattens tine>small intestine
D. none of the above B. esophagus>sm intestine>stomach>lg
intestine
15. makes saliva that begin the break C. stomach>sm intestine>esophagus>mouth
down the food.
A. Salivary Glands D. mouth>esophagus>stomach>sm in-
B. Teeth testine>lg intestine
C. Mouth 21. The tube after the small intestine where
D. Esophagus water is absorbed.
16. A balanced diet on your menu includes A. large intestine

fruit a day. B. small intestine
A. 1-2 c C. rectum
B. 2-3c D. stomach
C. 0-1 c 22. Which two organs does both mechanical
D. 2 1/2-3c and chemical digestion occur?
A. Mouth and Large Intestine
17. Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic
juice) to help nutrients get broken down B. Mouth and Esophagus
in the small intestine. C. Stomach and Small Intestine
A. liver D. Stomach and Mouth

23. The ingestion of a meal high in fat content C. calories

would cause what to occur?
D. nutrients
A. increase in bile production
B. severe indigestion 29. Where in your digestive system does di-
gestion stop?
C. Gastrin would cease to released and
we have stomach pains A. rectum
D. Nothing B. large intestine
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24. The muscular tube that moves food from C. small intestine
the mouth to the stomach? D. stomach
A. esophagus
30. Which of the following organ is responsi-
B. small intestine ble for removing waste from the blood?
C. stomach
A. kidneys
D. mouth
B. lungs
25. Salivary glands produce C. liver
A. pepsin D. skin
B. nuckeases
C. amylase 31. Name the disease caused by the hardening
of arteries.
D. llipase
A. arteriosclerosis
26. inflammation of the intestines
B. heart attack
A. heartburn
C. stroke
B. gastritis
D. arteries ulcer
C. enteritis
D. diarrhea 32. What begins the process of mechanical
breakdown?
27. Which organ system breaks down food
into smaller and simpler forms so nutrients A. the mouth
and water can be absorbed into the blood- B. the esophagus
stream?
C. the pancreas
A. Muscular
D. none of above
B. Skeletal
C. Digestive 33. Which of the following is considered “ba-
sic” on the pH scale?
D. Respiratory
A. 1
28. Substances in food that the body needs to
function properly are: B. 3
A. nutrition C. 7
B. macromolecules D. 12

34. What is the common passageway for solid function of the digestive does this state-
food, liquids, and air? ment describe?

A. pharynx A. ingestion
B. small intestines B. secretion
C. large intestines C. digestion
D. esophagus D. mechanical processing
E. stomach E. absorption
35. What part of the digestive system sends 40. What is secreted in the stomach to kill bac-
nutrients to the blood stream? teria?
A. stomach A. amylase
B. liver B. Hydrochloric acid
C. gallbladder C. Sodium bicarbonate
D. villi D. bile
36. Where is the bile stored? 41. A series of wave-like muscle contractions
A. Liver that moves food to different processing
stations in the digestive tract.
B. Gall bladder
C. Pancreas A. adduction
D. Small intestine B. primary wave

C. peristalsis
37. Which is the nutrient that bile facilitates
its digestion? D. inversion
A. Proteins 42. What is salivary amylase?

B. Lipids A. enzyme found in saliva that breaks
C. Carbohydrates down fats
D. Protein and lipids B. enzyme found in saliva that breaks
down protein
38. The following information shows four
C. enzyme found in saliva that breaks
types of enzymes.*Amylase/ Sucrase/
down starches
Lactase/ Maltase* Nutrients that can be
hydrolyzed by all four enzymes are D. enzyme found in bile that breaks down
fats.
A. lipid
B. garam mineral 43. Caused by a weak or loose gastro-
esophageal sphincter
C. carbohydrates
A. GERD
D. protein
B. Malabsoprtion
39. The chemical & mechanical breakdown of
food into small organic fragments for ab- C. Stomach ulcers
sorption by digestive epithelium. What D. Stomach cancer

44. What is the chemical break down of food C. mechanical digestion

called? D. food particles absorption
A. Mechanical Digestion
49. What membrane holds the small intestine
B. Chemical Digestion
in a folded position?
C. Particle Digestion
A. greater omentum
D. Physical Digestion
B. mesentery
45. The digestive system works with other
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C. lesser omentum
systems to make sure your body functions
properly. Which of the following pairings D. falciform ligament
is incorrect?
50. What is the organ where water is ab-
A. Digestive-Circulatory:Food nutrients sorbed from the digested food and re-
are digested and then moved into the turned to the bloodstream?
blood stream
A. mouth
B. Digestive-Muscular:Muscular contrac-
tions called peristalsis squeezes food B. small intestine
through the digestive tract C. esophagus
C. Digestive-Nervous-:The brain sends D. large intestine
messages instructing organs to release
digestive enzymes to break down food 51. What is the name of the molecule in saliva
D. Digestive-Skeletal:The ribcage pro- that chemically digests food?
tects the digestive organs A. bile
46. This substance begins chemical digestion in B. stomach acid
the mouth. C. enzymes
A. bile
D. chyme
B. insulin
52. Which organ produces insulin in addition to
C. water
digestive juices?
D. saliva
A. mouth
47. Which parts of the digestive system can be B. gallbladder
found in your mouth?
C. pancreas
A. acid
D. liver
B. tongue and stomach
C. saliva and acid 53. The two get rid of urea, excess water,
D. tongue & teeth and some other waste materials released
by the cells. These are eliminated as urine.
48. A physical process in which large pieces of
A. Bladder
food are torn and cut into smaller pieces
B. Urethra
A. chemical digestion C. Kidneys
B. water reduction D. Ureters

54. What happens when the food goes to the C. formation of bile
small intestine? D. formation of amylase

A. nutrients gets into the blood
60. The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)includes
B. the food keeps on going
all the following, EXCEPT
C. nothing
A. Esophagus
D. none of above
B. Liver
55. What accomplishes most of the chemical di-
C. Stomach
gestion in the large intestine? As a result
of this digestive, gas is produced. D. Small intestine
A. pancreatic enzymes 61. Where do nutrients get absorbed into the
B. bile blood?
C. bacteria A. in the mouth
D. saliva B. in the esophagus
56. Organs that remove waste material, in- C. in the small intestine
cluding salts, from the blood. D. in the rectum
A. pancreas
62. Which of the following is NOT an example
B. gall bladder
of CHEMICAL digestion?
C. kidneys
A. chewing your food into small pieces
D. small intestine
B. stomach acid dissolving food
57. food after it had been processed in the C. bile breaking down fats in the small in-
stomach testine
A. chyme
D. salvia changing starch into sugar in
B. bolus your mouth
C. microvilli
63. The step in digestion that reduces food into
D. uvula smaller pieces and increases surface area
of food is
58. What are the two components of the gas-
tric juice? A. ingestion
A. Pepsin and hydrochloric acid B. propulsion
B. Saliva and bile C. mechanical breakdown
C. Bile and hydrochloric acid D. chemical breakdown
D. Amyase and hydrochloric acid
64. Which is part of the small intestines?
59. A patient has surgery to remove her gall-
A. duodenum
bladder. Which of the following will be
most affected? B. jejunem
A. storage of bile C. ileum
B. storage of amylase D. cecum

65. Which organ system removes cellular A. Peristalsis

wastes as the result of cellular respira- B. Epiglottis
tion?
C. Pepsin
A. nervous
D. Stomach
B. digestive
71. Bile is stored in the
C. excretory
A. pancreas
D. circulatory
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B. small intestines
66. Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down
C. gall bladder
A. protein
D. liver
B. lipids
72. Trypsin is made in the
C. starch
A. pancreas
D. starch and protein
B. stomach
67. Chemical digestive refers to C. large intestines
A. Enzymatic breakdown of food and D. liver
macromolecules
73. absorbs water from waste, good bacteria
B. Churning and physical breakdown of
live here and help maintain good health.
food
(dryer of digestive system).
C. When you use a blender to mix up with
A. liver
your food prior to ingestion
B. epiglottis
D. Ingestion of chemicals
C. large intestines
68. chemical and physical breakdown of food D. rectum
into forms the cells can use
A. digestion 74. the small intestine has how many section.
B. chemical A. 4
C. physical B. 3
C. 2
D. alimentary canal
D. 1
69. Many chemicals in cigarettes are con-
sidered carcinogenic because they cause 75. What is the function of the kidneys?
what? A. They filter waste like urea from your
A. Emphysema blood and produce urine
B. Cancer B. They remove carbon dioxide from the
blood
C. Heart disease
C. They remove the remaining food that
D. Liver Failure you can’t digest from your digestive sys-
70. Series of involuntary contractions along tem
the walls of the digestive tract (esopha- D. They transport nutrients to the rest of
gus, stomach and intestines) the body

76. Where water from the remaining food is C. liver

absorbed and waste is transferred to the
D. large intestine
rectum?

A. small intestine 82. Where does the process of digestion be-
gin?
B. large intestine
C. stomach A. mouth
D. mouth B. esophagus
C. stomach
77. What is the slender, hollow appendage
that is dominated by lymphoid nodules D. small intestine
(a lymphoid organ) and is attached to ce-
cum? 83. Which structure is responsible for water
absorption and production of Vitamin K?
A. Bile
A. epiglottis
B. pancrease
B. Stomach
C. gall bladder
D. liver C. Large intestine
E. appendix D. Small intestine
78. Where is the gastric juice released? 84. Saliva is mostly made up of
A. Stomach A. water
B. Small intestine B. carbon dioxide
C. Mouth C. sugar
D. Large intestine D. mucus
79. Where is bile made? E. enzymes
A. The small intestines 85. A long folded tube inside the body at-
B. The gallbladder tached to the stomach where nutrients in
C. The liver the food are absorbed.
D. The pancrease A. large intestine

B. small intestine
80. It produces bile, which is needed in break-
ing down fats. C. esophagus
A. liver D. rectum
B. pancreas 86. The process of breaking down food into us-
C. gallbladder able material for the body is called?
D. none of above A. Digestion
81. Which organ stores bile? B. Eliminating Waste
A. gallbladder C. Mouth
B. stomach D. Esophagus

87. The job of the heart is to 92. Short tube at the end of the large intestine
that stores solid waste before removal.
A. pump blood around the body.
A. Anus
B. send food to the small intestines.
B. Rectum
C. break down food.
C. Oesophagus
D. give energy to the body.
D. none of above
88. How many Calories is the Nutrition Fact
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93. Involuntary waves of muscle contraction
label based on? that keep food moving along in one direc-
A. 500 Calories tion through the digestive system.
B. 1, 000 Calories A. villi
C. 2, 000 Calories B. alveoli

C. peristalsis
D. 5, 000 Calories
D. chyme
89. pick the right orders of our digestive pro-
cess? 94. The word that means open space inside a
hollow tubular structure is
A. Mouth-stomach-oesophagus-Large
intestine-Small intestine-anus-rectum A. lumen
B. serosa
B. Mouth-oesophagus-stomach-small
intestine-large intestine-rectum-anus C. rugae
C. Mouth-pancreas-stomach-rectum-gall D. chyme
bladder-small intestine-rectum-anus 95. Food moving through the intestines is
D. Mouth-oesophagus-stomach-gall A. physical digestion
bladder-small intestine-rectum-anus-
large intestine B. chemical digestion
C. metabolism
90. Bile is important in the digestion of:
D. peristalsis
A. Carbs
96. The muscular organ in the body where
B. Fats chemical and mechanical digestion take
C. Proteins place.
D. none of above A. pancreas

B. liver
91. Which type of digestion produces physical
C. stomach
change to the food by breaking food into
smaller pieces? D. esophagus
A. chemical 97. *Chronic disease where stomach acid or

content flows back into your esopha-
B. peristalsis
gus *Symptoms:Epigastric pain or burning-
C. mechanical WORSE WHEN LAYING DOWN
D. saliva A. cholecystitis

B. gastroesophageal reflux disease 103. are the second largest blood vessel.
C. gastroenteritis A. Arteries

D. cirrhosis B. Veins
C. Capillaries
98. What is the addictive drug found inside
D. none of above
any kind of cigars?
A. Tobacco 104. What is the main function of villi?
A. They move food from the stomach to
B. Liquid Internet
the small intestine
C. tar
B. They absorb nutrients into the blood-
D. Nicotine stream
C. They absorb water from chyme
99. What comes first?
D. They move food from the small intes-
A. Mouth tine to the large intestine
B. stomach
105. Provides additional enzymes (pancreatic
C. large intestine juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the
small intestine.
D. small intestine
A. liver
100. Partially digested, semi-liquid food B. kidneys
mixed with digestive enzymes and acids
in the stomach. C. gall bladder
D. pancreas
A. villi
B. chyme 106. Which sphincter is located on the superior
side of the esophagus?
C. alvioli
A. ileocecal
D. capillaris
B. lower esophageal
101. A muscular sac attached to the liver that C. pyloric
stores bile until needed for digestion D. upper esophageal
A. liver
107. The last section of the small intestine be-
B. gallbladder fore it connects to the large intestine is the
C. pancreas
A. jejunum
D. stomach
B. duodenum
102. Saliva breaking down carbs is a form of C. appendix
A. physical digestion D. ileum
B. chemical digestion 108. Lipase is made in the
C. metabolism A. mouth and esophagus
D. peristalsis B. small intestines and large intestines

C. small intestines and pancreas 114. The process of breaking down foods into
D. liver smaller parts is called
A. digestive
109. Jacob has pain and burning in the epigas-
tric region when laying flat in bed after B. indigestion
eating a meal. When the head of his bed C. digestion
is raised, his condition improves. His most
likely diagnosis is: D. digging
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A. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) 115. What is the correct order for how food
B. gastroenteritis travels through the Large Intestine?
C. cholelithiasis A. ascending colon, cecum, descending
D. hepatitis B colon, transverse colon
B. Cecum, descending colon, transverse
110. What increases the surface area of the
colon, ascending colon
small intestine?
A. duodenum C. Cecum, transverse colon, ascending
colon, descending colon
B. villi
D. Cecum, ascending colon, transverse
C. ileum
colon, descending colon
D. pancreas
116. What produces chemicals that break
111. What is the Nephron? down fats, starches and proteins?
A. Causes buildup in the stomach acid
A. Pulmonary artery
B. Regulates the concentration of water
B. Pancreas
and soluble substances by filtering the
blood C. Pituitary gland
C. Creates muscular contractions to D. none of above
move the food
117. Which of the following is NOT one of the
D. none of above
six main nutrients the body absorbs during
112. Which of the following is an example of digestion?
chemical digestion? A. Fats
A. teeth chewing
B. Water
B. stomach churning
C. Polyurethanes
C. saliva breaking down starches
D. Minerals
D. esophagus squeezing food down
118. Where does chemical and mechanical di-
113. a harmful substance formed when cells
gestion take place?
use protein for energy
A. urine A. liver and gall bladder
B. urea B. stomach and mouth
C. bile C. mouth and esophagus
D. pancreatic juice D. intestines and rectum

119. What is the small intestine responsible 124. is ingested with food or resides
for? in digestive tract and is attacked by
macrophages, and immune system cells.

A. takes in more enzymes and starts ab-
sorption A. Sugar
B. breaking down food B. Proteins
C. chewing C. Bacteria
D. adding food D. Lipids
120. What is the proper order of segments of 125. food substances that have undergone a
the intestines? process of digestion both mechanically and
A. Duodenum, Ileum, Jejunum chemically that can be absorbed by the
small intestine, among others, are
B. Jejunum, Ileum, Duodenum
A. monosaccharides and polysaccharides
C. Ileum, Duodenum, Jejunum
B. dipeptides and polypeptides
D. Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum
C. starch and sucrose
121. Sucrase works in the
D. fatty acids and amino acids
A. large intestine
E. peptone and proteose
B. small intestine
126. organic and can be broken down by heat,
C. stomach
air and acid
D. transverse colon
A. mineral
122. The correct pair between the digestive or- B. vitamin
gans and the processes that occur in them
is C. water-soluble
A. In the mouth, mechanical and chemical D. fat-soluble

digestion of proteins occurs
127. Which organ is a secondary organ that
B. duodenum, proteins are digested by li- stores bile?
pase
A. stomach
C. duodenum, fats are emulsified by bile
B. gallbladder
D. stomach, protein is digested by lipase
C. pancreas
E. duodenum, fat is digested by pepsin
D. liver
123. Where would you expect to find hy-
drochloric acid? 128. aliment
A. stomach A. stomach
B. small intestine B. food
C. liver C. nourish
D. large intestine D. liver

129. removes more water from the di- 134. What does the mouth do?
gested material and moves the undigested A. Break down the food to make it easier
material to be excreted. to swallow
A. Large Intestines B. Slows down jaws
B. Pancreas C. Nothing
C. Small Intestine D. Neither
D. Gallbladder 135. What type of energy allows us to gener-
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ate heat?
130. What might happen if you had your pan- A. Mechanical
creas removed?
B. Thermal
A. Your intestines might have trouble
C. Chemical
breaking down food
D. none of above
B. Your stomach might have trouble pro-
ducing hydrochloric acid 136. the main function of this system is to re-
move wastes from the body
C. You would not be able to chew properly
A. digestive system
D. You would have trouble producing
saliva B. urinary system
C. circulatory system
131. Where does food pass through between D. skeletal system
the mouth and the stomach?
137. What section of the colon is after the
A. The oesophagus
transverse colon?
B. The rectum A. ascending
C. The small intestine B. descending
D. The large intestine C. sigmoid
D. rectum
132. The statement that is not an exact match
between an organ and its function is 138. a narrow tube covered with nutrient-
absorbing villi
A. the mouth digests starch
A. small intestine
B. stomach digests protein
B. ureter
C. the large intestine digests protein
C. urethra
D. the mouth digests carbohydrates D. gallbladder
E. small intestine digests fat
139. Breaks down food into smaller molecules.
133. The large intestine’s major role is to Absorbs these nutrients into the blood-
stream. Eliminates solid waste
A. absorb water from undigested food
A. Digestive System
B. exhale carbon dioxide B. Respiratory System
C. break down food C. Excretory System
D. none of above D. Nervous System

140. Which part of the mouth provides chemi- C. large intestine

cal digestion?
D. rectum

A. teeth
B. saliva 146. What is the correct order for food moving
through the alimentary canal?
C. smooth muscles
A. mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
D. gastric juices (HCl acid)
duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, de-
141. As food is swallowed, the prevents scending colon, transverse colon, ascend-
food from entering the trachea. ing colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
A. glottis B. mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, as-
B. submucosa
cending colon, transverse colon, descend-
C. subglottis ing colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
D. epiglottis C. mouth, esophagus, stomach, duode-
num, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending
142. moves food from the pharynx (throat) to
colon, transverse colon, descending colon,
the stomach
sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
A. trachea
D. mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
B. esophagus duodenum, ileum, jejunum, cecum, as-
C. bladder cending colon, transverse colon, descend-
ing colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
D. gallbladder
E. mouth, esophagus, pharynx, stomach,
143. What can ruminants digest that mono- duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, as-
gastrics can not cending colon, transverse colon, descend-
A. Roughages ing colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
B. Corn
147. Mouth to stomach to intestines. What
C. Soybeans system helps the digestive system move
D. Dairy food until it becomes waste?
A. circulatory
144. The is/are responsible for urine stor-
age. B. immune
A. Bladder C. muscular
B. Kidneys D. skeletal
C. Ureter
148. Calories that have no nutritional value
D. Urethra
are known as?
145. Digestive organ where most chemical di- A. Nutra Calories
gestion and absorption of food takes place
through villi B. Empty Calories
A. stomach C. Hypo Calories
B. small intestine D. Calo-less

149. Which organ does a majority of chemical 154. What is the the digestive organ that
digestion as well as absorption? plays a key role in digestion and absorp-
A. Oral cavity tion of nutrients and is where 90% of nu-
trient absorption occurs?
B. Stomach
C. Small Intestine A. pharynx
D. Liver B. small intestines
150. When reading the ingredients on a nutri- C. large intestines
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tion facts label carbohydrates are written D. esophagus
as a type of
E. stomach
A. food additive
B. enzyme 155. Pepsin is made in the
C. sugar A. mouth
D. protein
B. stomach
151. The correct sequence for the layers within
C. large intestines
the wall of the alimentary canal from in-
side to outside is D. liver
A. Mucous membrane, muscular layer,
serous layers, submucosa 156. After dinner, you have a bad case of diar-
rhea. Which organ is most likely not func-
B. Mucous membrane, submucosa, mus- tioning properly?
cular layer, serous layer
C. Serous layer, muscular layer, mucous A. stomach
membrane, submucosa B. small intestine
D. Submucosa, mucous membrane, C. large intestine
serous layer, muscular layer
D. liver
152. Which of the following is not one of the
3 pairs of salivary glands? (pick two an- 157. Which of the following is considered a pri-
swers) mary organ of the digestive system?
A. Submandibular (Submaxillary)
A. pancreas
B. Parotid
B. liver
C. Sublingual
C. teeth
D. Carotid
E. masseter D. mouth
153. Blood containing the most CO2 is found 158. The part of the food that is not digested.
in
A. Bobo
A. Pulmonary vein
B. Ventricle B. Urethra
C. Atrium kiri C. Waste

D. Pulmonary artery D. Yuckies

159. back of the mouth, looks like a finger, 165. What does the submucosa do for the ali-
keeps food out of nose mentary canal?
A. peristalsis

A. chyme
B. bolus B. protection
C. microvilli C. lubrication
D. uvula D. contains nerves and blood vessels
160. What is the process of wave-like muscle 166. Which organ helps to keep digested food
contractions that moves food through the until our body needs it?
digestive tract? A. Lungs
A. Pericardium B. Liver
B. Peristalsis C. Small intestine
C. Pepsin D. Large intestine
D. Pericoronitis 167. what do the salivary glands produce?
A. pepsin
161. What is the main function of the small in-
testine? B. amylase
A. to produce bile C. chyme
B. to mechanically break down food D. rugae
C. to absorb nutrients 168. The nervous system interacts with the
D. to absorb water system when it send a message to
the adrenal glands to release the hormone
162. the final portion of large intestine. “adrenaline” into our blood.
A. Esophagus A. endocrine
B. rectum B. skeletal
C. gallbladder C. muscular
D. none of above D. digestive
163. The gingiva covers 169. The process of breaking down food into
nutrient rich molecules.
A. the inner stomach
A. absorption
B. necks of the teeth
B. digestion
C. soft palate C. peristalsis
D. appendix D. villi
164. Which of the following hormones is in- 170. Before the kidney filter it out, where
volved in the regulation of digestion? does urea exist?
A. Gastrin A. In your intestines
B. Lipase B. In your liver
C. Oxytocin C. In your stomach
D. Calcitonin D. In your bloodstream

171. Abdominal pain and nausea after eating C. mouth

a fatty meal is most likely due to: D. pancreas
A. gastroesophageal reflux
177. what is used to cut food?
B. gastroenteritis
A. canines
C. cholelithiasis/cholecystitis
B. incisors
D. hepatitis C
C. molars
172. Which organs work to chew our food and
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D. none of above
start to break it down?
A. Teeth 178. The digestive system of food is com-
posed of the alimentary canal and diges-
B. Tongue
tive glands. The organ that acts as the
C. Saliva alimentary canal as well as the digestive
D. Nose glands is the
A. esophagus and stomach
173. Which organ stores bile produced by the
liver? B. liver and pancreas
A. Liver C. stomach and small intestine
B. Stomach D. stomach and large intestine
C. Gallbladder E. pancreas and duodenum
D. Pancreas 179. In the large intestine
174. The mouth digests (breaks down) by A. waste products pass through until they
chewing. form solid faeces
A. physical B. water is added to soften the food
B. chemically C. digested food is absorbed into the
blood
C. elimination
D. waste products leave the body
D. absorption
180. What does the pancreatic alpha amylase
175. Regarding pepsinogen secretion:
enzyme produced by the pancreas break
A. It is required for fat digestion down?
B. Secreted by the pyloric gland A. nucleic acids
C. Convert in its active form only in acid- B. carbohydrates (starches)
ity environment
C. lipids
D. Secreted by enterochromaffin-like
cells (ECL) D. large protein complexes
E. small peptides into amino acids
176. Which secondary organ produces insulin
and other digestive juices to further break 181. Which of the following is NOT a nutri-
down the food in the small intestines? ent?
A. liver A. Fat
B. gallbladder B. Protein

C. Carbohydrates 187. Which of these digestive system organs

D. Pathogen does your food NOT travel through?

A. Stomach
182. Secretes saliva. Saliva helps to moisten
food and begins the digestion of carbohy- B. Esophagus
drates C. Small Intestine
A. Salivary Tubes D. Liver
B. Salivary Organs
188. Enlargement or widening of the veins
C. Salivary Cells
around the calf
D. Salivary Glands
A. hemophilia
183. What is produced in liver, contains B. anemia
buffers and bile salts to break down lipids,
and is stored in gallbladder? C. hemorrhoids
A. Bile D. varicose veins

B. pancrease 189. Protein digestion begins in the
C. gall bladder A. mouth
D. liver B. esophagus
E. appendix C. stomach
184. Which organ continues mechanical diges- D. liver
tion and secretes gastric juices that con-
tinue chemical digestion? 190. In which part of our body food gets ab-
sorbed?
A. Small intestine
B. Large Intestine A. Small intestine
C. Stomach B. Large intestine

D. Mouth C. Stomach
D. Liver
185. What does the E in “LAKE” stand for?
A. Exceptional grades 191. food moves through the towards the
B. Excellent work stomach
C. Expect success A. Salivary Glands
D. Expect great thing B. Teeth
186. This layer of the alimentary canal lies just C. Pharynx

beneath the mucosa and contains soft con- D. Esophagus
nective tissue with blood vessels, nerve
endings and lymphatics 192. What is absorption?
A. Mucosa A. Breaking down molecules
B. Muscularis B. Absorbing nutrients
C. Submucosa C. Eating
D. none of above D. Removing waste

193. Which is not a function of the excretory 198. What happens to the material that is not
(urinary) system? absorbed by the small intestine?
A. Filter cellular wastes A. It is broken down into proteins in the
stomach
B. Filter toxins (poisonous chemicals)
B. It passes into the large intestine
C. Filter excess water
C. It is turned into sugar in the pancreas
D. Filter solid waste
D. It moves to the liver
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194. Which of the followings are accessory or-
gans of digestive system? 199. Organ in the digestive system that has
many functions including producing bile,
A. pancreas breaking down toxins and wastes.
B. liver A. liver
C. gall bladder B. pancreas
D. esophagus C. small intestine
E. tongue D. gall bladder
195. If you wanted to find the glands that pro- 200. What chemically breaks down food into
duce salivary amylase, where would you smaller molecules?
look? A. teeth
A. In your mouth B. muscles of the stomach
B. In your throat C. enzymes
C. In your intestines D. peristalsis
D. In your stomach 201. Tissues join together to form:
196. The are double sheets of peritoneal A. cells
membrane that suspend portions of di- B. organs
gestive tract within peritoneal cavity by
sheets of serous membrane. C. organ systems
D. organisms
A. esophagus
B. liver 202. This organ absorbs nutrients with the
villi.
C. saliva
A. gallbladder
D. messenteries
B. stomach
197. This system is our body’s defense against C. small intestine
infections and diseases
D. large intestine
A. Immune
203. The correct word equation for aerobic res-
B. Respiratory
piration is
C. Integumentary
A. carbon dioxide + water (+ energy)
D. Reproduction → glucose + oxygen

B. water + oxygen → carbon dioxide + 209. Where does digestion end?

glucose (+ energy) A. Large Intestine
C. glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide

B. Rectum
+ water (+ energy)
C. Anus
D. glucose + water → carbon dioxide +
D. Stomach
water (+ energy)
210. The end of the alimentary canal is the
204. stores excess bile made by the liver.
A. cecum
A. large intestines
B. appendix
B. small intestines
C. bile duct
C. pancreas
D. anus
D. gall bladder
211. finger-like projections in the small intes-
205. Where does most digestion occur?
tine that absorb nutrients
A. Stomach A. digestion
B. Salivary gland B. absorption
C. Small intestine C. peristalsis
D. none of above D. villi
206. If a person has a deficiency in Iron, they 212. Which organ makes enzymes (lactase,
may have amylase, protease, maltase) to break
A. scurvy down the food that you eat?
B. Rickets A. gallbladder
C. Osteoporosis B. liver
D. Anemia C. pancreas
207. Where would you find cilia? D. rectum
A. nose and alveoli 213. Functions of the digestive system. (select

multiple)
B. bronchioles and mouth
A. ingest
C. trachea and nose
B. absorb
D. all of the above
C. defecate
208. In the human circulatory system, the left
D. accessory organs
atrium receives blood from
E. gastritis
A. All body tissues contain carbon dioxide
B. the lungs contain a lot of oxygen 214. What role do saliva and digestive en-
zymes play in breaking down food?
C. head and forelimbs and carry carbon
dioxide A. elimination of waste products
D. lungs and skin and carry carbon diox- B. absorption of nutrients
ide C. chemical digestion
E. back of the body and transport oxygen D. physical digestion

215. *caused by stool moving too slowly A. Digestive-Circulatory:Food nutrients

through the Large Intestine, causing it to are digested and then moved into the
become hard and dry and difficult to pass blood stream
A. cleft palate B. Digestive-Muscular:Muscular contrac-
B. constipation tions called peristalsis squeezes food
through the digestive tract
C. diarrhea
C. Digestive-Nervous-:The brain sends
D. obstipation
messages instructing organs to release
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216. Which of the following lists the 4 hor- digestive enzymes to break down food
mones involved in the digestive process? D. Digestive-Skeletal:The digestive sys-
A. GIP, CCK, Secretin, Pepsin tem is surrounded by the ribcage for pro-
tection.
B. GIP, CCK, Gastrin, Secretin
C. Gastrin, Secretin, Pepsin, GIP 221. Complete digestion of food occurs in:
D. GIP, CCK, Bile, Secretin A. Stomach
217. It takes nutrients from the food and ab- B. Small intestine
sorbs it into the bloodstream. What is it? C. Pancreas
A. small intestine D. Large intestine
B. large intestine
222. A patient needs to defecate, so you
C. mouth
A. take them to the bathroom
D. esophagus
B. brush their teeth
218. Which digestive disorder is caused by
caused poor sphincter function that causes C. give them a pan to throw up in
a backup of gastric juices into esophagus? D. call the dr immediately
A. Gastric Ulcer
223. What is the substance found in the stom-
B. GERD ach that allows for chemical digestion to
C. Hemorrhoids take place?
D. Crohn’s Disease A. Gastric Juices
219. The liver produces this substance that B. Saliva

helps to break down fats. C. Bile
A. Enzymes D. none of above
B. Sugars
224. What enzyme is found in saliva that
C. Carbohydrates starts digesting carbohydrates?
D. Bile
A. amylase
220. The digestive system works with other B. chyme
systems to make sure your body functions
C. pepsin
properly. Which of the following state-
ments is NOT correct? D. bile

225. These 2 animals also breathe in using C. somatic nervous system

LUNGS in water. They are D. sympathetic nervous system

A. humpback whale
231. In the small intestine
B. shrimp
A. waste products pass through until they
C. dolphin form solid faeces
D. salamander B. water is added to soften the food
226. The process by which the body breaks C. digested food is absorbed into the
down food so that it can be used for en- blood
ergy. D. waste products leave the body
A. composition
232. erosion of mucus lining of stomach or
B. digestion
small intestines
C. deposition
A. gastroenteritis
D. absorption
B. constipation
227. gives you strong bones C. ulcer
A. calcium D. jaundice
B. vitamin D E. hepatitis
C. fluoride
233. The outermost layer of the alimentary
D. folic acid canal is the
228. Chewing is an example of what type of A. submucosa
digestion? B. serosa
A. Dental C. lumen
B. Fragmentary D. mucosa
C. Chemical
234. How many layers of muscle tissue
D. Mechanical makeup the stomach?
229. The first step of digestion is? A. 1
A. Digestion B. 2
B. Eliminating Waste C. 3
C. Mouth D. 4
D. Esophagus 235. These three organs are called secondary,
230. The submucosal and myenteric nerve or auxiliary, digestive organs because
plexuses both regulatethe mobility and se- A. They are the second place food goes
cretory activity of the GI tract. Both when being digestive
are also a part ofwhich nervous system B. They are unnecessary for digestion,
branch? we don’t need them
A. autonomic nervous system C. They are only used for mechanical di-
B. central nervous system gestion

D. They aide in the digestion process, but 240. stimulates parietal, chief, and ECL
are not part of the digestive tract cells.
236. What is the enzyme secreted into the A. Gastrin

stomach to break down proteins? B. Secretin
A. amylase C. Histamine
B. pepsin D. Somatostatin
C. protease
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241. use chemical and mechanical digestion to
D. peptidase break down food
E. lipase A. small intestine and large intestine
B. mouth and esophagus
237. What is the digestive system?
C. esophagus and stomach
A. The system by which ingested food
is acted upon by physical and chemi- D. stomach and mouth
cal means to provide the body with ab- 242. helps with healthy teeth
sorbable nutrients and to excrete waste
products A. Vitamin K
B. Food thingy B. Magnesium
C. Muscle movement that moves food to C. Folic acid
your stomach to your mouth through the D. fluoride
contraction and relaxation of the esopha-
gus muscles 243. What part of the tooth bears the force of
chewing?
D. Proteins in the body that help break
up large food particles into molecules that A. Crown
the cells can use B. enamel
238. Which of the following organs is a pri- C. pulp

mary digestive organ (the food travels D. cementum
through it)?
244. Which of following is an example of me-
A. pancreas chanical digestion?
B. liver A. Digestive acids in the stomach break-
C. rectum ing down food
D. gallbladder B. Teeth chomping food up into smaller
pieces
239. inflammation of the liver caused by a
C. Saliva in the mouth making the food
virus
taste sweet
A. gastroenteritis
D. The liver as it produces bile and breaks
B. constipation down fat particles
C. ulcer 245. helps neutralize stomach acid & digest
D. jaundice food and regulates blood sugar levels.
E. hepatitis A. pancreas

B. stomach 251. Where does most of the chemical diges-

C. gall bladder tion of food takes place? Nutrients from
food are also absorbed into the blood-

D. appendix stream here.
246. Excess glucose and other monosaccha- A. Large Intestines
rides can be stored in the liver as animal B. Small Intestines
starch, which is called
C. Gall Bladder
A. amylase
D. Liver
B. glycogen
252. What organ holds waste until it is ready
C. lipase
to be eliminated from the body?
D. bile
A. Rectum
247. Bile breaks down B. Anus
A. carbohydrates C. Large intestin
B. proteins D. Small intestine
C. fats 253. What type of digestion happens in the
D. nucleic acids mouth?
248. What are the main parts of the digestive A. Mechanical only
system B. Chemical only
A. stomach, small and large intestine C. Both mechanical and chemical
B. mouth, stomach, esophagus, large and D. none of above
small intestine, and rectum
254. Simple columnar cells are located in (se-
C. stomach, lungs, trachea, rectum lect all that apply)
D. large and small intestine, trachea, A. Esophagus
stomach, mouth
B. Stomach
249. Pepsin can be found in the C. Small intestine
A. mouth D. Large intestine
B. stomach
255. What property do capillaries have that al-
C. small intestine lows substances to pas through them eas-
D. large intestine ily?
A. thick walls
250. changes occur when teeth chew food
and changes when saliva breakdown B. stiff
food into to smaller ones. C. thin walls
A. Physical and Mechanical D. rigid
B. Physical and Chemical 256. What is the short tube where waste ma-
C. Chemical and Physical terial is compressed into a solid form?
D. Chemical and Translational A. anus

B. large intestine B. pharynx

C. rectum C. esophagus
D. ureter D. salivary glands
257. Kidneys create a liquid called: 263. What is excretion?

A. Urine A. adding nutrients
B. Blood B. digesting food
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C. Feces C. removing waste from the body
D. Carbon Dioxide D. breathing
258. The muscular tube that connects the phar- 264. The circulatory system works with the
ynx and the stomach is the system to obtain energy from nutri-
A. rectum ents that we eat.
B. esophagus A. respiratory
C. pancreas B. digestive
D. liver C. skeletal
259. mixes and churns food while it is being D. nervous
broken down by acids and enzymes
265. The long tube between mouth and stom-
A. Small Intestine ach is called
B. Stomach A. trachea
C. Pancreas B. windpipe
D. Esophagus C. esophagus
260. First part of the small instestine D. bronchus
A. jejunum 266. What substance coats and protects the
B. duodenum entire digestive tract especially the stom-
C. cecum ach?
D. none of above A. Gastric juice

B. Mucus
261. a small sac found near the large in-
testines, it doesn’t help with digestion. C. Saliva
A. appendix D. Pancreatic juice
B. pancreas 267. The opening at the end of the digestive
C. gall bladder track where feces exits the body.
D. small intestines A. large intestine
B. small intestine
262. Where digestion begins, teeth and
tongue help break food into smaller pieces. C. rectum
A. mouth D. anus

268. Humans are: 273. An organ of the digestive system that re-
moves nutrients and water from digested
A. Monogastric
food; the intestine is made up of two

B. Ruminant parts:the small intestine and the large in-
testine.
C. Pseudo Ruminant
A. stomach
D. Avian
B. intestine
269. What is the correct order of the GI tract C. esophagus
or alimentary canal?
D. anus
A. oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stom-
ach, small and large intestines, anus 274. Can you survive without any of your di-
gestive organs?
B. oral cavity, esophagus, pharynx, stom-
ach, small and large intestines, anus A. Yes, some organs like the gallbladder,
can be removed because they are not di-
C. oral cavity, pharynx, stomach, esopha- rectly involved in digestion.
gus, small and large intestines, anus
B. No, because removing a digestive or-
D. oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small gan would throw off homeostasis and you
and large intestines, pharynx, anus wouldn’t recover.
C. No, because you need all organs or you
270. food/waste stays in large intestines too
will die.
long
D. Yes, because any of your organs could
A. gastroenteritis be removed from your body, and you
B. constipation would be fine.
C. ulcer 275. What is the function of the anus?
D. jaundice A. Opening where solid waste is elimi-
nated
E. hepatitis
B. A short tube that stores solid waste un-
271. What stores bile? til it is eliminated from the body
A. Colon C. Stores bile
B. Gall Bladder D. Organ where water from food is ab-

sorbed into the bloodstream
C. Small Intestine
276. The breaks down the food we eat.
D. none of above
A. respiratory system
272. During an upper GI the endoscope goes in B. digestive system
to the
C. skeletal system
A. nose D. none of above
B. mouth
277. What structure is found in the small in-
C. both nose and mouth testine which absorbs nutrients?
D. none of above A. Peristalsis

B. Large Intestine D. cirrhosis

C. Villi E. gallstones
D. Pancreatic Juice 283. Which disorder is caused by the break-
278. which is the correct order? down of mucosal lining by stomach acids
or H. pylori resulting in lesions of mucosal
A. duodenum, jejunem, ileum lining of stomach or intestine?
B. ileum, jejunem, duodenum A. Gastric Ulcer
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C. duodenum, ileum, jejunem B. GERD
D. jejunem, ileum, duodenum C. Hemorrhoids
279. What is the the digestive organ that D. Crohn’s Disease
stores ingested food, mechanical break-
down ingested food, disrupts the chemi- 284. After the right ventricle, the blood goes
cal bonds in food with acids and enzymes, through the pulmonary artery to
and produces a glycoprotein required for A. lungs to exchange carbon dioxide with
absorption of vitamin B12 in small intes- oxygen
tine?
B. heart to exchange oxygen with carbon
A. pharynx dioxide
B. small intestines C. lungs to exchange oxygen with carbon
C. large intestines dioxide
D. esophagus D. heart to exchange carbon dioxide with
oxygen
E. stomach
285. absorbed directly into blood stream as
280. What is the short tube that stores solid
food is broken down, urinating out extra
waste until it is eliminated from the body
through the anus? A. mineral
A. rectum B. vitamin
B. liver C. water-soluble
C. esophagus D. fat-soluble
D. stomach 286. Which of the following fatty, protective
tissue is most responsible for the “beer
281. What is oxygen needed for?
belly” appearance?
A. energy releasing chemical reactions
A. Duodenum
B. to make glucose
B. Lesser Omentum
C. to take in sunlight
C. Greater Omentum
D. Mesentery
282. cancer of large intestines
287. The throat and common opening for res-
A. colon cancer piratory and digestive tracts is known as
B. diverticulitis the
C. diverticula A. larynx

B. pharynx D. large protein complexes

C. esophagus E. small peptides into amino acids

D. trachea 293. Which of the following is the fluid re-
288. Where does physical digestion occur in leased by the kidneys once the wastes are
the digestive system? removed from the water and blood in the
body?
A. pancreas and liver
A. bile
B. mouth and small intestine
B. urea
C. stomach and small intestine
C. sweat
D. mouth and stomach
D. urine
289. The chemical process by which your body
breaks down food to release this energy 294. An infant is experiencing impaired peri-
stalsis.Which event below is most likely
to occur?
A. Metabolism
A. The food may not be pushed through
B. Acids theintestinal tract.
C. Fiber B. The infant will produce excess saliva in
D. Iron response to eating.
C. The food would be pushed through the
290. Occurs when materials enter digestive
digestivetract too fast for digestion to oc-
tract via the mouth. What function of the
cur
digestive does this statement describe?
D. none of above
A. ingestion
B. secretion 295. which one is the stomach acid?
C. digestion A. pyloric sphincter
D. mechanical processing B. chyme
E. absorption C. gastric juice
291. small filtering factories in the kidneys D. cardioesophageal sphincter

that remove wastes from blood 296. Stratified squamous epithelium are lo-
A. nephrons cated (select all that apply)
B. villi A. Esophagus
C. gallbladder B. Stomach
D. hairs C. Pharynx
292. What does the protease enzyme pro- D. Oral cavity

duced by the pancreas break down? E. Small intestine
A. nucleic acids 297. Which of the following is an accessory or-
B. carbohydrates (starches) gan?
C. lipids A. Stomach

B. Small Intesting A. Lipase

C. Liver B. Salivary amylase
D. Large Intestine C. Pepsin
298. inflammation of the stomach D. Trypsin
A. heartburn 303. digestion of which of the following would

B. gastritis be affected the most if the liver were
severely damaged
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C. enteritis
A. lipids
D. diarrhea
B. carbs
299. How do digested nutrients get to the C. proteins
body cells?
D. starches
A. Nutrients are absorbed through the
mouth directly into the body cells 304. are broken down by enzyme salivary
B. Nutrients are absorbed through the amylase (ptyalin or alpha-amylase) in the
villi in the small intestine into the blood mouth.
stream A. Proteins
C. Nutrients are absorbed by the large in- B. Complex carbohydrates
testine and changed into vitamins C. Simple carbohydrates
D. Nutrients are absorbed directly D. Lipids
through the stomach into the body cells
E. Vitamins
300. Another name for the digestive system is
the: 305. During an upper and lower GI a is
used, it is a thin, flexible tube with a light
A. nutrient absorption system and a camera.
B. alimentary canal A. endoscope
C. elimination canal B. exoscope
D. intestinal tract C. oroscope
301. The following are the functions of the D. rectoscope
liver related to the digestive function of
food is 306. Which of these is NOT a function of the
digestive system?
A. Neutralize poison
A. breaks down food
B. Destroys old erythrocytes
B. absorbs nutrients
C. store nutrients
C. eliminates waste
D. Produces bile
D. takes oxygen to body cells
E. Produces blood cells
307. What does the large intestine do?
302. Which enzyme below is involved in
the following chemical digestion process? A. digest the food from this process
STARCH→MALTOSE B. makes a pathway for the food

C. reabsorb a lot of the water from this 313. It is a condition wherein the stomach lin-
process ing is inflated.

D. absorbs the food from this process A. gallstones
308. A large organ of the digestive system B. gastritis
that makes chemicals (bile) to help the C. dyspepsia
body break down fats and rid itself of
D. none of above
harmful substances.
A. esophagus 314. Where does the digestive system start?
B. mouth A. The liver
C. liver B. The throat
D. stomach C. The stomach
309. Opening at the end of the digestive sys- D. The mouth
tem where waste is eliminated
315. tube from the bladder to the outside of
A. anus the body
B. rectum A. urethra
C. gall bladder
B. ureter
D. esophagus
C. large intestine
310. Our digestive system has the RELAX- D. I.V
ATION and CONTRACTION of involuntary
muscles EXCEPT 316. Which would be the enzyme associated
A. mouth with lactose?
B. stomach A. lactase
C. small intestine B. amylase
D. large intestine C. cellulase
311. A substance such as a fat, a protein, or a D. lipase

carbohydrate that a living thing needs to 317. Where are the kidney’s located?
survive.
A. below the waist, toward the back
A. saliva
B. below the waist, toward the front
B. carrots
C. above the waist, toward the back
C. nutrients
D. minerals D. above the waist, toward the front
312. Which of the following is a NOT a sali- 318. Saliva contains this enzyme to start the
vary gland? digestive process.
A. parotid A. spit
B. sublingual B. amylase
C. subpharyngeal C. hydrochloric acid
D. submandibular D. sodium bicarbonate

319. Inside the stomach is a thin layer of skin 324. Which organ absorbs water and is the
called the last stage of the digestive process?
A. stomach wall. A. Gall Bladder
B. stomach lining. B. Pancreas
C. intestinal lining. C. Large Intestine
D. esophagus. D. Small Intestine
320. organ that regulates water-soluble vita-
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325. In order to lose weight quickly before a
mins surgery a patientgoes on the Atkins (no
A. kidney carbohydrate and high protein) diet. What
is beingdigested by the patient’s body dur-
B. liver ing the process of ketoacidosis?
C. large intestines
A. lipids
D. small intestines
B. carbohydrates
321. What is the the digestive organ that func- C. nucleic acids
tions in the reabsorption of water, com-
D. protien
paction of intestinal contents into feces,
absorption of important vitamins produced 326. Which of the following is the process or
by bacteria, and storage of fecal material removing undigested food from the body?
prior to defecation?
A. Excretion
A. pharynx
B. Egestion
B. small intestines
C. Absorption
C. large intestines
D. Assimilation
D. esophagus
327. small intestine
E. stomach
A. tubes that move blood throughout the
322. What might happen if your large intes- body
tine did not absorb water from chyme?
B. the short, wide tube that absorbs wa-
A. You couldn’t digest food. ter from food and leads from the small in-
B. You wouldn’t be able to go to the bath- testine to the anus
room. C. the long, winding tube that absorbs nu-
C. You would become dehydrated. trients from food and connects the stom-
ach to the large intestine
D. Solid waste would not be able to move
throughout the digestive system D. the bag made of muscle that holds and
breaks down food
323. What structures in the small intestines
makes absorption of nutrients possible? 328. Trypsin works in the
A. Duodenum A. large instestine
B. Colon B. stomach
C. Cilia C. small intestine
D. Villi D. liver

329. What is the order of the uri- C. Both chemical and mechanical
nary/excretory system?
D. none of above

A. Ureters, bladder, urethra, kidneys
B. Bladder, kidneys, ureters, urethra 335. What churns food and breaks it down fur-
ther using strong acids?
C. Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
A. Stomach
D. Kidneys, urethra, bladder, urethra
B. Salivary glands
330. What type of muscular movement occurs
in the esophagus? C. Liver
A. Churning D. none of above

B. Peristalsis 336. Thick, sticky, dark fluid when tobacco
C. Chewing burns is called
D. Gastric Juice A. Nicotine
331. The tube that carries food from mouth to B. Ammonia
stomach is the C. Tar
A. Stomach D. Cilia
B. Large Intestine
C. Small Intestine 337. What sphincter separates the stomach
from the small intestine?
D. Esophagus
A. Iliocecal
332. What is the function of the rectum?
B. pyloric
A. Opening where solid waste is elimi-
nated C. cardioesophageal
B. Produces bile D. tricuspid
C. A short tube that stores solid waste un- 338. The first part of the small intestines is
til it is eliminated from the body the:
D. Produces digestive juices A. The duodenum
333. Part of the digestive system where wa- B. The ileum
ter is absorbed from solid waste
C. The Jejunum
A. stomach
D. none of above
B. rectum
C. large intestine 339. Which of the following systems is NOT
considered part of the excretory system?
D. small intestine
A. Digestive
334. What type of digestion occurs in the small
intestine? B. Lymphatic
A. Chemical only C. Integumentary
B. Mechanical only D. Respiratory

340. Which is not a job of the nose? C. Gall Bladder

A. warm air D. Pancreas
B. moisten air
346. Bacteria are very small single-celled or-
C. traps particles like dust and bacteria
ganisms that lack a nucleus. Although bac-
D. bring in oxygen terial cells are less complex than the cells
that make up the human body, bacteria are
341. A short tube at the end of the large intes-
very important to human health. Which
tine where waste material is compressed
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statement best summarizes how bacteria
into a solid form before being eliminated
affect human health.
A. anus
A. Bacteria cause disease in humans.
B. rectum
B. Bacteria are beneficial to humans.
C. small intestine
D. esophagus C. Bacteria rarely affect human cells be-
cause they are so much smaller.
342. A break in the protective lining of the
D. Some bacteria are beneficial to hu-
stomach.
mans and some are harmful.
A. ulcer
B. crohns 347. Urine flows out of the kidneys through
narrow tubes called
C. disruption
D. rip A. Gallbladder
B. Ureter
343. What does saliva do?
A. Chemically digests food in the mouth. C. Nephrons
B. Chemically digests food in the stomach D. Urethra
C. Protects the stomach from digesting
iteself 348. What does stomach acid do?
D. Absorbs nutrients from food so the A. Chemically digests food in the mouth.
body has energy. B. Chemically digests food in the stomach
344. Organ in the digestive system that com- C. Protects the stomach from digesting
pletes digestion and absorbs nutrients iteself
A. small intestine D. Absorbs nutrients from food so the
B. large intestine body has energy.
C. rectum
349. This is the muscular opening that releases
D. stomach solid waste.
345. This produces digestive juices that help to A. anus
further break down the food in the small
Intestine. It also produces insulin. B. rectum
A. Stomach C. liver
B. Liver D. pancreas

350. pick water-soluble vitamins C. small intestine

A. B12 D. large intestine

B. Vitamin C 356. Which is the correct order of the digestive
C. Niacin B3 tract?
D. Vitamin D A. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
and large intestine, anus, rectum
E. Vitamin K
B. mouth, esophagus, stomach, large and
351. A long folded tube inside the body at- small intestine, anus, rectum
tached to the stomach where most diges- C. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
tion takes place. and large intestine, rectum, anus
A. large intestine D. mouth, liver, stomach, pancreas, gall
B. small intestine bladder, large intestine, anus, rectum
C. esophagus 357. What is the role of bile?
D. rectum A. Bile helps in digestion of fats.
B. Bile helps our body to fight disease.
352. What do the villi do?
C. Bile helps in elimination of water dur-
A. Digests food in the mouth. ing digestion.
B. Digests food in the stomach D. none of above
C. Protects the stomach from digesting
358. Digestion starts in the
iteself
A. mouth
D. Absorbs nutrients from food so the
body has energy. B. nose
C. stomach
353. Chickens are:
D. liver
A. Monogastric
359. A muscular and elastic sac that serves
B. Ruminant
mainly to store food, break it up mechani-
C. Pseudo Ruminant cally, and begin chemical digestion of pro-
D. Avian teins and fat with enzymes
A. stomach
354. Shortly after a meal, the gallbladder con-
tracts in response to stimulation by B. small intestine
C. large intestine
A. gastrin
D. rectum
B. secretin
C. histamine 360. Digestive enzyme that is found in the
stomach and begins the digestion of pro-
D. cholecystokinin teins
355. Where does the absorption of nutrients A. Protease
from food take place? B. Pepsin
A. stomach C. Amylase
B. liver D. Bile

361. The major organ of the urinary system is D. Carbohydrate

the E. Vitamin
A. Gallbladder
367. Why do we eat food?
B. Ureter
A. To keep our stomachs full
C. Kidney
B. To put oxygen into the body cells
D. Nephrons
C. To get nutrients and energy
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362. Anemia is a term for disease D. To make waste products
A. Lack of white blood cells
368. What is the name of the homeostatic im-
B. Lack of red blood cells balance caused by Helicobater pyloribac-
C. Excess red blood cells tor that destroys the mucosal lining of the
D. Excess white blood cells stomach?
A. Peptic ulcers
363. The distinctive odor of feces is due to
B. Hemorrhoids
A. bacteria
C. Diarrhea
B. parasites
D. cid Reflux
C. bilirubin
D. carbon dioxide 369. The small intestine is the longest of the
digestive organs. What benefit to body is
E. mold it that this organ is so long?
364. If the liver is not functioning properly, A. It allows the organ to secrete bile
what would most likely be the result? which in turn breaks down food
A. food would not be able to move into the B. It allows more time for the food to be
small intestsine in the organ which allows more absorp-
B. fats would not be digested tion to take place.
C. water would not be absored C. It provides more surface area for mu-
cus which helps digested food move more
D. it would not affect digestion smoothly.
365. What is the most superior organ in the D. none of above
lower GI tract?
370. These are fingerlike projections in
A. Large Intestine the small intestine that nutrients pass
B. Liver through.
C. Small Intestine A. villi
D. Stomach B. absorbers
366. Every substance found in food will un- C. cilia

dergo a digestive process, except D. vascular
A. Amylum 371. The tube leading from the oral cavity to
B. Lemak the anus is called the
C. Protein A. alimentary canal

B. food tube 377. The phase of gastric regulation is ini-

C. mucosal pathway tiated when acidic chyme enters the duo-
denum and stimulates the secretion of hor-

D. intestinal tract mones and local reflexes that inhibit gas-
372. inflammation of the stomach and in- tric activity.
testines A. cephalic
A. gastroenteritis
B. voluntary
B. constipation
C. gastrointestinal
C. ulcer
D. laryngo-pharyngeal
D. jaundice
E. hepatitis 378. watery stools
373. Which 2 organs store solid waste then A. heartburn
allow it to pass through and leave the B. gastritis
body?
C. enteritis
A. Small and large intestine
B. Rectum and Anus D. diarrhea
C. Stomach and Small Intestine 379. absorb
D. Liver and Large Intestine
A. to take in something, such as water or
374. This is where solid waste is stored until information
it can leave the body. B. what something does or what it is used
A. large intestine for
B. small intestine C. a part of a body system that has a spe-
C. rectum cific and very important function
D. anus D. a ring-shaped muscle that opens and
closes
375. What is chyme?
A. A particular type of digestive enzymes 380. What are the building blocks of proteins
B. What food is called after it has been A. Amino Acids
digested by the stomach
B. Fatty Acids
C. A chemically active part of the small in-
testine C. Glucose
D. The passage that leads from the small D. Carbs
intestine to the large intestine
381. This part produces bile, which is used by
376. Which of the following are NOT examples the body to break up fat particles.
of chemical digestion?
A. Gall Bladder
A. Enzymes
B. Grinding of stomach groves B. Pancreas
C. Saliva C. Liver
D. Stomach acid D. Small Intestine

382. What is the name of visible, white part C. pancreas

of teeth? D. liver
A. root
388. When you eat a cheeseburger, your di-
B. crown gestive digests the cheeseburger.
C. corolla A. glands
D. plaque B. organ
C. system
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383. What part of the blood is the liquid part
that carries nutrients? D. tissue
A. white blood cells
389. Which is the correct order of how food
B. red blood cells moves through the digestive tract?
C. platelets A. Mouth, pancreas, stomach, small in-
D. plasma testine, large intestine, rectum, anus
B. Mouth, liver, stomach, small intestine,
384. Foods that have been digested with the large intestine, rectum, anus
help of enzymes since they were in the
mouth are C. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small in-
testine, large intestine, rectum, anus
A. Carbohydrate
D. Mouth, esophagus, small intestine,
B. Protein stomach, large intestine, rectum, anus
C. Lemak
390. Pick the accessory organs
D. Vitamin
A. Teeth
E. Mineral
B. Pancreas
385. It is the discomfort felt somewhere near C. Mouth
the stomach and a feeling of being bloated. D. Salivary Glands
A. constipation E. Stomach
B. dyspepsia
391. Which organ immediately follows the
C. ulcer large intestine?
D. none of above A. Anus
386. Rabbits are: B. Liver
A. Monogastric C. Rectum
B. Ruminant D. Small Intestine
C. Pseudo Ruminant 392. Which of the following is true regarding
D. Avian the pyloric sphincter:
A. it allows food to enter the stomach but
387. sac-like organ that breaks down food closes to prevent regurgitation into the
into liquid esophagus
A. stomach B. it allows small amounts of chyme into
B. gallbladder the duodenum

C. it extends to a cavity that acts as a 398. What is the name given to the hard struc-
holding chamber called the pyloric antrum ture formed INSIDE the arteries due to the
build-up of fat and cholesterol?

A. plaque
393. an organ that changes liquid waste into
semisolid waste B. arteriosclerosis
A. small intestine C. asthma
B. liver D. varicose
C. large intestine 399. Digestion begins in the when you chew
D. bladder and swallow food.
A. stomach
394. The function of the liver which is related
to the digestive function of food is B. oesophagus
A. overhaul worn out erythrocytes C. mouth
B. break down poisons D. none of above
C. stores sugar in the form of glycogen 400. After the large intestine, what comes
D. produce bile next?
E. form red blood cells A. Rectum
B. Toilet
395. small sub-units of proteins
C. none
A. bile
D. accessory organs
B. amino acids
C. sugars 401. We think of our muscular system as the
system that helps us move around. It also
D. pancreatic juice functions on an internal level by helping
396. The large intestine has its name because food movement in the and , both
parts of the digestive system.
A. the large intestine is longer than the A. stomach; liver
small intestine. B. stomach; pancreas
B. the large intestine is wider than the C. stomach:gallbladder
small intestine. D. stomach; small intestines
C. the large intestine is where more food
can go. 402. Movement of organic substrates, elec-
trolytes, vitamins, and water across diges-
D. the large intestine is thinner than the tive epithelium into interstitial fluid of di-
small intestine. gestive tract. What function of the diges-
397. Where does the MOST chemical digestion tive does this statement describe?
happen? A. ingestion
A. gallbladder B. secretion
B. mouth C. digestion
C. stomach D. mechanical processing
D. small intestine E. absorption

403. The liquid inside the mouth that contains C. stomach

enzymes to begin digestion is called D. throat
A. saliva
409. Muscular sac located at the end of the
B. salivary glands
large intestine that stores feces until it
C. bile is ready to be eliminated from the body
D. none of above through the anus.
A. rectum
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404. When a person breathes out, or exhales,
which of the following is release from the B. colon
body? C. large intestine
A. carbon dioxide and sweat D. small intestine
B. urea and bile
410. Lipase can be found in the
C. bile and water
A. small intestine
D. water and carbon dioxide
B. stomach
405. Which organ churns food and uses acid
C. liver
and enzymes to break down food?
D. large intestine
A. Esophagus
B. epiglottis 411. The process where small molecules pass
C. Stomach from the digestive system into the blood
is called
D. Mouth
A. digestion
406. What is the name of the process that B. ingestion
moves food from your esophagus to your
stomach? C. absorption
A. protoflex D. elimination
B. peristalsis 412. Which of the following is NOT part of the
C. paragliding digestive system?
D. pretestalis A. liver
407. This organ absorbs water back into the B. gall bladder
bloodstream. C. kidney
A. esophagus D. pancreas
B. mouth
413. Which is NOT a function of the Digestive
C. small intestine System?
D. large intestine A. To rid the body of solid waste
408. Digestion in animals begins in the B. Absorb nutrients for energy & growth
A. intestines C. Break down nutrients from food
B. mouth D. Pump blood around the body

414. To take in matter or energy 420. This organ absorbs the liquid from undi-
A. collection gested foods.

B. composition A. Bladder
C. aborption B. Small Intestine
D. density C. Large Intestine
415. Which part of the digestive system pro- D. Kidneys
duces acid to break down food into a liquid
paste? 421. The circulatory system works with the
A. mouth system to provide our body with oxy-
gen.
B. stomach
A. respiratory
C. intestines
D. esophagus B. digestive
C. muscular
416. the opening at the end of the digestive
tract in which solid wastes are eliminated. D. skeletal
A. anus
422. Chewing food in your mouth with your
B. mucosa teeth and tongue is a form of
C. liver
A. physical digestion
D. none of above
417. Proteins break down to:
C. metabolism
A. fatty acids
D. peristalsis
B. nucleic acids
C. amino acids 423. Which type of tooth is designed to grind
food
D. hydrochloric acids
A. Canine
418. Solid waste eliminated by the body,
specifically the digestive system. B. Molar
A. feces C. Incisor
B. chyme D. I dont know
C. bolus
424. is the wave like muscular contrac-
D. bile
tions of the GI tract that moves a bolus
419. Which properly describes inhalation? along the length of the digestive tract.
A. ribs go down and out A. Rigor mortis
B. lung pressure is low causing air to B. Peristalsis
rush in
C. Duodenum
C. lung pressure is high causing air to
rush in D. Absorption
D. volume is low E. Excretion

425. What is Peristalsis C. large intestines

A. one of the digestive organs D. esophagus
B. the action of the stomach E. stomach
C. heart rate increasing 431. pick fat-soluble vitamins
D. smooth muscles moving food through A. B6
the digestive system B. Vitamin A
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426. Where does digestion start? C. Biotin B7
A. stomach D. Vitamin D
B. mouth E. Vitamin K
C. esophagus 432. Why do we need food to break apart the
D. none of above food we eat?
A. So it can fit into our stomachs
427. Tiny hairs that move particles in the nose
B. So our bodies can use the nutrients
are called
from the food
A. mucus
C. So liquids can be separated from
B. vocal cords solids
C. cilia D. So that our bodies’ enzymes have
D. flagella something to do.
428. absorbs nutrients 433. Which condition is characterized by con-

stipation or diarrhea, abdominal pain, and
A. stomach gas or bloating?
B. small intestine A. irritable bowel syndrome
C. large intestine B. peptic ulcer
D. liver C. hepatitis
429. What is the accessory organ of the diges- D. cirrhosis
tive system that produces and secretes en- 434. The part of the heart that receives blood
zymes? from the lungs is the
A. Bile A. right porch
B. pancrease B. right room
C. gall bladder C. left porch
D. liver D. left room
E. appendix 435. Flap of skin that covers the opening to
the windpipe during swallowing
430. What is the muscular tube that conveys
solid food and liquids to the stomach from A. Stomach
the mouth? B. Pepsin
A. pharynx C. Pancreas
B. small intestines D. Epiglottis

436. Where to the gall bladder and pancreas 441. Which of the following would be consid-
release their contents? ered an essential nutrient?

A. duodenum of the small intestine? A. fat
B. jejunum of the small intestine B. carbohydrates
C. ilium of the small intestine C. proteins
D. large intestine D. fiber
E. sugar
437. Which of these stages of digestion in-
cludes a chemical change? 442. produces enzymes that break down food
A. peristalsis A. liver
B. chewing B. pancreas
C. saliva C. gall bladder
D. large intestine D. stomach

443. A patient recently had their gall bladder-
438. What does the pancreatic lipase enzyme
removed. They have been struggling with
produced by the pancreas break down?
greasy stools after meals withhigh fat con-
A. nucleic acids tent. Which of the following explains why
B. carbohydrates (starches) this may be occurring?
C. lipids A. The liver can’t produce bile fast
enough todigest all the lipids.
D. large protein complexes
B. The stomach has an ulcer impeding the
E. small peptides into amino acids digestionof lipids.
439. Which of the following is a short tube C. The small intestine is making excess
that stores solid waste? amounts ofmucous.
A. Anus D. none of above
B. Esophagus 444. How does the digestive system allow the
body to maintain homeostasis?
C. Trachea
A. Shivering when cold to generate heat
D. Rectum
B. Producing more red blood cells when
440. Which of the following questions is incor- old ones die off
rect? C. Vomiting when contents aren’t right in
A. Both mechanical and chemical diges- the stomach
tion takes place in the mouth D. Sweating when too hot to cool off
B. Teeth chewing and breaking down
445. This is an opening where solid waste is
food is an example of mechanical diges-
eliminated.
tion
A. small intestine
C. Chemical digestion starts in the stom-
ach B. large intestine
D. Saliva chemically breaks down C. anus
starches in your mouth D. rectum

446. What does the phrase “primary organ” 452. Which is known as the voice box?
mean? A. pharynx
A. Don’t digest the food B. larynx
B. Have a direct role in digesting food and C. trachea
come in physical contact with the food
D. bronchi
C. An organ that secretes enzymes
D. An organ that excretes bile 453. This part stores bile produced by the
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liver.
447. Lipase breaks down
A. Gall Bladder
A. carbohydrates
B. Pancreas
B. proteins
C. Stomach
C. fats
D. Rectum
D. nucleic acids
454. What disease is characterized by diar-
448. which of the following is not digestive or- rhea, constipation or an alternate between
gan the two?
A. mouth A. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
B. esophagus B. peptic ulcer
C. heart
C. hepatitis
D. stomach
D. asthma
449. Which organ is made of three layers of
455. muscle at the top of the stomach is not
muscles that continue mechanical diges-
closing, stomach acid goes into the esoph-
tion?
agus
A. stomach
A. heartburn
B. liver
B. gastritis
C. anus
C. enteritis
D. esophagus
D. diarrhea
450. Which of the followings are found in
mouth and take place in digestion? 456. During an upper GI you usually lay on
A. salivary glands A. back
B. teeth B. left side
C. tongue C. right side
D. pancreas D. none of above
451. Where does chemical digestion start? 457. Cows are a:

A. Small intestine A. Monogastric
B. Oesophagus B. Ruminant
C. Mouth C. Pseudo Ruminant
D. Stomach D. Avian

458. Each enzyme only has 1 substrate that B. small intestine

will fit its active site. What is this called?
C. rectum

A. reusablility
D. stomach
B. denaturation
C. specificity 464. Which of the following is NOT part of the
digestive tract? (Hint:it is a helper organ)
D. fragility
A. Mouth
459. Where chemical digestion starts. B. Esophagus
A. Small intestine
C. Small Intestine
B. Oesophagus
D. pancreas
C. Mouth
D. Stomach 465. The process that only occurs in a liver cell
is
460. Which is the correct order of the Levels A. bile synthesis
of Organization?
B. synthesis of new protoplasm
A. Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
C. repair damaged tissue
B. Tissue, Organ System, Cell, Organ
D. plasma membrane synthesis
C. Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
D. Organ, Tissue, Cell, Organ System 466. What is the name for the disease that in-
volves the inflammation of the liver?
461. Which term best describes a wave
like movement caused by the alternat- A. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
ing contraction of the two layers of the B. peptic ulcer
esophageal muscularis:
C. hepatitis
A. peristalsis
D. asthma
B. lacteal
C. rugae 467. A balanced diet on your menu includes
dairy a day.
D. propulsion
A. 1 c
462. mucus protrudes through colon wall, then
B. 2 c
the wall becomes weak
C. 3 c
A. colon cancer
B. diverticulitis D. 1 1/2 c
C. diverticula 468. Squeezes food down from mouth to the

D. cirrhosis stomach.
E. gallstones A. esophagus
B. pharynx
463. The tube after the small intestine where
the liquid (water) is absorbed. C. epiglottis
A. large intestine D. liver

469. Carbohydrate and lipid digestion first oc- 474. Which one accurately describes the differ-
curs in the ence between breathing and cell respira-
A. stomach tion?
B. oral cavity (mouth) A. breathing produces glucose while res-

piration does not
C. small intestine
B. respiration is a process in cells where
D. large intestine energy is made, while breathing is a pro-
E. esophagus cess taking oxygen and expel carbon diox-
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ide
470. What starts the process of chemical
C. breathing occurs in cells while respira-
breakdown?
tion produces glucose
A. Saliva
D. breathing is a process in cells where
B. Oxygen energy is made, while respiration is a pro-
C. Hydrogen cess taking oxygen and expel carbon diox-
ide
D. none of above
475. What is the definition for elimination?
471. The type of human circulatory system
that only reaches the lungs is called the A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri-
circulatory system ents
A. Breathing B. Getting rid of waste products
B. Small C. Getting food into our bodies
C. Closed D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream,
D. Big so that our cells can use them
472. Which of the following is not an acces- 476. Some of the following types of food
sory structure of the digestive system? which are sources of carbohydrates are
A. salivary glands
A. Corn, rice, potatoes and eggs
B. liver
B. Wheat, rice, fruit, and corn
C. pancreas
C. potatoes, corn, eggs and rice
D. gall bladder
D. Rice, wheat, sago and corn
E. stomach
E. Fish, beef and tubers
473. Place the following events in sequence:A)
Urine passes through the uretersB) Urea 477. The main part of the digestive system
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure- that makes it possible for the pseudo-
thra ruminants to digest roughage is the
A. B, A, C A. colon
B. C, B, A B. cecum
C. B, C, A C. stomach
D. A, C, B D. small intestines

478. It refers to the sores in the linings of the B. Connective

stomach or small intestine. C. Muscular

A. constipation
D. none of above
B. dyspepsia
484. What types of digestion happen in our
C. ulcer
mouth?
D. none of above
A. Physical and Elemental
479. Which shows the correct pathway of B. Mechanical and heat
food?
C. Mechanical and chemical
A. Large Intestine-Stomach-Esophagus-
Mouth-Small Intestine D. Acidic and motion
B. Mouth-Esophagus-Stomach-Small 485. Which part carries food into your stom-
Intestine-Large Intestine ach?
C. Small Intestine-Esophagus-Stomach- A. esophagus
Large Intestine-Mouth
B. mouth
D. Esophagus-Mouth-Stomach-Small
Intestine-Large Intestine C. trachea
D. vessels
480. Which Glands associated with the Human
Digestive System? 486. an organ that produces a bodily juice
A. Salivary glands and Pancreas Called bile.
B. Salivary glands and Liver A. liver
C. Liver and Pancreas B. pancreas
D. Salivary glands, Liver and Pancreas C. gallbladder
481. Bile is made in the D. none of above

A. mouth and esophagus 487. is a long tube where the final parts
B. small intestines and large intestines of digestion occurs and is where nutrients
are absorbed into the body.
C. small intestines
A. Liver
D. liver
B. Pancreas
482. Which system shares the pharynx with
the respiratory system? C. Small Intestine
A. circulatory D. Gallbladder
B. digestive 488. The movement of food nutrients from the
C. excretory small intestines into the blood.
D. skeletal A. ingestion
B. digestion
483. The mucosa layer of the alimentary canal
is lined with what type of tissue? C. absorption
A. Epithelium D. suction

489. Which take place in stomach? 495. What does bile do to fat?
A. chemical digestion A. emulsifies it into small droplets
B. mechanical digestion B. decreases the surface area by emulsi-
fication
C. all of the above
C. Breaks it down to fatty acids
D. none of above
D. creates a more acidic pH
490. What is the definition for absorption?
496. The body system that breaks down food
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A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri- into tiny pieces so that the body’s cells can
ents use it for energy.
B. Getting rid of waste products A. Digestive System
C. Getting food into our bodies B. Skeletal System
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, C. Nervous System
so that our cells can use them D. Circulatory System
491. Where is the location of oxygen and car- 497. A small flap of tissue that covers the tra-
bon dioxide exchange? chea is called the
A. diapragm A. bronchi
B. alveoli B. larynx
C. trachea C. pharynx
D. bronchi D. epiglottis
492. WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE? 498. Most chemical digestion takes place in
the
A. Large intestine
A. Stomach
B. nothing
B. Small intestine
C. liver
C. Large intestine
D. pancreas
D. Pancreas
493. enter
499. The esophagus is lined with a liquid called
A. straight
B. intestines A. spit.
C. hairy B. saliva.
D. to soak up C. acid.
494. The passage of nutrients from the diges- D. mucus.

tive tract into the blood stream: 500. Organs that work together form
A. INGESTION A. connective tissues.
B. DIGESTION B. tissue systems.
C. ABSORPTION C. organ systems.
D. DEFECATION D. All Answers

501. What type of digestion occurs in the 506. The gastric cells
stomach? A. Produce protein-digesting enzymes

A. Mechanical only
B. secrete gastric juice
B. Chemical only
C. produce sticky alkaline mucus
C. Both mechanical and chemical
D. produce gastrin
D. none of above
507. Enzymes that convert proteins into pep-
502. Which of the following is the correct or- tides and amino acids are
der of the digestive tract?
A. amylase is produced by the pancreas
A. mouth, esophagus, small intestine,
B. pepsin is produced by the stomach
stomach, large intestine, rectum/anus
C. pepsin is produced by the pancreas
B. mouth, stomach, esophagus, small in-
testine, large intestine, rectum/anus D. Trypsin is produced by the pancreas
C. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small in- 508. The first part of the colon that receives
testine, large intestine, rectum/anus food from the small intestine
D. mouth, esophagus, large intestine,
A. ascending colon
small intestine, rectum/anus
B. cecum
503. What does the phrase “secondary organ”
C. descending colon
mean?
D. transverse colon
A. Support the process of digestion be se-
creting digestive juices. Food does not 509. helps prevent birth defects
pass thru these organs.
A. Vitamin K
B. Food passes thru these organs during
digestion B. Magnesium
C. Only involved in mechanical digestion C. Folic acid

D. Only involved in chemical digestion D. fluoride
504. a tube that carries urine out of the body 510. Hydrochloric acid is made in the
A. bladder A. stomach
B. urethra B. small intestines and large intestines
C. ureter C. small intestines
D. anus D. liver
505. Which body system gets ride of solid 511. The muscle of the esophagus squeeze the
waste? food to the
A. Excretory (Urinary) A. Pharynx
B. Digestive B. Stomach
C. Circulatory C. Large intestine
D. Respiratory D. Small intestine

512. A balanced diet on your menu includes 517. What does bile break down?
protein a day.
A. Food
A. 2-6.5 oz
B. Sugar
B. 1-4.5 oz
C. Fat
C. 6-10 oz
D. Protein
D. 2 oz
518. The pharynx is divided into three por-
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513. The release of water, acids, enzymes, tions, the nasopharynx, the oropharynx,
buffers, and salts by epithelium of diges- and the
tive tract. What function of the digestive
A. tracheopharynx
does this statement describe?
B. bronchopharynx
A. ingestion
C. laryngopharynx
B. secretion
C. digestion D. rhinopharynx
D. mechanical processing 519. The final step of digestion is Stool

E. absorption is stored here until it is released during a
bowel movement.
514. Which nutrient is made up of long chains A. Rectum
of amino acids?
B. Stool
A. carbohydrates
C. Water
B. lipids
D. Food
C. peptides
D. polypeptides 520. What begins the process of chemical
breakdown?
515. What pushes food from the mouth to the A. Liver
stomach?
B. Salivary glands
A. Stomach
C. Colon
B. Gall bladder
D. none of above
C. Esophagus
D. none of above 521. Which of the following would result in a
decreasein the efficiency of fat digestion?
516. What are the rhythmic muscular contrac- A. a decrease in bile production in the gall
tions of your esophagus called to help food bladder
move along?
B. an increase in trypsin production in
A. swallowing theduodenum
B. peristalsis
C. an increase in the pancreatic amylase
C. inertia contractions production in thepancreas
D. paralysis D. none of above

522. nutrients being changed into energy 528. What are the secondary organs of the di-
A. physical digestion gestive system?

A. Liver and gallbladder
B. Liver, gallbladder and pancreas
C. metabolism
C. Stomach, SI and LI
D. peristalsis
D. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach and SI
523. The parts of the mouth responsible for
mechanical digestion are 529. the place where digested molecules of
food, water, and minerals are absorbed.
A. esophagus, teeth, epiglottis.
A. small intestine
B. teeth, tongue.
B. large intestine
C. tongue, epiglottis. C. mouth
D. teeth, saliva. D. none of above
524. Why do we eat? 530. Which one of the following is a protein
A. To get the nutrients we need to sur- source?
vive. A. Banana
B. So we can gain weight. B. Beans
C. Because we enjoy it. C. Bagels
D. To get carbon dioxide and oxygen. D. Breakfast Bar
525. Nucleases are made in the 531. How does chemical digestion occur in the
stomach?
A. mouth and esophagus
A. Gastric juice
B. small intestines and large intestines
B. Churning
C. small intestines
C. Chewing
D. pancreas
D. none of above
526. Those are phases of gastric secretion EX- 532. Part of the digestive system that food is
CEPT: stored and partially digested before it en-
A. Intestinal phase ters the small intestine
B. Gastric phase A. stomach
C. Cephalic phase B. large intestine
D. Esophageal phase C. liver
D. rectum
527. helps prevent blindness
533. What is the aim of the digestion?
A. Vitamin D
A. Obtain matter and energy
B. Vitamin A
B. Obtain nutrients from food and break it
C. Vitamin C down into small molecules, which are then
D. Vitamin K absorbed

C. Break down food into inorganic nutri- 539. Small muscular pouch responsible for
ents storing bile
D. Obtain nutrients form food and trans- A. pancreas
port it to the cells B. mechanical
534. What is the main function of the digestive C. amylase
system? D. gallbladder
A. to filter blood 540. Sucrase breaks down
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B. to break down and absorb nutrients A. sucrose
C. to transport oxygen B. lactose
D. to send chemical messages C. galactose
D. maltose
535. The water we drink is being absorbed in
the 541. Your small intestine completes the pro-
A. mouth cess of chemical break down with help
from these two organs:
B. stomach
A. Stomach & Liver
C. small intestine
B. Liver & Kidneys
D. large intestine C. Liver & Pancreas
536. Bile breaks down food chemically, peri- D. Liver & Large Intestine
stalsis moves the food along, and nutri-
542. The is a long tube that connects the
ents are removed from the food.Name the
organ at this stage of digestion!
A. Tongue
A. mouth
B. Rectum
B. esophagus
C. Esophagus
C. small intestine
D. Small Intestine
D. large intestine
543. digest food in the first part and then
537. Which class of food is digested in the absorbs nutrients in the second and third
mouth? part.
A. Carbohydrate A. large intestines
B. Protein B. small intestines
C. Lipid C. liver
D. appendix
D. Fiber
544. tiny fingerlike projections in the small in-
538. The cells produce hydrochloric acid. testine.
A. chief A. villi
B. parietal B. anus
C. gastric gland C. rectum
D. mucous neck D. none of above

545. the organ produces digestive juice that 550. Here are some disorders of the digestive
contains a wide array of enzymes to break system: (1) the large intestine absorbs
down, fat, carbohydrate, and protein in water excessively (2) the stool becomes

food. dry and hard (3) excretion of the stool be-
comes difficult (4) the large intestine se-
A. pancreas
cretes too much water (5) the intestinal
B. liver shaft is swollen from These characteristics,
C. large intestine which are symptoms of constipation are
D. none of above
A. , (2), and (3)
546. The valve that prevents gastric juices B. , (3), and (4)
from flowing back into the esophagus is C. , (3), and (4)
the
D. , (3), and (5)
A. cecum
E. , (4), and (5)
B. uvula
551. How does the stomach protect itself from
C. cardiac sphincter
the hydrochloric acid that it secretes:
D. pyloric sphincter A. it has a thick layer of stratified squa-
mous cells that are rapidly produced to re-
547. What portion of the small intestine ab-
place the damaged cells that are exposed
sorbs fat soluble vitamins, fatty acids and
to the acid
cholesterol?
B. it secretes a protective layer of mu-
A. Ileum cous that neutralizes the acid
B. Duodenum C. it has a specialized membrane of car-
C. jejunum tilaginous tissue that is immune to the se-
creted acid
D. Pylorus
548. Which disorder is characterized by di-
lated veins in the rectum and anus which 552. The digestive system of food in humans,
is caused by blockage or pressure? its organs are divided into glands and di-
gestive tract. The following organs belong
A. Gastric Ulcer to the digestive tract which are also diges-
B. GERD tive glands:
C. Hemorrhoids A. Pancreas and liver

B. Small intestine and liver
D. Crohn’s Disease
C. Pancreas and small intestine
549. Where is urine stored? D. Small intestine and stomach
A. kidneys E. Liver and stomach
B. urinary bladder
553. What does the peptidase enzyme pro-
C. urethra duced by the pancreas break down?
D. ureters A. nucleic acids

B. carbohydrates (starches) 559. What is the name of the tube that carries
C. lipids food from your mouth to the stomach?
D. large protein complexes A. windpipe
E. small peptides into amino acids B. esophagus
554. Part of the digestive system that takes C. lungs
food into the body, the beginning of the
D. saliva
digestive system.
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A. Stomach 560. What is the muscular tube that extends
B. Saliva from oral cavity to anus called? Choose all
that apply
C. Mouth
D. Anus A. GI tract
555. contraction of the muscles ( ) moves B. alimentary canal

the food from the esophagus towards the C. esophagus
stomach
D. small intestines
A. Salivary Glands
E. respiratory tract
B. Teeth
C. Peristalsis 561. What is the functions of Incisors teeth?
D. Esophagus
A. for swallow the food
556. a tube that carries urine to the urinary B. for cutting and chopping food
bladder
C. for crushing food
A. urinary tract
B. ureter D. for grinding food
C. urethra
562. Pepsin breaks down
D. kidney
A. carbohydrates
557. If a medication needs to be ingested it
B. proteins
goes
A. on skin C. fats
B. in mouth D. nucleic acids
C. in anus
563. Choose 3 functions of the digestive sys-
D. up the nose tem?
558. What would be a consequence of remov- A. Break down food
ing the gall bladder?
B. Absorb nutrients into the blood
A. Bile would not be stored.
B. No fat could be digested. C. Eliminate solid waste
C. No bile would be made. D. Control body movement

D. none of above E. Pump up blood

564. What happens to unused food materials 568. A balanced diet on your menu includes
in the digestive system? veggies a day.

A. They are stored in the rectum and re- A. 1-3 c
leased through the anus
B. 2-3c
B. They are recycled back to the stomach
to get reprocessed C. 3-5 c
C. There are no unused materials, the di- D. 2 1/2-3c
gestive system absorbs all food nutrients
569. Which of the following is the best syn-
D. They are stored in the large intestine
onym for “digestion”?
until we need them
A. breaking down
565. What is the accessory organ of the diges-
tive system that functions in metabolic reg- B. building up
ulation, hematological regulation, and bile C. formation
production?
D. respiration
A. Bile
B. pancrease 570. Which organ stores urine?
C. gall bladder A. Bladder
D. liver B. Urethra
E. appendix
C. Ureters
566. What are the 5 pancreatic enzymes? D. Kidneys
A. pancreatic alpha amylase, pancreatic
lipase, nucleases, proteases, peptidases 571. Digestive enzyme found in saliva
B. pancreatic pepsin, pancreatic lipase, A. pepsin
nucleases, proteases, peptidases
B. protease
C. pancreatic alpha amylase, lingual li-
pase, nucleases, proteases, peptidases C. amylase
D. salivary alpha amylase, pancreatic li- D. lipase
pase, nucleases, proteases, peptidases
572. Which of the following is the correct or-
E. pancreatic alpha amylase, pancreatic
der for the major organs of the digestive
lipase, nucleases, pepsin, peptidases
system?
567. The is the largest part of the messen- A. esophagus, stomach, large intestine,
teries that covers the intestines and stom- small intestine, mouth
ach.
B. mouth, stomach, esophagus, large in-
A. greater omentum testine, small intestine
B. gall bladder
C. mouth, small intestine, stomach,
C. pancreas esophagus, large intestine
D. duodenum D. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small in-
E. jejunum testine, large intestine

573. Any substance that is acted upon by an 578. What is not a function of the digestive
enzyme is called a(n)? system?
A. Coenzyme A. Create new foods
B. Substrate B. Absorb water
C. Vitamin C. Process waste
D. Polypeptide D. none of above
574. Urine is stored in the bladder. What hap- 579. What is the 1st part of the small intes-
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pens next? tine?
A. The kidneys produce urine which is A. ileum
made up of fluid and dissolved waste. B. jejunum
They also control the amounts of water C. duodenum
and salts in the body.
D. cecum
B. The kidneys send the urine to the blad-
E. rectum
der through tubes called ureters.
C. A signal from the nervous system lets 580. Which excretory organ eliminates wa-
a person know when the bladder is full. ter and some chemical wastes in perspira-
Urine passes out of the body through a tion?
tube called the urethra. A. lungs
D. none of above B. skin
575. Part of the small intestine which is found C. liver
just before it connects to the large intes- D. kidneys
tine.
581. What is the most inferior part of the di-
A. Jejunum gestive system?
B. Duodenum A. Anus
C. Appendix B. Esophagus
D. Ileum C. Mouth
576. The oesophagus connects the to the D. Rectum
582. helps prevent rickets
A. mouth, small intestine A. Vitamin D
B. teeth, mouth B. Vitamin A
C. mouth, stomach C. Vitamin C
D. stomach, liver D. Vitamin K
577. What is the outside layer of the digestive 583. Which of the following organs is NOT
tract used during digestion?
A. serosa A. liver
B. mucosa B. stomach
C. submucosa C. mouth
D. muscularis externa D. lungs

584. inflammation of a diverticula 590. bile gets into the bloodstream

A. colon cancer A. gastroenteritis

B. diverticulitis B. constipation
C. diverticula C. ulcer
D. cirrhosis D. jaundice
E. gallstones E. hepatitis
585. the process that breaks down food so it 591. a long tube that carries food from the
can be used by the bodly mouth to the stomach.
A. urination A. trachea
B. digestion B. esophagus
C. defecation C. urethra
D. excretion D. none of above
586. Makes bile, detoxified blood that carries 592. The following types of substances are ca-
nutrients from the small intestines. pable of producing energy in equivalent
units of weight:
A. liver
A. Vitamin
B. gall bladder
B. Lemak
C. pancreas
C. Coarse fiber
D. large intestines
D. Protein
587. What is a chemical produced by the liver
E. Carbohydrate
used by the body to break up fat?
A. Saliva 593. what breaks down food in stomach?
B. Bile A. acid
C. Stomach Acid B. salivary glands
D. Mucus C. movement
D. time
588. What is the main function of the urinary
system? 594. G cells produce what?
A. Keep your body hydrated A. Gastrin
B. Expelling water from your body B. Glucose
C. Removing poisons from your body C. Glucagon
D. Removing solid wastes from your body D. Pepsin
589. What makes the small intestine have 595. Where does most digestion and absorp-
such a large surface area? tion occur?
A. 21 feet long A. stomach
B. villi B. colon
C. microvilli C. small intestine
D. all answers contribute D. esophagus

596. Sugars and starches in food are 601. What are the 3 parts of the pharynx?
(choose 3 answers)
A. carbohydrates
A. Nasopharynx
B. lipids
B. Oropharynx
C. mucus
C. Laryngopharynx
D. proteins D. esophagus
597. What is the correct order of digestion? E. nasal cavity
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A. Mouth-pharynx-stomach-esophagus- 602. Which of the following is NOT part of
L.I.-S.I.-anus-rectum the digestive tract? (Hint:Identify the sec-
ondary organ.)
B. Pharynx-mouth-esophagus-stomach-
gall bladder-S.I.-rectum-anus-L.I. A. Mouth
C. Mouth-pharynx-pancreas-stomach- B. Esophagus
rectum-gall bladder-S.I.-rectum-anus C. Small Intestine
D. Mouth-pharynx-esophagus-stomach- D. Liver
S.I.-L.I.-rectum-anus
603. What organ makes bile?
598. Small flap that covers the trachea when A. Gallbladder
swallowing to prevent food from entering B. Liver
lungs.
C. Pancreas
A. epiglottis D. Appendix
B. stomach
604. Which is NOT a secondary organ of diges-
C. esophagus tion?
D. salivary glands A. Pancreas
B. Esophagus
599. That’s a picture of Luga. . . . .
C. Gallbladder
A. part of the pancreas
D. Liver
B. secreted by the liver
605. What does the nuclease enzyme produced
C. folds in the stomach by the pancreas break down?
D. a section of intestines A. nucleic acids
B. carbohydrates (starches)
600. What is the middle part of the small in-
testine? C. lipids
A. ileum D. large protein complexes

E. small peptides into amino acids
B. jejunum
C. duodenum 606. Which of the following is NOT a job of
the stomach?
D. cecum
A. empty the liquid mixture of food into
E. rectum the small intestines

B. to store food you’ve eaten 612. Which organ helps increase the surface
C. to pull vitamins and minerals area for better absorption of the nutri-
ents?

D. to break food down into a liquid mix-
ture A. oesophagus
607. Which organ releases digestive enzymes B. rectum

into the small intestine? C. villi
A. pancreas D. small intestine
B. small intestine
613. The organ where food is mashed and then
C. esophagus
broken down by acids?
D. salivary glands
A. esophagus
608. Which statement is not in accordance B. small intestine
with the process of digestion that occurs
in the stomach is C. stomach
A. produces HCl to kill germs D. mouth
B. HCl activates pepsinogen to pepsin
614. Which of the following occurs in the duo-
C. activates the enzyme renin to coagu- denum:
late milk casein
A. food is bathed in bile and pancreatic
D. produce trypsinogen which is acti- amylase
vated by enterokinase
B. the majority of absorption begins
E. pepsin breaks down proteins into pro-
teoses and peptones C. the enzymes are present to break con-
tinue the breakdown of proteins and sug-
609. It allows humans to produce children. ars
A. Nervous D. all of the above
B. Endocrine
C. Reproduction 615. How does food move through your diges-
tive system?
D. Circulatory
A. by gravity pulling it down
610. What is the process called where en-
zymes break down food molecules? B. when we eat more food, it forces the
rest down
A. Hydrolysis
C. muscle movements called peristalsis
B. Hydrocarbon
D. electromagnetic force
C. Hyperventilation
D. Hydrochloric acid 616. Which organs help with the absorption of
nutrients?
611. The main organ of the nervous system.
A. spinal cord A. Pancreas, liver, and gall bladder
B. nerves B. Liver, heart, and spleen

C. neuron C. Kidneys, liver, and bladder
D. brain D. none of above

617. Which enzyme below is involved in D. Carbohydrates would not break down
the following chemical digestion process? and therefore would not be absorbed in
FATS→FATTY ACIDS/GLYCEROL the body
A. Lipase 622. The class of food that can only be di-
B. Trypsin gested in the stomach in the presence of
hydrochloric acid is
C. Amylase
A. carbohydrate
D. Pepsin
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B. fiber
618. What is the structure that carries liquid C. vitamin
waste from the kidney to the bladder?
D. protein
A. nephron
623. Which organs are part of the upper diges-
B. artery
tive system?
C. ureter
A. Esophagus
D. urethra B. Liver
619. The major function of having enzymes in C. Mouth
our digestive system is D. Salivary Glands
A. to eliminate undigested food E. Stomach
B. to absorb water in the intestine
624. where digestion begins
C. to speed up chemical reactions during A. stomach
digestion
B. gallbladder
D. none of above
C. mouth
620. Where does most chemical digestion take D. small intestine
place?
625. The first part of the digestive system,
A. stomach
where saliva helps break down food is
B. small intestine
A. mouth
C. mouth B. stomach
D. large intestine C. esophagus
621. Which of the following would occur if the D. intestines
stomach did not produce pepsin?
626. Removal of waste products from body
A. Proteins would not break down and fluids. What function of the digestive does
therefore would not be absorbed in the this statement describe?
body
A. ingestion
B. Lipids would not break down and there- B. excretion
fore would not be absorbed in the body
C. digestion
C. Nucleic acids would not break down
and therefore would not be absorbed in D. mechanical processing
the body E. absorption

627. What word describes the function of the B. liver

nephrons? C. gall bladder

A. Tube D. pancreas
B. Passageway
633. Food that is digested in the mouth with
C. Filter the help of enzymes is
D. Reservoir A. glucose
628. Which is the correct order of the organs B. starch
in the urinary system in which urine trav- C. amino acids
els?
D. fatty acids
A. Kidney, Urethra, Bladder, Ureters
E. protein
B. Bladder, Urethra, Kidney, Ureters
634. Predict the next digestive system organ
C. Kidney, Ureters, Bladder, Urethra
in the following sequence:mouth, pharynx,
D. Kidney, Bladder, Ureters, Urethra esophagus, stomach,
629. Place the following events in sequence:A) A. liver
Food enters your large intestinesB) Food B. kidneys
enters your small intestinesC) Food enters C. small intestines
your esophagus
D. large intestines
A. A, B, C
B. C, B, A 635. Which energy transformation allows us
to use energy from the food we eat to
C. C, A, B move and do work?
D. B, A, C A. Chemical→Thermal
630. Starches and glycogen are broken down B. Chemical→Mechanical
by C. Chemical→Chemical
A. amylase D. Chemical→Solar
B. proteases
636. A tube that connects the kidneys to the
C. lipase bladder.
D. pepsin A. Urethra
631. Peristalsis refers to B. Ureters
A. one of the digestive organs C. Kidney
B. the action of the stomach D. Bladder
C. heart rate increasing 637. Vitamin that assists in blood clotting and
D. smooth muscles moving food through bone formation
the digestive system A. calcium
632. Churns and mixes food, produces acid to B. Vitamin K
kill pathogens & pepsin to digest proteins. C. Vitamin A
A. stomach D. Vitamin C

638. Soup-like mixture found in the stomach 644. Which human body systems interact to
made up of food and digestive juices produce movement of the body?
A. chyme A. Nervous and endocrine
B. bolus B. Skeletal and muscular
C. feces C. Circulatory and digestive
D. bile D. Excretory and nervous
645. The place where waste is stored before
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639. The cells produce protein-digesting
it leaves the body.
enzymes.
A. rectum
A. chief
B. anus
B. parietal
C. small intestine
C. gastric gland
D. large intestine
D. mucous neck
646. This organ does not actually touch the
640. are the smallest blood vessels. food but it secretes enzymes to help break
down foods.
A. Arteries
A. Liver
B. Veins
B. Pancreas
C. Capillaries
C. Stomach
D. none of above
D. Gallbladder
641. The small intestine is lined with 647. Which is NOT a way your excretory sys-
A. microvilli tem removes waste from the body?
B. ducts A. Sweating
C. gingiva B. Stomach acid
D. pylora C. Breathing
D. Urinating
642. Where does absorption primarily take
place? 648. The bacteria species E-coli is actually ben-
eficial to humans. It plays an important
A. Stomach
role in which body function?
B. Small intestine
A. digestion
C. Large intestine B. excretion
D. Gall bladder C. metabolism
643. The innermost layer of the alimentary D. reproduction
canal is 649. Nucleases breaks down
A. Submucosa A. carbohydrates
B. Mucosa B. proteins
C. Muscularis externa C. fats
D. none of above D. nucleic acids

650. What does the stomach do to your food? intestine (villi) caused by a severe gluten
A. Pulls the vitamins and minerals out. intolerance

B. Helps move food to the back of your A. Gastric Ulcer
throat. B. Celiac’s Disease
C. Turns it into a liquid mixture. C. Hemorrhoids
D. Collects the waste. D. Crohn’s Disease
651. The heart is about the size and shape of 656. The crushing and shearing that makes
your materials easier to propel along digestive
tract. What function of the digestive does
A. head
this statement describe?
B. fist
A. ingestion
C. hand
B. secretion
D. foot
C. digestion
652. Which nutrient helps build and repair mus- D. mechanical processing
cles, cells and tissues in the body?
E. absorption
A. Carbohydrates
657. Which are the tubes that carry urine from
B. Protein
the kidney to the bladder?
C. Fats
A. Adrenal tubes
D. Minerals
B. Kidneys
653. chronic inflammatory condition of the C. Ureters
liver, liver becomes damaged, hard and fi-
D. Urethras
brosis
A. colon cancer 658. Emesis is:
B. diverticulitis A. diarrhea
C. diverticula B. vomiting
D. cirrhosis C. chewing
E. gallstones D. swallowing
654. The actual digestion of proteins starts in 659. The component in the blood that is most
the: abundant is
A. mouth A. Platelets
B. stomach B. Leukocytes
C. duodenum C. Erythrocyte
D. none of above D. Blood plasma
655. Which disease is caused by immunologi- 660. The contractions that push food down
cal rxn to gluten which results in a mal- your oesophagus are known as?
absorption disease, and damage to small A. Chemical Digestion

B. Mucus 666. composed of the teeth, tongue, salivary

C. Peristalsis glands and muscles, this part takes in food
to begin the process of digestion.
D. Flexion
A. anus
661. bile stored too long or too much water is
B. esophagus
removed
A. colon cancer C. mouth
B. diverticulitis D. none of above
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C. diverticula 667. The large intestines absorb
D. cirrhosis
A. Nutrients
E. gallstones
B. Chemicals
662. What organ is responsible for the major- C. Water
ity of the absorption that occurs in the di-
gestive system? D. Food
A. large intestine 668. If someone gets injured, the blood that
B. small intestine comes out can eventually stop. This inci-
C. stomach dent involves protein
D. oral cavity A. Fibrinogen
663. Most chemical digestion takes place in B. Hemoglobin

which organ? C. red blood cells
A. Stomach D. albumin
B. Small intestine
669. Lower GI is used to evaluate
C. Rectum
A. abdominal pain
D. Esophagus
B. tumor or ulcer or polyps
664. What is the name of the digested food
that is swallowed from the mouth and de- C. infection or inflammation
livered to the stomach is called? D. rectal bleeding
A. Food chunk E. diverticulosis
B. Chyme
670. Which is the correct order of the pathway
C. Food
of digestion?
D. Bolus
A. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small In-
665. Tube that carries food from the mouth to testine, Large Intestine, Rectum
the stomach
B. Rectum, Large Intestine, Small Intes-
A. trachea tine, Stomach, Mouth, Esophagus
B. esophagus C. Small Intestine, Large Intestine,
C. pancreas Esophagus, Mouth, Rectum Stomach
D. small intestine D. none of above

671. Which organ produces digestive juices 676. Gastrin is responsible for digestion of
that help to further break down the food what macromolecule
in the small intestine? A. starches

A. Stomach B. protein and peptide fragments
B. Liver C. simple carbs and alcohol
C. Pancreas D. fatty acids
D. Gallbladder 677. Mixture of food and digestive juices in
672. A patient arrives in the emergency room the stomach and small intestine.
of a hospital with a problem in his diges- A. chyme
tive system. Which of the following would B. bile
most likely be affected if a blockage is de-
C. insulin
tected in the lower abdominal cavity?
D. fecal matter
A. absorption of vitamin K
B. digestion of proteins 678. What does the pancreas do?
C. secretion of amylase A. produces digestive enzymes to break

down proteins and fats
D. storage of bile
B. produces sodium bicarbonate to neu-
673. The process by which nutrient molecules tralize stomach acid
pass through the wall of your digestive C. regulates our blood sugar levels
system into your blood. D. all answers are correct
A. absorption
679. The solutes in saliva include
B. digestion
A. electrolytes, digestive enzymes,
C. peristalsis mucin, wastes, and IgA
D. villi B. mucin, lysozyme, electrolytes, salts
and minerals
674. Which organ system includes the esopha-
gus, pancreas, and large intestine? C. only salts
A. digestive D. only proteases and amylase
B. excretory 680. Where are nutrients absorbed into the
blood?
C. integumentary
A. esophagus
D. lymphatic
B. small intestine
675. What is the disease that develops C. stomach
when digestive acids and enzymes erode
through the stomach lining or proximal D. mouth
portions of the small intestine? 681. one of a pair of organs that filters blood
A. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) A. gallbladder
B. peptic ulcer B. stomach
C. hepatitis C. pancreas
D. asthma D. kidney

682. What parts of the digestive system help 688. to break down food into pieces that your
with mechanical digestions? body can absorb
A. Esophagus and Small Intestine A. organ
B. Mouth and Stomach B. stomach
C. Liver and Gallbladder C. digest
D. Rectum and Anus D. esophagus
683. What are the ridges that are present in
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689. The term used for swallowing is
an empty stomach?
A. Rugae A. mastication
B. Villi B. eructation
C. Plicae Circulare C. peristalsis
D. Microvilli D. deglutition
684. Which of the following systems is primar- 690. The main purpose of the large intestine.
ily involved with gas exchange?
A. absorb hormones
B. absorb protein
B. excretory system
C. absorb nutrients
C. digestive system
D. absorb water
D. skeletal system
685. What absorbs water and minerals and 691. Amylase breaks down
holds waste? A. carbohydrates
A. Large Intestine (Colon) B. proteins
B. Small Intestine C. fats
C. Gall Bladder D. nucleic acids
D. none of above
692. Mechanical digestion does NOT occur in
686. Food is moved through the esophagus by the
the process of
A. mouth
A. peristalsis
B. stomach
B. ingestion
C. small intestine
C. absorption
D. large intestine
D. wiggling
687. Chemical and mechanical digestion takes 693. Which of the following are secondary or-
place in and gans of the digestive system?
A. Small intestines and large intestines A. liver, stomach, & esophagus

B. Stomach and mouth B. pancreas, liver, and gall bladder
C. Esophagus and stomach C. liver, stomach, & intestines
D. Anus and rectum D. intestines, anus, and stomach

694. It refers to bowel movement that are ir- C. Goes out to the rectum
regular and painful. D. Barley any of these

A. constipation
700. a small sac-like organ that stores bile
B. dyspepsia
A. stomach
C. ulcer
B. pancreas
D. none of above
C. liver
695. very small finger-like projections that ab- D. gallbladder
sorb nutrients
701. During a lower GI can be removed
A. chyme
using a snare and the area cauterized
B. bolus (burned).
C. microvilli A. polyp
D. uvula B. sore
696. What is the function of the urethra? C. ulcer
A. It filters urea out of the bloodstream D. diverticula
B. It delivers urine from the bladder to 702. Saliva contains that helps with
the outside world A. teeth, mechanical digestion
C. It transfers urine from the kidneys to B. enzymes, mechanical digestion
the bladder
C. enzymes, chemical digestion
D. It prevents urine from leaking out of
D. teeth, chemical digestion
the bladder
703. food in the mouth mixed with saliva
697. helps prevent scurvy
A. chyme
A. Vitamin D
B. bolus
B. Vitamin A
C. microvilli
C. Vitamin C
D. uvula
D. Vitamin K
704. A physical process in which large pieces
698. The metabolic function of the pancreas is of food are torn and ground into smaller
to secrete hormones that regulate the con- pieces
centration of in the blood.
A. Chemical Digestion
A. vitamins
B. Mechanical Digestion
B. glucose
C. Digestive System
C. minerals
D. Esophagus
D. calcium
705. After absorbing nutrients in the small in-
699. What does the stomach do? testine, where do they go?
A. Nothing A. Large intestine
B. Adds digestive juices to the food B. Kidney

C. Stomach 711. What is the path of the digestive sys-

D. Bloodstream tem?
A. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small In-
706. Move water to the surface of the skin to testines, Large Intestines, Anus
help cool the body.
B. Anus, Esophagus, Stomach, Large In-
A. Blood vessels testine, Small Intestine, Mouth
B. Nerves C. Mouth, Esophagus, Small Intestine,
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C. Oil glands Stomach, Large Intestine, Anus
D. Sweat glands D. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Large In-

testine, Small Intestine, Anus
707. Glands in your stomach lining make
712. What is the accessory organ of the diges-
and that break down food.
tive system that is a pear-shaped, muscu-
A. Salivary Glands and Teeth lar sac that stores and concentrates bile
B. Teeth and Mouth prior to excretion into small intestine?
C. Stomach Acid and Enzymes A. Bile
D. Esophagus & Stomach B. pancrease
C. gall bladder
708. Organs of this system include the kidneys
and bladder D. liver
A. Digestive E. appendix
B. Excretory 713. Peristalsis is

C. Immune A. a chemical in the digestive system
D. Skeletal B. an organ in the digestive system
C. a muscle movement to help move the
709. an oval organ that sends fluid into the
food forward
small intestine to chemically digest and
neutralize chyme. D. a nutrient
A. stomach 714. Which part of the small intestine receives
B. liver juices from the lower accessory organs?
C. gallbladder A. Duodenum
D. pancreas B. Jejunum
C. Ileum
710. Below are examples of digestive glands,
D. none of above
except
A. heart 715. Which of the following is NOT a function
of the digestive system?
B. Saliva
A. filtering and removing urea from the
C. Pancreas
body
D. Bile B. eliminating undigested wastes from
E. Heart the body

C. breaking down food into molecules 721. Which of the following statements is in-
that the body can use correct?

D. absorbing food molecules into the A. Both mechanical and chemical diges-
blood tion takes place in the mouth
716. Nucleases work in the B. Teeth chewing and breaking down
food is an example of mechanical diges-
A. esophagus
tion
B. large intestine
C. Chemical digestion starts in the stom-
C. stomacn ach
D. small intestine D. Saliva chemically breaks down
717. Ball-like mixture of food and saliva starches in your mouth
formed by the mouth before swallowing.
722. What is the function of the villi?
A. bolus
A. To increase the absorption surface
B. chyme
B. To digest the last nutrients
C. bile
C. To form feces
D. feces
D. To comb the small intestine
718. Which disorder’s cause is unknown, but
thought to be an autoimmune disease, and 723. What is the outermost layer of the ali-
is characterized by a chronic inflammation mentary canal?
of the ileum?
A. mucosa
A. Gastric Ulcer
B. muscle layers
B. Celiac’s Disease
C. serosa
C. Hemorrhoids
D. submucosa
D. Crohn’s Disease
719. this is the job of the digestive system. 724. Which organ stores bile and delivers it to
the duodenum?
A. to give the body shape
A. ileum
B. to take in and break down food for use
by the body B. gall bladder
C. to make in oxygen and give off carbon C. pancreas
dioxide D. spleen
D. none of above
725. Upper GI is used to evaluate
720. Substances in the stomach that allows for
chemical digestion. A. nausea or vomiting
A. Gastric Juices B. tumor or ulcer

B. Saliva C. infection or inflammation
C. Bile D. bleeding
D. none of above E. difficulty swallowing

726. What protects the stomach lining from C. Three

stomach acid?
D. Two
A. fat
B. mucus 732. How does the heart work?
C. tissue A. It pumps blood first to the lungs, back

to the heart and then around the rest of
D. none of the above the body.
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727. The final portion of the large intestine B. It pumps blood first to the rest of the
that stores waste until it is ready to be body, back to the lungs and then to the
removed from the body heart.
A. large intestine C. It pumps blood around the rest of the
B. small intestine body, back to the heart and then to the
lungs,
C. rectum
D. none of above
D. stomach
728. Muscular tube that connects the mouth to 733. What are the four types of teeth?
the stomach (choose four answers)
A. Epiglottis A. incisors
B. Peristalsis B. cuspids (canines)
C. Stomach C. bicuspids (pre molars)
D. Esophagus D. molars
729. Which organ is part of the digestive sys- E. baby teeth

tem?
734. Which of the following is a secondary di-
A. blood gestive organ?
B. brain A. pancreas
C. pancreas
B. mouth
D. spleen
C. stomach
730. It secretes pancreatic juice, which neutral- D. rectum
izes the acidity of the chyme before it en-
ters the small intestine. 735. *When a virus or bacteria irritates large
A. liver intestine so contents don’t get to stay long
enough to have enough water reabsorbed-
B. pancreas end up having loose, watery bowel move-
C. gallbladder ments
D. none of above A. cleft palate
731. There are pair(s) of salivary glands. B. constipation
A. One C. diarrhea
B. Five D. obstipation

736. contains enzymes which begin the chemi- A. algae

cal digestion of food B. bacteria

A. bile C. protozoa
B. saliva D. virus
C. pancreatic juice
742. During the production of yogurt, specific
D. none of above are used to ferment the milk. In turn
737. stores the liver’s digestive juices until the same are beneficial to our diges-
they are needed by the intestines. tive system when we eat the yogurt.
A. pancreas A. algae
B. gallbladder B. bacteria
C. villi C. fungi
D. none of above D. protozoan
738. Where are nutrients absorbed into the 743. The stomach wall is lined with a layer of
bloodstream? mucous. What does mucous do?
A. Mouth A. Digests food in the mouth.
B. Stomach B. Digests food in the stomach
C. Small Intestine C. Protects the stomach from digesting

iteself
D. Large Intestine
D. Absorbs nutrients from food so the
739. A muscular tube that helps move food body has energy.
from the mouth to the stomach.
744. You have just eaten french fries, buttered
A. esophagus toast, ice cream and whole milk. Which
B. mouth of the following glands would be active in
helping digest this food?
C. intestine
A. the pancreas
D. anus
B. buccal glands
740. What produces the bile used to break
C. thyroid gland
down fats?
D. the parotid gland
A. Liver
B. Large Intestine 745. Which is not part of the small intestine
C. Mouth A. Duodenum
D. none of above B. Jejunum
C. Ileum
741. Humans cannot digest food without the
aid of small single-celled organisms that D. Cecum
live in our digestive tract. Which com-
mon name is associated with these single- 746. Which is a primary structure of the diges-
celled organisms that help humans digest tive system?
food? A. salivary gland

B. gall bladder 752. Which organ does most of the chemical

digestion of food and allows nutrients to
C. esophagus
be absorbed into the body?
D. tongue
A. stomach
747. absorbs water B. esophagus
A. small intestine C. small intestine
B. stomach D. liver
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C. villi 753. Patients with serious intestinal disease
may have a portion of their small intes-
D. large intestine tine removed. Which issue may occur as
a result?
748. Where does the digestion of starch be-
gin? A. Less insulin will be produced.
A. esophagus B. There will be a shortage of bile
B. small intestine C. Nutrient absorption will be less effi-

cient.
C. stomach
D. none of above
D. mouth
754. Where does most water get absorbed?
749. the organ stores swallowed food and liq- A. stomach
uid, mixes up digestive juices with the
B. small intestine
food and liquid and sends it to the small
intestine C. mouth
A. small intestine D. large intestine
B. large intestine 755. What are the primary organs of the di-
gestive system?
C. stomach
A. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, SI, LI,
D. none of above Rectum, Anus
750. Sac-like organ that stores bile B. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, SI, LI,
Rectum
A. gall bladder
C. Esophagus, Stomach, SI, LI, Rectum,
B. liver Anus
C. pancreas D. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, SI, LI,
D. stomach Anus
756. The “soupie” mixture in your stomach is

751. Where in the body would HCl be found?
called
A. Mouth A. chyme.
B. Esophagus B. bile.
C. Liver C. saliva.
D. Stomach D. mucus.

757. In the stomach, food is crushed and mixed 763. Small intestines breakdown
with A. carbohydrates

A. gases and alkaline B. fat
B. gastric juices and acids C. protein
C. grape juice and apples D. fiber
D. gassy drinks and acorns
764. The tube after the small intestine where
758. Part of the digestive system that takes the liquid is absorbed.
food into the body. A. large intestine
A. esophagus B. small intestine
B. mouth C. rectum
C. rectum D. stomach
D. anus 765. the organ that stores urine
759. An organ that produces digestive en- A. liver
zymes and secretes insulin into the blood- B. pancreas
stream to help regulate blood glucose lev-
C. bladder
els.
D. rectum
A. liver
B. stomach 766. Chemical digestion does not occur in
which organ?
C. gallbladder
A. Stomach
D. pancreas
B. Mouth
760. inorganic and hold chemical structure C. Large Intestine
A. mineral D. Small Intestine
B. vitamin
767. Carbohydrates start to be broken-down
C. water-soluble by
D. fat-soluble A. saliva
761. Which substance is produced by the liver B. teeth
to break down fats? C. tongue
A. bile D. pharynx
B. bowel 768. What is the main function of the (hilly)
C. gastric juices villi?
D. saliva A. They move food from the stomach to
the small intestine
762. Which organ produces bile?
B. They absorb nutrients into the blood-
A. mouth stream
B. pancreas C. They absorb water from chyme
C. gallbladder D. They move food from the small intes-
D. liver tine to the large intestine

769. The main purpose of the system is to C. 3 feet long

break food particles into pieces that can be D. none of above
used.
A. circulatory 775. How long is the GI Tract
B. respiratory A. 30 meters
C. digestive B. 10 feet
D. skeletal C. 30 feet
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770. Which of the following statements is not D. 3 meters
a characteristic of arteries?
776. Type of digestion in the stomach:
A. where blood leaves the heart
A. Mechanical
B. carry blood towards the heart
B. Chemical
C. located in the rather deep area of the
skin C. Both
D. strong pressure D. none of above
771. in which part of our digestive system, 777. Organ of the digestive system that pro-
where WATER and FOOD PARTICLES are duces enzymes that helps break down car-
absorbed from food into bloodstream bohydrates and regulate blood sugar lev-
els
A. intestines
A. pancreas
B. oesophagus
B. liver
C. rectum
C. large intestine
D. stomach
D. gall bladder
772. chyme
A. tongue 778. A substance that an organism needs in or-
der to surive and grow is a
B. around
A. NUTRIENT
C. juice
B. CELL
D. to soak up
C. FUNCTION
773. Food is broken down to supply energy for
D. NUCLEUS
your body in the
A. digestive system 779. An organ of the digestive system that
makes chemicals to help the body break
B. endocrine system
down fats and rid itself of harmful sub-
C. excretory system stances.
D. reproductive system A. esophagus
774. The large intestine measures about: B. mouth
A. 5 feet long C. liver
B. 10 feet long D. stomach

780. The prevent intestines from becoming 785. Which of the following will happen if the
entangled and provide an access route to gallbladder is blocked?
and from the digestive tract for passage of

A. The contents of the small intestine will
blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic ves-
be neutral
sels.
B. Digestion of proteins and carbohy-
A. esophagus
drates will stop
B. liver C. Lipid digestion will be slow
C. saliva D. Bile production stops
D. messenteries
786. What is the physical break down of
781. Which structure increases surface area in food?
the digestive tract? (allows for absorp- A. Physical Digestion
tion of nutrients)
B. Mechanical Digestion
A. diverticula
C. Chemical Digestion
B. gastric pits
D. Particle Digestion
C. lacteals
D. Mircovilli 787. Inflammation of the appendix is caused
by a bacterium called
782. This tube carries chewed food from the A. Pin
B. Constipation
A. trachea
C. Diarrhea
B. esophagus
D. Appendicitis
C. windpipe
E. Stomach
D. blood vessel
788. Circulatory disorders in the form of hard-
783. Why is the esophagus/food pipe impor- ening of the arteries caused by the pres-
tant? ence of lime deposits are called
A. To swallow food A. Hemophilia
B. To choke B. . Myocarditis
C. To make your breath smelly C. Atherosclerosis
D. None of these D. Arteriosclerosis
784. Hemoglobin found in blood cells as shown 789. The discharge of feces through the rec-
in the picture below works to tum.
A. carry glucose throughout the body A. expulsion
B. carry oxygen throughout the body B. defecation
C. helps the blood clotting process C. relief
D. kill disease germs D. cecum release

790. How many kidneys do you have? C. stomach

A. 1 D. large intestine
B. 3
796. take nutrients into the small intestine
C. 5
A. villi
D. 2
B. nephrons
791. The “windpipe” is known as the
C. gall bladder
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A. alveoli
D. pancreas
B. esophagus
C. trachea 797. A large organ that lies below the di-
D. bronchi aphragm; it produces bile, and stores glu-
cose for immediate use by the body.
792. What is the function of the kidneys in the A. stomach
excretory/urinary system?
B. pancreas
A. store urine before it is eliminated from
the body. C. gallblader
B. break down food into smaller pieces D. liver
through chemical digestion
C. filter blood of cellular waste material 798. Food does not pass through which of the
as a result of cellular respiration following?
D. control thoughts, voluntary actions, A. stomach

and other sensations of the five senses. B. liver
793. Where is the bile produced? C. esophagus
A. Liver D. mouth
B. Pancreas
799. Units of heat that measure the energy
C. Salivary glands used by the body and the energy that
D. Gall bladder foods supply to the body.
794. Beginning of the digestive tract where A. Nutrients

food is taken in and digestion begins. B. Calories
A. mouth C. Appetite
B. bolus D. Nutrition
C. esophagus
800. Waste products are food that
D. stomach
A. cannot be digested
795. Where extra water and minerals are ab-
sorbed through the cells of this organ B. the body cannot use
A. liver C. tastes bad
B. small intestine D. have been broken down

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801. the body system that takes in food, 804. What is the function of the large intes-
breaks down the food so your body can tine?
use it, and gets rid of waste

A. The absorption of water and some vi-
A. respiratory tamins, formation and storage of faeces
B. circulatory B. The absorption of nutrients
C. digestive C. The digestion of fats
D. skeletal D. Transport the nutrients to the blood
stream
802. Trypsin breaks down
A. carbohydrates 805. Actions which are NOT under your control
B. proteins A. voluntary
C. fats B. involuntary
D. nucleic acids C. vertebrae

D. brain
803. this part of the digestive system removes
solid wastes such as feces from the body. 806. Solid waste exits through the
A. large intestine A. Rectum
B. small intestine B. Anus
C. esophagus C. Esophagus
D. none of above D. Mouth
1.12 Liver
1. Numbers of lobes in Liver are C. ornithine → citrulline → arginine
A. 2 D. orntihine → arginine → citrulline
B. 3 4. How is ammonia detoxified by the liver?
C. 4 A. using ethanol dehydrogenase
D. 5 B. converted into hydrophobic sub-
stances
2. Where is your liver located?
C. converted into hydrophilic substances
A. In your stomach
D. converted into urea
B. under your ribs on the right side
C. above your heart 5. Which of the following are true of Kupf-
fer cells? I. they are phagocytesII. they
D. on your left side
develop into red blood cellsIII. they are in
3. What is the correct order of substrates in the walls of sinusoids
the ornithine cycle? A. I and II only
A. citrulline → ornithine → arginine B. I and III only
B. arginine → citrulline → ornithine C. II and III only

1.12 Liver 218
D. I, II and III 11. Which of the following are excretory

wastes produced by liver? (1) urea(2) bile
6. Which ligament is NOT located between salts(3) carbon dioxide
right and left lobes of the liver
A. and (2) only
A. Falciform ligament
B. and (3) only
B. Coronary ligament
C. and (3) only
C. Anterior cruciate ligament
D. , (2) and (3)
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D. Round ligament
12. Lactate (lactic acid) is broken down by the
7. Which of the following organs produces liver.What are possible products of break-
digestive juice that does not contain ening down lactate? I. glucoseII. pyruvateIII.
zymes? carbon dioxide and water
A. liver A. I and II only
B. mouth B. I and III only
C. stomach C. II and III only
D. pancreas D. I, II and III
8. What is the role of Golgi apparatus in hep- 13. Why is the hepatic portal vein so impor-
atocytes? tant?
A. produces plasma proteins for use A. It carries deoxygenated blood to the

within the cell liver
B. produces plasma proteins to be ex- B. It supplies the liver with glucose for
ported out of the cell aerobic respiration
C. packages and modifies plasma pro- C. It allows the liver to control the levels
teins of nutrients before they are returned to
the blood
D. breaks down vesicles
D. It takes broken down toxins away from
9. Which of these is NOT stored by the liver? the liver
A. Vitamins 14. What is the main role of Kupffer cells in a
B. Bile sinusoid?
C. Iron A. detoxifying blood
D. Glycogen B. producing plasma proteins

C. producing cholesterol
10. Which vessel brings nutrient-rich, oxygen-
D. breaking down erythrocytes
poor blood from the small intestines to the
liver? 15. How is/are sinuosoids different to cap-
A. hepatic vein illaries? I. sinusoids exchange materi-
alsII. sinusoids have fenestrations (open
B. hepatic portal vein
pores)III. sinusoids have a complete base-
C. hepatic artery ment membrane
D. inferior vena cava A. I only

1.12 Liver 219
B. II only B. capillaries
C. III only C. hepatocytes

D. II and III only D. Kupffer cells
16. Which of the following are true of a si- 21. What type of cell is a Kuppfer cell?
nusoid? I. it is involved in the exchange
A. platelet
of materials between hepatocytes and
bloodII. Kupffer cells contain microvilli for B. leucocyte
faster exchangeIII. blood from the hep- C. APC
atic artery and hepatic portal vein mixes
D. macrophage
within it
A. I and II only 22. Which ONE structure does NOT enter the
B. I and III only liver through porta hepatis?
C. II and III only A. Common hepatic duct
D. I, II and III B. Common bile duct

C. Hepatic artery proper
17. Lactate (lactic acid) is taken to the liver to
be broken down.Which blood vessel would D. Hepatic portal vein
carry lactate to the liver?
23. Which of these is NOT a role of the liver?
A. hepatic artery
A. detoxification
B. hepatic portal vein
B. dehydrogenation
C. hepatic vein
C. destruction of red blood cells
D. vena cava
D. breakdown of hormones
18. Nitrogenous waste which is less toxic solu-
ble in water and is formed during ornithine 24. The process of formation of ammonia in
cycle is the liver from excess of amino acids is
called
A. Urea
A. Detoxification
B. Uric acid
B. Deamination
C. Ammonia
C. Translation
D. Amino acid
D. Egestion
19. Which organelle in a hepatocyte produces
plasma proteins? 25. Which of the following are true of hepa-
tocytes? I. they release glucose into the
A. golgi apparatus
blood or store it as glycogenII. they pro-
B. free ribosome duce bile saltsIII. their surface contains mi-
C. rough endoplasmic reticulum crovilli
D. nucleus A. I and II only
20. Within the liver, into what structure does B. I and III only
the hepatic portal vein subdivide? C. II and III only
A. sinusoids D. I, II and III

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26. Hepatorenal recess or also known as Mori- 31. Bile is a digestive juice in our body. Which
son’s pouch is a space between the liver of the following statements about bile is
and correct?
A. duodenum A. It is produced by the gall bladder.
B. stomach B. It contains an enzyme that digests fat.
C. right kidney C. It helps break down fat into droplets.
D. left kidney D. It stimulates peristaltic movement of
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the small intestine.
27. How are amino acids stored in hepato-
cytes? 32. Which blood vessel carries oxygenated
A. As transferrin blood to the liver?
B. As hemoglobin A. hepatic vein
C. As bile salts B. vena cava
D. They are not stored, but exreted as ni- C. hepatic artery
trogenous waste D. hepatic portal vein
28. Which is the better definition of excre-
33. In the liver, excess amino acids will be con-
tion?
verted into(1)urea (2) protein (3) carbohy-
A. Excretion is the removal of waste prod- drate
ucts from the body including carbon diox-
A. only
ide and urea.
B. only
B. Excretion is the removal of metabolic
waste from the body. C. and (3) only
C. Neither of the above. D. and (3) only
D. none of above 34. Which of the following is true of the hep-
29. bile salts help in digestion by the process atic portal vein? I. it carries deoxygenated
of bloodII. it helps maintain the osmotic po-
tential of bloodIII. it takes blood from the
A. absorption heart to the liver
B. excretion A. I and II only
C. emulsification B. I and III only
D. nutrition C. II and III only
30. During hemoglobin recycling in the Kupf- D. I, II and III
fer cells, what is the fate of the four
globin polypeptides that make a single 35. Which blood vessel does the hepatic artery
hemoglobin protein? branch off from?
A. Stored as ferritin A. pulmonary vein
B. Carried to bone marrow B. pulmonary artery
C. Hydrolyzed into amino acids C. vena cava
D. used to make bile D. aorta

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36. The surface area on the liver that did not 41. Excretory product of fresh water fishes is
covered by peritoneum is called A. Urea

A. subphrenic recess B. Uric acid
B. subhepatic recess C. Ammonia
C. hepatorenal recess D. Guanine
D. bare area 42. Where will blood in the hepatic vein be
taken to next?
37. The liver is regarded as a digestive gland
because it A. vena cava → left side of heart → pul-
monary artery → lungs → right side of
A. converts stored glycogen into glucose. heart → aorta → hepatic artery
B. breaks down excess amino acids. B. vena cava → right side of heart →
C. produces bile pulmonary artery → lungs → left side of
heart → aorta → hepatic artery
D. stores iron
C. vena cava → lungs → left side of
38. Which of the following are roles of the heart → aorta → hepatic artery
hepatic portal vein? I. carries nutrient-rich D. vena cava → lungs → right side of
blood to the liver from the intestineII. pre- heart → aorta → hepatic artery
vents glucose from entering the general cir-
culation immediatelyIII. supplies the liver 43. A sinusoid has a fenestrated endothe-
with oxygenated blood for aerobic respi- lium.What does this mean?
ration A. It is lined with endothelial cells
A. I and II only B. Endothelial cells have microvilli on
B. I and III only their surface
C. II and III only C. There are gaps between endothelial

cells
D. I, II and III
D. Endothelial cells produce mucus
39. Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated 44. If the blood glucose level is too high, how
blood away from the liver? will the liver respond?
A. hepatic artery A. it will produce insulin and convert glu-
B. hepatic vein cose to glycogen
C. hepatic portal vein B. it will produce glucagon and convert
glycogen to glucose
D. aorta
C. it will convert glucose to glycogen and
40. How is alcohol detoxified by the liver? store this in hepatocytes
A. using ethanol dehydrogenase D. it will convert glycogen to glucose and

release this into the blood
B. converted to hydrophobic substances
45. Which of the following is true of the hep-
C. converted to hydrophilic substances
atic portal vein? I. it carries deoxygenated
D. converted to urea bloodII. it delivers nutrients from the gut

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to the liverIII. it takes blood from the heart C. Ornithine cycle

to the liver
D. Cori cycle
A. I and II only
B. I and III only 47. Which blood vessel does the hepatic vein
lead into?
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III A. vena cava
46. Urea is produced in the liver cells by the B. pulmonary vein
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A. Calvin cycle C. aorta
B. Citrulline cycle D. pulmonary artery
1.13 Gallbladder and Excretory System Of The Liver

1. What is the largest external organ? 5. I am green and make food soft
A. skin A. lilver
B. hands B. gallbladder
C. head C. bile
D. leg D. none of above
2. Digestion begins in your 6. Which organ does food NOT pass

through?
A. stomach
A. pancreas
B. esophagus
B. mouth
C. mouth
C. stomach
D. small intestines
D. small intestine
3. What is the major organ in the Excretory
7. filter blood to get rid of urea, excess
System?
water and some waste cells.
A. Kidneys A. ureters
B. Lungs B. kidneys
C. Heart C. bladder
D. Instestines D. urethra
4. Chemical digestion begins in the mouth and 8. Which sequence correctly traces the path
ends in the of urine after it leaves the kidneys?
A. stomach A. ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
B. esophagus B. urinary bladder, ureters, urethra
C. small intestine C. urethra, urinary bladder, ureters
D. gall bladder D. urinary bladder, urethra, ureters

9. The place in the respiratory system where C. small intestine

oxygen enters the blood stream is
D. urethra

A. the bronchi
B. the diaphragm 15. The smallest level of organization for liv-
ing things is the
C. the alveoli
A. cell
D. the capillaries
B. tissue
10. Which of the following enters into the
C. organ
Bowman’s capsule, while the rest are left
behind in the capillaries? D. organ system
A. White blood cells
16. One major function of the excretory sys-
B. Red blood cells tem is to clean the what?
C. Platelets A. urine
D. Plasma B. blood
11. The main function of the is to break C. kidneys
down food into chemicals that provide en- D. bladder
ergy and nutrients to the body.
A. stomach 17. Which excretory organ eliminates water
and some chemical wastes during the pro-
B. digestive system
cess of perspiration?
C. respiratory system
A. lungs
D. eyes
B. skin
12. In homeostasis, the kidney regulates the: C. liver
A. levels of electrolytes
D. kidneys
B. amount of water in the body
C. pH 18. Ulcers are sores of which organ?
D. all of the above A. Kidney

B. Stomach
13. The is a coiled tube from 20 to 23 feet
long, in which about 90 percent of diges- C. Small Intestine
tion takes place. D. Large Intestine
A. mouth
19. remove urea from (filters) the blood and
B. esophagus
regulate concentrations of most of the sub-
C. colon stances in the body fluids
D. small intestines A. liver
14. What organs filter waste from the blood? B. kidney
A. bladder C. urinary bladder
B. kidneys D. ureter

20. Where does food go after it leaves the breakdown converting the starches to
small intestine? sugar.
A. Large intestine C. The teeth tear and grind the food into
small pieces.
B. Stomach
D. The epiglottis closes off the trachea to
C. Liver
keep food from entering it.
D. Rectum
26. What is the main function of the excretory
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21. The organ that produces bile is the system?
A. gallbladder A. to collect and remove wastes from the
B. liver body
C. pancreas B. to strengthen skeletal muscles

C. to protect the nervous system
D. rectum
D. to bring oxygen to body cells
22. Which of the following stores urine in hu-
man body temporarily? 27. The is a gland that helps the small
intestine by producing pancreatic juice, a
A. Kidney
blend of enzymes that breaks down pro-
B. Ureter teins, carbohydrates, and fats.
C. Renal Pelvis A. pancreas
D. Urinary bladder B. liver
E. Urethra C. colon
D. none of above
23. I am like a long slide
A. esophagus 28. In humans, food is moved from the mouth
to the stomach by way of
B. small intestine
A. egestion
C. large intestine
B. muscles
D. none of above
C. circulation
24. Food goes through digestion in the D. cartilage
mouth.
A. Mechanical 29. What structure seals off the windpipe
when you swallow? This prevents food
B. Chemical and water from entering the lungs.
C. Both A. Esophagus
D. none of above B. Trachea
25. What is the first step in digestion? C. Throat
A. The food is swallowed, and enters the D. Epiglottis
esophagus. 30. Which of these is NOT a normal character-
B. The salivary glands produce saliva. En- istic of freshly-voided urine in a healthy
zymes in the saliva begin the chemical adult?

A. pale, straw (yellowish) color 36. The function of mechanical digestion is to:
B. Sterile A. Increase surface area of food

C. Slightly aromatic B. Remove sharp objects from food
D. Normal pH of around 8 (slightly alka- C. Ensure food is liquified
line)
D. Help in the production of stomach acid
31. What is the function of the excretory sys-
tem? 37. I am the most important nutrient
A. It’s responsible for the elimination of A. saliva

waste by homeostasis. B. water
B. Makes protein C. bile
C. Transport of nutients, oxygen, and hor- D. none of above
mones to cells throughout the body and
removal of metabolic wastes 38. What is the substance made by the liver
used to process food?
D. Movement
A. calorie.
32. What is the urethra?
B. esophagus.
A. The tube that allows urine to pass out
of the body C. bile.
B. Collects urine from the kidneys D. gallbladder.

C. Carries urine to the urinary bladder 39. The is a muscular organ that pumps
D. none of above blood to the body through blood vessels.
A. vein
33. A is a blood vessel that returns blood
to the heart. B. artery
A. vein C. heart
B. artery D. none of above
C. capillary 40. muscle beneath the lungs that helps air
D. none of above move in and out
34. Which is not a function of the skin A. trachea
A. produces vitamin D B. diaphram
B. eliminates waste C. bronchi
C. stores calcium and phosphorus D. alveoli
D. helps regulate body temperature 41. During this type of digestion enzymes
35. Which of the following is not a way to get break down pieces of food into small
rid of wastes from the body? molecules.
A. Exhaling A. chemical digestion.
B. Sweating B. mechanical digestion.
C. Urinating C. homeostasis.
D. All three help with removing wastes D. muscular digestion.

42. What do antibodies attach to on the 47. The main organs in the digestive system
pathogen? are
A. Anti inflammatory A. esophagus, stomach, small intestine
and large intestine
B. Antigens
B. ureter, urethra, kidneys and bladder
C. Antiseptic
C. lungs, alveoli, bronchi
D. Antibodies D. trachae, kidney, stomach and small in-
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testines
43. is a chemical that is made when your
body breaks down protein from meat, 48. Which is NOT a secondary organ in the di-
beans, nuts, and other foods and can be gestive system?
quite harmful to your body. A. liver
A. Carbon dioxide B. stomach
B. Platelets C. pancreas
C. Urea D. gallbladder
D. Unwanted water 49. The consists of the heart, a large net-

work of blood vessels, and blood.
44. The basic unit of structure and function in A. skeletal system
the human body is the
B. nervous system
A. organ C. muscular system
B. organ system D. cardiovascular system
C. cell 50. what is the largest internal organ?
D. tissue A. stomach
B. kidney
45. What is the Excretory System responsible
for? C. liver
A. Digesting food and turning it into en- D. large intestine
ergy. 51. Where does mechanical digestion take
B. Protecting your internal organs. place?
C. Collecting and getting rid of the waste A. mouth only

in your body. B. mouth and large intestine
D. Helping with your breathing. C. stomach only
D. mouth and stomach
46. Where does waste go after it leaves the
large intestine? 52. Which nutrient provides us with our main
source of energy?
A. Rectum
A. Protein
B. Small Intestine B. Fat
C. Stomach C. Carbohydrate
D. Kidneys D. Vitamins

53. The main jobs of the small intestine are C. The epiglottis closes off the trachea to
A. physical & chemical digestion keep food from entering it.

B. digestion and excretion D. none of above
C. digestion and absorption
59. How many kidneys does a human have?
D. absorbing water & nutrients
A. 1
54. The long dip in the renal tubule is called B. 2
the:
C. 3
A. loop of Henle
B. loop of Rachic D. 4
C. loop of Henry 60. Which organ system breaks down food

D. loop of Harry into molecules the body can use?
55. The major organ of the excretory system A. digestive

is the B. muscular
A. lungs C. respiratory
B. stomach
D. reproductive
C. kidneys
D. large intestine 61. The main function of the excretory system
is to rid the body of
56. Which organ does chemical and mechanical
A. water
digestion?
A. large intestine B. salt
B. esophagus C. waste
C. gall bladder D. minerals
D. stomach
62. Which systems work together to remove
57. Vaccinations are used for waste?
A. Curing the illness A. Urinary, muscular, skeletal
B. Preventing the Illness B. Urinary, digestive, excretory
C. Getting the illness C. Urinary, nervous, endocrine
D. none of above
D. Urinary, lymphatic, nervous
58. What happens after the teeth tear and
grind the food into small pieces? 63. The skin helps the body maintain balance
by riding the body of excess and salt
A. The food is swallowed, and enters the
esophagus. A. water
B. The salivary glands produce saliva. En- B. blood
zymes in the saliva begin the chemical
C. cells
breakdown converting the starches to
sugar. D. stuff

64. The main job of the large intestine is 69. How are nephrons related to the function
of kidneys?
A. break down food
A. The function of kidneys is to release
B. absorb nutrients
urine and waste from the body.
C. absorb water B. The function of kidneys is to filter
D. filter blood blood. Nephrons are microscopic filters
inside the kidney that make this possible.
65. Saliva breaks down starch into sugars this
C. The function of kidneys are to balance
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is
the water intake of the body with the out-
A. mechanical digestion put.
B. chemical digestion D. none of above
C. physical digestion 70. Starting from the glomerular capsule, the
D. gross correct order of the renal tubule regions is
66. I store the green stuff A. proximal convoluted tubule, nephron

A. kidneys loop (loop of Henle), distal convoluted
tubule
B. liver
B. distal convoluted tubule, proximal con-
C. gallbladder voluted tubule, nephron loop (loop of
D. none of above Henle)
C. nephron loop (loop of Henle), proxi-
67. What is the opening where urine is re- mal convoluted tubule, distal convoluted
leased from the body? tubule
A. urethra D. proximal convoluted tubule, distal con-
B. ureters voluted tubule, nephron loop (loop of
Henle)
C. bladder
D. kidneys 71. How does the glomerulus filter blood into
the Bowman’s capsule?
68. The liver secretes a substance called bile, A. High pressure
which helps to digest fats. It breaks down
B. Concentration Gradient
harmful substances and stores vitamins.
What is the next step? C. Active transport
A. Bile is sent back to the gallbladder, D. Passive transport

where it is stored until it is needed in the 72. In what order does food travel through
small intestines. your body?
B. Acid enzymes in the stomach break A. mouth, esophagus, liver, large intes-
down food until it looks like a thin soup, tine, small intestine, anus
a mixture called chyme.
B. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small in-
C. The food moves to the small intestine, testine, large intestine, anus
where most digestion takes place.
C. mouth, stomach, pancreas, large intes-
D. none of above tine, anus

D. mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, 79. What 2 body systems work together to
pancreas, gallbladder, small intestine, break down, absorb, and remove food?
anus

A. Integumentary system and Reproduc-
73. is needed when the kidneys are unable tive system.
to filter the blood. B. Digestive system and Excretory sys-
A. Reverse Osmosis tem.
B. Dialysis C. Endocrine system and Excretory sys-
C. Changing your oil filter tem.
D. Transfusion D. Digestive system and Endocrine sys-
tem.
74. The system that absorbs nutrients for cells
to use is the 80. Chemical change in digest occurs when
A. respiratory system A. food is moving from one organ to an-
B. excretory system other
C. digestive system B. you drink fruit juices
D. integumentary system C. only bacteria is present in the in-
testines
75. Digestion begins in the
A. eyes D. salvia, acids and enzymes are present
B. digestive system 81. Digestion Begins in the

C. urinary system A. Mouth
D. mouth/teeth
B. Stomach
76. Which organ makes bile? C. Small Intestine
A. Liver
D. Large Intestine
B. Pancreas
C. Small Intestine 82. In which excretory organ is urea pro-
duced?
D. Gallbladder
A. skin
77. Urine production takes place in the:
B. liver
A. nephrons
C. kidneys
B. bladder
D. lungs
C. ureter
D. renal pelvis 83. Which organ absorbs most of the products
of digestion?
78. What is normally found in urine?
A. red blood cells A. pancreas
B. bacteria B. esophagus
C. proteins C. small intestine
D. urea D. gall bladder

84. Removing food wastes from the body is 90. The function of the excretory system is to
the main function of which body system?
A. Excretory System A. To remove cellular waste products
B. Digestive System from the body
C. Integumentary System B. To digest, break down food and absorb

nutrients.
D. Muscular System
C. To remove food waste
E. Skeletal System
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D. To provide a barrier to air
85. What is a kidney stone made of?
91. Where is the urine stored after leaving
A. rock material the kidneys, but before leaving the body
B. excess waste/ vitamins, salts, calcium through urination?
C. bone A. ureter
D. none of above B. kidney
86. The organ that produces bile C. skin
A. stomach D. bladder
B. pancreas 92. How does the excretory system work
C. gall bladder with the digestive system to maintain
homeostasis? Pick the best answer
D. liver
A. The excretory system creates no
87. Tiny filtering structures in the kidneys waste and that helps the digestive system
where urine is produced are called
B. The food waste helps the excretory
A. ureters. system
B. alveoli. C. The cells from the digestive system
C. nephrons. create no waste
D. bronchi. D. The excretory system gets rid of the
cells’ waste from the digestive system
88. Long tubes that connect the kidneys to the
bladder. 93. Eating healthy means this
A. Urethra A. exercise
B. Bladder B. balanced diet
C. Ureters C. eat desserts
D. Small intestine D. none of above
89. The is a secondary organ that produces 94. What is the tube that carries the urine to
bile to break up fat. the outside of the body?
A. gall bladder A. Bladder
B. liver B. Nephron
C. pancreas C. Ureter
D. none of above D. Urethra

95. Which disease is caused by a bacteria? 101. is a digestive juice that starts break-
A. Malaria ing down some materials in the food in the
mouth.

B. Strep Throat
A. saliva
C. Athlete’s foot B. teeth
D. The flu C. tongue
96. Which is NOT an organ of the urinary sys- D. esolphagus
tem? 102. During which process is 99% of the wa-
A. kidney ter returned to the blood vessels?
B. bladder A. Filtration
C. ureter B. Reabsorption
C. Secretion
D. liver
D. none of above
97. moves food downward with no diges-
tion taking place 103. In humans, harmful wastes in the blood
are removed by the
A. pancreas
A. liver
B. rectum B. lungs
C. liver C. large intestine
D. esophagus D. small intestine
98. I am 99% water and 1% enzyme 104. muscular tube that serves as a pas-
sageway for food
A. saliva
A. gallbladder
B. enzymes
B. anus
C. juices
C. stomach
D. none of above D. esophagus
99. Which organ stores urine (pee)? 105. Muscle contractions that help to squeeze
A. bicep food through the esophagus are known as
B. bladder A. chemical digestion.
B. chyme.
C. kidney
C. microvilli.
D. stomach
D. peristalsis.
100. What C-shaped structure in the nephron
106. Which of the following is not an action of
surrounds the glomerulus?
mechanical digestion?
A. Bowman’s capsule A. Teeth grinding food
B. bladder B. Enzymes digesting nutrients
C. renal pelvis C. Stomach contracting
D. hilum D. none of above

107. On a standard traffic light, is the green D. to digest food properly and absorb nu-
on the top or bottom? trients
A. Top 113. What is another name for the throat?
B. Middle A. esophagus
C. Bottom B. larynx
D. none of above C. pharynx
108. What is the correct order of the steps of D. trachea
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function within the nephron?
114. stores the solid waste
A. Secretion, Reabsorption, Filtration
A. rectum
B. Filtration, Secretion, Reabsorption
B. esopagus
C. Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion
C. pancreas
D. Secretion, Filtration, Reabsorption
D. liver
109. Water and salt is mostly absorbed in the
115. The passage of food using smooth muscle
A. esophagus tissue through the esophagus is called
B. stomach A. egestion
C. small intestine B. emulsification
D. large intestine C. peristalsis
110. Liquid waste is stored in the and solid D. circulation
waste is stored in the
116. Stores bile produced by liver.
A. kidneys and liver
A. liver
B. colon and bladder
B. gallbladder
C. bladder and colon
C. pancreas
D. esophagus and intestines
D. none of above
111. All of the following are organs of ex-
cretion (excretory system) that maintain 117. Urine is % water.
homeostasis (balance) except A. 20%
A. small intestine B. 95%
B. lungs C. 80%
C. skin D. 5%
D. liver. 118. The is a tube five to six feet in length
112. What is the important function of the ex- that plays a part in both digestion and ex-
cretory system? cretion.
A. to pump blood throughout the body A. pancreas
B. to remove wastes inside our body B. liver
C. to distribute oxygen and carbon diox- C. colon
ide D. small intestine

119. What tube carries filtrate (urine) to the 124. The level of organization that makes up
bladder? tissues are

A. The proximal convoluted tubule A. cells
B. The urethra
B. organs
C. The loop of henle
C. organ system
D. The ureter
D. organism
120. What organ system is responsible for re-
moving solid, liquid, and gas waste mate- 125. What is a group of similar cells that work
rials from the body? together?
A. Reproductive system.
A. Tissue
B. Endocrine system.
B. Organ
C. Skeletal system.
D. Excretory system. C. Cell group
D. Organ system
121. Muscular, pouch-like enlargement of the
digestive system that holds hydrochloric
126. What do the villi do in the digestive sys-
acid that is used in digestion.
tem?
A. Pancreas
A. Villi secrete bile.
B. Stomach
C. Epiglottis B. Villi secrete enzymes.
D. Pepsin C. Villi absorb nutrients from food.
122. Structure in the dermis of the skin from D. Villi absorb water from the waste.
which a strand of hair grows.
127. The presence of what condition would in-
A. Follicle
dicate the urgent need for a kidney trans-
B. dermis plant?
C. vitamin D
A. kidney stones
D. melanin
B. kidney failure
123. What happens after the epiglottis closes
C. retention
off the trachea to keep food from entering
it? D. oliguria
A. The food is swallowed, and enters the
esophagus. 128. Which of the following would NOT be
considered an organ of the excretory sys-
B. The salivary glands produce saliva. En-
tem?
zymes in the saliva begin the chemical
breakdown converting the starches to A. liver
sugar.
B. kidney
C. The teeth tear and grind the food into
small pieces. C. skin
D. none of above D. gall bladder

129. What organ/structure exchanges oxy- 134. What type of microbe is used in a vac-
gen and carbon dioxide in the lungs? cine?
A. bronchi A. it doesn’t really matter
B. alveoli B. a damaged one
C. diaphragm C. a weakened or inactivated one
D. trachea D. a normal one
130. What is the function of the bladder? 135. What function do the lungs perform in the
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A. Push out excess waste excretory system?
B. Create and absorb excess waste to be A. Getting rid of solid waste
regulated B. Getting rid of liquid waste
C. Collect urine from the kidneys before C. Getting rid of carbon dioxide
disposal by urination
D. Filtering the blood
D. none of above
136. Which organ of the excretory system
131. What substances are not filtered from stores urine until the body is ready to elim-
the blood during filtration? inate it?
A. Blood Cells A. ureters
B. Plasma Proteins B. urethra
C. Glucose C. urinary bladder
D. Ions D. urea
132. I mean the same thing as large intestine
137. Which organ filters the blood to create
A. villi urine?
B. small intestine A. Kidney
C. colon B. Bladder
D. none of above C. Urethra
133. The food moves to the small intestine, D. Ureters
where most digestion takes place. What
138. The gall bladder is connected to the pan-
is the next step?
creas via:
A. The liver secretes a substance called
bile, which helps to digest fats. It breaks A. Bile duct
down harmful substances and stores vita- B. Gall bladder duct
mins. C. Pancreas vein
B. Acid enzymes in the stomach break D. Liver passage
down food until it looks like a thin soup,
a mixture called chyme. 139. The following disease can be caused by
C. Bile is sent back to the gallbladder, the inability of the pancreas to produce the
where it is stored until it is needed in the right amount of insulin.
small intestines. A. diabetes
D. none of above B. Parkinson’s disease

C. Pneumonia 145. What do we call the filtering structure of

D. none of above the kidney?

A. ureter
140. Which organ churns food to mechanically
B. bladder
break it down? It also uses enzymes and
acid to chemically break down food until it C. nephron
is a liquid. D. urethra
A. Stomach
146. Which stage of urine production involves
B. Small Intestine the removal of substances from the blood-
C. Liver stream?
D. Gallbladder A. reabsorption
B. excretion
141. What organ forms Urea when it breaks
down proteins? C. filtration
A. esophagus. D. secretion
B. pancreas. 147. Excretion of CO2 occurs in the
C. liver. A. liver
D. trachea. B. lungs
142. The digestion of proteins takes place in C. large intestine
the D. small intestine
A. mouth and stomach
148. Which of these is a unit of energy?
B. stomach and small intestine
A. calorie.
C. liver and gall bladder
B. lymphocyte.
D. pancreas and large intestine
C. bile.
143. Where does most of the absorption of nu- D. capillary.
trients occur?
A. Stomach 149. Food enters your body through the
B. Small intestine A. stomach
C. Liver B. small intestine
D. Large intestine C. pancreas

D. mouth
144. Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins
and minerals are examples of 150. stores bile produced by liver
A. calories A. liver
B. nutrients B. gallbladder
C. vessels C. pancreas
D. capillaries D. none of above

151. The procedure to remove waste from the C. helper t-cells

blood D. antibodies
A. homeostasis
157. Bile is sent back to the gallbladder,
B. dialysis where it is stored until it is needed in the
C. electrolytes small intestines. What is the next step?
D. dysuria A. The colon absorbs any remaining wa-
ter, vitamins, or salts contained in the
152. What does the liver remove waste
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food and stores the waste.
from?
B. The pancreas breaks down proteins,
A. blood carbohydrates, and fats.
B. air C. The walls of the small intestine are
C. sweat covered with villi, which absorb nutrients.
D. water
D. none of above
153. are the parts of food used by the
body to grow and survive. 158. The kidney’s function is to:
A. organ systems A. Remove excess water from food
B. nutrients. B. Filter out wastes and reabsorb nutri-
C. vessels ents and water
D. capillaries C. Excrete waste material

D. Nutrient absorption
154. What is a way to describe how much en-
ergy your body could get from eating or 159. What is the main organ of the excre-
drinking? tory/urinary systems?
A. calories A. Lungs
B. lymphocytes B. Kidneys
C. tonsils C. Stomach
D. capillaries D. Heart
155. When you swallow, food, water, and 160. The is a sac-like muscular organ that
other liquids move into a hollow tube stores urine until it is ready to be released
called from the body
A. trachea. A. Stomach
B. esophagus. B. Bladder
C. pancreas. C. Urethra
D. liver. D. Gallbladder
156. Vaccines stimulate the body to produce 161. What organ acts as temporary storage of
urine?
A. autoimmune diseases A. urinary bladder
B. fever B. gallbladder

C. liver 167. Which organ system removes waste

from blood?
D. large intestine

A. nervous
162. Much of the mechanical digestion takes
place in the B. digestive
A. esophagus. C. excretory
B. mouth. D. circulatory
C. small intestine. 168. Which one of the following is NOT one of

D. large intestine. the functions of the kidneys?
A. produce hormones that assist in diges-
163. What is another name for the large intes- tion
tine?
B. convert vitamin D from its inactive to
A. colon. its active form
B. esophagus. C. regulate blood volume
C. bile.
D. dispose of metabolic waste products
D. gallbladder.
169. Which enzyme is added to the stomach to
164. The process of removal of the body’s break down proteins?
wastes is called
A. Pepsin
A. gas exchange.
B. Lipase
B. respiration.
C. Amylase
C. excretion.
D. Protease
D. filtration.
170. What are the filtering units inside the kid-
165. What would happen if you damage the neys?
excretory system?
A. nephrons
A. No effect
B. ureters
B. You get a UTI
C. capillaries
C. Waste builds up in your bidy
D. alveoli
D. It will be harder and take longer for
you to pee 171. What organs help in removing the
wastes in our body? (Choose 3 answers)
166. The pancreas is important because pro-
duces: A. heart
A. Enzymes B. lungs
B. Bile C. stomach
C. Gall stones D. liver
D. Vitamin D E. skin

172. What are the parts of the urinary sys- 178. An is a blood vessel that carries blood
tem? (Choose 3 answers) away from the heart.
A. kidney A. artery
B. liver B. vein
C. gallbladder C. kidney
D. bladder D. none of above
E. urethra and ureter 179. What other systems does the excretory
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173. The secondary organ that stores the bile system work best with?
produced by the liver is the A. Skeletal & Nervous
A. liver B. Muscular & Reproductive
B. gall bladder C. Circulatory & Endocrine & Nervous
C. pancreas D. Circulatory & Reproductive
D. none of above 180. secrete wastes including water, salts,
174. Urea is a chemical created when what is and small amounts of urea
broken down A. appendix
A. protein B. gall bladder
B. oxygen C. salivary glands
C. nutrients D. sweat glands
D. salt 181. Your liver is important to digestion be-
175. What organ stores feces? cause it produces:
A. kidney. A. Enzymes
B. pancreas. B. Bile
C. liver. C. Gall stones
D. rectum. D. Vitamin D
176. I look like fingers 182. What is the definition for digestion?
A. teetch A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri-

ents
B. taste buds
B. Getting rid of waste products
C. villi
C. Getting food into our bodies
D. none of above
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream,
177. Which of the following resembles the so that our cells can use them
function of kidney?
183. The nonselective, passive process per-
A. spoon and fork formed by the glomerulus that forms blood
B. tongs and spatula plasma without blood proteins is called
C. sieve and strainer A. glomerular filtration
D. filter paper and funnel B. tubular reabsorption

C. glomerular reabsorption 189. The muscular contractions that force food

to pass through the digestive tract is
D. tubular secretion
called:

184. The passageway that is shared by both A. Peristalsis
the digestive and respiratory system is the
B. Adsorption
C. Diffusion
A. larynx
D. Digestion
B. pharynx
C. trachea 190. What are the filtering units of the kid-
neys?
D. nose
A. nephrons
185. two branches that carry air from the tra- B. ureters
chea to the lungs
C. nuerons
A. alveoli D. alveloi
B. bronchi
191. In humans, the chemical digestion of pro-
C. diaphram teins, lipids, and carbohydrates is com-
D. trachea pleted in the
A. stomach
186. An organ that produces secretions called
hormones is known as a: B. pancreas
A. chemical C. small intestine
B. gland D. large intestine
C. hormone 192. What are the main organs of your excre-

tory system?
D. duct
A. Brain
187. Small sac-like organ responsible for stor- B. Smooth, Cardiac and Skeletal muscle
ing bile.
C. Kidney, Urethra, Ureter
A. pancreas
D. dermis and epidermis
B. mechanical
193. Which of these activities is not related to
C. amylase
the excretory system?
D. gallbladder
A. Filtering the blood to remove un-
188. Which of these is a solute NOT normally wanted waste
found in urine? B. Movement of urine from the kidneys to
the bladder
A. Glucose
C. Creating urine within the small intes-
B. Sodium and potassium ions
tine and moving it to the large intestine
C. Ammonia
D. Removing urine from the bladder out
D. Bicarbonate ions through the urethra

194. During this type of digestion food is phys- 199. The kidneys filter urea from your
ically broken into smaller pieces. A. digestive enzymes
A. chemical digestion. B. bile
B. mechanical digestion. C. food
C. homeostasis. D. blood
D. muscular digestion. 200. what do the lungs do in the excretory sys-
tem
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195. What organ removes wastes from the
blood and is also part of the digestive sys- A. dispose of carbon dioxide through ex-
tem.? halation
A. esophagus. B. disposes of smog thru exhalation
B. pancreas. C. dispose of ultraviolet rays through ex-

halation
C. liver.
D. dispose of rays through exhalation
D. trachea.
201. chemical digestion using bile and other
196. Which organ is after the small intestine? gastric juices
A. Large IntestineLarge intestine A. rectum
B. Stomach B. esophagus
C. Liver C. pancreas
D. Rectum D. stomach
202. During which nephron process(es) do sub-

197. The major organs in the excretory system
stances move from the blood into the fil-
are
trate
A. kidneys, bladder, lungs, skin, liver, and
A. Filtration
large intestine
B. Reabsorption
B. stomach, liver, bladder, small intes-
tine and large intestine C. Secretion
D. Excretion
C. liver, skin, stomach, kidneys, and pan-
creas 203. tiny opening on the surface of the skin
D. gallbladder, large intestine, and A. Dermis
spleen
B. Pore
198. The includes two kidneys that filter C. Epidermis
waste from the blood and a bladder that D. Melanin
holds urine.
204. Nutrients are taken out of the food and
A. endocrine system
sent to the bloodstream here through this
B. urinary system organ.
C. cardiovascular system A. large intestine
D. nervous system B. liver

C. small intestine C. Liver, pancreas

D. stomach D. Liver, bile duct

205. What type of product is secreted by en- 211. Which of the following substances is not
docrine glands? reabsorbed by the blood after it filters
A. Sweat through the kidneys?
B. Hormones A. Wastes
C. Saliva B. salt
D. Tears C. suagr
206. Water and salt is absorbed in the D. water
A. esophagus 212. What type of digestion does the saliva

B. stomach do in the mouth?
C. small intestine A. mechanical
D. large intestine B. peristalsis
C. chemical
207. What organ is not involved directly in the
urinary system? D. radioactive
A. Uretha 213. Which organ releases digestive chemicals
B. Bladder into the small intestine to help with diges-
C. Large Intestine tion?
D. Ureter A. gallbladder
B. stomach
208. Wastewater that is excreted by the kid-
neys is C. liver
A. Urine D. pancreas
B. Saltwater 214. is a series of involuntary muscular
C. Water contractions along the walls of the diges-
tive tract.
D. Chyme
A. respiration
209. The body system that helps you filter tox-
ins out of the blood is the B. exhalation
A. respiratory system C. inhalation

B. excretory system D. peristalsis
C. digestive system 215. What are the draining tubes that connect
D. circulatory system the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
A. urethra
210. Bile is produced in the and stored in
the B. ureters
A. Pancreas, liver C. kidney
B. Liver, gall bladder D. liver

216. The main function of the urinary system 222. What is a group of organs that work to-
is to: gether?
A. Filter the urine A. Cell
B. Remove solid waste products B. Tissue
C. Filter the waste and extra fluid from C. Organ Group
the blood
D. Organ System
D. Absorb nutrients from food
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217. Where is the location of kidney inside our 223. Which is NOT a major function of the ex-
body? cretory system?
A. lower part of the spinal column A. maintain salt levels
B. beside stomach and intestine B. clean the blood
C. at the back of heart and lungs C. regulate blood volume
D. upper part of the esophagus D. control bodily functions
218. Which part of the digestive system ab- 224. Ringworm is caused by which pathogen?
sorbs water back into the body and pre-
pares the food waste for elimination? A. Bacteria
A. Small Intestine B. Virus
B. Large Intestine C. Protist
C. Abdominal Muscles D. Fungi
D. Pancreas
225. I shift food in the mouth
219. I mix everything up with my acids
A. teetch
A. stomach
B. tongue
B. pancreas
C. saliva
C. large intestine
220. Which excretory organ eliminates CO2 226. I am the largest organ inside the body
from the human body? A. stomach
A. lungs B. liver
B. skin
C. small intestine
C. liver
D. none of above
D. kidneys
227. Organ that creates insulin.
221. Bile is a chemical that helps break down
A. fats A. pancreas
B. proteins B. stomach
C. carbohydrates C. liver
D. glucose D. gall bladder

228. The organ where food doesn’t pass 233. Which one is correct about the Urinary
through but it does break down fats and System?
detoxify poisons?

A. The Urine passes from the intestine
A. liver through the ureter into the urinary blad-
B. small intestine der, where it is stored.
C. stomach B. The Urine passes from the lungs
D. large intestine through the ureter into the urinary blad-
der, where it is stored.
229. What are the three functions of the diges-
tive system? C. The Urine passes from the kidneys
A. The digestive system breaks down through the ureter into the urinary blad-
food into molecules the body can use. der, where it is stored.
B. The digestive system removes cellular D. The Urine passes from the spleen
waste from the body. through the ureter into the urinary blad-
C. The digestive system removes food der, where it is stored.
waste from the body.
234. Which excretory organ eliminates water
D. The digestive system absorbs nutrient
and some chemical wastes in sweat?
molecules into the bloodstream.
E. The digestive system filters waste A. lungs
made in the body from the blood. B. skin
230. Where are fluids going when they are go- C. liver
ing through the urethra?
D. kidneys
A. Into the kidneys
B. Into the Bladder
235. What term do scientists use to describe
C. Out of the body the chemical process in which oxygen and
D. Into the Ureter glucose react to release energy inside body
cells?
231. In which direction do substance move dur-
ing filtration? A. respiration
A. Blood to Filtrate B. exhaling
B. Filtrate to Blood C. breathing
C. Tubules to Capillaries
D. inhaling
D. Tubules to Arterioles
232. As the blood enters the glomerulus, the 236. Urine is removed from the urinary blad-
waste product that enter the glomerular der through a structure known as the
space is called:
A. urethra
A. Urine
B. ureter
B. Stool
C. Feces C. uterus
D. Filtrate D. kidney

237. What is the name of the muscular tube 243. I like to spin and churn in the stomach
that connects the stomach to the mouth? A. juices
A. Epiglottis B. water
B. Esophagus C. mucus
C. Stomach D. none of above
D. Mouth 244. are a group of organs that work to-
gether and perform a specific task.
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238. Which excretory organ eliminates CO2?
A. lungs A. organ systems
B. nutrients.
B. skin
C. vessels
C. liver
D. capillaries
D. kidneys
245. An enzyme in saliva that breaks the
239. What organ connects the stomach to the chemical bonds in starch, releasing sugar,
mouth? is
A. esophagus. A. pepsin.
B. pancreas. B. amylase.
C. liver. C. bile.
D. trachea. D. chyme.
240. Bile aids in the digestion of 246. How many bladders does a human
have?
A. proteins
A. 1
B. fats
B. 2
C. sugars
C. 3
D. starches
D. 4
241. long tube that absorbs nutrients into the
body using villi 247. A is a tiny blood vessel that connects
arteries and veins.
A. small intestine
A. vein
B. large intestine
B. capillary
C. trachea C. artery
D. alveoli D. none of above
242. A sign of glucose in urine may be an indi- 248. What would happen if your Excretory
cator for: System failed?
A. tuberculosis A. Your kidney would fail
B. diabetes B. You would explode
C. cystic fibrosis C. Your body would fail
D. excess coffee D. none of above

249. When exercising, your heart rate in- C. Urethra

creases because your body D. Ureters

A. Needs more Oxygen
255. What is the function of the Ureter?
B. Needs more Carbon Dioxide
A. Carries urine from the kidney to the uri-
C. Needs to create waste nary bladder.
D. Needs to fight disease B. Tiny finger-like projections in the Small
Intestine
250. What is the second (middle) layer of skin
called? C. Absorbs water and minerals and holds
waste
A. epidermis
D. none of above
B. dermis
C. hypodermis 256. Which organ produces several enzymes
that help chemically break down our food
D. none of above
in the small intestine?
251. Which stage of urine production in- A. Liver
volves returning water, nutrients, and B. Gallbladder
electrolytes to the bloodstream?
C. Pancreas
A. filtration
D. Salivary Glands
B. excretion
C. secretion 257. The liver makes
D. reabsorption A. glucose
B. protein
252. Your food gets tossed around here and
broken down with gastric juices. C. insulin
A. brain D. bile
B. esophagus 258. Which excretory organ filters the blood

to remove excess water, urea, and cell
C. liver
wastes?
D. stomach
A. Kidney
253. What body system includes the kidneys B. Bladder
and bladder?
C. Urethra
A. circulatory system
D. Ureters
B. reproductive system
259. the exchange of oxygen and carbon diox-
C. digestive system
ide occurs between the and the capil-
D. excretory system laries
254. Which structure empties the kidneys into A. trachea
the bladder? B. bronchi
A. Kidney C. alveoli
B. Bladder D. diaphram

260. When you breathe out, you expel 266. The part of the excretory system that
A. Carbon Dioxide. rids the body of salt and water is
B. Oxygen. A. lungs
C. Helium. B. kidneys
D. Nitrogen. C. large intestine

D. skin
261. What type of muscle allows you volun-
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tary control over urination? 267. Which structure empties the bladder?
A. skeletal muscle A. Kidney
B. smooth muscle sphincters B. Bladder
C. cardiac muscle C. Urethra
D. ligaments D. Ureters
262. Physical process called peristalsis occurs 268. Where are the sweat glands located?
in A. dermis
A. trachae B. epidermis
B. intestines C. hypodermis
C. esophagus D. none of above
D. mouth only
269. The organ that makes insulin to break
263. Where can you find dead skin cells? down glucose is the
A. Your innermost layer of skin A. pancreas
B. Your outermost layer of skin B. liver
C. The border between the epidermis and C. gall bladder
the dermis D. salivary gland
D. The border between the dermis and
the hypodermis 270. When the inside of our bodies remain sta-
ble even if outside conditions change, this
264. How much urine does the average human is
make daily? A. homeostasis
A. 1 liter B. equilibrium
B. 10 liters C. oxidation
C. 2 liters D. homozygous
D. None
271. The process of removal of the body’s
265. turnds food into chyme wastes is called
A. mouth A. gas exchange.
B. stomach B. respiration.
C. large intestine C. excretion.
D. small intestine D. filtration.

272. Nutrient absorption occurs the small in- C. Brain

testine in small structures called ,
D. Stomach
which contains capillaries to transfer nutri-

ents to the 278. The and cardiovascular systems work
A. villi, bloodstream together to deliver oxygen to cells and
carry away carbon dioxide, a waste prod-
B. villi, brain
uct.
C. Bloodsteam, body
D. Peristalsis, large intestine
B. nervous system
273. a structure out of which strands of hair C. digestive system
grow
D. circulatory system
A. Follicles
B. Pores 279. The kidneys produce urine which is made
up of fluid and dissolved waste. They also
C. Head
control the amounts of water and salts in
D. Eyelashes the body. What happens next?
274. What is the integumentary system made A. Urine is stored in the bladder.
up of? B. The kidneys send the urine to the blad-
A. skin, nails, and hair der through tubes called ureters.
B. ribs, lungs, and heart C. A signal from the nervous system lets
C. veins and arteries a person know when the bladder is full.
Urine passes out of the body through a
D. muscles tube called the urethra.
275. In humans, which organ excretes water D. none of above
and dissolved salts?
280. Where in the digestive system does the
A. lungs
body absorb nutrients from the food we
B. skin eat?
C. thyroid A. Large Intestine
D. small intestine B. Stomach
276. Urine is mostly made up of: C. Mouth
A. Undigested food D. Small Intestine
B. Nutrients
281. What do you call the final section of the
C. Water large intestine where waste is eliminated
D. Yellow from the body?
A. Small Intestine
277. What is the main organ of the nervous
system? B. Rectum
A. Heart C. Large Intestine
B. Kidney D. Colon

282. Antibiotics work against most 288. After food is swallowed, it enters the
A. Bacteria esophagus. What is the next step?
B. Bacteria & Viruses A. The liver secretes a substance called
bile, which helps to digest fats. It breaks
C. Viruses
down harmful substances and stores vita-
D. Vaccines mins.
283. Physical change in digestion occurs in the B. Acid enzymes in the stomach break
down food until it looks like a thin soup,
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A. stomach and intestines
a mixture called chyme.
B. intestines
C. The food moves to the small intestine,
C. mouth and esophagus
D. mouth only
D. Bile is sent back to the gallbladder,
284. Where does urine flow? where it is stored until it is needed in the
A. from the stomach to the liver small intestines.
B. from the kidney to the bladder 289. The excretory system works directly
C. from the bladder to the kidney with the system to allow blood to be
D. none of above filtered in the kidneys.
A. Muscular
285. Blood being pumped to the kidneys for fil-
tering is an example of which two systems B. Skeletal
working together? C. Circulatory
A. excretory and digestive
D. Respiratory
B. excretory and respiratory
C. excretory and circulatory 290. I keep the system healthy
D. excretory and skeletal A. exercise
286. The is a digestive gland that secretes B. reading

a substance called bile which helps to di- C. writing
gest fats.
D. none of above
A. pancreas
B. liver 291. What happens after enzymes in the
saliva begin the chemical breakdown of
C. colon
carbohydrates, converting the starches
D. small intestines into sugar?
287. What very important job do kidneys A. The food is swallowed, and enters the
have? esophagus.
A. The filter urine B. The epiglottis closes off the trachea to
B. To filter waste and excess fluid out of keep food from entering it.
the blood C. The teeth tear and grind the food into
C. To filter waste out of urine small pieces.
D. None of the above D. none of above

292. (A) Egestion(B) Ingestion(C) Absorp- 297. Which of the following would NOT be re-
tion(D) DigestionWhich sequence correctly lated to respiratory problems?
describes how food passes through the di-

A. water pollution
gestive system?
B. air pollution
A. A → B → C → D
C. smoking
B. D → A → B → C
D. allergens (dust, pollen)
C. B → A → D → C
298. The kidney is connected to the bladder via
D. B → D → C → A
a tube called the:
293. Organs of excretion that maintain home- A. Renal vein.
ostasis include the kidneys, lungs, skin,
B. Renal tube.
and
C. Ureter.
A. bronchus.
D. Artery.
B. diaphragm.
C. bladder. 299. Wait this long to settle down
D. liver. A. balanced diet

B. exercise
294. What is a nephron?
C. one hour
A. a network of capillaries and tubules
D. none of above
where filtration of blood occours
B. a big tube 300. Insulin is produced by the following sec-
ondary organ
C. two big organs
A. liver.
D. a tube that filters wastes out of the
body B. pancreas.
C. gall bladder.
295. Blood cells carrying oxygen are the
D. none of above
A. alveoli
B. capillaries 301. Which of the following is a function of the
endocrine system?
C. red blood cells
A. growth and development
D. white blood cells
B. regulating body activity
296. Which would most likely prevent a cold C. response to stress and injury
virus from spreading in a classroom?
D. all of the above
A. tissue at a teacher’s desk
302. The muscle below the lungs that expands
B. students shake hands regularly with when you inhale is the
each other
A. diaphragm
C. students wash hands regularly with
soap B. heart
D. students wipe desks with dry paper C. larynx

towels D. pharynx

303. I get all the garbage C. blood, glucose and water

A. stomach D. water, urea, nitrogenous wastes, and
B. colon salts.
C. small intestine 309. The correct order for the renal tubules is:
D. none of above A. proximal convoluted tubule, collecting
duct, distal convoluted tubule, loop of
304. Food that enters the digestive system,
Henle
mixes with saliva and forms a ball is now
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called a: B. distal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle,
proximal convoluted tubule, collecting
A. Bolus
duct
B. Food
C. proximal convoluted tubule, loop of
C. Nutrients Henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting
D. Colon duct
305. A person makes liters of urine a day. D. collecting duct, proximal convoluted
tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted
A. 3 liters tubule
B. 10 liters
310. This tube eliminates urine from the body
C. 2 liters to the outside.
D. 1.5 liters
A. urinary bladder
306. A diuretic is which of the following? B. urethra
A. a substance that causes water reten- C. ureters
tion
D. kidney
B. a substance that causes increased
urine production 311. A short tube where urine is released from
C. a drug that may be administered in or- the body is the
der to prevent water excretion in the urine A. Ureter
D. a drug that may be administered in or- B. Kidney
der to reduce water loss through sweat-
C. Bladder
ing
D. Urethra
307. Fluid normally found inside the Bowman’s
capsule is called? 312. Acid enzymes in the stomach break down
food until it looks like a thin soup, a mix-
A. blood
ture called chyme. What is the next step?
B. plasma
A. The liver secretes a substance called
C. urine bile, which helps to digest fats. It breaks
D. filtrate down harmful substances and stores vita-
mins.
308. The components of urine include:
B. Bile is sent back to the gallbladder,
A. carbon dioxide and glucose where it is stored until it is needed in the
B. glucose and water small intestines.

C. The food moves to the small intestine, 318. too much glucose in the blood is a sign of

D. none of above A. diabetes
B. liver cancer
313. What function do the kidneys perform?
C. asthma
A. eliminate carbon dioxide
D. common cold
B. supply oxygen to body cells
319. absorbs water from undigested food
C. remove urea and excess water
A. gall bladder
D. play a role in gas exchange
B. large intestine
314. Urine exits the bladder and the body C. pancreas
through a tube called the: D. small intestine
A. Ureter
320. Liquid waste is stored in the
B. Kidney A. kidneys and liver
C. Urethra B. colon
D. Bladder C. bladder
315. is the place where food is ground me- D. esophagus
chanically into small pieces 321. What are the two functions of the excre-
A. esophagus tory system?
B. mouth A. The excretory system breaks down
food into molecules the body can use.
C. pancreas
B. The excretory system removes cellular
D. small intestine waste from the body.
316. Under normal circumstances, which sub- C. The excretory system removes food
stance should NOT be found in urine? waste from the body.
D. The excretory system absorbs nutrient
A. glucose
molecules into the bloodstream.
B. blood
E. The excretory system filters waste
C. albumin made in the body from the blood.
D. none of the above 322. What is the correct path food takes
through the digestive system?
317. What is the main job of the digestive sys-
tem? A. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Large In-
testine, Small Intestine, Rectum
A. break down foods into nutrients that
can be used by the body B. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small In-
testine, Large Intestine, Rectum
B. take in oxygen and exhale waste like
C. Mouth, Esophagus, Gallbladder, Small
carbon dioxide
Intestine, Large Intestine, Rectum
C. makes the body hungry D. Rectum, Stomach, Small Intestine,
D. pump blood throughout the body Large Intestine, Esophagus Mouth

323. During the process of filtration in the C. liver

nephron, most of the water, glucose, and D. urinary bladder
vitamins are:
A. stored in the bladder 329. The three stages of urine production are
, , and
B. excreted through the ureters
A. filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
C. reabsorbed into the blood
B. filtration, urine secretion, and leukocy-
D. concentrated in the urine tosis
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324. Which excretory organ eliminates feces C. reabsorption, discretion, and secre-
from the human body? tion
A. lungs D. secretion, absorption, and dissemina-
B. large intestine tion
C. small intestine 330. Which organ produces a substance that
D. stomach moistens food and contains an enzyme
that begins to break down food?
325. produces digestive chemicals for the
A. Pancreas
small intestines
B. Liver
A. rectum
C. Salivary Glands
B. liver
D. Esophaus
C. esophagus
D. pancreas 331. Vitamin absorption occurs in the:
A. Stomach
326. Are chemicals that travel in the blood
and cause changes in different parts of the B. Small intestine
body C. Pancreas
A. Hormones D. Large intestine
B. Glands
332. The blood vessel carrying blood from the
C. Parathyroid aorta into the kidney is the
D. Adrenal Gland A. renal artery
327. The function of chemical digestion is to: B. hepatic artery
A. Breakdown nutrients to their compo- C. renal vein
nent parts D. glomerulus
B. Increase surface area of food
333. The system is a group of organs that
C. Decrease surface area of food work together to break down foods into
D. none of above substances that your cells can use.
328. Which structure helps to keep body tem- A. circulatory system

perature constant? B. digestive system
A. sweat gland C. endocrine system
B. nephron D. nervous system

334. The circulatory system carries & 340. Which organ(s) is/are in the excretory
to cells. system?

A. nutrients and oxygen A. Bones
B. waste and carbon dioxide B. Heart & Spleen
C. stomach acid and blood C. Skin & Esophagus
D. none of above D. Large Intestine & Lungs
335. produces bile 341. Why are the lungs include in the excre-
A. liver tory system? I thought the lungs were
just part of the respiratory system.
B. mouth
A. The lungs are not included in the excre-
C. pancreas tory system. You must be crazy to think
D. large intestine otherwise.
B. The lungs adapt to different systems
336. Urea is best described as
C. The lungs only absorb oxygen from the
A. a tube you urinate out of
environment through their alveoli
B. waste from the breakdown of proteins
D. The lungs function in removing the
C. an organ harmful CO2 from the body
D. waste product of cellular respiration
342. Oxygen and carbon dioxide move in and
337. a saclike muscular organ which stores out of blood through the walls of the
urine until it is released from the body A. alveoli
A. urethra B. diaphragm
B. bladder C. small intestine
C. kidneys D. bronchi
D. ureters
343. The color of our skin is caused by a pig-
338. The function of the large intestine is to: ment called:
A. Absorb vitamins A. diabetes
B. Absorb water B. melanin
C. House important bacteria C. kidney
D. All of the above D. skin
339. Which activity normally occurs in the 344. Which is NOT part of the excretory sys-
esophagus of a human? tem?
A. absorption of nutrients A. liver
B. movement of food to the stomach B. kidney
C. secretion of enzymes C. skin
D. mechanical breakdown of food D. small intestine

345. What are the four things that make up B. dermis

the digestive juices in the stomach? C. hypodermis
A. Hydrochloric Acid, Water, Enzymes, D. none of above
Blood
351. The enzyme responsible for digesting car-
B. Enzymes, Hydrochloric Acid, Water,
bohydrates is:
Chyme
A. Amylase
C. Mucus, Water, Hydrochloric Acid, En-
B. Pepsin
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zymes
D. Water, Mucus, Pepsin, Amylase C. Protease
D. Lipase
346. I look like a sleeping snake
352. What toxic substance is excreted in the
A. colon urine?
B. small intestine A. Glucose
C. esophagus B. Sodium ions
D. none of above C. Carbon dioxide
347. Most chemical breakdown occurs here D. Urea
and nutrients are taken out of the food and 353. I make 3 key digestive enzymes
sent to the body here.
A. liver
A. large intestine
B. gallbladder
B. liver
C. pancreas
C. small intestine
D. none of above
D. stomach
354. Chemical change in digestion occurs in the
348. We are powerful acids A. esophagus
A. enzymes B. mouth, stomach and intestines
B. villi C. teeth, kidney and ureter
C. taste buds D. none of above
D. none of above 355. Digested food is absorbed in the
349. What are the main organs of the excre- A. colon
tory system B. large intestine
A. Kidneys, Large intestines, Liver, Ure- C. small intestine
thra, Ureters D. stomach
B. Brain, Intestine, muscles
356. are clusters of tiny, thin walled sacs
C. Lungs, Brain, Mouth surrounded by capillaries
D. none of above A. alveoli
350. What is the first (top) layer of skin B. bronchi
called? C. doaphram
A. epidermis D. trachea

357. Which excretory organ eliminates fe- 363. In which organ or tissue does chemical di-
ces? gestion NOT occur?
A. Mouth

A. lungs
B. large intestine B. Oesophagus
C. small intestine C. Stomach
D. stomach D. Small intestine
358. controls the release of solid waste 364. What begins the process of physical di-
gestion?
A. mouth
A. esophagus
B. anus
B. mouth
C. large intestine
C. pancreas
D. stomach
D. small intestine
359. What is the excretory system?
365. What is the main purpose of the immune
A. a system that pumps blood system?
throughtout your body
A. support the body through bones and
B. the system that collects and eliminates muscles
wastes from the body; regulates the level
of fluid in the body B. get rid of waste from the body
C. move blood through the body
C. None of the above
D. protect the body from pathogens
D. none of above
366. Which is NOT a function of the skin?
360. It all begins here
A. Insulation
A. kidneys
B. Movement
B. mouth
C. Excretion
C. esophagus
D. Vitamin D Production
D. none of above
367. I cut, tear, and grind food
361. How many kidneys do you need to sur-
A. teeth
vive?
B. esophagus
A. 1
C. stomach
B. 2
D. none of above
C. 3
D. 4 368. The function of the digestive system is to
362. The body system you use for gas ex- A. To remove waste products from the
change is the body
A. respiratory system B. To digest, break down food and absorb
B. digestive system nutrients.
C. excretory system C. To filter blood and send to bladder
D. urinary system D. To

369. a tube through which urine passes be- 375. Your liver and kidneys are parts of your
fore its removed from the body
A. bladder A. digestive system
B. urethra B. excretory system
C. kidneys C. respiratory system
D. ureters D. integumentary system

376. What type of fibers are not digested?
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370. What does bile do in the digestive sys-
tem? A. soluble fibers.
A. Bile moistens food in the mouth. B. insoluble fibers.

C. starchy fibers.
B. Bile breaks down fat.
D. sugary fibers.
C. Bile absorbs water.
D. Bile breaks down protein. 377. Which substance is NOT filtered out of
the blood by the kidneys and then ex-
371. The system that removes waste from creted?
your body is the A. urea
A. digestive system B. water
B. endocrine system C. salt
C. excretory stystem D. CO2
D. integumentary system 378. What is the function of the skin? Select
all that apply
372. White blood cells
A. regulate body temp
A. help fight disease
B. get rid of carbon dioxide
B. take up oxygen and deliver to cells C. get rid of waste
C. help form blood clots D. protect organs
D. helps carries nutrients E. sense touch
373. Air enters the body through the 379. the excretory system helps all the other
A. lungs body systems.
A. true
B. nose and mouth
B. false
C. alveoli
C. kinda true
D. esophagus
D. kinda false
374. What carries oxygen and nutrients to 380. What organ removes Urea from the body
your cells? by making urine?
A. Water A. kidney.
B. Carbon Dioxide B. pancreas.
C. Blood C. liver.
D. Plasma D. trachea.

381. Which stage of urine production involves 386. The two long tubes that connect the kid-
adding ammonia, uric acid, and other neys to the bladder are called
waste substances directly into the renal

A. urethra
tubule?
B. bladder
A. reabsorption
C. ureters
B. filtration
D. small intestine
C. secretion
387. Cellulose (also called fibre) is not able to
D. excretion
be digested by the human body. Its func-
382. Where does mechanical and chemical tion is to:
breakdown start in the digestive system? A. Add bulk to undigested food mass
A. stomach B. Retain water
B. liver C. Feed bacteria in the colon
C. small intestines D. Remove excess water
D. mouth/teeth 388. Place the following events in sequence:A)
Urine is made and passes through the
383. The liver, gall bladder and the pancreas
ureters to the bladderB) Unfiltered blood
are secondary organs of the digestive sys-
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure-
tem because
thra and exits the body
A. they provide enzymes to help us break
A. B, A, C
down and use food and no food passes
through them. B. C, B, A
B. they only work in conjunction with the C. B, C, A
digestive system to break down food. D. A, C, B
C. they store unused energy for the body.
389. Pathogens are recognized by their
D. none of above
A. antigens
384. Which of the following illness is caused B. killer t-cells
by pathogens? C. antibodies
A. Bruise D. B-cells
B. Blood Clot
390. Under normal conditions, which of the fol-
C. Influenza lowing substances is found in urine?
D. Diabetes A. blood cells
385. Which of the following layers of the skin B. protein
does not contain any blood vessels? C. glucose
A. epidermis D. urea
B. cutis
391. Tiny filtering structures where urine is
C. dermis produced in the kidneys are called
D. hypodermis A. ureters.

B. alveoli. 397. Which two of these are functions of the

C. nephrons. excretory system?
A. to collect and remove wastes from the
D. bronchi.
body
392. The teeth chew food and the stomach B. to bring oxygen to body cells
churns food into smaller particles. What C. to protect the nervous system
is the name of this process?
D. to balance the amount of fluid in the
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A. chemical digestion body
B. mechanical digestion
398. Where is the excretory system located?
C. absorption
A. Near your esophagus
D. enzyme activity
B. In your stomach
393. The outer layer of the kidney C. Near the spine/The middle of the back
A. medulla D. All over your body
B. cortex 399. Which organ in the digestive tract ab-
C. glomerulus sorbs water?
D. Bowman’s capsule A. small intestine

B. large intestine
394. What systems brings in oxygen for your
C. mouth
cells to use?
D. stomach
A. reproductive system
B. digestive system 400. of nutrients are absorbed in the
C. respiratory system A. esophagus

B. stomach
D. endocrine system
C. small intestine
395. The enzyme responsible for lipase diges- D. large intestine
tion is:
A. Amylase 401. What are hormones and receptors similar
to?
B. Protease
A. lock and key
C. Lipase
B. jigsaw puzzles fitting together
D. Pepsin
C. phone and phone charger
396. The digestive system D. All of the above
A. removes waste products from the 402. What is the main reason we throw up?
blood
A. To get rid of waste.
B. Breaks down food to be absorbed. Re-
B. To get rid of food that does not have
moves solid wastes.
any nutritional waste.
C. Site of gas exchange C. To empty the stomach when there is
D. Directs the body’s activities. too much food in it.

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D. To remove toxic material from the B. Breakdown proteins

stomach before it is absorbed.
C. Digest carbohydrates

403. The function of bile is to:
A. Emulsify lipids D. Saturate the bolus
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1. Name the two hormones produced by the B. by a doctor
thyroid gland. C. a biopsy
A. Epinephrine and norepinephrine D. none of above
B. ADH and oxytocin
6. Peristalsis occurs in which of the following
C. Calcitonin and thyroxine locations
D. Growth hormone and cortisol A. mouth, stomach
2. The wave-like contractions that moves a B. large intestine, small intestine
bolus through the digestive tract is known C. esophagus, small intestine
as
D. rectum, liver
A. Chyme
7. These secrete saliva (watery secretion
B. appendix
that contains mucus (a protein lubricant)
C. bile and salivary amylase (starch-digesting en-
D. peristalsis zyme) into the oral cavity). They exist in
pairs.
3. What is the name of the sphincter that A. Small Intestines
controls the release of bile and pancreatic
juices into the duodenum? B. Large Intestines
A. Sphincter of Oddi C. Pancreas
B. Hepatopancreatic sphincter D. Salivary Glands
C. Bile sphincter 8. All of the following are functions of sodium

bicarbonate except
D. Either Oddi or Hepatopancreatic
sphincter A. provides a favorable environment in
the small intestine for enzymes involved
4. An example of a hormone secreted by the in digestion
pancreas is:
B. neutralizes the acidic chyme
A. thyroid hormone
C. prevents the action of pepsin
B. growth hormone
D. prevents the action fo chymotrypsin
C. adrenaline
9. What is the name of the blood vessel lo-
D. insulin
cated in the middle of the liver lobule?
5. How are the disorders diagnosed? A. Portal venule
A. Genetic or stress induced B. Hepatic venule

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C. Central vein 14. One of your classmates casually mentions

D. Hepatic arteriole that the liverproduces about 1 L of bile per
day. As you attempt toconfirm this sur-
10. A 75-year-old man with congestive heart prising information through indepen-dent
failure com-plains of increasing shortness study, you learn that cholangiocytes con-
of breath. On physicalexamination, the pa- tinuouslymonitor the flow of bile. What
tient has an enlarged and tenderliver and subcellular organelle issensitive to the di-
swollen legs. Increased venous pressure rectional flow of bile in the biliarytree?
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due toright-sided heart failure primarily A. Cilia
affects which of thefollowing regions of
B. Flagella
this patient’s liver?
C. Hemidesmosomes
A. Centrilobular hepatocytes
D. Microvilli
B. Periportal hepatocytes
E. Stereocilia
C. Intrahepatic bile ducts
D. Extrahepatic bile ducts 15. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes means that
E. Portal vein A. The pancreas does not produce insulin

B. The insulin produced by the pancreas
11. Somatostatin insulin secretion and is not effective
glucagon secretion
C. Insulin does not reach the blood
A. increases/increases
D. We are sedentary
B. increases/decreases
16. Which of the following is NOT a function
C. decreases/increases
of the liver?
D. decreases/decreases A. makes bile
12. How is the hepatopancreatic ampulla of B. controls blood sugar levels
the junction formed? C. removes old RBC’s
A. common bile duct with the main pan- D. makes insulin
creatic duct
B. common liver with cystic 17. The following structure lies on uncinate
process
C. right liver with left liver
A. Coeliac trunk
D. accessory pancreatic with main pan-
B. Superior mesenteric artery
creatic
C. Superior mesenteric vein
13. causes the pancreatic cells to release
D. Superior mesenteric artery and vein
pancreatic juice high in sodium bicarbonate
into the small intestine. 18. What is a risk factor for pancreas disease
A. cholecystokinin A. alcoholism
B. insulin B. older age
C. secretin C. atkins diet
D. glucagon D. all of the above

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19. Exocrine cells of the pancreas produce 24. Two major causes of cirrhosis of the liver
are:
A. digestive enzymes

A. a high-fat diet and obesity.
B. amylase and pepsinogen
B. excessive vitamin A intake and portal
C. insulin hypertension.
D. glucagon C. hepatitis and alcoholism.
20. Acinar cells empty into tubules that filter D. renal colic and cystitis.
into the which then brings the pancre-
25. Pancreatic lipase is known as
atic juice to the duodenum.
A. steapsin
A. stomach
B. amylopsin
B. sinusoids
C. chymotrypsin
C. canaliculi
D. trypisin
D. pancreatic duct
26. Where is the liver located in the human
21. Which of the following statements is true body?
about the human liver? A. Beside pancreas
A. Liver is triangular in shape B. Beside heart
B. Liver is the only visceral organ that can C. Beside kidney
regenerate
D. Above the abdominal cavity
C. Liver is the largest and the internal or-
gan of the human body 27. All of the following is true of insulin, EX-
CEPT
D. All of the above.
A. it is secreted by beta cells
22. Where is the head of the pancreas lo- B. it signals the liver to store glucose as
cated? glycogen
A. in the curve of the duodenum C. it is a hormone
B. above the stomach D. it is secreted by alpha cells
C. in front of the stomach 28. What do we call they yellow-green liquid
D. close to the urinary bladder found in our gallbladder?
A. Lipase
23. what would happen if you damage your
B. Protase
pancreas
C. Bile
A. chronic pancreatitis
D. Insulin
B. loss of function
29. Which sentence better describe close-loop
C. digestion problems
system in artificial pancreas
D. scar tissue may occur
A. Require user acknowledgement prior
E. all of the above to insulin dosing

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B. Does not require user acknowledge- 35. Secretion of pancreatic juice is stimulated
ment for insulin delivery by
C. Bolus calculation was done by user A. Gastrin
D. none of above B. Secretin
C. Enterokinase
30. Insulin and glucagon are produced by
D. Enterogastron
A. the liver
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B. the pancreas 36. How long does the pancreas measure?
A. 8-12 inches
C. the kidneys
B. 7-8 inches
D. none of above
C. 6-10 inches
31. What stimulates the production of bicar- D. 5-9 inches
bonates in the pancreas?
A. CCK 37. Injury or inflammation affecting the canal
of Herring inthe liver lobule is associ-
B. Secretin ated with which of the followingpathologic
C. Gastrin changes?
D. Food A. Fat droplets within hepatocytes
B. Fibrosis of the common bile duct
32. where is the pancreas
C. Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
A. behind your knee
D. Hypertrophy of smooth muscle in the
B. behind your stomach ampulla ofVater
C. behind your liver E. Intrahepatic bile lakes
D. behind your intestines 38. Principal fat digesting enzyme is in pancre-
atic juice.
33. Amylopsin breaks
A. True
A. proteins into amino acids
B. False
B. nucleic acids into nucleotides
C. Maybe
C. starch and glycogen into disaccha-
rides D. none of above
D. lipids into glycerol and monoglyc- 39. causes the gallbladder to release bile
erides A. cholecystokinin
34. The thyroxine hormone regulates: B. insulin
A. The secretion of the adrenal cortex C. secretin
B. The use of sugar by the cells D. glucagon
(metabolism)
40. Which of the following hormones is NOT
C. The level of calcium in the bloodstream secreted by the small intestine?
D. The reaction of the body to stress A. secretin

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B. cholecystokinin B. Endothelial cells

C. insulin C. Hepatic stellate cells

D. none of above D. Hepatocytes
E. Kupffer cells
41. One of the main functions of the small in-
testine is 46. the function of the spleen is
A. absorption of nutrients A. removes dead or worn-out blood cells
B. absorption of water B. produces insulin
C. vitamin conversion C. produces gastric juice
D. waste secretion D. produce bilis

47. is a pear shaped, membranous sac that
42. These are tubes that secrete saliva into the
stores and concentrates bile
oral cavity on each side of the oral cavity
inferior to the tongue. A. Kidneys
A. Parotid ducts B. Lungs
C. Gallbladder
B. Submandibular gland
D. Heart
C. Submandibular ducts
D. Sublingual ducts 48. The pancreas is a gland
A. endocrine
43. These are tubes that secrete saliva into the
B. exocrine
oral cavity from the sublingual gland.
C. mixed
A. Parotid ducts
D. none of above
B. Submandibular gland
49. The fingerlike projections of the small in-
testine increase the surface area and are
D. Sublingual ducts known as
44. What is a sign/symptom of pancreas dis- A. rugae
ease? B. villi
A. Left shoulder pain C. microvilli
B. Epigastric pain D. haustra
C. Increased pain with laying supine 50. A different visual field from the slide de-
D. all of the above scribed inQuestion 2 is examined at the
same magnification.Identify the structures
45. A 50-year-old malnourished man presents indicated by the arrows (shownin the im-
with a 6-monthhistory of night blindness. age).
Physical examination revealscorneal ulcer- A. Arcuate arteries
ation. The patient is subsequently diag-
B. Hepatic arteries
nosedwith vitamin A deficiency. Which of
the following cells inthe liver stores vita- C. Interlobular arteries
min A as retinyl esters? D. Sublobular veins
A. Cholangiocytes E. Terminal hepatic venules

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51. What are the disorders associated with 57. What stimulates the production of en-
the pancreas? zymes in the pancreas?
A. Pancreatic, Carboxypeptidase, and Li- A. CCK
pase B. Secretin
B. Scoliosis, Polysaccharide, and Trypsin C. Gastrin
C. Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes, and Pancre- D. Food
atitis
58. In a patient with acute pancreatitis collec-
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D. none of above
tion of blood around umbilicus is known as
52. Which is NOT a clinical manifestation? A. Grey Turner sign
A. upper abdominal pain B. Cullens sign
B. gallstones C. Kehr’s sign
C. low blood pressure D. Murphy’s sign
D. headaches
59. The following structure should not be in-
53. Pancreatic amylase is also known as jured during splenectomy
A. steapsin A. Head of pancreas
B. amylopsin B. Neck of pancreas
C. chymotrypsin C. Body of pancreas
D. carboxypeptidase D. Tail of pancreas
54. Which one here reduces the amount of glu- 60. What is the abnormal diminished content
cose in the blood? of glucose in the blood called?
A. Glucagon A. Hyperglycemia
B. Insulin B. Hypothyroidism
C. Glycogen C. Hyposecretion
D. ADH D. Hypoglycemia
55. Which cell type makes up the majority of 61. This is located near the junction of the
the Islets of Langerhans? small and large intestines. It is very small
A. alpha and is a vestigial structure.
B. beta A. Cecum
C. delta B. Vermiform appendix
D. F cells C. Coelom
D. Colon
56. This moves bile from the common Hepatic
duct to the common bile duct. 62. the parts of the pancreas are
A. Common Hepatic Duct A. head and tail
B. Cystic Duct B. bottom, body, neck
C. Common Bile Duct C. head, neck, body, tail
D. Gall Bladder D. visceral face, diaphragmatic face

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63. This releases bile (emulsifies/breaks 68. What is unique about the pancreas com-
down lipids into smaller droplets) into the pared to the other glands?
duodenum.

A. It has two functions within the en-
A. Spleen docrine and nervous syetm
B. Liver B. It produces the most amount of hor-
mones in the endocrine system
C. Pancreas
C. It’s the largest gland in the endocrine
D. Gall Bladder
system
64. This organ Moves food toward the esoph- D. It has two functions within the en-
agus docrine and exocrine system
A. stomach 69. alpha cells secrete
B. tongue A. glucagon
C. esophagus B. glycogen
D. mouth C. inslulin
65. Name of the hormones produced by the hy- D. lipase
pothalamus?
70. What is the function of the pancreas?
A. Aldosterone and cortisol
A. To maintain healthy blood sugar levels
B. Thyroxine and calcitonin
B. To excrete waste
C. Parathyroid and thymosin
C. To pump blood to your heart
D. Oxytocin and ADH D. To filter waste
66. Choose one that is not the sign of diabetes 71. the main pancreatic duct empties into
mellitus
A. major duodenal papilla
A. Excessive urination flushing glucose
and ketones B. papila duodenal door or
C. duodenal blister
B. Excessive thirst due to water loss
D. none
C. Hunger due to inability to use sugar,
and loss of fat and protein 72. A person can survive without pancreas.
D. Extreme tiredness and paleness A. True
67. Why pancreatic insulin better than injec- B. False
tion insulin? C. Maybe
A. Insulin dosing is better because it D. none of above
takes into account food intake and phys-
ical activity. 73. Which pancreatic cells secrete glucagon?
B. Insulin dosing is direct into the portal A. alpha
veins B. beta
C. Insulin dosing is continuous C. delta
D. none of above D. f cells

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74. Who is affected by diabetes? 79. Enzymes and bile are carried by the pan-
A. Men and women creatic duct and bile duct into the
B. Anyone (even animals) A. duodenum

B. ileum
C. Men
C. jejunum
D. Women
D. large intestine
75. the spleen is an organ
80. In embryologic development the pan-
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A. retroperitoneal creas rotates around to fuse with the
B. intraperitoneal pancreas
C. subperitoneal A. anterior, posterior
D. extraperitoneal B. ventral, dorsal
C. dorsal, ventral
76. The following statements are all true, ex-
cept D. tail, body
A. The liver is the largest, solid organ in 81. Produces mucus and enzymes that chemi-
the body cally break down food
B. Blood supply to the liver is only A. Esophagus
through the hepatic artery B. liver
C. Portal tracts in the liver are composed C. Pancreas
by a hepatic arteriole, a portal venule and D. salivary glands
a bile ductule
D. Blood leaves the liver through the hep- 82. What are the hormones associated with
atic vein the pancreas?
A. Insulin & Glucagon
77. Which of the following breaks down nu-
B. Islet cells
cleic acids into nucleotides?
C. Secretin
A. steapsin
D. none of above
B. trypsin
83. What is the name of the cells located in the
C. proteases
liver?
D. nucleases
A. hepatocytes
78. This is divided into lobes and is located on B. acinar cells
right side of body. It is divided into 4 lobes C. duct cells
in humans (right, left, caudate, quadrate)
and is divided into 6 lobes in cats (left me- D. osteoclasts
dial, left lateral, quadrate, right medial, 84. Which of the following is the function of
right lateral, caudate). the human liver?
A. Spleen A. Production of bile
B. Liver B. Metabolization of fats
C. Pancreas C. Metabolization of carbohydrates
D. Gall Bladder D. All of the above.

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85. Closes when we swallow to prevent food 90. What do f cells make?
from entering into our lungs A. nothing. you made them up

A. Esophagus B. cholecystokinin
B. gall bladder C. pancreatic polypeptide
C. Epiglottis D. Insulin-like factor (ILF)
D. Tongue
91. what other system does the digestive sys-
86. What disease involves the pancreas? tem work with
A. Alzheimers A. nervous system
B. Diabetes B. circulatory system
C. Heart disease C. muscular system
D. Lung cancer D. skeletal system
92. The gallbladder:

87. What is the shape of liver lobules?
A. Helps improve immune system
A. pentagon
B. Helps in the process of digestion
B. square
C. Makes hormones
C. hexagone
D. none of above
D. octagone
93. superior border of the body of Pancreas is
88. A liver biopsy from a 62-year-old alco- related to
holic man disclosesregenerative liver nod-
ules surrounded by fibrous scar tis-sue A. splenic vein
(histologic features of cirrhosis). The sur- B. splenic artery
gical patholo-gist asks you to comment
C. bile duct
on the remarkable capacity of theliver to
regenerate. Hepatic stem cells that con- D. Portal vein
tribute to liverregeneration reside in which
94. what do the enzymes break down
of the following locations?
A. sugars
A. Canal of Herring
B. fats
B. Glisson capsule
C. starches
C. Hepatic sinusoid
D. all of the above
D. Space of Disse
E. skeletal structure
E. Space of Mall
95. A 40-year-old woman with a history of in-
89. How many lobes are present in the liver? digestioninquires about the location of her
A. 1 gallbladder. She alsoasks for information
regarding risk factors for gallstones.What
B. 2
normal component of bile is associated
C. 3 with thepathogenesis of gallstones?
D. 4 A. Bicarbonate

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B. Cholesterol 101. with one of the following organs. The

C. Cholic acid visceral face of the spleen is not related
D. Mucin A. stomach
E. Sodium chloride B. tail of the pancreas
96. ....Physically breaks down food through C. right colic flexure
mastication D. left kidney
A. stomach
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B. teeth 102. This secretes digestive enzymes and
buffers which neutralize the stomach
C. tongue acids.
D. esophagus
A. Spleen
97. Choose all basic components for an artifi- B. Liver
cial pancreas
C. Pancreas
A. Glucose monitor, insulin reservoir, in-
sulin pump D. Gall Bladder
B. Glucose monitor, insulin pump, algo-
rithm for insulin delivery 103. What are the functions of Pancreas?
C. Insulin reservoir, insulin pump, algo- A. Helps in digestion and regulating blood
rithm for insulin delivery pressure
D. none of above B. Helps in digestion and regulating blood
sugar
98. Which one here is a hormone?
C. Helps in blood sugar regulation and
A. Glycogen
produces insulin
B. Glycerol
D. Helps in blood sugar regulation and
C. Glucagon produces glucagon
D. Glucose
104. Pancreatic juice contains all of the follow-
99. What is the functional unit of the liver ing EXCEPT
called?
A. pepsin
A. Liver lobule
B. Acinus B. trypsin
C. Liver lobe C. chymotrypsin
D. Islet of Langerhans D. steapsin
100. What are the rows od liver cells within a 105. Which pancreatic cells secrete insulin?
liver lobule called?
A. alpha
A. hepatic cords
B. hepatic lines B. beta
C. liver lobes C. delta
D. liver rows D. f cells

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106. What is the function of bile? C. Hemoglobin

A. digests fats D. Hemosiderin

B. emulsifies fats E. Transferrin
C. accumulates fats
112. The most common cells of the pancreas
D. absorbs fats are
107. what are the pancreatic juices called A. acinar cells
A. juicy B. hepatic cells
B. liquids C. kupffer cells
C. enzymes D. pancreatic ducts
D. acid 113. All of the following is true of enteroki-
108. Treatment of type 2 diabetes requires nase except
A. Diet, exercise and/or treatment A. it is a hormone
B. Insulin injections B. it is an enzyme

C. Rest in bed C. it is secreted by the small intestine
D. none of above D. it turns trypsinogen into trypsin
109. Which cells produce insulin? 114. All of the following are pancreatic pro-
teases EXCEPT
A. Alpha cells
A. trypsin
B. Beta cells
B. chymotrypsin
C. Delta cells
D. Both a and b C. carboxypeptidase
D. steapsin
110. Name of the hormone that breaks down
glycogen into glucose. 115. Artificial Pancreas is a device used
A. Aldosterone A. to detect glucose level in blood
B. Insulin B. to deliver amount of insulin needed by
C. Glucagon the body
D. Cortisol C. to convert glucose to energy needed
by the body
111. During a clinical conference, you are
D. to convert stored glycogen to glucose
asked to discussiron storage disorders af-
fecting the liver. You explain thatiron 116. During ERCP procedure the tube to be in-
overload can occur due to increased break- serted the following distance from pylorus
down oferythrocytes (hemolysis) or in- to reach the Major pancreatic duct opens
creased intestinal absorp-tion. Name the
A. 6-8 mm
principal iron storage pigment found inhep-
atocytes. B. 6-8 cm
A. Bilirubin C. 8-10 cm
B. Cytochromes D. 8-10mm

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117. You are asked to discuss the gross and A. it signals the liver to release glycogen
microscopic anat-omy of the liver during a as glucose
pathology conference. Classicliver lobules B. it signals the liver to store glucose as
are described as hexagonal prisms that glycogen
sur-round which of the following anatomic
structures? C. it is released when blood sugar levels
are low
A. Bile duct
D. it is secreted by alpha cells
B. Central vein
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122. Most nutrients are absorbed here
C. Hepatic artery
A. liver
D. Portal triad
B. appendix
E. Portal vein
C. small intestine
118. This moves bile from the liver to the cys- D. large intestine
tic duct.
123. The pancreas delivers an alkaline pH fluid
A. Common Hepatic Duct
to the duode-num that helps to neutral-
B. Cystic Duct ize the acidity of gastric juice, protect the
C. Common Bile Duct small intestine, and provide an optimum
pHfor hydrolytic enzymes present in the
D. Gall Bladder lumen. What por-tion of the exocrine pan-
creas secretes most of this bicar-bonate-
119. What is the pancreas for?
and sodium-rich alkaline fluid?
A. It produces juices that help break
A. Intercalated ducts
down food and hormones that help control
blood sugar levels. B. Interlobular ducts
B. They move oxygen into the blood and C. Intralobular ducts
remove carbon dioxide in a process called D. Pancreatic duct of Santorini
gas exchange. E. Pancreatic duct of Wirsung
C. It receives indigestible substances
from the small intestine, absorbs water, 124. These are salivary glands located just me-
and leaves waste products called feces. dial to the mandible on each side of the
face.
D. none of above
A. Parotid ducts
120. The name of the hormone that increases B. Parotid glands
the amount of sugar in the blood is called C. Submandibular glands
D. Sublingual glands
A. insulin
125. Trypsin, Chymotrypsin and Carboxypep-
B. glucagon
tidase split
C. glycogen
A. proteins into amino acids
D. CCK
B. nucleic acids into nucleotides
121. All of the following is true of glucagon, C. starch and glycogen into disaccha-
EXCEPT rides

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D. lipids into glycerol and monoglyc- 130. Which of the following would be consid-
erides ered a main role of the digestive system?

126. A 62-year-old alcoholic presents to the A. Break down food molecules
emergency roomwith 8 hours of severe ab- B. absorb nutrients
dominal pain and vomiting.Physical exam- C. Get rid of waste
ination discloses exquisite abdominal ten-
D. all of these
derness. Serum levels of amylase and li-
pase are elevated.These laboratory data 131. a hormone created in our pancreas that
indicate that this patient has suf-fered in- helps in balancing the sugar level in our
jury to which of the following internal or- body is
gans? A. Lipase
A. Duodenum B. Amylase
B. Gallbladder C. Insulin
C. Liver D. none of above
D. Pancreas 132. the artery that supplies the spleen is
E. Stomach A. pancreatoduodenal superior
127. what three things does the digestive sys- B. right gastro-omental
tem do? C. splenic
A. burns calories, eliminate waste, and D. gastroduodenal
helps you breath.
133. Where are the α and β cells in the pan-
B. digest food, eat food, breaks up your creas located?
food.
A. Islets of Langerhans
C. digest food, absorb nutrients, and
eliminate waste. B. Acini
C. Ducts
D. makes nutrients, gets food into small
particles, helps swallow food. D. Hepatic cords
128. What is an example of hyperfunction in 134. Choose suitable candidate for an artificial
the pancreas? pancreas?
A. Pheochromocytoma A. Type II Diabetes
B. Diabetes mellitus B. Type I Diabetes

C. Hypoglycemia
C. Cushing syndrome
D. none of above
D. Hypersecretion
135. A 69-year-old man is brought to the
129. The structure formed behind the Neck of emergency room ina disoriented state.
the Pancreas is Physical examination reveals an odorof
A. common Bile duct alcohol, as well as jaundice and as-
B. IVC cites. Serum levels ofaspartate amino-
transferase (AST), alanine aminotrans-
C. Portal vein ferase(ALT), alkaline phosphatase, and
D. common hepatic duct bilirubin are all elevated.Increased serum

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levels of alkaline phosphatase are an indi- B. test the elevated levels of pancreatic
cator of injury to which of the following C. measuring fat to see how much nutri-
tissues/structures? ents you’re getting
A. Bile ducts D. observe the extent of inflammation
B. Centrilobular hepatocytes
140. Which hormone prevents the glucose lev-
C. Islets of Langerhans
els from dropping to a dangerous point by
D. Pancreatic exocrine acini stimulating the stored glycogen to glucose
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E. Periportal hepatocytes in the liver?
A. Glucagon
136. A neonate born prematurely at 32-
weeks’ gestationdevelops yellow skin and B. Gastrin
sclera (physiological jaundice).Laboratory C. Insulin
studies show elevated serum levels of
D. Somatostatin
biliru-bin (breakdown product of heme).
Inadequate bilirubinclearance by the liver 141. What is the part of the pancreas that is
in this neonate was most likelycaused by close to the spleen called?
organ immaturity. What liver enzyme
conju-gates serum bilirubin, making it wa- A. Head
ter soluble, for excre-tion in the bile? B. Neck
A. Alanine aminotransferase C. Body
B. Aspartate transaminase D. Tail
C. Fatty acyltransferase
142. Hormone that maintains/reabsorbs the
D. Glucuronyltransferase water in the body.
E. Galactosyltransferase A. Norepinephrine
137. Arteria Pancreatica magna is a branch of B. Adrenaline
A. superior pancreatico duodenal artery C. Melatonin
B. Inferior Pancreatico duodenal artery D. ADH
C. Hepatic artery 143. The structure related posterior to the
D. Splenic artery head of Pancreas is
138. what hormones does the pancreas re- A. hepatic artery

lease B. cystic artery
A. insulin C. Portal vein
B. glucagon D. Bile duct
C. gastrin
144. Concentration of bile salts and pig-
D. all of the above ments within thelumen of the gallblad-
der depends on active transportof Na+and
139. How can a stool test help diagnose pan- HCO3-, as well as passive transport of
creatitis? H2O.Which of the following proteins fa-
A. helps look for gallstones cilitates the passivetransport of water

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across the plasma membrane of epi-thelial 149. These are salivary glands located inferior
cells lining the gallbladder? to the tongue.

A. Aquaporin A. Parotid ducts
B. Cadherin B. Parotid glands
C. Submandibular glands
C. Occludin
D. Sublingual glands
D. Perforin
150. Name of the hormone that increases the
E. Porin
levels of calcium in the blood:
145. This is a section of peritoneum that orig- A. Calcitonin
inates between the stomach and trans- B. Calcium
verse colon and drapes over the intestines
C. Phosphatase
as a fatty apron.
D. Parathyroid
A. Mesentary
151. Which hormones can cause diabetes if the
B. Vermiform appendix
pancreas produces too much or too little?
C. Greater Omentum A. Insulin
D. Lesser Omentum B. Somatostatin
C. Vasoactive intestinal peptide
146. Bile is formed by the
D. Gastrin
A. liver
152. What is the connective tissue that sepa-
B. spleen
rates liver lobules from each other called?
C. pancreas
A. septum
D. gallbladder B. sepsis
147. Exocrine part of the pancreas is made of C. canal

cells called D. separator
A. acinar cells 153. The 3 types of enzymes that acinar cells
B. duct cells produce are
A. amylase, protease, lipase
C. hepatocytes
B. amylose, proteose, lipid
D. acinar and duct cells
C. amylase, pepsinogen, lipase
148. Choose one which not the function of In- D. acinar cells produce bicarbnate
sulin
154. Albumin is the most important protein in
A. Convert glycogen to glucose blood serum. It is produced by
B. Oxidise glucose for energy A. Heart
C. Convert glucose to glycogen for stor- B. Lungs
age C. Liver
D. Process glucose uptake from body D. Endocrine glands

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155. are the chief functional cells of the 159. Which component of the pancreas that
liver produces hormone to regulate blood sugar
A. Hepatocytes A. Acinar Cells
B. Nephrons B. Beta Cells
C. Neurons C. Delta Cells
D. All of the above D. Islet of Langerhans
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156. What is the role of the pancreas? 160. The main pancreatic duct is from the
A. regulates the endocrine system A. ventral pancreas
B. breaking down food and consuming it B. dorsal pancreas
into energy for the body’s cell’s C. main pancreas
C. controls the rate which cells burn fuels D. posterior pancreas
from food to make energy
D. increases blood pressure and heart 161. Which pancreatic cells secrete somato-
rate under stress statin?
A. alpha
157. A 44-year-old woman comes to the
physician with a6-week history of B. beta
episodic hunger and fainting spells.She is C. delta
currently seeing a psychiatrist because she
D. f cells
is irri-table and quarreling with her family.
Laboratory studiesshow a serum glucose 162. What is the direction of the blood and bile
concentration of 35 mg/dL (nor-mal = 90 flow within a liver lobule?
mg/dL). A CT scan of the abdomen demon-
A. blood and bile flow towards the center
strates a 1.5-cm mass in the pancreas. An
of the lobule
EM study ofthe tumor reveals membrane-
bound, dense-core gran-ules. These secre- B. blood flows towards the center and
tory vesicles most likely contain whichof bile towards a triad of the lobule
the following pancreatic hormones? C. blood and bile flow towards the triad
A. Glucagon of the lobule
B. Insulin D. bile flows towards the center and
blood towards a triad of the lobule
C. Pancreatic polypeptide
D. Secretin 163. A 40-year-old woman presents with
an 8-month historyof generalized itching,
E. Somatostatin
weight loss, fatigue, and yellowsclerae.
158. What is the approximate weight of the Physical examination reveals mild jaun-
liver in a healthy adult? dice. Aliver biopsy discloses bile duct in-
jury and inflammation.Which of the follow-
A. 1.4kg ing cells forms the lining epitheliumof the
B. 2.3kg biliary tree?
C. 0.9kg A. Cholangiocytes
D. 1.8kg B. Endothelial cells

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C. Hepatic stellate cells 168. This is a complex organ with many func-
tions. It processes digestive material from
D. Hepatocytes
the vessels returning blood from the in-

E. Kupffer cells testines and has a role in either moving
nutrients into the bloodstream and stor-
164. This transports bile to the duodenum ing them in liver tissue. It also stores
from the gall bladder. fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), produces
A. Common Hepatic Duct blood plasma proteins (albumin), detoxi-
fies harmful material, and produces bile.
B. Cystic Duct
A. Spleen
C. Common Bile Duct
B. Liver
D. Gall Bladder
C. Pancreas
165. During a small group seminar, you are
D. Gall Bladder
asked to dis-cuss pancreatic enzymes and
their role in the digestionof food. Which 169. The are a collection of endocrine cells
of the following enzymes catalyzes the- in the pancreas
conversion of pancreatic proenzymes to ac-
tive enzymeswithin the lumen of the duo- A. I cells
denum? B. Islets of Langerhans
A. Alkaline phosphatase C. Acinar Cells
B. Elastase D. Chromaffin Cells
C. Maltase
170. Which 3 vessels are found in the portal
D. Phospholipase triad?
E. Trypsin A. portal venule, hepatic vein, hepatic ar-
teriole
166. The from the digestive system and
the from the respiratory system in- B. portal venule, bile duct, hepatic arteri-
crease the surface area of the body to in- ole
crease absorption and gas exchange. C. hepatic venule, bile duct, hepatic arte-
A. duodenum, trachea riole
B. villi, bronchi D. portal arteriole, bile duct, hepatic arte-
riole
C. villi, alveoli
D. duodenum, alveoli 171. The digestive system absorbs nutrients
in the small intestine with the and
167. causes the pancreas to release pan- then the nutrients is carried throughout
creatic juice high in digestive enzymes the body in the system.
A. cholecystokinin A. alveoli, respiratory
B. insulin B. villi, circulatory
C. secretin C. alveoli, circulatory
D. glucagon D. duodenum, respiratory

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172. Duct cells of pancreas produce 177. what are the enzymes that are secreted
A. enzymes from the pancreas?
A. amylase, lipase, protease
B. hormones
B. amylase, carbohydrase, protease
C. α and β cells
C. protease, isomerase, carbohydrase
D. bicarbonate
D. none of above
173. This is an extension of the peritoneum
178. Trypsinogen is converted into its active
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that forms a double fold of tissue between
form, trypsin, by
the stomach and liver.
A. cholecystokinin
A. Mesentary
B. secretin
B. Vermiform appendix
C. enterokinase
C. Greater Omentum
D. lipase
D. Lesser Omentum
179. These are salivary glands located just an-
174. Which of the following is not a hormone terior to the ears.
A. cholecystokinin A. Parotid ducts
B. secretin B. Parotid glands
C. glucagon C. Submandibular glands
D. enterokinase D. Sublingual glands
180. These are tubes that transverses the buc-
175. Pancreatic juice contains all of the follow-
cal (cheek) region and enters the oral cav-
ing except..
ity just posterior to the upper second mo-
A. sodium bicarbonate lar. They secretes saliva from the parotid
B. enzymes gland.
C. calcium carbonate A. Parotid ducts
D. nucleases B. Submandibular gland

176. A 5-year-old girl presents with yellow
D. Sublingual ducts
skin and sclerae.The parents believe that
she recently swallowed a bottleof ac- 181. The islets of Langerhans are found in
etaminophen tablets. A liver biopsy re- A. Stomach
veals hepaticnecrosis. Which of the follow-
B. Alimentary canal
ing enzymes metabolizedacetaminophen
and generated toxic metabolites in the- C. Pancreas
liver of this young patient? D. Liver
A. Catalase 182. the ribs that cover the spleen are
B. Cytochrome P450 A. from 7 to 11
C. Myeloperoxidase B. from 9 to 11
D. NADPH oxidase C. none
E. Superoxide dismutase D. only 12

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183. The arrows on the image provided for C. head

Question 6 pointto the nuclei of endothe- D. neck
lial cells that line the hepaticsinusoids.

Which of the following cytologic features 186. All of the following is true of the Islets
bestcharacterizes these squamous epithe- of Langerhans EXCEPT
lial cells? A. they are centered around blood ves-
A. Fenestrations sels in the pancreas
B. Glycogen inclusions B. they include beta cells
C. Secretory granules C. they include alpha cells
D. Slit-pore diaphragms D. they include acinar cells
E. Stereocilia 187. The following structure lies on the poste-
rior surface of the body of pancreas
184. Which of the following hormones is NOT
secreted by the pancreas? A. Splenic artery
A. secretin B. Splenic vein
B. glucagon C. Portal vein
C. insulin D. Bile duct
D. none of above 188. What are some treatment options?
185. What part of the pancreas is intraperi- A. Diet and Exercise
toneal? B. Radiation
A. cola C. Paresthesia
B. body D. Adjuvant Radio Therapy
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1. The colour of spleen is A. Large Intestine
A. Green B. Small Intestine
B. Yellow C. Stomach
C. Red D. Kidney
D. White E. Diaphragm
2. splenic artery is a branch of 4. The colic surface of the spleen touches the
A. coeliac trunk
B. superior mesenteric artery A. Large Intestine
C. Inferior mesenteric artery B. Small Intestine
D. none of above C. Stomach
3. The gastric surface of the spleen touches D. Kidney

the E. Diaphragm

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5. The following ligament prevents the en- B. White pulp of the spleen is composed
largement of spleen towards left iliac of lymphoid aggregates.
fossa C. lymphoid nodules in the white pulp is
A. Gastrohepatic ligament composed mainly of B-lymphocytes
B. Lenorenal ligament D. periarteriolar lymphoid sheath is com-
C. Gastrosplenic ligament posed mainly of B-lymphocytes
D. Phrenicocolic ligament 11. Which of the following BEST explains the
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cause of splenomegaly in chronic myeloid
6. Splenectomy results in the following leukaemia.
changes in the full blood count EXCEPT
A. production of antibody
A. further reduction in the Hb level
B. control of red cell integrity
B. neutrophilic leucocytosis
C. extramedullary haematopoiesis
C. lymphocytosis
D. sequestration of formed elements
D. thrombocytosis
12. Which of the following is the MOST feared
7. The superior border of the Spleen up complication post splenectomy?
A. Up A. anaemia
B. Down B. lymphocytosis
C. Right side C. thrombosis
D. Left Side D. sepsis
E. Back 13. What is the taste of spleen?
8. The posterior border of the Spleen points A. Bitter
B. Pungent
A. Up C. Sweet
B. Down D. Salty
C. Right side
14. What is the point used for treating pen-
D. Front siveness?
E. Back A. BL 20
9. Long axis of spleen corresponds to B. ST 36
A. 9th rib C. REN 12
B. 10th rib D. BL 49
C. 11th rib 15. splenic notches are commonly seen in
D. 12th rib border of spleen
A. superior
10. The following statements are TRUE regard-
ing spleen, EXCEPT B. anterior
A. The red pulp of the spleen is highly vas- C. inferior

cular. D. none of above

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16. visceral surface of spleen is related to the 22. Splenectomy results in the following
following organs EXCEPT changes in the peripheral blood film EX-
CEPT

A. Stomach
B. kidney A. target cells
B. Howell jolly bodies
C. Transverse colon
C. reticulocytosis
D. small intestine
D. Basophilic stippling
17. The changes to Phlegm changes to
phlegm. 23. Main artery that supplies the spleen is
A. Heat A. Venous artery
B. Wind B. Splenic vein

C. Splenic artery
C. Dampness
D. Hepatic portal artery
D. Cold
24. The diaphragmatic surface of the spleen
18. left shoulder pain due to splenic rupture is
touches the
known as
A. Large Intestine
A. Grey turner’s sign
B. Small Intestine
B. kehr’s sign
C. Stomach
C. cullen’s sign
D. Kidney
D. Murphy’s sign
E. Diaphragm
19. The spleen is located adjacent to ribs
25. The other name of Zhen Qi? Another name
A. 11-12 of Zhen Qi?
B. 9-11 A. True Qi
C. 8-12 B. Gathering Qi
D. 10-12 C. Food Qi
E. 8-10 D. Defensive Qi
20. The spleen is located in the 26. What is the treatment used in REN 12
for reducing heat? What is the treatment
A. right iliac fossa..
used in REN 12 to reduce heat?
B. right lower quadrant.
A. Moxibustion
C. left coastal margin. B. Needling
D. left lower quadrant C. Acupressure
21. The inferior border of the Spleen points D. Feather touch
A. Up 27. Tail of pancreas lies in
B. Down A. Gastrosplenic ligament
C. Right side B. lienorenal ligament
D. Left Side C. Phrenicocolic ligament
E. Back D. none of above

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28. White pulp contains mostly 34. What is the manifestation of lips of a per-
A. Basophils son with healthy spleen blood?
B. Lymphocytes A. Rosy Dry
C. Macrophages B. Rosy Moist
D. Red blood cells C. Red Dry
29. How large is the spleen? D. Red Moist
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A. 12 in long and 7 in wide.
35. Which of the following BEST explains the
B. 12 cm long and 7 cm wide.
splenomegaly seen in hereditary spherocy-
C. 7 in long and 12 in wide. tosis
D. 7 cm long and 12 cm wide. A. phagocytosis of red blood cells by the
30. What is the smell of spleen? What does splenic macrophages
the spleen smell like? B. pooling of red blood cells in
A. Rotten C. extramedullary haematopoiesis
B. Fragrant
D. none of above
C. Scorched
D. Putrid 36. The renal surface of the spleen touches the
31. The spleen’s surface most hugs which of

the following organs? A. Large Intestine
A. Stomach B. Small Intestine
B. Large Intestine C. Stomach
C. Kidney D. Kidney
D. Pancreas
E. Diaphragm
E. Small Intestine
37. The point that lies in between Sternocleido
32. Function that will be most compromised by
mastoid ankle and umblicus is
the removal of the spleen?
A. Filtration of blood A. REN 12
B. Filtration of lymph B. SP 20
C. Basophil proliferation C. SP 6
D. Destruction of damaged antibodies D. REN 20
33. The spleen is a organ
38. What is the meaning of “Xian”? ”
A. Red
A. Spleen
B. Deep Red
C. Purple B. Tongue
D. Deep Purple C. Mouth

E. Pink D. Saliva

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39. Which of the following conditions can re- B. superior

sult in functional hyposplenism? C. inferior

A. chronic myeloid leukaemia D. none of above
B. sickle cell anaemia
41. Where is the spleen located?
C. hairy cell leukaemia A. RUQ
D. Gaucher’s disease B. RLQ
40. splenic artery lies on border of Pan- C. LUQ
creas D. LLQ
A. anterior E. Thoracic Region
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1. How many medals did she take home after C. nephrons.
competing with a kidney stone?
D. bronchi.
A. 6
B. 5 5. Which of the following is the correct defi-
nition of stimulus?
C. 2
D. 4 A. The ability of an organism to respond
B. the extent of changes in the surround-
2. A layer of perirenal fat also known as the
ing
adipose capsule
A. Renal capsule C. a change in the environment
B. Capsule wall D. changes in pH
C. Renal cortex
6. What act as a filter in the nephron?
D. none of above
A. Loop of henle
3. what is an effector?
B. Bowman’s Capsule
A. also known as nerve impulse
C. Glomerulus
B. part of body that carry out response ex-
ample muscle and gland D. Collecting Tubule
C. organ or cell that respond to stimuli ex-
ample eyes and skin 7. Two organs that brings oxygen to the
blood & removes carbon dioxide & other
D. the signal that travel along the nerve waste gases from the blood.
cell
A. lungs
4. The structure where urine is produced in
the kidneys are called B. kidneys
A. ureters. C. muscles
B. alveoli. D. skeleton

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8. What is added to allow arterial blood en- 13. Why is the recipient’s immune system less
ter a vein to then be withdrawn for dialy- likely to attack if the organ/s donated be-
sis? long/s to a relative?
A. a shunt A. Because they have similar immune sys-
B. a stunt tems.
C. a stud B. Because the antigens on their cells are

similar to each other.
D. a shack
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C. Because the cell membranes are simi-
9. Which blood vessel carries blood to the kid- lar to each other.
neys? D. Because they are related by blood.
A. Renal artery
14. Considering water and ions, what is the
B. Renal vein descending loop of Henle permeable to?
C. Renal cortex A. Permeable to water, Impermeable to
D. Renal medulla ions
B. Permeable to ions, Impermeable to
10. Which word means pertaining to the kid-
water
ney?
C. Permeable to both ions and water
A. Renal
D. Impermeable to both ions and water
B. Cardio
C. Gastrointestinal 15. The majority of glomeruli are located in the
of the kidney.
D. Respiratory
A. vasa recta
11. Does paro like Sydney
B. medulla
A. Yes
C. cortex
B. Yes
D. pelvis
C. Yes
16. Organ that produces bile to digest fatty
D. Yes
foods.
12. What does the pump do (in a dialysis A. liver
unit)?
B. lung
A. It keeps the dialysis fluid moving
C. organ
through the dialyser.
D. esophagus
B. It keeps the blood flowing through the
dialyser. 17. What organ removes liquid waste from
C. It keeps the dialysis fluid moving blood?
through the dialyser and at a higher pres- A. Heart
sure than the blood.
B. Brain
D. It keeps the blood moving through the
dialyser and at a higher pressure than the C. Kidneys
dialysis fluid. D. Stomach

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18. In kidney dialysis, which of the following B. Renal Cortex

are true of dialysis fluid? I. it does not con- C. Renal Pelvis
tain ureaII. it is taken back to the patient

by the renal vein III. it contains an equal or D. Renal Vein
slightly higher glucose concentration than 24. During the process of ultrafiltration, water
the patient’s blood glucose and sodium
A. I and II only A. do not pass through the glomerulus
B. I and III only walls
C. II and III only B. pass from the p.c.t into the blood
D. I, II and III C. move through the basement mem-
brane
19. impressive
D. enter the collecting duct
A. cool
25. Which area of the brain contains the recep-
B. horrible
tors responsible for detecting changes in
C. not good water potential
D. terrible A. Hypothalamus
20. The U-shaped segment of the nephron is B. Medulla Oblongata
the C. Amygdala
A. nephron loop (loop of Henle). D. Hippocampus
B. proximal convoluted tubule.
26. What two things does the kidneys regu-
C. distal convoluted tubule. late
D. collecting loop. A. Water level in blood
21. A person experiencing this symptoms of B. Glucose level in blood
kidney stones should consult a doctor C. Ion concentration
A. Pain accompanied by fever and chills D. Red blood cell concentration
B. Blood in the stool
27. Dark brown colored outer region of kidney
C. Difficulty breathing is called
D. Hypertension A. Cortex
22. Which structures carry urine from renal B. Medulla comb
pyramids to the renal pelvis? C. Pelvis Droni
A. Nephrons D. None of the above
B. Ureters 28. Which part of the renal capsule is a net-
C. Capillaries work of capillaries?
D. Calyces A. Bowman’s Capsule
23. Collectively all of the renal pyramids are B. Glomerulus

considered what part of the kidney? C. Afferent arteriole
A. Renal Medulla D. Peritubular Capillaries

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29. A pair of organs that regulate blood and 34. The outer region of the kidney, containing
excrete liquid waste. the capsule region of the nephron is called
A. kidneys the
B. muscles A. Bladder
C. skull B. Pelvis
D. lungs C. Cortex
D. Medulla
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30. are single-celled thin (smallest) blood
vessels that allow materials to move into
and out of blood. 35. Which of the following best describes
what happens in the glomerulus?
A. Renal vein
B. Renal artery A. Regulation of salt balance leading to
the production of urine
C. Vessels
B. Ultrafiltration introduces water and
D. Capillaries
other molecules into the capillaries
31. Into which part of the nephron does the C. High blood pressure forces water and
glomerular filtrate pass initially? other molecules into the nephron
A. collecting duct D. Selective reabsorption of water and
B. loop of Henle molecules by active transport
C. Bowman’s capsule
36. Most common histologic type of RCC
D. proximal convoluted tubule
A. Papillary
32. This carries urine from the kidneys to the
urinary bladder. B. Clear cell
A. Ureter C. Chromophobe
B. Urethra D. Sarcomatoid
C. Renal vein
37. What name did she not want to be called?
D. Renal Artery
A. Dwane Johnson
33. Glucose is reabsorbed into the capillar-
B. Elvis Costello
ies surrounding the first convulated tubule.
The cells lining the inside of the tubule at C. Doha Pearl
this point have:
D. Ronald Reagan
A. protein pumps and many mitochondria
for active transport 38. One difference between renal artery blood
B. extra thick cell membranes to prevent and renal vein blood
damage from urea A. More oxygen in renal artery
C. microvilli to increase the surface B. More urea in renal vein
area:volume ration
C. More blood cells in renal artery
D. have sieve plates to help filter out un-
wanted materials D. Higher pressure in renal vein

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39. Urine is stored here until you’re ready to C. do regular exercise

void(pee): D. eat the right and healthy foods

A. Kidneys
45. Urine should never contain
B. Bladder
A. Water
C. Garage
B. Salts
D. Urethra
C. Urea
40. Which part of the following is responsible D. Proteins
for the filtration in ultrafiltration?
46. You can live with one kidney
A. podocytes
A. True
B. basement membrane
B. False
C. capillary endothelium
C. Maybe
D. epithelium of Bowman’s capsule
D. none of above
41. The correct flow of urine through the body
is 47. Positive feedback is when the change
caused by the stimulus is
A. ureters, kidneys, urethra, bladder
A. decreased
B. kidneys, urethra, ureter, bladder
B. non existant
C. kidneys, ureter, bladder, urethra
C. increased
D. bladder, ureter, kidneys, urethra
D. changes constantly
42. Urine is carried from each kidney to the
bladder a tube called a 48. This tube releases urine out of the body
A. Ureter A. Urethra
B. Kidneys
B. Urethra
C. Ureters
C. Tubule
D. Bladder
D. Pelvis
49. What is the function of kidneys?
43. An organ that works like a mixer, using
muscles to crush food into smaller pieces, A. Regulate volume, composition, and pH
which are then broken down further by of the body fluids.
acid. B. Supply oxygen for the whole body.
A. stomach C. Digest food.
B. liver D. Release hormone.
C. bladder
50. The renal artery carries oxygen blood
D. muscle
A. rich
44. Ways of taking care of the kidneys B. powerful
A. drink plenty of water C. poor
B. eat plenty of chips everyday D. like

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51. Why did Simone Biles have to have the 57. What was the physical activity that Si-
stones surgically removed? mone Biles succeeded in?
A. too big A. gymnastics
B. too small B. basketball
C. pain C. skying
D. poisonous D. hockey
52. Which structure is a cavity in the kidney 58. High pressure in Bowman’s capsule is
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that channels urine to the ureter? caused by a afferent arteriole and a
efferent arteriole
A. Renal pelvis
A. large, small
B. Renal cortex
B. small, large
C. Renal medulla
C. nutrient rich, nutrient poor
D. Renal oblongata
D. nutrient poor, nutrient rich
53. In which of the following parts of the kid-
ney, no nephrons are found. Which part of 59. What is the main functional unit of a kid-
the kidney does not contain nephrons? ney where filtration occurs?
A. Cortex A. Nephron
B. Medulla comb B. Ureter

C. Renal pelvis
C. Pelvis Droni
D. Calyx
D. All the above
60. The machine for hemodialysis is sometimes
54. Which structures are located between the
termed a
renal pyramids?
A. peritoneal
A. Renal columns
B. artificial kidney
B. Calyces
C. calculus
C. Ureters
D. KUB
D. Lungs
61. which response is involuntary action
55. Which process moves water from the pct
A. reading a book
into the capillaries of the vasa recta?
B. surfing the internet
A. filtration
C. withdraw foot when it steps on a sharp
B. active transport
object
C. osmosis
D. eating during lunch time
D. facilitated diffusion
62. The blood is separated from the special
56. How frequently is dialysis required? fluid by a
A. Once a week A. a porous membrane
B. Three times a month B. a permeable membrane
C. Once a day C. a Visking tube
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63. What does the small intestine mainly ab- 69. complicated
sorb? A. easy

A. acid B. complex
B. nutrients C. small
C. water D. tiny
D. blood
70. The excretory system’s function is to:
64. Kidney stones are crystallized solids such A. pump blood
as compounds formed in the kidneys.
B. get rid of waste
A. calcium
C. exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen
B. potassium
D. deliver nutrients to our body
C. magnesium
71. The mechanism which maintains the physi-
D. strontium
cal and chemical characteristics of the body
65. The main functions of the kidney are:( se- in a balanced and stable state is called
lect the two correct answers) A. growth.
A. filtration of waste from blood B. homeostasis.
B. breaking down toxins C. development.
C. balancing water and salts D. excretion.
D. detecting changes in water and salts 72. what is an inflammation of one or both kid-
neys?
66. The gland of our body that releases ADH.
A. kidney stone
A. Pituitary Gland
B. kidney cancer
B. Hypothalamus
C. nephritis
C. Adrenal Gland
D. kidney failure
D. Pancreas
73. Kidneys produce amounts of
67. Which of these is not a reflex response? urine/day
A. moving a hand off something hot A. 3-4 litres
B. sneezing B. 2-5 litres
C. picking up a book C. 1-2 litres
D. wink of eyes D. Both a & c
68. The size of kidneys are 74. What is urea produced from?
A. Fist size A. fatty acids
B. Football size B. glucose
C. Tennis ball size C. amino acids
D. none of above D. glycerol

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75. Urine is carried from the kidneys to the 80. We have no.of kidney(s)
bladder by two thin tubes called A. 2
A. Ureter B. 1
B. Tubulars C. 3
C. Capillaries D. 4
D. Urinary track
81. Homeostasis in the human body is often
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76. Your kidneys are positioned-where? maintained by a:
A. In your middle thorax A. neutral feedback loop
B. In the front of your lower abdomen B. solar feedback loop
C. In the back of your thorax C. positive feedback loop
D. In the back of your middle abdomen D. negative feedback loop
77. After the process of filtration, the filtrate 82. Papillary variant of renal cell carcinoma is
enters into the proximal convoluted tubule associated with
where most of the water, amino acids, and A. VHL gene mutation
glucose are
B. Monosomy 1
A. stored in the bladder
C. Trisomy 7 & 17
B. excreted through the ureters
D. Hypodiploidy
C. reabsorbed
D. concentrated in the urine 83. Where is ADH secreted from
A. Anterior pituitary
78. Which vessel carries blood out of the
glomerulus? B. Posterior pituitary
C. Adrenal cortex
A. Renal Artery
D. Vesa recta
B. Renal Vein
C. Afferent Arteriole 84. Does Sydney like paro
D. Efferent Arteriole A. Yes
B. Yes
79. What can be changed in the kidney over
a period of time in order to carry out the C. Yes
process of osmoregulation? D. Yes
A. The amount of water reabsorbed in the
collecting ducts 85. What type of drug will a patient need to
take for the rest of their lives after receiv-
B. The amount of fluid filtered from the ing a transplant?
blood in the glomeruli
A. Immunosuppressant
C. The amount of solutes selectively reab-
sorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule B. Anti-depressant
D. The amount of blood flowing to the kid- C. Anti-coagulant

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86. When is World Kidney Day? the blood. Diabetes, high blood pressure,
A. March 15 heart disease, and family history are all
risk factors for developing chronic kidney

B. March 30 disease. People with kidney disease are at
C. March 14 higher risk for stroke or heart attack. Kid-
ney failure happens when kidney function
D. March 24
falls below 15% of normal. Kidney trans-
87. The hormone promoting water retention in plant isn’t an immediate option for most
the kidneys people with kidney failure. There are more
than 94, 000 people nationwide waiting
A. Oxytocin
for new kidneys, by far the longest organ
B. Follicle-Stimulating hormone transplant waiting list, according to data
C. Antidiuretic hormone from the Department of Health and Human
Services. The average wait time is nearly
D. Thyroid-Stimulating hormone
four years, according to the U.S. Renal
88. Type of dialysis in which a machine re- Data System. Some 14, 000 people-about
ceives waste-filled blood from the pa- 15% of the list-have been waiting for a
tient’s bloodstream, filters the blood, and new kidney for more than 5 years. This
then returns the cleansed blood to the pa- is where dialysis centers come in. There
tients body; sometimes called an artificial are two types of dialysis. Hemodialysis
kidney. is the most common method. Blood flows
into a machine, where it passes through
A. peritoneal dialysis a filter before it returns clean into the pa-
B. dialysis tient’s body. A nurse or other trained tech-
C. haemodialysis nician sets up the machine, places needles
in the patient’s arm, and monitors the pro-
D. nephro sclerosis cess. Hemodialysis can be done at home
89. parts of the kidney with the help of a family member or other
caregiver, but for now, it mostly happens
A. glomerulus at dialysis centers.Part A:The reader can
B. cerellebelum infer that Kidney disease
C. renal tube A. only affects adults
D. gall bladder B. is a major problem
90. Example of reflex action C. will never get better
A. Slap your neighbour D. needs more research
B. Eating ‘rice-to-wednesday’
C. Knee jerk reflex 92. Where does selective reabsorption take
place
D. Crawling under dining table
A. collecting duct
91. Kidney Dialysis Center Quality of Care by
Clark Merre field Kidneys filter water and B. loop of Henle
waste from the blood, keeping the body’s
C. glomerulus
salts and minerals in balance. When kid-
neys stop working, waste builds up in D. proximal convulated tubule

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93. In kidney dialysis, which of the follow- 98. Which is the correct list of the contents of
ing are usually at a higher concentration normal urine? (order is irrelevant)
in dialysis fluid than in a patient’s blood? A. Water, glucose, salts, urea
I. hydrogen carbonate ions (HCO3-)II. cal-
cium ions (Ca2+)III. potassium ions (K+) B. Urea, water, salts
C. Proteins, water, salts, urea
A. I and II only
D. Amino acids, salts, water, urine
B. I and III only
99. Kidney failure can be treated by (select
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C. II and III only
Two correct answers) .
D. I, II and III
A. Dialysis
94. Filtration of blood in the kidney happens in B. Removing all kidneys
the C. Kidney transplant
A. medulla D. Radiotherapy
B. cortex
100. what is the functional units of kidney
C. renal artery
A. infections
D. renal pelvis B. convoluted tubule
95. Reabsorption of ALL glucose takes place C. ureter
from the D. Nephron
A. proximal convoluted tubule
101. The medical terminology that refers to
B. loop of Henle kidney function is
C. distal convoluted tubule A. Hepatic
D. collecting duct B. Dialysis
C. Renal
96. Kidney failure can be treated by
D. Cardiology
A. Dialysis
102. What did she plan to do after her kidney
B. Removing all kidneys
stone removal?
C. Kidney transplant A. go on vacation
D. Radiotherapy B. go home
97. During a kidney transplant the old kidneys C. compete
are not removed, but what 3 things does D. nothing
the new kidney need to be connected to,
so that it can function? 103. If red blood cells are found in urine, this
indicates a problem with
A. Vein
A. The basement membrane in the
B. Capillary glomerulus
C. Artery B. The proximal convoluted tubule
D. Ureter C. The loop of Henle
E. Lacteal D. The collecting duct

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104. Urinary tract infection is also known as: B. ureter

A. Polycystic Kidney Disease C. glomerulus

B. Glomerulonephritis D. distal convolution
C. Pyelonephritis
110. What are the two muscles at the urethra
D. None of the mentioned that control the exit of urine out of the
body?
105. Which kidney is slightly lower than the
other? Any ureter is slightly below. A. Sphinxes
A. Right kidney B. Renal papillary muscles
B. Left kidney C. Sphincters
C. None of the above D. Bladder vessicle
D. none of above
111. collects and stores urine.
106. Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) is released A. Kidney
by which gland of the endocrine system
B. Stomach
A. Thyroid
C. Urinary Bladder
B. (Posterior) Pituitary
D. Liver
C. Ovaries
D. Adrenal 112. Which best describes the role of the kid-
ney in homeostasis?
107. What is the average amount of time
A. Removing urea from the blood
spent per HD session at the dialysis clinic?
A. 1-2 hours B. Producing urine at a constant rate
B. 30-45 minutes C. Maintaining the water content of the

blood between narrow limits
C. 6-8 hours
D. Storage of urine
D. 3-4 hours
113. Triangular or conical structures located in
108. Which of the following are true of the
the renal medulla are called
Loop of Henle’s role in osmoregulation? I.
The ascending limb is impermeable to wa- A. pyramids.
terII. The descending limb is impermeable B. renal columns.
to Na+III. It creates a hypotonic region in
the medulla C. renal pelvises.
A. I and II only D. nephrons.

B. I and III only 114. Hypertonicity deep in the medulla is
C. II and III only caused by the
D. I, II and III A. ascending limb of the loop of Henle
B. distal convoluted tubule
109. Which tube connects the kidney to the
bladder? C. descending limb of the loop of Henle
A. urethra D. vasa recta

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115. What is the role of the neurotransmitter B. skeleton

in the nervous system C. stomach
A. speeds up the transmission of nerve D. liver
impulses
B. receives information from other neu- 120. painful swelling of the glomeruli; large
rones particlesin the blood become lodged in the
glomeruli
C. transmits impulses from the cell body
A. Nephritis
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to neurones
D. facilitates the transmission of nerve B. Kidney stones
impulses in one direction C. A & B
116. This organ is responsible for “cleaning D. none of above
the blood”
121. This disorder is as a result of their inflam-
A. small intestines mation of the glomeruli commonly arising
B. kidney out of medication
C. stomach A. Kidney failure
D. bladder B. Pyelonephritis
C. Glomerulonephritis
117. Which blood vessels surround the PCT
and DCT and the loop of henle? D. none of the above
A. Peritubular Capillaries 122. Homeostasis refers to
B. Glomerulus A. the maintenance of a constant heart
C. Renal Artery beat.
D. Afferent Arterioles B. the dynamic processes occurring in
the kidney.
118. Haemodialysis/Peritoneal dialysis is
C. the static unchanging environment fac-
A. Removal of fluids by convection tors.
B. The removal of solutes by diffusion D. the constancy of the internal environ-
down a concentration gradient between ment of an organism.
blood and dialysate
123. Which one of the following is totally re-
C. Refers to the combination of both
absorbed?
hemodialysis and hemofiltration
A. Water.
D. Combination of hemodialysis, hemofil-
tration, and hemodiafiltration being ap- B. Urea.
plied continuously for days to weeks in pa- C. Glucose.
tients with AKI
D. Sodium.
119. Organs that digests starches and pro-
teins. Controls the amount of sugar in 124. Fissure lies in the concave side of kidney
the blood & releases chemicals that break is known as
down food. A. Pelvis Droni
A. pancreas B. Calyces Calyces

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C. Hilus 130. The last section of the renal tubule is the:

D. All the above A. Proximal convoluted tubule

B. Nephron Loop
125. How is water reabsorbed in the proximal
convulated tubule? C. Loop of Henle
D. Distal convoluted tubule
A. selective diffusion
B. osmosis 131. In a normal human, which substance
should be 100% reabsorbed, meaning
C. active transport that it should not be present in the urine
D. co-transport A. glucose
B. salt
126. The name for the cause of initial home-
ostasis imbalance is the C. water
A. response D. urea
B. effect 132. The innermost part of the kidney

C. stimulus A. Renal capsule
D. homeostasis B. Renal medulla

C. Renal Cortx
127. Factors that affect the rate of diffusion D. none of above
are:
A. Difference in solute concentration be- 133. When did she start “dominating” the
tween blood and dialysate World Championships?
A. 2013
B. Solute characterisitcs
B. 2014
C. Flow rates of blood and dialysate
C. 2012
D. All of the above
D. 2011
128. What is function of cerebellum? 134. Carries nerve impulse from receptor to in-
A. controls balance tegrating centre
B. memory center A. Efferent neurone
B. Afferent neurone
C. conscious thought
C. Spinal cord
D. control hearth rate
D. Spinal nerve
129. Which are basic components of a dialysis
135. Complication of Polycystic Kidney Dis-
machine?
ease includes:
A. blood compartment A. Hypertension
B. Compartment for dialysis fluid B. Diabetes
C. Semipermeable membrane C. Edema
D. All of the above D. all of the above

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136. Which portion of the nephron active 141. The kidney’s job is to
pumps out Na+, with Cl-passively follow- A. make bile.
ing, to create a salty medulla?
B. store urine.
A. Proximal convoluted tubule
C. filter waste from blood.
B. Ascending loop of Henle
D. release urine outside of the body.
C. Distal convoluted tubule
142. The outer layer of the kidney is called
D. Both proximal convoluted tubule and
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?
ascending loop of Henle
A. The pelvis
137. What is function of cerebrum? B. The medulla
A. memory center C. The cortex
B. controls hearth rate D. The ureter
C. controls balance
143. What event was her best performance
D. coordination on?
138. When you are dehydrated what out of A. Vault

the following options will happen? [3] B. Beam
A. Less ADH will be secreted by the pitu- C. Uneven bars
itary. D. Floor
B. More water will be reabsorbed back
144. Where does ultrafiltration take place
into the blood.
A. collecting duct
C. Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus
will detect increased blood concentration. B. loop of Henle
D. The volume of urine will increase. C. glomerulus
E. More ADH will be secreted by the pitu- D. proximal convulated tubule
itary. 145. The process whereby the kidney main-
139. Location of kidneys in human body tains the concentration of water, salt and
ions at an optimum level is called
A. Abdominal region Abdominal cavity
A. osmoregulation.
B. Attached to dorsal body wall
B. metabolism.
C. On either side of the backbone
C. homeostasis.
D. All the above D. excretion.
140. Which blood vessel carries blood away 146. Suggest the ideal solution for kidney fail-
from the kidneys? ure patient.
A. Renal artery A. Hemodialysis
B. Renal vein B. Peritoneal Dialysis
C. Renal cortex C. Transplant
D. Renal medulla D. none of above

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147. Identify the main component of human 152. Calyces open into Calyces open into
kidney that is replicated in artificial kidney

A. Loop of Henle A. Pelvis Droni
B. Glomerular B. Medulla comb
C. Ureter is the urethra
C. Collecting duct
D. Cortex
D. Proximal tubule
153. Which blood vessels branch directly off of
148. Some animals live in very hot, dry the renal artery?
places.Which of the following are adap-
A. Segmental Arteries
tations of their kidneys, to increase their
chance of survival? I. They have a thicker B. Arcuate Arteries
cortexII. They have longer loops of Hen- C. Inerlobar Arteries
leIII. There is a higher solute concentration
D. Interlobular Arteries
in the medulla
A. I and II only 154. In dialysis it is important to maintain a
concentration gradient between the blood
B. I and III only and the dialysing fluid. Why?
C. II and III only A. so diffusion continues to occur
D. I, II and III B. so osmosis continues to occur
C. so wastes stay in the blood
149. Which one of the following substances
can pass into the Bowman’s capsule? D. none of above
A. Serum albumin. 155. Which is central nervous system
B. Serum globulin. A. muscle and gland

B. brain and spinal cord
C. Ascorbic acid.
C. spinal nerve and cranial nerve
D. Fibrinogen.
D. nose and mouth
150. The word excretion means: 156. minimal
A. to make things bigger A. a lot
B. to move things around B. small
C. to get rid of waste C. huge
D. to deliver messages D. difficult
157. In which portion of the nephron are sub-
151. What is the name of the process in which
stances like drug metabolites and waste
a machine works like an artificial kidney?
secreted into filtrate?
A. Diuresis
A. Bowman’s capsule
B. Diabetes B. Proximal convoluted tubule
C. Dialysis C. Loop of Henle
D. Distosis D. Distal convoluted tubule

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158. Approximately how much water is selec- 164. Which of the following is NOT a type of
tively reabsorbed in the proximal convo- renal replacement therapy
luted tubule? A. Hemodialysis
A. 50% B. Peritoneal dialysis
B. 70% C. Osmotic Diuretics
C. 80% D. Kidney Transplant
D. 90%
165. Sydney and paro linkin
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159. Where Kidneys are present in our body? A. Yes
A. At back, just above the waist. B. Mahaz
B. At back, behind lungs C. Lutchhhhh
C. Near belly button D. Saifu
D. Behind pancreas gland 166. What is produced when your body re-
160. What did Simone Biles tweet to her wor- pairs worn out tissues in fighting dis-
ried fans? ease?
A. This is extremely painful A. waste
B. I am not going to compete anymore B. blood

C. stones
C. doing it for my teem
D. none of above
D. I quit
167. These are mounted on top of the kidney
161. How is water reabsorbed in the loop of
Henle?
A. Large intestines
A. selective diffusion
B. Renal artery
B. osmosis
C. Spleen
C. active transport
D. Adrenal Gland
D. co-transport
168. What hormone, secreted by the pituitary
162. What are the three types of nitrogenous controls the amount of water that is reab-
waste? sorbed in the kidneys?
A. urea, excess water, ammonia A. Thyroxine
B. urea, uric acid, ammonia B. Anti-diuretic hormone
C. salt, uric acid, urea C. Thyroid stimulating hormone
D. solutes, uric acid, ammonia D. Progesterone
163. Which hormone controls osmoregula- 169. Mammals get rid of Nitrogenous waste
tion? by producing:
A. ADHD A. Urea
B. AHD B. Ammonia
C. ADH C. Uric Acid
D. AHDD D. NO2 gas

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170. Reabsorption of water and glucose and B. It regulates minerals in the body and
ions happens in produce hormones.

A. The renal pelvis C. Both A and B are correct
B. The medulla of the kidney D. Only A is correct
C. The cortex of the kidney 176. What is the inner part of the kidney
D. The renal vein that contains renal pyramids and renal
columns?
171. Where does selective reabsorption oc-
A. Renal artery
cur?
B. Renal vein
A. collecting duct
C. Renal cortex
B. loop of Henle
D. Renal medulla
C. distal convoluted tubule
177. Several minor calyxes form a
D. proximal convoluted tubule
A. Major calyx
172. Why should glucose not appear in urine?
B. Large calyx
A. It is too large to be filtered through the
C. Enormous calyx
Bowman’s capsule
D. none of above
B. It is rebsorbed in the collecting duct
C. It is rebsorbed in the distal convoluted 178. Which kidney structure empties into the
tubule ureter?
D. It is rebsorbed in the proximal convo- A. renal pelvis

luted tubule B. calyx
C. renal papilla
173. Functional unit of the kidney
D. renal pyramid
A. Renal hilum
B. nephron 179. What does ADH do to the collecting
duct?
C. Renal medulla
A. Allow more water to be absorbed into
D. Renal pelvis blood
174. Which of the following is the function of B. Prevent water moving between
cerebellum? nephron and blood
A. Help control balance C. Allow more water to be absorbed into
B. Control involuntary action nephron
D. Allow glucose to be absorbed back into
C. Analysis of hunger
blood
D. Control coordination of nervous sys-
tem 180. Where are your kidneys located?
A. upper back of the abdominal cavity
175. Which among this is the function of kid-
ney? B. lower back of the abdominal cavity
A. It cleans blood by filtering it and re- C. right side of the abdominal cavity
moves waste products. D. none of above

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181. Why should the organs for transplants be 186. RCC with excellent prognosis
removed quickly and kept cold? A. Clear cell type
A. Because, otherwise, they would start B. Chromophobe type
to smell.
C. Papillary type
B. Because, otherwise, they would be un-
D. Sarcomatoid
healthy.
C. Because, otherwise, they would dete- 187. is a procedure that filters out wastes
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riorate. from the patient’s blood.
D. Because, otherwise, they would A. Chemotherapy

shrink. B. Dialysis
C. Surgery
182. is a waste product that forms from
the breakdown of amino acids and nucleic D. Suction
acids.
188. In hereditary renal cell carcinoma (RCC),
A. Ammonia the following syndrome is implicated in
B. Urea carcinogenesis:
A. Polycystic kidney disease
C. Ammonium
B. Alports syndrome
D. Uric Acid
C. VHL syndrome
183. State what urine is a combination of D. Fabrys disease
A. Faecal matter
189. Among all functions listed, identify one
B. Water function not related to human urinary sys-
C. Blood tem.
A. Excretion of waste products
D. Salts
B. Regulation of water and inorganic ion
E. Urea
balance
184. Podocytes are found C. Regulation of blood pressure
A. in the wall of the glomerulus D. Regulation of blood glucose
B. in the wall of the Bowman’s capsule 190. Which structure is a tube that carries
C. In the wall of the proximal tubule urine from the kidney to the urinary blad-
der?
D. throughout the nephron
A. Nephron
185. The portion of the nephron that empties B. Ureter
into the collecting duct is the C. Capillary
A. nephron loop (loop of Henle). D. Calyx
B. proximal convoluted tubule.
191. What classification of receptors detect
C. distal convoluted tubule. changes in water potential in the blood
D. papillary tubule. A. Thermoreceptors

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B. Proprioceptors 197. What are the triangular zones in the

C. Photoreceptors medulla that contain collecting ducts and
collect urine from the nephrons and pass it

D. Osmoreceptors into the calyces?
192. This occur when minerals crystallize in A. Renal columns
the kidneys. The condition is known as
B. Renal pyramids
A. renal calculi
B. nephrolithiasis C. Ureters
C. urolithiasis D. Pelvises
D. All of the above
198. This takes “clean” blood from the kid-
193. Each kidney contains how many neys to the heart.
nephrons?
A. Renal Vein
A. 1 million
B. Capillaries
B. 10 million
C. 1 billion C. Aorta
D. 10 billion D. Renal Artery
194. Which of the following statements is 199. The largest region of human brain
true?
A. The dscending limb is impermeable to A. Medulla oblongata
water B. Cerebellum
B. The ascending limb is permeable to C. Cerebrum
water
C. The ascending limb is impermeable to D. Thalamus
water
200. In the collecting duct, what is reabsorbed
D. none of above in the presence of ADH?
195. Who was Simone Biles? A. Ions like Na+ and Cl-
A. Olympic Gymnast
B. Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
B. Basketball player
C. Substances like drug metabolites and
C. Football player
waste
D. Engineer
D. Water
196. What two things need to be dissolved in
the dialysis fluid to prevent this diffusing 201. Urinary tract infection develops at the;
out of the blood during dialysis?
A. Kidneys
A. urea
B. Urethra
B. glucose
C. ADH C. Urinary bladder
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202. To remain healthy, a person must be able 207. In the collecting duct, what is reab-
to excrete a number of waste products pro- sorbed?
duced as a result of metabolism.A list of
A. Ions like Na+ and Cl-
excretory products is given below.Which
of the following would be lost from both B. Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
the kidneys and the lungs? C. Substances like drug metabolites and
A. Water waste
B. carbon dioxide D. Water
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C. glucose
208. The hormone ADH usually acts on the
D. urea
A. Glomerulus
203. All the collecting tubules of nephrons to-
B. Proximal convoluted tubule
gether form
C. Loop of Henle
A. Pelvis Droni
B. Calyces Calyces D. Distal convoluted tubule and collecting
duct
C. Medulla comb
D. Ureter is the urethra 209. is a procedure in which an artificial kidney
machine that filters out waste and toxins
204. If you are over-hydrated (high water po-
tential in the blood), the body must ex- A. kidneys
crete excess water. To do so, the brain B. dialysis
triggers the pituitary gland to
C. nephritis
A. release MORE ADH, making the collect-
ing duct MORE permeable D. urea
B. release LESS ADH, making the collect- 210. The concentration of urea is higher in
ing duct LESS permeable urine than in the Bowman’s capsule?
C. release MORE ADH, making the collect- What is the reason for this?
ing duct LESS permeable A. Urea is added to the filtrate in the col-
D. release LESS ADH, making the collect- lecting duct
ing duct MORE permeable B. Urea is added to the filtrate in the loop
205. The actual filter in the nephron is of Henle
A. the capillary wall C. Urea is added to the filtrate in the prox-
imal coiled tubule
B. the basement membrane
C. the podocytes D. Water is reabsorbed along the
nephron
D. the Bowman’s capsule
211. Where does your heart get oxygen?
206. What waste is eliminated by your lung?
A. Oxygen A. Lungs
B. Carbon Dioxide B. Mouth
C. Nitrogen C. Toes
D. Potassium D. Fingernails

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212. It is a disease in which clusters of cysts 218. Where were the World Championships
develop and grow primarily within your held when she was battling a painful kid-
kidneys. ney stone?

A. Urinary tract infection A. Washington, DC
B. Pyelonephritis B. Chattanooga, Tennessee
C. Glomerulonephritis C. Albany, New York
D. Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) D. Doha, Qatar
213. Which body part does kidney disease ef- 219. Urine is stored here:
fect? A. Kidneys
A. Heart B. Bladder
B. Lungs C. Garage
C. large intestine D. Urethra
D. Brain
220. Which processes are involved in selective
214. What do you call those who receive or- reabsorption?
gan/s? A. co-transport
A. donatee B. active transport
B. patient C. diffusion
C. recipient D. facilitated diffusion
D. donor
221. How many people around the world are
215. The practical way prevent UTI is to; suffering from a Kidney Disease?
A. Take antibiotics A. 100 Million
B. Enough sleep and rest B. 250, 000
C. Hydration C. 850 Million
D. Exercise D. 702 Million
216. Pale brown colored inner region of kidney 222. When the color of the urine is dark yel-
is called low, we know that our body is
A. Coretex cortex A. Hydrated
B. Medullaa comb B. Dehydrated
C. Pelvis Droni C. Both a & b
D. All the above D. None of the above
217. How many times must a patient be 223. Each of the following is a normal con-
treated on a dialysis unit per week? stituent of urine, except
A. 3-4 times A. hydrogen ions.
B. 2-3 times B. urea.
C. 1-2 times C. proteins.
D. 4-5 times D. amino acids.

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224. Why would a person require haemodialy- 230. What is the main function of the kidney?
sis?
A. extract waste from blood, balance
A. Their blood contains too many toxins body fluid & form urine
B. Their kidneys are not functioning well B. break down and digest food in order
enough to maintain health to extract necessary nutrients from what
C. Their liver is producing too much urea you have eaten
D. Their kidneys have been damaged C. stores urine, allowing urination to be
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infrequent and voluntary
225. Urine is eliminated through the
D. plays an essential role in converting
A. ureter. the food we eat into fuel for the body’s
B. urethra. cells
C. kidney. 231. On average, how many times a week do
D. urinary bladder. people need HD?
226. Inner layer (triangle looking areas) A. Every day
A. Renal hilum B. 3 times per week
B. Renal cortex C. 2 times per week
C. Renal medulla D. 1 time per week
D. Renal pelvis
232. What do you call the bundle f tiny blood
227. What is the functioning unit of the kid- vessels at the tip of each nephron?
neys? A. liver
A. Bowman’s capsule B. kidney
B. glomerulus C. glomerulus
C. nephrons
D. none of above
D. renal tubules
233. How many parts does the renal tubule
228. For how long can a person remain depen- have?
dent on dialysis?
A. 1
A. Up to a year
B. 2
B. Life
C. 3
C. Up to 3 years
D. 4
D. Up to 10 years
229. Identify non communicable diseases that 234. Which is the best synonym for the word
would lead to renal failure filter?
A. Diabetes A. clean
B. Heart Failure B. create
C. High blood pressure C. blood
D. High cholesterol D. fill

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235. Organ that stores and releases urine. C. UTI

A. bladder D. polyuira

B. large intestine 241. This brings in “dirty” blood to the kid-
C. small intestine neys to be cleaned.
D. muscle A. Renal Vein
B. Capillaries
236. What are the specialised water channels
in the DCT and collecting duct called? C. Renal Artery
A. Fenestrations D. Ureter
B. Aquaporins 242. What two processes take place in the

C. Osmoreceptors nephrons of the Kidneys
A. Distillation and Evaporation
D. Chemoreceptors
B. Egestion and Excretion
237. The movement of water from an area of
C. Ultra-filtration and Selective Re-
high concentration to an area of lower con-
absorption
centration is called
D. Mitosis and Meiosis
A. facilitated diffusion
B. active transport 243. Which basic components of dialysis ma-
chine
C. osmosis
A. blood compartment
D. dialysis
B. Dialysis fluid compartment
238. the outer portion is called C. Semipermeable membrane
A. renal cortex D. All of the above
B. inner regions
244. What blood vessel surrounds the nephron
C. renal pelvis tubule and allows for the exchange of sub-
D. kidney stone stances between the filtrate of the tubule
and the blood of the circulatory system?
239. How many kidneys do you need in order A. Peritubular capillaries
to live?
B. Efferent arteriole
A. You can have one kidney and manage
just fine. C. Afferent arteriole
D. Renal artery
B. You absolutely need both kidneys to
live. 245. Which substances are selectively reab-
C. You can manage without both kidneys. sorbed in the PCT?
D. It depends on the condition of your A. all glucose and amino acids, most wa-
body. ter, some ions
B. most glucose, amino acids & water
240. A major waste product located in urine plus some ions
A. urea C. all glucose, most amino acids & water,
B. urologist some ions

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D. all glucose, amino acids, ions and 251. Kidney disease

some water A. Alsoknown as high blood pressure,
246. Which of the following are advantages of when a person’s heart and arteries must
a kidney transplant, for someone with non- workharder than normal. Over time, the
functioning kidneys? added stress can damage them. In-
creases riskof stroke, heart attack, heart
A. Less time spent (weekly) on treatment failure, kidney failure, and loss of vision.
B. Suppression of the immune system to B. Achronic condition where the body
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prevent rejection does not use insulin properly and be-
C. Lower-risk procedure comesinsulin resistant
D. Reduced dependency on machines C. Achronic disease, where kidneys grad-
ually lose function. Kidneys are respon-
247. Which of the following is a correct exam- sible for filtering waste and excess flu-
ple of excretion in mammals? ids from the blood, which are excreted
A. The production of carbon dioxide from through urine
aerobic respiration D. Typeof fat found in found in animal
B. The removal of excess salts from the products like meat, eggs, butter, cheese,
blood andmilk. The body needs some choles-
terol for organ growth and function, but
C. The removal of undigested food from
toomuch can build up and clog arteries
the anus
that carry blood around the body. This
D. The release of hormones from glands cancause a heart attack or stroke
248. What year was this theme “Kidneys for 252. Dialysis tubing is meaning some sub-
Life-Stop Kidney Attack stances can pass through while other sub-
A. 2018 stances cannot.
B. 2005 A. permeable
C. 2013 B. holey
D. 2009 C. semi-permeable
D. flexible
249. How can urine be used to diagnose dia-
betes? 253. baby kidneys
A. There would be blood in the urine A. Yes
B. There would be glucose in the urine B. Yes
C. There would be proteins in the urine C. Yeshhhh
D. There would be salt in the urine D. Yeshhhh
250. diseases of the kidney 254. When did World Kidney Start?
A. meningitis A. 2002
B. nephritis B. 2006
C. kidney cancer C. 2004
D. brain tumor D. 1999

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255. What is the mechanism used in hemodial- B. To carry impulse away from the cell
ysis? bodyUntuk membawa impuls dari badan
sel

A. Diffusion and Ultrafiltration
C. To speed up the conduction of impulse-
B. Diffusion and Osmotic gradient
Untuk mencepatkan pengaliran impuls
C. Ultrafiltration and Osmotic Gradient
D. To carry impulse towards the cell
D. Diffusion bodyUntuk membawa impuls ke arah
badan sel
256. The functional or working unit of the kid-
ney is the 261. During urine production, what happens if
the water content of the blood is too low?
A. renal artery
A. The pituitary gland stops secreting
B. renal cortex
ADH
C. nephron B. The walls of the collecting duct be-
D. ureter come less permeable to water
C. Large volumes of dilute urine are pro-
257. Where in the kidney does ultrafiltration
duced
happen?
D. More aquaporins are inserted in the
A. Loop of Henle
cells of the collecting duct
B. Proximal convoluted tubule
262. In which region of the kidney is the
C. Distal convoluted tubule glomerulus found?
D. Glomerulus A. Cortex only
258. A long, narrow tube that breaks down B. Medulla only
food; absorbs nutrients. C. Cortex and medulla
A. small intestine D. Pelvis
B. large intestine 263. How long should the immunosuppres-
C. stomach sants be taken?
D. kidney A. until it has been five years
B. until the recipient’s body has fully ad-
259. The nephron has how many main parts? justed to the kidney
A. 1 C. it depends on what the doctor says
B. 2 D. it should be taken for the rest of their
C. 3 lives
D. 4 264. high blood pressure causes water & small
particles to leave blood, while large com-
260. What is the function of the axon of a sen- ponents remain
sory neuron? Apakah fungsi akson neuron
A. pressure filtration
deria?
B. selective reabsorption
A. To release neurotransmitter in the
synaptic cleft.Untuk membebaskan neuro- C. tubular excretion
transmitter di dalam celah sinaps D. reabsorption of water

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265. Active transport of glucose, amino acids B. I and III only

from the filtrate into the blood.
C. II and III only
A. pressure filtration
D. I, II and III
B. selective reabsorption
C. tubular excretion 271. Where is ADH released from?
D. reabsorption of water A. Kidney

B. Adrenal gland
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266. On average, how many times a week do
people need dialysis? C. Bladder
A. Every day D. Pituitary gland
B. 3 times per week
272. Which of these is responsible for estab-
C. 2 times per week lishing the concentration gradient needed
D. 1 time per week for the selective reabsorption of glucose
and amino acids?
267. Osmoregulation is the homeostatic mech-
A. co transporter protein
anism of controlling
A. Blood glucose levels B. osmotic gradient
B. Temperature C. sodium-potassium pump

C. Oxygen levels D. sodium-calcium pump
D. Water and mineral ion levels 273. If the kidney stops working, you might
268. Absorbs water back into the blood leav- get:
ing just the waste (feces) materials. A. Dialysis
A. large intestine B. Kidney Transplant
B. small intestine C. Both a & b
C. kidney D. None of the above
D. pancreas
274. The only purpose of the kidneys is to fil-
269. What name was she given on social me- ter blood.
dia?
A. True
A. superman
B. False
B. superhuman
C. Maybe
C. superwoman
D. none of above
D. strongman
270. Blood appears in a person’s urine.Which 275. The cells in walls of the pct have
of the following could contribute to this A. microvilli
happening? I. Very high blood pressureII.
B. many mitochondria
Damage to the Bowman’s capsuleIII. Dam-
age to the proximal coiled tubule C. basal invaginations
A. I and II only D. all of these adaptations

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276. A muscular organ that pumps blood 281. Fish release their nitrogen waste as:
through arteries, veins, & capillaries. A. Ammonia

A. heart B. Urea
B. lungs C. Uric Acid
C. organ D. Uranium
D. brain
282. Any change or signal in the environment
277. What do you call those that donate their A. Stimuli
organ/s?
B. Receptor
A. donor
C. Response
B. recipient D. Neurone
C. patient
283. What happens in the glomerulus?
D. donatee
A. facilitated diffusion
278. Mention the false statement regarding B. ultrafiltration
renal cell carcinoma
C. active transport
A. Most of them are sporadic
D. selective reabsorption
B. Female predominance
284. What type of event do they do on World
C. Clear cell carcinoma associated with
Kidney Day
VHL gene mutation
A. Sell items
D. Papillary RCC associated with MET pro-
tooncogene B. Marathons
C. Bike Races
279. Which statement is true?
D. CKD Campaigns
A. The efferent arteriole is wider than the
afferent arteriole 285. Which is an inflammation of one or both
B. The afferent artery is wider than the of your kidneys?
efferent artery A. kidney failure
C. The afferent arteriole is wider than the B. kidney cancer
efferent arteriole C. nephritis
D. The afferent and efferent arterioles D. kidney stones
are the same width
286. Which option below represents the cor-
280. Which out of the following are totally re- rect order in how filtrate flows through
absorbed after being filtered out? [2] the nephron?
A. Urea A. Bowman’s Capsule, glomerulus, proxi-
B. Glucose mal convoluted duct, loop of Henle, distal
convoluted duct, collecting ducts
C. Amino acids
B. Glomerulus, Bowman’s Capsule, proxi-
D. Water mal convoluted duct, loop of Henle, distal
E. Sodium and chloride ions convoluted duct, collecting ducts

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C. Glomerulus, Bowman’s Capsule, dis- 292. Organs that create movement by con-
tal convoluted duct, proximal convoluted tracting or relaxing.
duct, loop of Henle, collecting ducts A. muscle
D. Glomerulus, Bowman’s Capsule, proxi- B. skeleton
mal convoluted duct, loop of Henle, distal
convoluted duct, collecting ducts C. digestion
D. bladder
287. What is this years theme?
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A. Kidney Disease and Obesity 293. To enter the Bowman’s capsule, fluid
from the blood crosses (in the correct or-
B. Kidneys for Life der)
C. Kidney Health for Everyone Every- A. epithelium of Bowman’s capsule, base-
where ment membrane, capillary endothelium
D. Protect your Kidneys B. capillary endothelium, epithelium of
Bowman’s capsule, basement membrane
288. Which of the following CANNOT be fil-
tered out of the blood? C. arteriole endothelium, basement
membrane, epithelium of Bowman’s cap-
A. glucose sule
B. amino acids D. capillary endothelium, basement mem-
C. proteins brane, epithelium of Bowman’s capsule
D. urea 294. What is World Kidney Day mostly
about?
289. Most common site of metastasis in RCC
A. Raise Awareness towards our Kidneys
A. Liver
B. Kidney Transplants
B. Lungs
C. Promoting Chronic Kidney Disease
C. Bones
D. Helping Others
D. Brain
295. How many golds does Simone Biles cur-
290. When is World Kidney Day 2019? rently have?
A. June 17 A. 4
B. April 21 B. 3
C. October 4 C. 2
D. March 14 D. 6
291. What carries urine from the bladder to 296. The part of the kidney that filters the
outside the body? blood is the
A. Urethra A. artery
B. Ureter B. ureter
C. Renal Vein C. nephron
D. Capillaries D. urethra

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297. The substance present in blood passes C. receptors

through the glomerulus and the Bowman’s
D. sensory
capsule by a process called

A. diffusion. 303. The Bowman’s capsule is a cup-shaped
B. ultra filtration. structure that is part of the nephron.What
is the source of glucose in the fluid in the
C. active transport. Bowman’s capsule?
D. osmosis. A. Hypertonic fluid in the medulla
298. What substances are usually removed B. Filtrate in the distal convoluted tubule
from the body by the kidney? I. UreaII.
C. Urine in the renal pelvis
WaterIII. Glucose
D. Blood in the glomerulus
A. I and II only
B. I and III only 304. What are your kidneys for?
C. II and III only A. health tests
D. I, II and III B. Filter wastes and liquid excess
299. What system in the human body will at- C. Filter solid waste
tack a transplant that isn’t adequately tis- D. none of above
sue matched?
A. Immune 305. Reabsorption of useful substances from
the filtrate begins at the
B. Circulatory
A. Proximal tubule.
C. Endocrine
D. Urinary B. Henle’s loop.
C. Collecting duct.
300. definition of eve
D. Bowman’s capsule.
A. time before an event
B. time after an event 306. The structure that takes blood flow to the
C. night glomerulus for filtration is known as
D. dusk A. Renal vein

B. Peritubular capillaries
301. Nerve that arise from spinal cord
C. Afferent arteriole
A. Spinal nerve
D. Efferent arteriole
B. Peripheral nerve
C. Spinal cord 307. What organ in the excretory system
D. Efferent neurone helps get rid of body heat and sweat?
A. Lungs
302. Which part of the nervous system is not
involved in producing reflex actions? B. Kidneys
A. brain C. Skin
B. spinal cord D. none of above

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308. Fluid found inside the Bowman’s capsule A. Permeable

is called? B. Impermeable
A. blood C. Porous
B. plasma D. Partially permeable
C. urine
314. the most common kidney stone?
D. filtrate
A. Uric acid
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309. What is the most likely complication as- B. Struvite
sociated with kidney transplant?
C. Calcium stones
A. Surgery risk
D. Cystine
B. Post-operative infection
315. What is the shape of the kidney?
C. Finding a donor
A. Oval shaped
D. Rejection by the immune system
B. Rectangle shaped
310. What structure in the nephron surrounds C. Bean shaped
the glomerulus?
D. Round shaped
B. bladder 316. What is the outer part of the kidney that
contains arterioles and venules that carry
C. renal pelvis blood to and from nephrons?
D. hilum A. Renal artery
311. Kidneys are located-where in you body? B. Renal vein
A. Upper back of thorax C. Renal cortex
B. Above your diaphragm D. Renal medulla
C. Lower dorsal abdomen 317. The central section of the kidney is called
D. Ventral thorax A. The medusa
312. The internal structure of vertebrate ani- B. The moderna
mals, composed of bone or cartilage, that C. The medulla
supports the body & protects the vital or-
D. none of above
gans.
A. skeleton 318. NaCl is isotonic to red blood cells. Which
of these describes what will happen if a
B. skull
technician misplaces a decimal point and
C. muscles makes 9.0% NaCl solution instead and ad-
D. kidney ministers it to a patient?
A. The cells exposed to the solution will
313. What type of membrane separates a pa- burst.
tients blood from the dialysis fluid and
will allow small molecules to diffuse down B. The cells exposed to the solution will
their concentration gradient but not blood shrink.
cells or large molecules? C. The cells will remain the same size.

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D. The cells exposed to the solution will 324. How is the lining of the PCT adapted for
expand but not burst. selective reabsorption?

A. thin layer-short diffusion distance
319. The main aim of the Loop of Henle is
B. microvilli-large surface area
A. to decrease the water potential in the
medulla C. partially permeable
D. none of above
B. to increase the water potential in the
medulla 325. The renal artery contains:I. more O2 than
C. to decrease the water potential in the the renal veinII. less urea than the renal
cortex veinIII. unfiltered blood
D. to increase the water potential in the A. I and II only

cortex B. I and III only
C. II and III only
320. What organ in the excretory system gets
rid of carbon dioxide and water vapor? D. I, II and III
A. Kidneys 326. Urine is carried to the urinary bladder by

B. Lungs A. blood vessels
C. Skin B. the urethra.

C. lymphatics.
D. none of above
D. the ureters.
321. A structure that carries out a specific job;
327. Renal vein comes out through hilus from
made up of different tissues.
kidney while renal artery and ureter en-
A. organ ters in. Rewrite the sentence by correct-
B. adaptations ing it. It exits the kidney through the re-
nal vein. Enter the renal artery and ureter.
C. interdependence Correct the mistake in the above sentence
D. inherited and rewrite it.
A. Renal artery comes out through hilus
322. SAI rich 4 when win from kidney while renal vein and ureter
A. Allah is the greatest enter in. The renal artery exits the kidney
and enters the renal vein and ureter.
B. Sachin
B. Ureter comes out through hilus from
C. Sherlon kidney while renal vein and renal artery
D. Aidan enter in. The ureter exits the kidney
through the hilum and the renal vein and
323. Why do you need to urinate-tick all the renal artery enter.
correct boxes C. Renal vein and ureter come out
A. Egestion through hilus from kidney while renal
artery enters in. The renal vein and ureter
B. Osmoregulation
exit through the hilum and enter the renal
C. Homeostasis artery.
D. Excretion D. none of above

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328. Urine is made in the kidneys. C. Yes, its all good!

A. True D. Go see a doctor!!
B. False
334. Glucose is reabsorbed from the tubule ep-
C. Maybe ithelial cells into the capillaries surround-
D. none of above ing the proximal convulated tubule by..
329. Doctors recommend you drink about A. diffusion and active transport
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Ltrs of water a day to stay healthy ? B. facilitated diffusion and active trans-
A. 1 Ltr port
B. 2 Ltrs C. osmosis and active transport
C. 4 Ltrs D. facilitated diffusion and passive trans-
D. 6 Ltrs port
330. What day was Simone Biles rushed to the 335. Components of human blood plasma
hospital? which enter the Bowman’s capsule and
A. October 36 form the glomerular filtrate are
B. October 26 A. urea, mineral salts, water glucose, fib-

rinogen.
C. October 27
B. urea, mineral salts, water, glucose,
D. October 15
amino acid.
331. Ultrafiltration in the nephron does NOT C. albumen. urea, mineral salts, water,
remove glocose, amino acid.
A. red blood cells and large proteins D. urea, mineral salts, water, vitamin,
B. water and glucose amino acid, globulin.
C. urea
336. In the collecting duct, what is reabsorbed
D. sodium through aquaporins?
332. What 3 layers of the glomerulus capillar- A. Ions like Na+ and Cl-
ies are present to filter molecules (< 69,
B. Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
000rmm)
C. Substances like drug metabolites and
A. Fenestrations
waste
B. Perforations
D. Water
C. Aquaporins
D. Basement membranes 337. Kidney of animals is colored. Mam-
malian kidney is colored.
E. Podocytes and pedicels
A. Gray colored
333. Dark yellow urine is a sign of good
health? B. Red colored
A. No-you are too hydrated! C. White colored
B. No you are dehydrated! D. Brown colored

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338. Where is the Glomerulus located in a kid- B. Renal failure

ney?
C. Renal success

A. Cortex
D. Renal success
B. Medula
C. Renal Pelvis 343. What is the kidney made up of?
D. Ureter A. Made of cells

B. Made of blood balls
339. How many medals did she win to tie with
an already made record? C. Made of about a million filtering units
called nephrons.
A. 20
B. 10 D. none of above
C. 15 344. Collecting area in center that is beginning

D. 25 of ureter
A. Renal hilum
340. What does dialysis do?
A. Removes waste, salt and extra water B. Renal cortex
from the body C. Renal medulla
B. Helps to control blood pressure D. Renal pelvis
C. Regulates the body’s fluid balance
345. What is the routine that she became the
D. All of the above first female to ever complete?
341. Which statement best explains the flow A. “The Biles”
of materials out of the nephron?
B. ‘’ Simone’s Routine”
A. The active transport of Na+ (and thus
C. “The Simone”
Cl-) creates salt, which pulls water using
a concentration gradient in an attempt to D. “The complex routine”
create equilibrium
346. Drugs or substances that cause a person
B. The high pressure from the renal
to urinate more frequently
artery creates a force that pushes water
through permeable areas, which creates A. catheterization
an equilibrium in pressure B. incontinence
C. There is no explanation. The kidneys C. calculus
work randomly and it is amazing that they
function correctly. D. diuretics
D. Water is actively transported out of 347. How many deaths are caused each year
the nephron and the nephron compen- by this disease each year?
sates by actively pushing out ions in an at-
tempt to balance the charges A. 1.1 Million
B. 100, 000
342. When the kidneys stop filtering correctly
you have C. 2.4 Million
A. Renal stoppage D. 5.2 Million

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348. A group of organs that work together to A. A larger volume of fluid can be filtered
turn food into usable energy so your body out of the blood per minute.
can grow.
B. Small molecules are allowed through
A. digestion but not large ones.
B. esophagus C. Higher blood pressures can be toler-
C. liver ated without damage to the capillaries.
D. stomach D. Phagocytes are able to escape from
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the capillaries and prevent kidney infec-
349. When matching a kidney for transplant tions
what actually needs to be matched?
A. DNA 354. During osmosis
B. Cell antigens A. water moves from high to low concen-

tration
C. Age
B. large or oddly shaped molecules move
D. Blood group
across a cell membrane
350. What happens in the Glomerulus and the C. water moves when energy is used
Bowman’s capsule?
D. proteins are built
A. Active Transport
B. Diffusion 355. what do you call the tiny filtering struc-
tures in yourkidneys?
C. Ultrafiltration
A. kidney stone
D. Osmosis
B. kidney failure
351. What is the name of the treatment for
kidney failure that involves removing the C. nephrons
blood, cleaning it and putting it back in? D. none of above
A. Kidney transplant
356. Choose the factor that does not affect Fil-
B. Kidney flushing tration rate in Kidney
C. Kidney dialysis A. Filtration gradient across the filtration
D. Kidney therapy slit
352. What is the outermost layer of the kid- B. Blood circulation throughout the kid-
neys? ney
A. glomerulus C. The present of ATP pumps

B. medulla D. Filtration surface
C. pelvis 357. definition of dominated
D. cortex
A. lost
353. The walls of blood capillaries in the kid- B. failed
ney are fenestrated. How does the fenes-
C. surprise
tration of these capillaries help in the pro-
duction of urine? D. succeed

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358. Functional unit of kidney B. Proximal uriniferous tubule.

A. Neuron C. Collecting duct.

B. Hepatocyte D. Henle’s loop.
C. Nephron
364. Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) affects the
D. none of above permeability of which section of the
nephron tubules
359. Which part of the renal corpuscle is a ball
of capillaries? A. Proximal (first) convoluted/coiled
tubual
B. Loop of Henle
B. Glomerulus
C. Distal (second) convoluted/coiled
C. Afferent Arteriole
tubual
D. Efferent Arteriole
D. Collecting duct
360. what is kidney transplant?
365. Kicks teachers
A. modern medicine offers two possible
treatment for reduced kidney function or A. Skchxnjd
complete kidney failura B. Sevbssbvd
B. surgical placement of a healthy kidney C. Sshbdbd
from another person D. none of above
C. organs that filter our wastes, water
and salts from the blood 366. Which regions of the nephron are af-
fected by ADH?
D. all incorrect
A. proximal convoluted tubule
361. Glucose is reabsorbed from the proximal
B. distal convoluted tubule
convoluted tubule by
C. collecting duct
A. osmosis
D. loop of Henle
B. active transport
C. pinocytosis 367. If you are dehydrated (low water poten-
D. none of above tial in the blood), the body must conserve
water. To do so, the brain triggers the pi-
362. is Aidan skinny tuitary gland to
A. Yes A. release MORE ADH, making the collect-
B. Without a doubt ing duct MORE permeable
C. Sausage pack B. release LESS ADH, making the collect-

ing duct LESS permeable
D. Kieron bamsi hole
C. release MORE ADH, making the collect-
363. About 85% of water is reabsorbed from ing duct LESS permeable
the filtrate at D. release LESS ADH, making the collect-
A. Bowman’s capsule. ing duct MORE permeable

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1. Chemical that results from the breakdown C. eat sugary foods.
of proteins D. drink lots of water.
A. Urine
7. The female gonads are the:
B. Urea
A. Ovaries
C. Pee
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B. Fallopian tubes
D. Nephron
C. Follicles
2. What does honey-colored urine indicate?
D. Mammary glands
A. You are dehydrated
B. You are fine 8. Helps maintain the pH of the blood
C. You are dying A. Secretion of hydrogen ions from the
blood to nephrons
D. You ate too much honey
B. Reabsorption of water
3. Which is the correct order that urine trav-
C. Filtration red blood cells
els through the body?
D. Diffusion
A. Kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra
B. Kidneys, urethra, bladder, ureters 9. Kidneys maintain homeostasis by regulat-
C. Bladder, kidneys, urethra, ureters ing levels
D. Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra A. waste

B. blood
4. What structure carries urine from the kid-
ney to the bladder? C. water
A. Urethra D. food
B. Ureter 10. Urine is about
C. Renal Vein A. 95% water & 5% waste products
D. Renal Hilum B. 50% water & 50% waste products
5. What structure in the kidneys filters the C. 75% water & 25% waste products
blood?
D. 80% water & 20% waste products
A. Ureters
11. Why is it important to pee when you have
B. Nephrons
to?
C. Bladder
A. To remove toxins and other harmful
D. Urethra things from your blood
6. A healthy habit to keep the urinary system B. So your kidneys and bladder stay
working properly is to healthy
A. urinate a lot. C. So you don’t pee your pants
B. eat salty foods. D. All of the above

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12. This lies in the anterior corner of the 18. Narrow tubes that carry urine from each
trigone of the bladder. kidney to the bladder

A. Internal urethral orifice A. Ureters
B. Adventitia bundle B. Urine
C. Ureteral opening C. Bladder
D. Ureter D. Urethra
13. What is this structure? 19. If you could see the inside lining of any
empty bladder, what would you see?
A. 1
A. villi
B. 3
B. lacteals
C. 5
C. rugae
D. 2
D. cilia
14. Involuntary Urination:
20. The process that the body breaks food into
A. Polyuria nutrients.
B. Incontinence A. Elimination
C. Uremia B. Digestion
D. Dysuria C. Absorption
D. none of above
15. The majority of glomeruli are located in the
A. renal pelvis 21. is the movement of water, small so-
lutes, & ions across a filtration mem-
B. renal cortex brane out of the glomerular capillary blood
C. renal medulla plasma into capsular space.
D. vasa recta A. Net filtration pressure
B. Colloidal osmotic pressure
16. is the funnel shaped structure in the
center of the kidney. C. Glomelular filtration
A. Renal pelvis D. none of above
B. Renal cortex 22. What is the rhythmic wavelike motion
C. Renal medulla of the involuntary muscle of the ureters
called?
D. Urinary bladder
A. Urea
17. Blood enters the kidney through which of B. Contraction
the following structures?
C. Peristalsis
A. Renal artery
D. Undulation
B. Thoracic artery
23. The is a muscle that prevents urine
C. Pulmonary artery from exiting the bladder until you’re ready
D. Carotid artery to pee.

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A. Calf 29. The structure that connects a kidney to the

urinary bladder is the
B. Quadriceps
A. ureter
C. Pectoral
B. urethra
D. Sphincter
C. renal pelvis
24. The presence of ketones in the urine may D. collecting duct
indicate:
30. is a common kidney problem, often
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A. diabetes caused by inflammation or painful swelling
B. kidney infection of some of the glomeruli .
A. Nephritis
C. anemia
B. Tendonitis
D. renal failure
C. Osteoarthritis
25. The renal corpuscle functions to filter D. Bronchitis
A. water 31. The chemical waste created by muscular
B. blood plasma metabolism is
A. urea
C. urine
B. uric acid
D. none of above
C. creatinine
26. Dark yellow urine would be a symptom of D. glucose
A. hematuria 32. The kidneys help maintain homeostasis on
B. overhydration all of these factors EXCEPT:
A. Blood volume
C. cystitis
B. Blood pH
D. dehydration
C. Blood glucose
27. Blood vessels, nerves and the renal pelvis D. Blood sodium
enter/exit the kidney at the
33. Another name for the uterine lining is
A. Hilum
A. endometrial tissue/endometrium
B. Corticomedullary junction B. a fallopian tube
C. Ureter C. urethral lining
D. Renal sinus D. urethra
28. What structure in the bladder senses that 34. Internally, the kidney is divided into 2 sec-
it is full? tions. The outer layer, , and the inner
layer,
A. Cortex
A. Sheath, Pulp
B. Trigone B. Wall, Cushion
C. Sphincter C. Sclera, Dermal
D. Rugae D. Cortex, Medulla

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35. The three stages of urine production are A. stones

filtration, , and secretion.
B. an infection

A. digestion
C. cancer
B. reabsorption
D. renal failure
C. respiration
D. conduction 40. A construction worker falls and strikes his
lower abdomen on a hard object. What
36. Each kidney consists of more than one mil- might he experience as a result?
lion of A. anuria
A. Alveoli B. nocturia
B. Renal tubule
C. hematuria
C. Urethra
D. polyuria
D. Nephrons Each kidney consists of
more than one million of 41. Where is bile temporarily stored?
37. A muscular sac that is lined with mucus A. liver

to protect it from hydrochloric acid which B. gallbladder
is necessary to aid in the breakdown of
C. small intestine
chewed food into chyme.
D. salivary glands
A. Stomach
B. Colon 42. What is anuria?
C. Rectum A. no urine
D. none of above B. small amount of urine
38. Which of the following statements is/are C. excessive urine
TRUE? D. normal amount of urine
A. In reabsorption, the solutes are re-
absorbed across the filtration membrane 43. If you have painful urination it is called
into the interstitial fluid by transport pro- A. polyuria
cesses, such as active transport and co-
B. dysuria
transport.
C. oliguria
B. In secretion, solutes are secreted
across the wall of the nephron into the fil- D. anuria
trate.
44. The urge to void is typically felt when the
C. Filtration is the movement of materials
bladder is holding approximately mL
across the wall of the nephron into Bow-
of fluid.
man’s capsule to form a filtrate.
A. 50 mL
D. All statements need further evalua-
tion. B. 500 mL
C. 250 mL
39. A patient with nephrolithiasis is suffering
from: D. 25 mL

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45. The two components of a nephron are the 51. A diuretic does
A. increases the absorption of nutrients
A. Renal tubule and vasa recta B. decreases the absorption of nutrients
B. Renal corpuscle and renal tubule C. causes the kidneys to increase water
C. Glomerulus and renal tubule levels in the blood and to increase urine
D. Renal corpuscle and glomerulus output
D. causes the kidneys to decrease water
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46. Inflammation of the bladder in the blood and increase urine output
A. nephritis
52. What does dark honey-colored urine indi-
B. cystitis cate?
C. sinusitis A. You are dehydrated
D. renalitis B. You are fine
47. The removal of metabolic wastes from the C. You are dying
body as a result of cellular activities D. You ate too much honey
A. Respiration
53. What would cause a positive Pap smear?
B. Inhalation
A. Herpes
C. Exhalation
B. Endometriosis
D. Excretion
C. Cervical cancer
48. What is considered a normal component of D. Breast cancer
urine?
A. bacteria 54. Where is urea created?
B. sugar A. In your intestines
C. uric acid B. In your liver
D. red blood cells C. In your stomach

D. In your bloodstream
49. Which of the following parts is not found
in the urinary system? 55. is the fluid that passes from the
A. Ureters blood through the capillary walls of the
glomeruli into Bowman’s capsule.
B. Urethra
A. Glomerular filtrate
C. Bladder
B. Urine
D. Rectum
C. Urea
50. The urinary bladder has openings for the D. Water
and the
A. urethra, kidneys 56. Henry had a hypersensitive reaction to a
medication and developed acute renal fail-
B. urethras, detrusor ure. He received prompt medical attention
C. ureters, kidneys and hemodialysis. What is his prognosis?
D. ureters, urethra A. terminal

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B. poor 62. is the nitrogen containing substance

which is cleared (removed) from the blood
C. fair, after a kidney transplant
by the kidneys.

D. good
A. urea
57. sugar in the urine B. glucose
A. hematuria C. calcium salts
B. glycosuria D. water
C. pyuria 63. Where most water and vitamins are

stored and the last section of the digestive
D. dysuria
system.
58. Which of the following organs is NOT part A. Mouth
of the digestive tract? B. Small Intestine
A. gallbladder C. Colon ( Large Intestine )
B. small intestine D. Esophagus
C. mouth 64. Slender tubes that transport urine from
D. stomach the kidney to the urinary bladder
A. urethra
59. The urethra in the male serves two body
B. urinary bladder
systems-urinary and:
C. ureters
A. reproductive
D. none of above
B. endocrine
65. Stones in the kidneys
C. lymphatic
A. renal calculi
D. muscular
B. renal calcium
60. What is the term for an inflammation of C. cystitis
the kidneys?
D. renal calcaneous
A. cystitis
66. Which term means condition of blood in the
B. cholecystitis urine?
C. renal calculus A. hematuria
D. nephritis B. pyuria
C. glycosuria
61. We become thirsty on a hot day too
prompt us to drink to replace in order D. dysuria
to maintain homeostasis.
67. Infection of the bladder is called?
A. urine A. Urethritis
B. wastes B. Cystitis
C. blood C. Urinalysis
D. lost fluids D. Renalitis

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68. The tubes that connect between the kid- C. Testes

neys and urinary bladder is
D. Prostate gland
A. Renal tubule
B. Ureters 74. What is the function of ADH?
C. Urethra A. decreases reabsorption of water and

salts
D. Urinary bladder
B. increases reabsorption of hydrogen
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69. A 65 year old healthy male begins to have ions
difficulty starting to urinate, urinary fre-
C. increase reabsorption of salts
quency, and nocturia. What MOST LIKELY
is the cause? D. increases reabsorption of water
A. Prostatic hypertrophy
75. Which of the following factors affect GFR
B. Testicular cancer (glomerular filtration rate)?
C. Epididymitis A. autoregulation
D. Orchitis B. hormonal regulation
70. Another name for the nephron loop is the: C. autonomic regulation
A. Loop of Bowman D. enzymatic regulation
B. Loop of Henle
76. the pathway of urine formation is
C. Bowman’s Capsule
A. kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra
D. Glomerular Loop
B. bladder, kidney, ureter, urethra
71. The order in which urine flows through the C. ureter, kidney, urethra, bladder
excretory system is
D. urethra, bladder, kidney, ureter
A. nephron, ureter, bladder, urethra
B. ureter, nephron, urethra, bladder 77. Located at the end of your esophagus, has
C. nephron, urethra, bladder, ureter three layers of muscle and can hold food
for around 3 hours.
D. bladder, urethra, nephron, ureter
A. Small Intestine
72. Urea recycling can cause a build up of urea B. Stomach
in the
C. Esophagus
A. Renal medulla
D. Mouth
B. Loop of Henle
C. Ascending tubule 78. What is reabsorbed along the descending
D. Renal Pelvis loop of Henle?
A. NaCl
73. Where in the male reproductive system is
testosterone produced? B. Water
A. Ejaculatory duts C. Amino acids
B. Seminal vesicles D. Drugs

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79. Most nephrons are located within the re- 84. When does a woman experience lacta-
nal tion?
A. During fertilization

A. cortex
B. pelvis B. After ovulation
C. During labor and deilvery
C. pyramids
D. After childbirth
D. medulla
85. Which of the following is the job of the
80. The concave part of the kidney where ves- nephrons?
sels and nerves enter and exit the kidney. A. They remove wastes from the blood.
A. hilum B. They produce urea.
B. medulla C. They produce urine.
C. nephron D. They clean the kidneys
D. cortex 86. Which blood vessel leaves the glomerular

capsule?
81. Why is the scrotum located outside the A. The afferent arteriole
body?
B. The efferent arteriole
A. The lower temperature is essential for C. The peritubular capillaries
sperm production.
D. The vasa recta
B. To protect the testes from abdominal
trauma. 87. Which substance should never be found in
the urine?
C. To keep the testes away from the in-
fective potential of the digestive system. A. K
B. Urea
D. The vas deferens provides a longer
pathway for the maturation of sperm. C. Salt
D. Glucose
82. What are treatment options for someone
with kidney failure? 88. In humans, which substances are normally
filtered out of the blood by the nephrons
A. Hemodialysis and then excreted?
B. Nutrition A. water, carbon dioxide, and glucose
C. Kidney transplant B. urea, water, and mineral salts
D. Hemodialysis and kidney transplant C. water, glycogen, and urea
D. glucose, water, and red blood cells
83. The hormone associated with the male re-
productive system is: 89. Besides producing a sex cell, what else
does the reproductive system produce?
A. Estrogen
A. Red Blood cells
B. Testosterone B. urine
C. Progesterone C. hormones
D. Oxcytocin D. none of above

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90. Amber-colored urine could be a sign of: 96. involuntary urination is known as
A. Dehydration A. continence
B. Incontinence B. anuria
C. Dysuria C. incontinence
D. Protenuria D. uremia
91. Which is cleaner, urine or saliva? 97. What is the other term for Urinary Sys-
tem?
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A. urine
A. Endocrine system
B. saliva
B. Renal System
C. both are equally filthy C. Cardiovascular system
D. none of above D. Integumentary System
92. Which of the following means small 98. Why do women experience cystitis more
amount of urine? frequently than men?
A. hematuria A. because of the length of the urethra
B. anuria B. because they urinate more frequently
C. oliguria than males
C. because their bladder is smaller
D. dysuria
D. because the uterus takes up space in
93. Where does filtration take place? the pelvis
A. Loop of Henle 99. The yellow fluid that remains after the
B. Proximal Tubule nephrons have cleaned the blood is called
C. Glomerulus A. ADH.
D. Collecting duct B. urine.
C. caffeine.
94. Which of the following hormones increase
reabsorption of water in the collecting D. urea.
ducts? 100. It is the hormone made by the kidneys,
A. ADH needed for absorption of calcium phos-
phate, the active form of vitamin D.
B. renin
A. Erythropoietin
C. aldosterone
B. Creatinine
D. insulin
C. Calcitriol
95. a tube that carries urine out of body D. Calcium
A. urethera
101. Before the kidney filters it out, where
B. ureter does urea and uric acid exist?
C. bladder A. In your intestines
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C. In your stomach 107. What is surgically removed during a cir-

cumcision?
D. In your bloodstream

A. Foreskin
102. Urine is about % water.
B. Cowper’s gland
A. 25%
C. Scrotum
B. 50%
D. Vas deferens
C. 75%
D. 95% 108. Thin-walled tube that carries urine from
the urinary bladder to the outside of the
103. What reproductive structure is described body by peristalsis.
as a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped or- A. urethra
gan?
B. urinary bladder
A. Uterus
C. ureters
B. Vagina
D. none of above
C. Perineum
D. Ovary 109. The connective tissue that surrounds the
kidneys is the:
104. Kidney stones are created when the con- A. Hilum
centration of is too high in urine.
B. Renal Capsule
A. uric acid
C. Calyx
B. minerals
D. Renal Pyramid
C. both uric acid and minerals
D. enzymes 110. are smooth muscle cells that regulate
blood pressure and the filtration rate of
105. This is the smooth dense irregular con- the glomerulus.
nective tissue that is continuous with the A. Podocytes
outer coat of the ureter.
B. Juxtaglomerular cells
A. renal capsule
C. Mesangial cells
B. adipose capsule
D. Macula densa
C. renal hilus
D. renal cortex 111. The ascending limb of the loop of Henle
functions to:
106. Blood vessel that supplies blood to the A. remove water and additional solutes.
kidney
B. help regulate aldosterone secretion.
A. Renal Vein
C. increase the rate of active transport of
B. Renal Pelvis
Na+ in the distal tubules and collecting
C. Renal Artery ducts.
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112. The functional unit of a kidney that filters C. micturition

the blood is called D. filtration
A. neuron
118. stones in the kidneys
B. nephron
A. renal calculi
C. ureter
B. calculitis
D. bladder
C. cystitis
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113. The three interrelated processes of urine D. calcaneous
formation are
119. A hollow muscular sac that holds up to
A. filtration, secretion, and excretion
500 mL of urine:
B. secretion, reabsorption, and micturi-
A. Bladder
tion
B. Kidney
C. excretion, storage, and micturition
C. Ureter
D. filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
D. Urethra
114. What would you find inside the glomeru-
lus? 120. This is the formation of a new glucose
molecule.
A. Urea
A. gluconeogenesis
B. Urine
B. glycolysis
C. Blood
C. glucosamine
D. Lymph
D. glucagon
115. The two narrow tubes that urine flows
through from the kidneys to the bladder 121. Which of the following correctly lists the
are the order of structures through which urine
flows after its formation in the nephron?
A. urethras
A. calyx, renal pelvis, ureter, urinary blad-
B. kidneys der, urethra
C. esophagus B. renal pelvis, calyx, ureter, urinary
D. ureters bladder, urethra
C. renal pelvis, calyx, urethra, ureter, uri-
116. What makes the saliva?
nary bladder
A. Stomach
D. renal pelvis, calyx, urinary bladder,
B. Salivary Gland ureter, urethra
C. Rectum
122. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
D. Peristalsis can be prevented by:
117. Urine is expelled from the urinary blad- A. A vaccine
der by B. Antibiotics
A. excretion C. Diet and exercise
B. defecation D. Avoiding risky behavior

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123. The juxtaglomerular apparatus 129. The functional units of the kidneys are:
A. Helps reabsorb water from the collect- A. Nephrons

ing ducts B. Renal Papilla
B. Adjusts blood flow into the vasa recta C. Minor Calyx
C. Produces a concentrated urine D. Major Calyx
D. Monitors blood sodium concentration
130. During menstruation, the bleeding is the
and adjusts glomerular filtration volume
result of:
124. The functional unit of the kidney is the A. Detachment of the myometrium
B. Deterioration of the endometrium
A. Vasa recta C. A ruptured follicle
B. Nephron D. A ruptured fallopian tube
C. Glomerulus
131. Females make eggs everyday
D. Renal Corpuscle
A. False, they make them every month
125. Produces bile to break fats into smaller B. False, they make them every year
droplets.
C. False, they are born with all the eggs
A. pancreas they’ll ever have
B. Liver D. True
C. Mouth 132. This watery fluid contains urea and other
D. Small intestine waste
126. The urine passes through the as it A. Urea
passes out of the body. B. Urine
A. urethra C. Bladder
B. ureters D. Urethra
C. bladder 133. The location of the kidneys in relationship
D. kidney to the peritoneal lining of the abdominal
cavity is referred to as
127. causes the collecting ducts to reab-
A. retroperitoneal
sorb more water.
B. retroabdominal
A. ADH
C. posterior
B. renin
D. dorsal
C. ANP
D. none of these is correct 134. What do you call a sterilization proce-
dure that cuts the vas deferens to prevent
128. What is the function of the Urinary transport of sperm?
A. To remove waste from your blood A. Ejaculation
B. To add waste to the blood B. Tubal ligation
C. To give nutrients to our body C. Abstinence
D. To deoxygenate blood D. Vasectomy

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135. What are the main excretory organs? C. The peritubular capillaries
A. bladder D. The vasa recta
B. kidneys 141. How many kidneys does a person nor-
C. ureters mally have?
D. urethra A. one
136. The passage extending from the uterus B. two
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to the vulva; the place where semen is de- C. three
posited
D. four
A. vagina
142. Which of the following are characteristics
B. uterus
of urine?
C. cervix
A. normal color is somewhat yellow
D. ovary
B. pH is around 7.5
137. Approximately L of filtrate enters the C. pH is around 6
nephrons each day; of that volume %
D. It is sterile.
is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule.
A. 180 L and 65% 143. Skin, liver and kidney are examples of
B. 240 L and 85% A. Excretion
C. 80 L and 35% B. Digestion
D. 280 L and 99% C. Respiration
138. The main waste filtered from the blood in D. All the above
the kidneys is: 144. The main functions of the urinary system
A. carbon dioxide are
B. urine A. Removal of waste and storage of nutri-
C. urea ents
D. salts B. Regulation of water balance and blood

glucose level
139. This term means the entry of substances C. Regulation of water and electrolyte
into the body from the filtrate. balance, only
A. Reabsorption D. Removal of waste and regulation of
B. Secretion water and electrolyte balance
C. Excretion 145. What could be used to remove renal cal-
D. Filtration culi?
140. Which blood vessel enters the glomerular A. lithotripsy

capsule? B. urinalysis
A. The afferent arteriole C. dialysis
B. The efferent arteriole D. antibiotics

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146. The materials filtered out of the blood are 152. What stores the Bile.
picked up by the
A. The enzymes.

A. Glomerulus
B. The circulatory system.
B. Bowman’s Capsule
C. Gallbladder.
C. Convoluted Tubules
D. Aorta
D. Collecting Tubules
147. Which of the following substances can be 153. What substance tells the kidneys to take
eliminated from the blood by tubular secre- water from the nephrons?
tions? A. bacteria
A. potassium ions
B. a diuretic
B. hydrogen ions
C. urine
C. ammonium ions
D. antidiuretic hormone
D. all of the above
148. What is the last structure urine passes 154. Which term is another word for urina-
before leaving the body? tion?
A. bladder A. dysuria
B. ureter B. diaphoresis
C. urinary meatus C. micturition
D. urethra D. filtration
149. The functional unit of the kidney:
155. Which of the following is an example of
A. Renal Pelvis the urinary system’s ability to maintain
B. Hilum homeostasis?
C. Nephron A. A person drinks a large amount of wa-
D. Medulla ter and urinary output increases.
B. The kidneys are protected by a heavy
150. Stores bile and releases it into small in-
cushion of fat and a fibrous capsule.
testine
A. Liver C. As people get older, the frequency of
nocturne increases.
B. Pancreas
D. When physical activity increases, the
C. Gallbladder
blood flow through the kidneys decreases.
D. Mouth
156. Hollow, muscular sac that temporarily
151. The following are considered functions of
stores urine
the Urinary System EXCEPT:
A. urethra
A. Regulation of red blood cell synthesis
B. Vitamin D synthesis B. urinary bladder
C. Absorption of digested molecules C. ureters
D. Excretion D. none of above

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157. Which kidney function in replaced by 163. Tubular secretion involves the movement
hemodialysis? of substances
A. Reabsorption A. From capillary blood to tubular blood
B. Elimination B. From proximal convoluted tubule to
C. Secretion glomerulus
D. Filtration C. From proximal convoluted tubule to
distal convoluted tubule
158. The blood vessel that carries blood out of
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D. From tubular fluid to capillary blood
the kidney is the
A. Renal Artery 164. Which statement below is incorrect about
the function of the kidneys:
B. Renal Vein
A. The kidneys eliminate waste from the
C. Hepatic vein blood.
D. Nephrons B. They control the volume of water in the
159. Renal Arteries body.
A. Takes blood from the kidney to heart C. They regulate pH and osmolality.
B. Transports blood to the kidney D. They make the hormones adrenaline
and progesterone.
C. Takes nutrients from small intestine
D. Transports blood from body cells to 165. Filtration of the blood in nephrons allows
hear blood plasma to pass through without
A. blood cells and proteins
160. Which of these conditions refers to a lack
of voluntary control over urination? B. macro molecules
A. Nocturia C. Glucose
B. Incontinence D. Ammonia
C. Retention 166. What is another term for urinate?
D. Dysuria A. eructate
161. Starting with the stomach, what are the B. sweat
next three steps in the digestion process? C. defecate
A. small intestine, large intestine, anus D. void
B. esophagus, large intestine, small in- 167. What organs compose the Urinary Sys-
testine tem?
C. liver, large intestine, anus A. Two kidneys, two urethrae, a ureter,
D. none of above and a urinary bladder
162. The reabsorption process occurs in B. Two kidneys, a ureter, a urinary blad-
der, and a urethra
A. glomerulus
C. Two kidneys, two ureters, a urinary
B. proximal convoluted tubules bladder, and a urethra
C. Bowman’s capsule D. Two kidneys, two ureters, two ure-
D. None of them thrae, and a urinary bladder

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168. The steps of formation of urine C. tubular reabsorption.

A. Filtration, secretion, selective reab- D. tubular elimination.

sorption, excretion
174. What is the correct sequence for parts of
B. Excretion, filtration, selective reab- the renal tubule?
sorption, secretion.
A. Proximal convoluted tubule, nephron
C. Filtration, selective reabsorption, Ex- loop, distal convoluted tubule
cretion, secretion
B. Proximal convoluted tubule, vasa
D. Filtration, selective reabsorption, se- recta, distal convoluted tubule
cretion, Excretion.
C. Proximal convoluted tubule, distal con-
169. Together water and nitrogenous wastes voluted tubule, nephron loop
are called D. Collecting duct, proximal convoluted
A. blood tubule, distal convoluted tubule
B. pus
175. Each kidney has over 1 million of these
C. urine units, which altogether contain roughly
D. CSF 140 miles of filters and tubes.
A. capsules
170. CARRY BLOOD INTO THE KIDNEYS
B. hilums
A. RENAL VEINS
C. glomerulus
B. URETERS
D. nephrons
C. RENAL ARTERIES
D. TRACHEA 176. Frequent urination at night is called
A. auria
171. What is an important part of the diges-
tive system? B. hematuria
A. Heart C. nocturia
B. Lungs D. oliguria
C. Stomach 177. What is the functional filtration unit in
D. Kidneys the kidney?
A. renal tubule
172. All of the following belong to the urinary
system EXCEPT the B. renal corpuscle
A. prostate C. nephron
B. ureter D. glomerulus
C. bladder 178. Pyuria, dysuria and fever are al symp-
D. urethra toms of:
173. When molecules move from the tubule A. renal failure

into the blood, this process is known as: B. cystitis
A. glomerular filtration. C. uremia
B. tubular secretion. D. nocturia

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179. The is a sac-like muscular organ that 185. The process of artificially filtering the
stores urine until it is released from the blood to remove waste is known as
body. A. kidney failure
A. ureters B. kidney stones
B. kidneys C. lithotrypsy
C. bladder
D. dialysis
D. urethra
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186. A woman who is NOT sexually active
180. What is the most common cause of a uri- could still develop:
nary tract infection?
A. Endometriosis
A. Strep
B. Chlamydia
B. Staph
C. Gonorrhea
C. E-coli
D. Syphillis
D. Virus
187. ORGAN THAT DOESN‘T CONNECT WITH
181. How many urethras do we have? URINARY SYSTEM(MORE THAN 1 AN-
A. 1 SWER)
B. 2 A. KIDNEYS
C. 4 B. SKIN
D. 10 C. LUNG
182. Blood vessels and the renal calices are lo- D. RENAL ARTERY
cated in the E. URETHRA
A. Renal hilum 188. pus in the urine
B. Renal pelvis
A. pyuria
C. Renal capsule
B. polyuria
D. Renal sinus
C. olguria
183. The functional unit of the kidney is the D. dysuria
A. nephron
189. Which therapeutic measure uses an arti-
B. alveolus ficial kidney machine?
C. corpuscle A. catheterization
D. medulla B. lithotripsy
184. What is the external opening of the ure- C. hemodialysis
thra called? D. peritoneal dialysis
A. Urinary meatus
190. Urine is transported from the urinary
B. Urinary follicle bladder to the outside of the body by the
C. Urinary calculus
D. Urinary hole A. urethra

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B. ureter 196. The nutrients required by the body and

selectively reabsorbed in the nephron are
C. renal pelvis

A. Hydrogen ions
D. collecting duct
B. ammonia
191. Part of the urinary system that could be C. glucose, amino acids, vitamins, miner-
affected by Urinary Tract Infection als salts
A. Urethra D. none of above
B. Ureter
197. The major calices merge to form a single,
C. Kidney funnel-shaped
D. All organs of the system A. Renal pelvis
B. Renal pyramid
192. When salts and other wastes collect in
the kidneys, which of the following can C. Renal cortex
form? D. Renal medulla
A. nephrons 198. What does hemodialysis do?
B. bile A. provide oxygen for the blood
C. kidney stones B. remove waste products from the blood
D. hormones C. add electrolytes to the blood
D. balance the amount of water in the
193. In what part of the urinary system does
blood
peristalsis regularly occur?
A. nephron 199. Kidney stones can be caused by all of the
following EXCEPT
B. ureters
A. dehydration
C. bladder
B. family history
D. urethra
C. diets high in protein, salt and sugar
194. Nutrient molecules pass from the diges- D. drinking too much alcohol
tive system into the bloodstream.
200. When the egg and sperm meet, it is
A. Elimination known as
B. Digestion A. intercourse
C. Absorption B. ejaculation
D. none of above C. fertilizat ion
D. none of above
195. the prefix “nephr-” means:
A. urethra 201. Excess water and some chemical and cel-
lular waste products eliminated from the
B. kidney body in liquid waste is called
C. ureter A. urea
D. renal pelvis B. urine

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C. liquid waste C. The uterus

D. solid waste D. The ovaries
202. are specialized epithelial cells of the 207. This muscle surrounds the bladder and
distal convoluted tubule. These cells sense controls the release of liquid waste.
sodium chloride concentration in the tubule,
A. Sphincter Muscle
which in turn reflects the systemic blood
pressure. B. Bladder Muscle
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A. Podocytes C. Speedy Muscle
B. Juxtaglomerular cells D. Ureter Muscle
C. Mesangial cells
208. This is the mechanical process of remov-
D. Macula densa ing waste products from the blood when
the kidneys can no longer perform this
203. The outer portion of the kidney is called function at an optimal level.
the ?
A. Urodynamics
A. medulla
B. Dialysis
B. calyx
C. Filtration
C. cortex
D. Ventilation
D. papilla
204. The sac that holds the urine is known as 209. What is the order of Urine moving
the? through the body
A. ureter A. Bladder, Kidneys, Ureters, Urthera
B. bladder B. Ureters, Bladder, Kidneys, Bladder
C. kidney C. Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder, Urethra

D. urethra D. Urethra, Bladder, Ureters, Kidneys
205. Why are urinary tract infections more 210. What is the correct order of urinary sys-
common in women than men? tem organs
A. women’s urethras are shorter than A. Ureters, bladder, kidneys, urethra
men’s B. Urethra, bladder, ureters, kidneys
B. women’s ureters are shorter than C. Kidneys, urethra, bladder, ureters
men’s
D. Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
C. men’s ureters are shorter than
women’s 211. Elevated levels of urea in the urine may
D. men’s ureters are shorter than cause
women’s A. urinary incontinence
206. Which organ produces egg cells? B. decreased kidney function
A. The vagina C. dehydration
B. The fallopian Tubes D. high blood pressure

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212. The rate of which a particular chemical is C. It is shorter

removed from the plasma is called the
D. It is more narrow

A. glomerular filtration rate
B. renal capacity 218. How many kidneys are in the human
body?
C. renal clearance
A. 1
D. none of these is correct
B. 2
213. Required nutrients such as glucose, min-
eral salts, vitamins, amino acids and some C. 3
water are into the nephron. D. 4
A. secreted
B. reabsorbed 219. The tube that carries urine from the blad-
der out of the body is called
C. excretion
A. Renal tubule
D. filtered
B. Ureters
214. What is the function of ureters
C. Urethra
A. Transport Urine
D. Urinary bladder
B. Clean blood
C. Hold Urine 220. In what order does fluid pass through
D. Carry waste outside of the body kidney layers/areas on the way to the
ureters?
215. What is the collective name for the layers
A. hilum →medulla→cortex
of muscle in the wall of the urinary blad-
der? B. cortex→medulla→hilum
A. The muscularis C. hilum→cortex→medulla
B. The ureteral muscles D. medulla→hilum→cortex
C. The detrusor muscle
D. The sphincter muscles 221. the pathway of urine is
A. kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra
216. What is the correct order that waste is
eliminated out of the body from the uri- B. bladder, kidney, ureter, urethra
nary system? C. ureter, kidney, urethra, bladder
A. Kidneys, urethra, bladder and ureters
D. urethra, bladder, kidney, ureter
B. Bladder, bladder, ureters and urethra
C. Ureters, kidneys, bladder and urethra 222. A treatment for kidney failure would in-
clude
D. Kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra
A. increased fluid intake
217. How is the female urethra different from
the male urethra? B. antibiotics
A. It is longer C. restricted fluid intake
B. It is wider D. high protein diet

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223. The watery fluid produced by the kidneys 229. Point of exit for the ureters from the kid-
is neys
A. urea A. hilum
B. urine
B. cortex
C. solid waste
C. medulla
D. diarrhea
D. nephron
224. Which of the following is one of the pro-
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cesses in urine formation?
230. Another name for the Urinary System is
A. Filtration from afferent arteriole the
B. Tubular secretion A. Excretory System
C. Glomerular resorption
B. Exitory System
D. Urine synthesis
C. Digestive System
225. How many sperm are able to fertilize an
egg? D. Circulatory System
A. 1
231. The renal blood vessels enter and leave
B. 2 the kidney at the:
C. 3
A. cortex
D. it depends
B. renal papilla
226. How many sections are there in a
nephrons network of convoluted tubules C. medulla
A. 1 D. hilum
B. 2
232. A “ball of capillaries” within each
C. 3
nephron is called the
D. 4
A. ureter
227. Where does fertilization of an ovum usu-
ally take place? B. urethra
A. in the ovary C. glomerulus
B. in the cervix D. hilum
C. in the uterus
D. in the fallopian tube 233. What structure contains muscular tissue
that contracts during ejaculation to aid in
228. The inner region of the kidneys that con- the expulsion of semen?
tains the dense network of nephrons
A. Prostate gland
A. cortex
B. Barthom’s gland
B. medulla
C. glomerulus C. Epididymis
D. Bowman’s capsule D. Testes

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234. What are the fingerlike projections on 240. Which of the following organs is not con-
the inside wall of the small intestine sidered a main organ of the Urinary Sys-
that absorb nutrients into the bloodstream tem?

called?
A. Kidneys
A. villi
B. Ureters
B. chyme
C. Bladder
C. chemical
D. Stomach
D. enzymes
235. The tube connecting each kidney to the 241. Urine is formed in the
urinary bladder is the A. Major calices
A. ureter
B. Vasa recta
B. urethra
C. Capsular space
C. calyx
D. Nephron
D. ductus (vas) deferens
236. an organ that stores urine 242. Connects the mouth to the stomach and
uses a involuntary constriction and relax-
A. ureter ation of the muscles called peristalsis.
B. bladder
A. Mouth
C. urethera
B. Colon ( Large Intestine )
D. kidney
C. Small Intestine
237. Patrice is not ill but drank a large amount
if ice tea. You would expect her to have: D. Esophagus
A. hematuria 243. Which of the following is NOT a function

B. anuria of the urinary system?
C. polyuria A. removal of waste products from the
D. pyuria bloodstream
B. storage and excretion of urine
238. bloody urine
A. polyuria C. regulation of leukocyte and platelet
production
B. hematuria
D. regulation of blood volume and, indi-
C. oliguria
rectly, blood pressure
D. anuria
244. Most glucose molecules are reabsorbed in
239. What might happen if nephrons are dam-
the
aged?
A. proximal convoluted tubules.
A. Kidneys can become diseased.
B. Kidney stones can form. B. distal convoluted tubules.
C. Bacteria can enter the kidneys. C. collecting ducts
D. Kidneys will make more urine. D. loop of Henle

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245. Which organ stores, compacts, and elim- B. large intestine

inates material that can’t be absorbed by
the body? C. small intestine
A. liver D. rectum
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1. Which row shows the effects of increased 4. What is the definition of hormone?
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adrenaline release? breathing rate » pulse
A. is a chemical substance, produced
rate » pupil
by a gland and carried in the bloodstream,
A. decreases »increases »widens which alters the activity of specific target
B. increases » decreases » widens organs.
C. increases » increases» narrows B. mechanism is an important type of
D. increases » increases» widens control that is found in homeostasis. It re-
sponds when conditions change from the
2. What are effects of adrenaline? ideal or set point and returns conditions to
A. Bronchioles widen this set point. There is a continuous cycle
of events in this.
B. Liver breaks down some of the stored
glycogen C. is produced by the thyroid gland,
which stimulates the basal metabolic rate.
C. Faster heart beat
It controls the speed at which oxygen and
D. All of the above food products react to release energy for
3. What is the definition of Thyroxine? the body to use.
A. is a chemical substance, produced D. is produced by the adrenal glands
by a gland and carried in the bloodstream, in times of fear or stress. It targets vi-
which alters the activity of specific target tal organs, increases the heart rate and
organs. boosts the delivery of oxygen and glucose
to the brain and muscles.
B. mechanism is an important type of
control that is found in homeostasis. It re- 5. Aldosterone functions to:
sponds when conditions change from the
ideal or set point and returns conditions to A. increase salt levels in the blood
this set point. There is a continuous cycle B. decrease salt levels in the blood
of events in this.
C. increase salt levels in the cells
C. is produced by the thyroid gland,
which stimulates the basal metabolic rate. D. decrease salt levels in the liver
food products react to release energy for 6. Gravitropism is the
the body to use. A. growth of a plant in response to light
D. is produced by the adrenal glands B. growth of a plant in response to touch
in times of fear or stress. It targets vi-
C. growth of a plant in response to water
tal organs, increases the heart rate and
boosts the delivery of oxygen and glucose D. growth of a plant in response to grav-
to the brain and muscles. ity

7. A hormone is which alters the activity of specific target

A. a chemical substance produced by a organs.

gland and carried by the lymph. B. mechanism is an important type of
B. an enzyme produced by a gland and control that is found in homeostasis. It re-
carried by the blood. sponds when conditions change from the
ideal or set point and returns conditions to
C. a chemical substance produced by an this set point. There is a continuous cycle
organ and carried by the blood. of events in this.
D. a chemical substance produced by a C. is produced by the thyroid gland,
gland and carried by the blood. which stimulates the basal metabolic rate.
8. Hormone related to the growth of the It controls the speed at which oxygen and
plant in response to tropisms food products react to release energy for
the body to use.
A. Auxin
D. is produced by the adrenal glands
B. Cytokinins in times of fear or stress. It targets vi-
C. Ethene tal organs, increases the heart rate and
D. Absisic acid boosts the delivery of oxygen and glucose
to the brain and muscles.
9. Where are the adrenal glands located?
13. The growth of a plant in response to light
A. In your head is called
B. in you legs A. Phototropism
C. in your toes B. Hydrotropism
D. at the top of each kidney C. Gravitropism
10. Which one is NOT the effect of the release D. Photosynthesis
of adrenaline on the heart rate, glucose
concentration and pupil 14. Which of the following does NOT deal with
glucose in some form or another?
A. heart rate increased
A. Insulin
B. glucose concentration increased
B. Cortisol
C. glucose concentration decreased
C. Epinephrine
D. pupil dilates
D. Aldosterone
11. Response to light in which plant stems
bend toward a light source 15. What hormones do the Adrenal Glands pro-
duce?
A. gravitropism
A. aldosterone and cortisol
B. phototropism
B. Calcitonin and Somatostatin
C. negative gravitropism
D. negative phototropism C. Prolactin
D. Oxytocin
12. What is the definition of Adrenaline?
A. is a chemical substance, produced 16. Cortisol can be released in response to:
by a gland and carried in the bloodstream, A. low blood LH levels

B. high blood salt levels 22. The adrenal glands are located:
C. low blood glucose levels A. in the throat
D. low blood calcium levels B. in the brain
C. inferior to the uterus
17. Who discovered the Adrenal Glands?
D. on top of the kidneys
A. Tom Brady
B. William Shakesspeare 23. A shoot tip grows in the direction of the
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light. This is referred to as
C. Victor Skyscraper
A. Positive gravitropism
D. Baron George Cuvier
B. Negative gravitropism
18. Adrenaline can increase the rate of ATP
C. Positive phototropism
production by:
D. Negative phototropism
A. decreasing blood flow to all cells
B. increasing blood flow, therefore de- 24. A root tip grows in the direction of gravity.
creasing the amount of glucose delivered This is referred to as
to the cells A. Negative gravitropism
C. decreasing how much calcium is taken B. Positive gravitropism
in by the bones
C. Negative phototropism
D. increasing blood flow to all cells, there-
D. Positive phototropism
fore delivering glucose faster
25. What is the definition of Negative feed-
19. In times of stress, the adrenal glands re- back?
lease?
A. is a chemical substance, produced
A. adrenaline by a gland and carried in the bloodstream,
B. glucagon which alters the activity of specific target
C. aldosterone organs.
D. PTH B. mechanism is an important type of

control that is found in homeostasis. It re-
20. Where is auxin formed sponds when conditions change from the
ideal or set point and returns conditions to
A. Tip of stem and root
this set point. There is a continuous cycle
B. Leaves of events in this.
C. Embryo C. is produced by the thyroid gland,
D. All which stimulates the basal metabolic rate.
21. How are hormones transported all over food products react to release energy for
the body? the body to use.
A. across neurones D. is produced by the adrenal glands
B. in red blood cells in times of fear or stress. It targets vi-
tal organs, increases the heart rate and
C. in blood plasma boosts the delivery of oxygen and glucose
D. in while blood cells to the brain and muscles.

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1. Which is not part of the female’s reproduc- B. Egg
tive system? C. Fallopian Tube
A. Labia
D. Vas deferens
B. Uterus
7. What is the name of the organ that fills
C. Cervix
with blood and becomes erect during sex?
D. Vas Deferens
A. Epididymis
2. This carries the egg cell from the ovaries B. Prostate gland
to the uterus.
C. Penis
A. Endometrium
D. Vas deferens
B. Cervix
C. Ovary 8. This is the opening of the uterus.
D. Fallopian Tube A. Vagina

B. Fallopian Tube
3. Another name for the sex cell is
C. Epididymis
A. zygote
D. Cervix
B. testicle
C. gamete 9. The scrotum is an important adaptation in
humanmales because the optimum temper-
D. hormone
ature for spermdevelopment is
4. Once sperm are made they mature in this A. 10 to 12 degrees below normal
coiled tube bodytemperature
A. penis B. 2 to 4 degrees below normal body tem-
B. epididymis perature
C. sperm C. 2 to 4 degrees above normal body tem-
perature
D. none of above
D. 10 to 12 degrees above normal
5. The two male reproductive organs that bodytemperature
produce most of the fluids that make up
semen are called 10. What is the function of vas deferens?
A. Testes & Epididymis A. A muscular tube that passes upward
B. Seminal Vesicle & Prostate alongside the testes and transports ma-
ture sperm to the urethra.
C. Vas Deferens and Urethra
B. Sperm storage organ.
D. Scrotum and Penis
C. Feces holding area.
6. The gametes that are made by males and D. It produces sugar-rich fluid that pro-
that are needed to fertilize eggs. vides sperm with a source of energy to
A. Sperm help them move.

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11. the male reproductive organs that produce 17. Which of the following secretes mucous?
sperm and testosterone.
A. Bulbourethral gland
A. Testicles
B. Seminal vesicle
B. Ovaries
C. Leydig cells
C. Vas deferens
D. Scrotum
D. Prostate gland
18. A developing fetus will grow here.
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12. Which of the following is not a secondary
sex characteristic in male? A. Uterus
A. deeper voice B. Vagina
B. broader sholders C. Cervix
C. wider hips D. Endometrium
D. facial hair
19. A weakened or torn spot in the muscular
13. The urethra belongs to which reproductive wall holding the small intestines in.
system? A. Testicular torsion
A. Male B. prostate cancer
B. Female
C. inguinal hernia
C. Both
D. testicular cancer
D. none of above
20. The path a sperm travels through the male
14. What cells secrete testosterone? reproductive system is..
A. Sertoli cells A. Testicles, Epididymis, Vas Deferens,
B. Spermatocytes Seminal Vesicle, Urethra, Prostate, Cow-
C. Spermatids per’s gland, Penis
D. Leydig cells B. Testicles, Vas Deferens, Seminal
Vesicle, Epididymis, Prostate, Cowper’s
15. When a male baby is born, the end of the Glands, Urethra, Penis
penis is covered by:
C. Penis, Urethra, Testicles, Epididymis,
A. seminal fluid Seminal Vesicle, Vas Deferens, Prostate,
B. scrotum Cowper’s gland
C. foreskin D. Testicles, Epididymis, Vas Deferens,
Seminal Vesicle, Prostate, Cowper’s
D. testes
gland, Penis, Urethra
16. A major male sex organ that produces
sperm. 21. Where the embryo develops
A. Prostate Gland A. Testes
B. Testicle B. Ovum
C. Ovary C. Uterus
D. Vas deferens D. Puberty

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22. The prostate gland is approximately the 28. Which gland provides fluid that neutralizes
size of a: acid and lubricates the urethra

A. strawberry A. Cowpers gland
B. peanut B. Prostate gland
C. grape C. Pituitary gland
D. baseball D. Seminal vesicle gland
23. After a sperm matures, it travels into this 29. Approximately how many sperm cells are
tube (that’s where the vasectomy occurs) produced by each testicle daily by a mature
A. urethra male?
B. epididymis A. 5, 000
C. vas deferens B. 1
D. none of above C. 85 million
24. The tube or duct that carries live sperm D. 123, 685
from the testes during ejaculation is the
30. The male sex hormone
A. vas deferens
A. estrogen
B. fallopian tube
B. testosterone
C. ureter
C. progestrone
D. epididymis
D. prostate gland
25. which two organs produce semen
31. The process of making new sperm is called:
A. Vas deferens and scrotum
A. spermatogenesis
B. prostate gland and seminal vesicles
B. spermatomaking
C. Penis and testes
C. spermatoreguvination
D. Prostate gland and epididymis
D. spermatolysis
26. The male gamete, sperm, are formed in the
A. epididymis 32. Genes that always show up in the off-
spring
B. vas deferens
A. Inheritance
C. testes
B. Dominant
D. prostate
C. Recessive
27. Which hormones are secreted by the pitu-
D. XY Chromosome
itary gland? (select all correct)
A. Testosterone 33. This is the lining of the uterus.
B. Progesterone A. Cervix
C. FSH B. Fallopian Tube
D. ICSH C. Endometrium
E. Oestrogen D. Ovaries.

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34. the sex cells that are made by males and 40. Primary female sex organs
that are needed to fertilize eggs.
A. testicles
A. Sperm
B. Ovary/ovaries
B. Egg
C. Gametes
C. Fallopian Tube
D. Testes/testicles
D. Vas deferens
41. Name the structure that produces a thin
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35. Sperm + fluids from seminal vesicle and milky fluid that aids in sperm motility and
prostate gland contributes to about 30% of overall se-
A. semen men volume.
B. testes or testicles A. testis
C. scrotum B. seminal vesicle
D. none of above C. prostate gland
36. The scrotum contains the: D. bulbourethral gland
A. prepuce 42. The head of the penis is what we called?

B. prostate gland A. Prostate gland
C. seminal vesicles B. Glans
D. testes C. Root
37. This produces egg cells and estrogen. D. Shaft
A. Vagina
43. This structure has two functions:Production
B. Ovary of testosterone and sperm.
C. Fallopian Tube A. Testicles
D. Vas Deferens B. Prostate
38. The testicles in the male are similar to the C. Pituitary Gland
in the female. D. Penis
A. Fimbria
44. The 3 functions of the MALE reproductive
B. Fallopian tube system:
C. Ovaries A. produce sex hormones, produce eggs,
D. Uterus provide nourishing environment for the
baby
39. Which gland may carry sperm that is re-
leased prior to ejaculation? B. produce sex hormones, produce/store
sperm. deliver sperm to female reproduc-
A. Seminal vesicle tive system
B. Prostate C. produce hormones, urination, cleans-
C. Bulbourethral gland ing of reproductive organs

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45. What part of male reproductive system 51. What makes sperm and testosterone, the
that function as a sac that holds the testes male hormone?
at temperature below 37?

A. Testicles
A. Vas deferens
B. Prostate gland
B. Scrotum
C. Penis C. Epididymis
D. Prostate gland D. Penis
46. Which structure of the male reproductive
52. Which glands make a fluid that cleans the
system is suspended in a sac?
urethra before sperm pass through it?
A. scrotum
A. Penis
B. testes
C. penis B. Cowper’s gland
D. foreskin C. Prostate gland
47. This contains urine. D. Seminal vesicle

A. Testes
53. This is the mixture of sperm cells and fluids
B. Bladder that protect and carry them through the
C. Urethra vas deferens
D. Vas Deferens A. lymph
48. A coiled structure located on the back side B. semen
of the testicle. This is where sperm ma-
tures for about three weeks. C. blood
A. Urethra D. urine
B. Epididymis
54. The tip or head of the penis is called the
C. Ovaries
D. Penis A. erectile tissue
49. A sex cell (ovun-sperm) is produced by: B. urethra

A. mitosis C. glans
B. meiosis D. none of above
C. simple cell division
D. bipartition 55. ( ) a tube like structure that functions in
sexual reproduction and the elimination of
50. What pea-sized male reproductive struc- urine.
ture is located inferior to the prostate?
A. Cowper’s Gland
A. vas deferens
B. Testicles
B. testes
C. bulbourethral gland C. Bladder
D. seminal vesicles D. Penis

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56. The shedding of the lining of the uterus 62. The external organs of the male reproduc-
along with some blood once a month. Also tive system are the:
called a monthly period.
A. testes and penis
A. Gestation
B. scrotum and penis
B. Conception
C. foreskin and testes
C. Menstruation
D. None of the above D. testes and urethra
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57. The beginning of menstruation is called 63. Which of the following is not a structure
A. Menopause in the male reproductive system?
B. Oligomenorrhea A. Vas deferens

C. Menarche B. Ovary
D. Premenstrual syndrome C. Penis
58. An ovum that has been fertilized and con- D. Testes
tains half of Mother’s genes and half of
E. Prostate
Father’s genes
A. spermatogenesis 64. This is the passageway from the uterus
B. Zygote out of the body.
C. Embryo A. Fallopian Tube
D. Fetus B. Cervix
59. The ejaculatory duct connects the vas def- C. Vagina
erens with the: D. Seminal Vesicle
A. urethra
B. epididymis 65. What is the tube called that carries the
sperm away from the testicles and stores
C. seminiferous tubules them until they leave the body?
D. foreskin
A. Vas deferens
60. once sperm are made they move into this B. Cowper’s gland
coiled tube
C. Penis
A. Epididymis
B. Vas deferens D. Epididymis
C. Fallopian tube 66. When erectile tissue in the penis is stimu-
D. Uterus lated, rushes to it, making the penis
firm.
61. What is the male sex cell?
A. urine
A. Sperm cell
B. Red blood cell B. blood
C. White blood cell C. semen
D. Egg cell D. water

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67. What is the function of puberty? B. At adulthood

A. to grow bigger C. At puberty

B. prepare body for reproduction D. At childhood
C. to under go psychological change
73. The neck of the uterus.
D. to become a man
A. Ovary
68. What is the primary sex hormones of B. Cervix
males?
C. Vagina
A. Prostate gland
D. Vulva
B. Testosterone
74. Inside the penis there is an special tissue
C. Urine
called
D. Semen
A. integunmentary tissue
69. What are the male sex cells (gametes)? B. muscle tissue
A. testes C. erectile tissue
B. sperm D. epithelial tissue
C. seminiferous tubules
75. Exam for Male Reproductive System
D. prostate glands
A. A
70. Which of the following is the correct path B. B
of a sperm leaving the testis?
C. C
A. Rete testes-seminiferous tubules-
efferent ductules-epididymus vas defer- D. D
ens
76. The duct that propels live sperm toward
B. Seminiferous tubules-Rete testes- ejaculation is the
efferent ductules-Epididymus-vas defer-
A. vas deferens
ens
B. fallopian tube
C. Epididymus-Rete testes-seminiferous
tubules-Efferent ductules-vas deferens C. seminiferous tubule
D. none of above D. epididymis
71. Which type of cell division split into two 77. Sperm and testosterone are produced
identical cells here.
A. Meiosis A. Testes
B. Inheritance B. Prostate Gland
C. Mitosis C. Vas Deferens
D. none of above D. Bladder
72. When do males start to produce sperm 78. A major male sex organ that produces and
cell? stores sperm.
A. At birth A. Prostate Gland

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B. Testicle 84. Which statement is true about epi-

didymis?
C. Ovary
A. A set of oily openings that release
D. Vas deferens
sperm
79. The process of removing the foreskin from B. A set of coiled tubes which transport
the penis is: and stores sperm cells.
A. Circumnavigation C. Producer of male sex hormones.
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B. Circumventing D. Transport mature sperm to the ure-
thra.
C. Circumcision
D. Circumcircular 85. What is a long muscular tube that carries
sperm from epididymis to the urethra?
80. What is inside the scrotum (bag) A. Scrotum
A. scrotum B. Prostate Gland
B. testes C. Vas deferens
C. penis D. Seminal Vesicle
D. foreskin 86. Choose the parts of the male reproductive
organs (select 3 for points).
81. The reproductive organs that produce
sperm and testosterone A. scrotum
A. prostate gland & seminal vesicle B. penis

C. falopian tubes
B. testes or testicles
D. prostate
C. semen
D. none of above 87. Which anterior pituitary hormone is in-
volved in testosterone production?
82. Tiny male cell that unites with the female A. LH (leutinizing hormone)
ovum to form a fertilized egg or zygote.
B. FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)
A. Testes
C. testosterone
B. Scrotum D. inhibin
C. Sperm
88. What is sperm count of a functionally ster-
D. Semen ile male?
83. Which hormones are responsible for A. above 300 million/mL
changes in a women? (select all correct) B. below 300 million/mL
A. ICSH C. below 150 million/mL
B. Testosterone D. below 20 million/mL
C. FSH 89. nourishes sperm.
D. Oestrogen A. Testicles
E. Progesterone B. Epididymis

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C. Semen C. Testes
D. Urethra D. Vas Deferens

90. What would happen if the testes were lo- 95. What is next to the testes and also stores
cated inside the body? sperm?
A. Sperm would not be produced because A. epididymis
it is too warm.
B. scrotum
B. Testosterone levels would increase be-
cause of the warm temperature. C. seminal vesicles
C. The seminal vesicles would no longer D. testicle
be needed.
96. Which of the following are female sec-
D. Hormones from the testes wouldn’t be ondary sex characteristics? (Choose all
able to get into the blood. that apply)
91. Which part of the male anatomy DOES A. wider hips
NOT help produce a part of the final semi-
B. pubic hair growth
nal fluid used in reproduction?
C. broader shoulders
A. Testicles
B. Seminal Vesicles D. development of breast
C. Prostate Gland 97. What is the tube through which sperm

D. Urethra passes from the testicles to the ejaculatory
ducts?
92. This carries sperm, semen and urine out of
A. Epididymis
the body.
A. Testes B. Vas Deferens
B. Bladder C. Urethra
C. Prostate Gland D. Seminal Vesicles
D. Urethra 98. The skin covered sac that surround the
testes is the
93. Which of the following is a correct se-
quence of cells in spermatogenesis? A. Scrotum
A. spermatogonium → secondary sper- B. Prostate gland
matocyte → primary spermatocyte
C. Cowper’s gland
B. primary spermatocyte → spermatogo-
D. Seminal vesicles
nium → secondary spermatocyte
C. spermatogonium → primary sperma- 99. Which of the following secretes alkaline
tocyte → secondary spermatocyte fluid?
D. none of the above A. Seminal vesicle
94. The male reproductive organ. B. Seminiferous tubule
A. Cervix C. Prostate gland
B. Penis D. Bulbourethral gland

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100. the skin covered sac that surround the C. vagina

testes.
D. prostate gland
A. Scrotum
B. Prostate gland 106. What structure regulates the tempera-
ture of the testes?
C. Cowper’s gland
D. Seminal vesicles A. Epididymis
B. Scrotum
101. These are the 2 tubes that connect the
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testes/epididymis to the penis: C. Seminal Vesicle
A. urethra D. Vas Deferens
B. vas deferens
107. This produces a fluid that keeps sperm
C. bladder
healthy.
D. glans
A. Bladder
102. ( ) is the male sex hormone.
B. Scrotum
A. Testosterone
C. Seminal Vesicle
B. Estrogen
D. Urethra
C. Adrenaline
D. Insulin 108. The portion of erectile tissue that sur-
rounds the urethra is the
103. In human males, sperm cells are sus-
pended in a fluid medium. The main advan- A. prepuce
tage gained from this adaptation is that
the fluid B. glans
A. removes polar bodies from the surface C. corpus spongiosum

of thesperm D. rete testes
B. activates the egg nucleus so that it be-
gins todivide 109. once a sperm matures, it travels through
C. acts as a transport medium for sperm this tube
D. provides currents that propel the egg A. Vas deferens

down theoviduct B. Fallopian tube
104. They produce the sperm C. Ovaries
A. Semen D. Epididymis
B. Tubules
C. Testes 110. Male sex hormones are called
D. none of above A. Androgens
105. The female sex hormone B. Progesterone
A. Estrogen/Progesterone C. FSH
B. testosterone D. GnRH

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111. you should do this once a month to help C. Seminal vesicles

detect any abnormalities or lumps D. Kidney

A. wear protective gear during contact
sports 117. This walnut-sized gland makes fluid that
mixes with the sperm to form semen.
B. shower or bathe
A. Seminal vesicle
C. physical check-up
B. Epididymis
D. self-examination
C. Prostate gland
112. This carries sperm from the testes to the
urethra. D. Cowper’s gland
A. Seminal Vesicle 118. The structures that produce the seminal

B. Prostate Gland fluid is the
C. Bladder A. seminal vesicles & urethra
D. Vas Deferens B. seminal vesicles & prostate gland
C. prostate gland & epididymis
113. Where is the male sex cell and hormone
produced? D. prostate gland & testes
A. Scrotum 119. This pouch makes a fluid that gives sperm
B. Epididymis energy and helps them move?
C. Testes A. Seminal vesicle
D. Urethra B. Prostate gland
114. Where do sperm mature and become able C. Scrotum
to swim? D. Penis
A. Epididymis
120. Which hormone stimulates enlargement
B. Vas deferens of testes and causes development of sec-
C. Urethra ondary sex characteristics?
D. Penis A. LH
115. Which part of the male reproductive sys- B. Testosterone

tem produces sperm? C. FSH
A. The Scrotum D. Estrogen
B. The prostate
121. What part of male reproductive system
C. The testicles that function as a sac that holds the
D. The penis testes?
A. Vas deferens
116. Which one of the following is not part of
the male reproductive system? B. Scrotum
A. Urethra C. Penis
B. Prostate gland D. Prostate gland

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122. about how many sperm are ejaculated un- 127. A sex cell that contains an individual’s ge-
der normal circumstances netic material
A. Millions A. Sperm
B. Hundreds B. Ovum
C. Hundred thousands C. Gamete
D. Thousands D. Chromosomes
128. Which of the following secretes citrate
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123. What is a possible consequence of a
and enzymes to break up the semen clot
blockage in the Vas Deferens?
during intercourse?
A. the seminal fluid won’t be expelled
A. Leydig cells
B. sperm won’t be produced B. Prostate gland
C. Fertilization won’t occur C. Bulbourethral gland
D. mature sperm will not be transported D. Seminiferous tubule
to the urethra in preparation for ejacula-
E. Seminal vesicle
tion
129. This connects the ovary to the uterus.
124. The testicles are located outside of the
male body because: A. Penis
B. Fallopian tube
A. the sperm have a shorter distance to
travel during intercourse. C. A and D
B. more sperm can be created. D. Uterus
C. there is no room to fit the testicles in- 130. The erectile tissue that is located on the
side the body. dorsal surface of the penis is the
D. production of sperm best takes place A. corpora cavernosa
at a temperature lower then body temper- B. corpus spongiosum
ature.
C. penile urethra
125. Testosterone is produced by the D. membranous urethra
A. ovaries
131. Which male reproductive structure con-
B. hypothalamus nects with the testes and also stores
sperm?
C. anterior pituitary gland
A. epididymis
D. testicles
B. scrotum
126. Which structure is correctly paired with C. seminal vesicles
its function?
D. testicle
A. ovary-provides milk for newborns
132. the organ that removes urine from the
B. testis-development of sperm
male body and that can deliver sperm to
C. placenta-storage of released eggs the female reproductive system
D. uterus-produces estrogen A. Penis

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B. Vagina C. seminal
C. Urethra D. epididymal

D. Testes 139. Which of the following produces sperm
through spermatogenesis?
133. The womb
A. Leydig cells
A. Uterus
B. Prostate gland
B. Vagina
C. Bulbourethral gland
C. Cervix
D. Seminiferous tubule
D. I dont know
140. How long is the whole menstrual cycle?
134. Mature sperm are stored here.
A. 1 week
A. Testes
B. 14 days
B. Urethra
C. 28 days-30 days
C. Epididymis
D. 9 months
D. Scrotum
141. Sperm are stored in the:
135. A sac that regulates the temperature of
A. epididymis
the testes.
B. prostate gland
A. Scrotum
C. seminal vesicles
B. Prostate gland
D. urethra
C. Cowper’s gland
142. Where do the egg and sperm meet?
D. Seminal vesicles
A. The ovary
136. Men should start having doctor’s perform
B. The fallopian tube
prostate exams by what age?
C. The vas deferens
A. 30
D. At a party
B. 15
C. 50 143. The bulbourethral glands (Cowper’s
glands) produce
D. 80
A. gametes
137. Which of these secrete testosterone? B. semen
A. Leydig cells C. lubricating mucus
B. Sertoli cells D. sperm
C. Smooth muscle
144. The male gonad that produces sperm and
D. None of these the male hormone testosterone is the
138. Each testis contains more than 30 meters A. Penis
of tiny, tightly packed (? ? ) tubules. B. Epididymis
A. seminiferous C. Testis
B. seminary D. Cowper’s Gland

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145. What holds the testicles and keeps C. 0-10 years

them at the best temperature for making
D. 70s-80s
sperm?
A. Sperm 151. This structure has a muscular lining that
B. Penis forces the semen out of the body. It is
called the
C. Scrotum
A. Prostate
D. Testicles
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B. Cowper’s Gland
146. A major male sex organ that stores
sperm. C. Anus
A. Prostate Gland D. Ejaculatory Duct
B. Testicle
152. The sac that holds the testicles is
C. Epididymis
A. Testes
D. Vas deferens
B. Epididymis
147. What body part secretes the pre-
ejaculate that helps protect sperm from C. Ovaries
the acidic environment of the urethra? D. Scrotum
A. Ejaculatory Duct
153. In which organ does sperm production
B. Seminal Vesicle
take place?
C. Prostate Gland
A. Testes
D. Cowper’s Gland
B. Penis
148. In the embryo, where are the testes
C. Prostate
formed?
A. in the scrotum D. Vas deferens
B. in the bladder 154. Sperm and testosterone are created in

C. in the abdomen the
D. in the thoracic cavity A. penis
149. The structures that fill with blood in order B. testes
to cause erection of the penis are C. vas deferens
A. prostate tissues
D. epididymis
B. erectile tissues
C. scrotum tissues 155. Sperm move through the duct system of
men using:
D. gonadal tissues
A. gravity
150. Testicular Cancer occurs most often in
men at what age? B. peristalsis
A. 50s-60s C. hand pressure
B. 20s-30s D. viagra

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156. Sperm and fluids combine to form: C. Urethra

A. Smegma D. Seminal Vesicle

B. Schmaltz 162. The process of making sperm begins in
C. Semen the male:
D. Mittelschmertz A. at birth
B. at puberty
157. The is where the vas deferens con-
nect with the urethra. C. halfway through each month
A. ejaculatory duct D. once a month
B. foreskin 163. The skin sack that holds the testes.
C. Cowper’s gland A. Bladder
D. semen B. Scrotum
158. Which male reproductive structure con- C. Prostate Gland
nects the epididymis and the ejaculatory D. Epididymis
duct?
164. This produces semen.
A. seminal vesicles
A. Prostate Gland
B. urethra
B. Bladder
C. vas deferens
C. Epididymis
D. bulbourethral gland
D. Vas Deferens
159. What gland produces fluid to neutralize
the acid in the male urethra prior to ejacu- 165. Select TWO male secondary characteris-
lation? tics
A. prostate A. produce testosterone

B. growth of skeletal muscle
B. bladder
C. enlargement of testis
C. urethra
D. production of FSH
D. Cowper’s Gland (Bulbourethral Gland)
166. The epididymis
160. What carries urine and sperm to the out-
side of the body, but never at the same A. all of these
time? B. is a very long coiled tube inside the
A. Prostate gland scrotum.
B. Epididymis C. is where sperm mature.
C. Urethra D. is where sperm are stored.
D. Vas deferens 167. Sperm are formed in the
161. A set of coiled tubes that connect to the A. epididymis
vas deferens. B. vas deferens
A. Fallopian tube C. seminiferous tubule
B. Epididymis D. prostate

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168. Semen contains 174. What is the function of seminal vesicle?

A. fructose A. A muscular tube that passes upward
B. vitamin C alongside the testes and transports ma-
ture sperm to the urethra.
C. prostaglandins
B. Sperm storage organ.
D. all of these substances
C. Feces holding area.
169. This is the structure where sperm are
D. It produces sugar-rich fluid that pro-
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stored while they mature:
vides sperm with a source of energy to
A. seminal vesicle help them move.
B. epididymis
175. What hormone is released by the anterior
C. urethra pituitary to stimulate division of spermato-
D. bladder gonia?
A. gnRH
170. Which of the following is a viral infection
of the T cells? B. FSH
A. HIV/AIDS C. LH
B. Herpes D. testosterone
C. Gonnorhea 176. This structure helps to force semen out of
D. Chlamydia the body
171. The seminal vesicle and prostate help to A. Prostate

create B. Cowper’s Gland
A. sperm C. Ejaculatory Duct
B. ova D. none of above
C. semen
177. What is the part that expelled out the se-
D. eggs men and the urine out of the body
172. What organs make the fluid for semen? A. Vas deferens
A. Seminal vesicle and prostate gland B. Testes
B. Seminal vesicle and cowper’s gland C. Penis
C. Prostate gland and cowper’s gland D. Seminal Vesicle
D. Penis and testicles
178. ( ) are stored in the epididymis, a net-
173. Which male reproductive structure sur- work of tubes located on the back of the
rounds the urethra? testicles.
A. bulbourethral gland A. Eggs
B. testes B. Testosterone
C. seminal vessicles C. Sperm
D. prostate gland D. Tadpoles

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179. The vas deferens is a continuation of the: 185. During spermatogenesis,

A. testis A. sperm are produced in the seminifer-

B. scrotum ous tubules of the testes and become ma-
ture in the epididymis.
C. epididymis
B. sperm are produced in the epididymis
D. urethra of the testes and become mature in the
180. What is the mixture of sperm cells and seminiferous tubules.
fluids? C. sperm are produced in the vas defer-
A. Testosterone ens of the testes and become mature in
the epididymis
B. Deferens
D. sperm are produced in the vas defer-
C. Semen ens of the testes and become mature in
D. Vesicles the seminiferous tubules.
181. stimulates secondary sex characteristics 186. Which male reproductive structure is also
in males and stimulates sperm production. part of the male urinary system?
A. Hypothyroidism A. testicle
B. Hyperthyroidism B. seminal vesicle
C. Testosterone C. urethra
D. Estrogen D. ureter
182. What gland should be checked for cancer 187. What is the male gland that secretes
yearly after age 45 testosterone?
A. prostate A. Ovaries
B. seminal vesicle B. Pituitary
C. bulbourethral C. Testes
D. pituitary D. Adrenal glands
183. What organelles are abundant in sperm
188. The human male reproductive system is
cells to provide energy for flagellum move-
adapted for the production of
ment?
A. sperm and the delivery of these cells
A. ribosomes
for internal fertilization
B. lysosomes
B. gametes that transport food to the egg
C. enzymes
C. zygotes and the development of these
D. mitochondria cells into a fetus
184. How are Identical twins made? D. hormones that stimulate placenta for-
mation in the male
A. 1 egg 2 sperm egg splits
B. 2 eggs 1 sperm 189. The sperm’s acrosome
C. 1 egg 1 sperm egg splits A. contains nutrients
D. 2 egg 2 sperm B. contains enzymes

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C. has a high density of mitochondria C. when menstruation ends in middle age

D. provides the blood-testis barrier D. when menstruation ends old age
190. What fluid contains millions of sperms 196. The primary function of the human male
that is produced by the sex organs of reproductivesystem is to
males?
A. provide a site for fertilization
A. Testosterone
B. produce and transport gametes
B. Semen
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C. protect and nourish the embryo
C. Urine
D. prevent urine from leaving the body
D. Estrogen
197. When the spermatic cord becomes
191. What are the male gametes?
twisted around a testicle causing severe
A. testes pain and even sterility
B. spermatozoa A. Testicular torsion
C. seminiferous tubules B. prostate cancer
D. prostate glands C. inguinal hernia
192. After meiosis.. D. testicular cancer
A. 4 dipolid cells are formed 198. What is the function of the protective
B. 2 aploid cells are formed pouch that covers the testicles?
C. 2 diploid cells are formed A. Scrotum
D. 4 aploid cells are formed B. used to regulate the temperature in
the testes
193. Adds fluid to sperm to nourish and pro-
tect it C. testes
A. penis D. produces sperm cells and semen
B. prostate gland & seminal vesicle 199. The male reproductive organ that stores
C. semen maturing sperm is the
D. none of above A. Epididymis
194. Inability to have an erection or to sustain B. Vas Deferens

an erection C. Prostate GlandProstate Gland
A. Epididymitis D. Urethra
B. Impotent
200. What structure connects the testes with
C. Testicular cancer the ductus deferens?
D. Orchitis A. ejaculatory ducts
195. Menopause B. urethra
A. when menstruation ends at death C. epididymis
B. when menstruation ends in early age D. prostate gland

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201. How long can a sperm live inside the ure- 207. The male gland that adds a nutrient filled
thra of the female? fluid to the sperm.

A. One week A. Prostate gland
B. Up to 5 Days B. Male gland
C. 2 Days C. Female gland
D. Up to 6 Days D. Adrenal gland
202. External anatomy of the male includes 208. Sperm are produced in the:
the
A. prostate
A. Prostate, penis, and bladder
B. seminal vesicles
B. Penis, scrotum, testes
C. testes
C. Vas Deferens, seminal vesicle, kidney
D. none of above D. vas deferens
203. When semen is pushed through and out 209. Which of the following is not a secondary
of a males body through the urethra is a male sex characteristic?
process called A. Increased facial/body hair
A. Ejaculation B. Lower voice
B. Erection C. Thinner skin
C. Menstruation D. Thickening & lengthening of bones
D. Transportation
210. Which parent determines the gender of
204. This is a common site of cancer in men. offspring
A. Prostate A. Mother
B. Vas Deferens B. Father
C. Epididiymis C. Both
D. Urethra D. Fate
205. This structure is used for both excretion 211. The primary male hormone is
(urination) and reproductive funtions.
A. testosterone
A. Urethra
B. estrogen
B. Endometrium
C. Cowper’s Gland C. progesterone
D. Scrotum D. FSH
206. (? ? ) is the male sex hormone. 212. The skin around the testes
A. Testosterone A. urethra
B. Estrogen B. scrotum
C. Androgen C. semen
D. Androsterone D. none of above

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213. A cancer occurs in a man’s organ, a small 216. The organ that contains the urethra
walnut-shaped gland that produces semi- where urine and semen leave the body.
nal fluid. A. scrotum
A. testes or testicles
B. penis
B. penis
C. semen
C. prostate gland
D. none of above
D. none of above
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217. A muscular tube that transports sperm-
214. The pair of endocrine glands that produce filled semen.
sperm are the?
A. Vas deferens
A. Adreanal
B. Fallopian tube
B. pancreas
C. Scrotum
C. Ovaries
D. Testes D. Penis
215. The beginning of sexual maturation. 218. The male reproductive cell is called
A. puberty A. sperm
B. testosterone B. ovum/egg
C. glans C. semen
D. estrogen D. mitochondria
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1. Which sequence represents the correct 3. The procedure to remove waste from the
pathway for the removal of urine from the blood when the kidneys do not function
human body? properly.
A. kidney → ureter → urinary bladder A. homeostasis
→ urethra B. dialysis
B. kidney → urethra → urinary bladder C. electrolytes
→ ureter
D. dysuria
C. ureter → kidney → urinary bladder
→ urethra 4. Which of the following is the functional
unit of a kidney that is responsible for fil-
D. urethra → kidney → urinary bladder tering the blood?
→ ureter
A. nephron
2. What does the bladder do? B. Bladder
A. Holds the urine C. Urethra
B. Make you pee D. Ureters
C. Hep you drink milkshakes 5. The parts of excretory system are
D. hold the blood A. colon, rectum, anus

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B. colon, rectum, kidneys 11. Which process is used to remove urea from
C. colon, kidneys, skin the blood?

D. lungs, kidneys, skin A. filtration
B. reabsorption
6. The excretory system is responsible for
moving toxic wastes, dissolved molecules, C. secretion
and excess heat. You would conclude that D. Break down of proteins
the excretory system contributes to
A. circulating molecules around the body 12. In humans, the ureter transports urine
from the
B. maintaining homeostasis in the body
C. gas exchange A. blood to the kidney
D. none of above B. liver to the kidney

C. kidney to the urinary bladder
7. What is found in urine?
D. urinary bladder to outside the body
A. carbon dioxide and sweat
B. urea and bile 13. is a liquid containing urea, unwanted
C. urea, water and bile water and minerals that is stored in your
bladder before it is removed from your
D. urea, excess water and salts body.
8. What is the nitrogenous waste that ani- A. Urine
mals like birds and reptiles release?
B. Urea
A. urea
C. Sweat
B. uric acid
D. Bolus
C. ammonia
D. carbon dioxide 14. What Organ Are In The Excretory Sys-
tem?
9. What is the only organ in the Excretory
A. Lungs, Throat, Kidneys
System that changes size?
A. Kidney B. Ureters, Lungs, Kidneys
B. Liver C. Gallbladder Lungs, Kidneys, Urethra,

C. ureter D. Ureters, Kidney, Bladder, Urethra
D. Bladder 15. What are the main functions of the excre-
10. In humans, the organ that most directly tory system?
regulates the concentration of water in the A. To get rid of waste
blood is the
B. Eliminate useless by products ex-
A. heart creted from cells
B. liver C. Eradicate harmful chemical build ups
C. pancreas D. maintain a steady, balanced chemical
D. kidney concentration in the body

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16. What Is The Main Function Of The Excre- 22. What stores the urine?
tory System? A. Lungs
A. Help You Make Urine B. Bladder
B. Eat Popcorn In The Movie Theater C. Urethra
C. To Remove Waste D. Kidneys
D. Make Waste
23. Which of the following parts of the urinary
17. which one is helpful for your kidneys? system is the tube allowing urine to pass
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A. eat candy outside the body?
B. laze around A. ureters
C. DON’T smoke B. urethra
D. DO not drive C. urea
D. urinary bladder
18. Which organ helps the excretory system
by eliminating water and some chemical 24. The science word for removal of the body’s
wastes in perspiration (sweat)? wastes (solid, liquid, & gaseous) is called:
A. lungs A. gas exchange.
B. skin B. respiration.
C. liver C. excretion.
D. kidneys D. filtration.
19. What process is used to return water to 25. The job of the skin is to
the capillaries? A. remove harmful gases such as carbon
A. filtration dioxide
B. reabosrption B. filter liquid waste out of your blood
C. secretion C. removes dead cells, salt, and unused
D. excretion water from your body through sweating
D. pumps blood throughout the body
20. Which body system removes nitrogenous
wastes from the blood? 26. Which excretory organ breaks down pro-
A. nervous tein and produces urea?
B. digestive A. Liver
C. excretory B. Kidney
D. circulatory C. Bladder
D. Galbladder
21. is a waste gas that is made when your
cells make energy. 27. What do the nephrons do in the kidneys?
A. oxygen A. cells that pump blood to the body
B. nitrogen B. they are not in the kidneys
C. carbon monoxide C. they make water in the kidneys
D. carbon dioxide D. special cells that filter the blood

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28. What is the main function of a nephron? B. inhale

A. It breaks down red blood cells to form C. eat

nitrogenous wastes. D. drink
B. It regulates the chemical composition
of the blood. 34. what are kidney stones?
C. It forms urea from the waste products A. actual stones

of protein metabolism. B. rock-hard crystals
D. It absorbs digested food from the con- C. dried out blood
tents of the small intestine. D. passing pain
29. What is the cup like structure that sur- 35. What do the Ureters do?
round the glomerulus within a nephron?
A. Clean the blood
A. Bowmans capsule
B. Bring urine from the kidneys to the
B. loop of henle bladder
C. collecting tubule C. Bring blood from the kidneys to the
D. ureter bladder
30. Urine is mixed with excess water. D. make hormones
A. blood cells 36. Arrange the following structures in the

B. protein correct sequence in which urine passes
through them to the external environ-
C. glucose ment:(1) ureter, (2) renal artery, (3)
D. urea neprhon, (4) urinary bladder, (5) urethra.
31. Which excretory organ eliminates water A. 3, 4, 1, 5, 2

and some chemical wastes in perspira- B. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
tion(sweating)? C. 3, 2, 1, 4, 5
A. lungs D. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1
B. skin
37. As urine is excreted, muscle contractions
C. liver of the urinary bladder will cause the urine
D. kidneys to pass into the
32. The nephron is the structural unit of the A. ureter

human B. glomerulus
A. lung C. urethra
B. liver D. Bowman’s capsule
C. kidney 38. What is the definition of HOMEOSTASIS?
D. intestine A. The body’s ability to maintain a bal-
33. Carbon dioxide is removed from your lungs anced or constant internal environment
every time you B. The process of removing or releasing
A. exhale C. Bacterial infections in the urinary tract

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D. The organs that filter waste out of our 45. Which Kidney is slightly bigger?
blood A. Up Kidney
39. In addition to water, the principal compo- B. Down Kidney
nents of urine are
C. Left KIdney
A. amino acids and fatty acids
D. Right Kidney
B. urea and salts
46. What do the lungs push out when you ex-
C. ammonia and bile
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hale?
D. hydrochloric acid and bases
A. Air
40. How do the kidneys clean the blood? B. Oxygen
A. Reabsorption-Excretion-Filteration
C. Stale Air
B. Excretion-Reabsorption-Filteration
D. Blood
C. Excretion-Filteration-Reabsorption
47. The ureter is the size of what?
D. Filteration-Reabsorption-Excretion
A. A ruler
41. List the organs of the excretory system
B. Spaghetti noodle
A. bladder, kidneys, ureters
C. Yardstick
B. skin, liver, bladder, kidneys, lungs,
ureters, urethra D. Breadstick
C. Kidney, Bladder, Liver, lungs, Heart 48. Where does the nitrogenous waste come
D. all organs from that you need filtered from your
blood?
42. When does skin take part in excretion?
A. from cellular respiration
A. Nothing the skin does nothing
B. urea
B. you pee from your skin
C. from hormone production
C. sweat
D. the break down of proteins
D. cools down the body
49. After reabsorption in nephrons is com-
43. The presence of what condition would in-
pleted, the fluid that is left in the tubules
dicate the urgent need for a kidney trans-
is transported to the
plant or dialysis?
A. kidney stones
B. kidney failure B. circulatory system
C. retention C. urinary bladder

D. oliguria D. bile duct
44. What % Of Your Body Is Water? 50. what do kidneys do?

A. 90 A. get rid of waste
B. 70 B. helps the blood move
C. 85 C. creates urea
D. 69 D. nothing

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51. Organs of excretion that maintain home- 52. What Organ Filters Liquid Waste From
ostasis include the kidneys, skin, liver, and Your Blood?

A. bronchus. A. Kidney
B. diaphragm. B. Urethra
C. bladder. C. Uretera
D. lungs D. Bladder
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1. urinary meatus 5. Which term describes the surgical repair of
A. external opening of the urethra where the renal pelvis?
urine exits the body A. nephrolithotomy
B. the dilated top portion of the ureter B. pyeloplasty
C. millions of these are in each kidney to C. ureteroplasty
filter unwanted materials from blood D. none of above
D. none of above
6. Normal pH of urine is
2. Which term means a toxic condition caused A. 1
by excessive urea and other waste prod-
B. 8
ucts in the bloodstream?
C. 6
A. nephrosis
D. 13
B. nephrotic syndrome
C. uremia 7. What is the name for the screening test
that includes physical observation, chemi-
D. none of above
cal tests, and microscopic evaluation?
3. Identify each system that would be found A. culture and sensitivity
in the excretory system.
B. cystoscopy
A. Respiratory, nervous, reproductive,
C. urinalysis
endocrine
D. blood urea nitrogen
B. Endocrine, nervous, lymphatic, urinary
C. Urinary, respiratory, digestive, integu- 8. What is the suffix that means urine?
mentary A. -uria
D. Urinary, skeletal, respiratory, muscu- B. -uro
lar
C. -iasis
4. Urine is made of: D. -genesis
A. Water and nutrients 9. The carries blood to the glomerulus and
B. Waste and lemonade the carries blood away from it.
C. Everything you drank that day A. afferent arterioles, efferent arterioles
D. Water and waste products B. efferent arterioles, afferent arterioles

C. interlobar arteries, arcuate arteries 15. THE BLADDER HAS THESE INSIDE ON THE
D. arcuate arteries, interlobar arteries MUCOUS MEMBRANES THAT ALLOW IT
TO STRETCH OR EXPAND
10. Suffix for surgical fixation? A. DIVERTICULUM
A. pyel/o B. NEPRONS
B. -pexy C. RUGAE
C. -ptosis D. BLOOD CAPILLARIES
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D. -lysis 16. What is the term for the creation of an arti-
ficial opening between the urinary bladder
11. Urine is stored here until you’re ready to and the exterior of the body?
urinate: A. nephrostomy
A. Ureters B. urethrotomy
B. Bladder C. cystostomy
C. Urethra D. pyelotomy
D. Kidneys 17. What comes second?
A. Ureter
12. Which one of the following is NOT one of
the major roles of the kidneys in normal B. Bladder
healthy adults? C. Kidneys
A. conversion of ammonia to bicarbonate D. none of above
ion
18. Which term means the increased excretion
B. maintenance of electrolyte balance of of urine?
the blood
A. anuria
C. ensuring proper blood pH B. diuresis
D. maintenance of water balance of the C. dysuria
blood
D. none of above
13. What is the medical word element that 19. What are the functions of the kidneys?
means renal pelvis? Mark all that apply
A. olgi/o A. Regulate volume of urine
B. py/o B. Regulate composition of urine
C. pyel/o C. Regulate pH of body fluids
D. ureter/o D. Remove metabolic wastes from blood
20. What is the medical term for absence of
14. What is 95% of urine composition?
urine production or output?
A. Water A. bladder neck obstruction
B. Acids B. anuria
C. Urea C. cystocele
D. Hormones D. dysuria

21. C-SHAPED STRUCTURE SURROUNDING C. process of cutting into the urinary

GLOMERULUS meatus to widen it

A. BOWMAN’S CAPSULE D. none of above
B. MEDULLA
27. What is the combinghnjm, kf7m, l.
C. CORTEX
A. vesic/o or cyst/o
D. RENAL PELVIS
B. urethr/omhioioy
22. The presence of which of the following in
C. trigon/omhkiliyhioyhi
urine, even in small amounts, is indicative
of a possible problem in the renal system D. azot/o
of a patient?
28. Where is the medulla located, (loop of
A. glucose
Henle found here)
B. creatinine
A. inter-region of an kidney
C. urea
B. substance containing nitrogen
D. sodium
C. blood vessel
23. Which term means a stone in the urinary D. outer region of the kidney
bladder?
A. cystocele 29. Which of the following acts as the trig-
ger for the initiation of micturition (void-
B. cystolith
ing/urinating)?
C. nephrolith
A. the stretching of the bladder wall
D. none of above
B. motor neurons
24. Which of the following should not be in C. the pressure of the fluid in the bladder
your urine?
D. the sympathetic efferents
A. urea
B. water 30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MEDI-
C. nitrogenous waste CAL TERM FOR ABSENCE OF URINATION
D. blood A. POLYURIA
B. ANURIA
25. What takes out the urine(pee)?
C. OLIGURIA
A. Ureter
D. NOCTURIA
B. Kidneys
C. Bladder 31. What is the term meaning abnormal soft-
D. Urethra ening of the kidney?
A. nephroplasty
26. polycystic kidneys
B. cystoplasty
A. cysts gradually replace normal renal
tissue, can result in renal failure C. nephromalacia
B. inflammation of the bladder D. esophagorrhexis

32. Which one of the following is NOT a sub- C. bladder

stance typically reabsorbed by the tubules D. urethra
under normal healthy conditions?
A. urea 38. Drink at least 8oz. glasses of water
daily.
B. water
A. 2
C. glucose
B. 4
D. amino acids
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C. 6
33. is secreted when blood pressure de- D. 8
crease and triggers angiotensin II to vaso-
constrict the efferent arterioles to increase 39. A decrease in blood concentration results
filtration rate in which of these?
A. aldosterone A. increased ADH secretion
B. erythropoietin B. increased permeability of the collect-
C. renin ing ducts
D. antidiuretic hormone C. less concentrated urine

D. increased volume of urine
34. The sensation of thirst increases when
E. both c and d
A. the oral mucosa is dry
B. the osmolality of the blood increases 40. This blood vessel carries oxygen poor
blood out of the kidneys and back to the
C. blood pressure decreases inferior vena cava
D. all of the above A. Ureters
35. cystitis B. Urethra
A. inflammation of the bladder C. Renal vein
B. surgical fixation of the bladder to the D. Renal artery
abdominal wall
41. The inability to voluntarily control the ex-
C. underdeveloped kidney ternal urethral sphincter is known as
D. none of above A. incontinence
36. What region of the kidney is deep to the B. urinary retention
renal cortex? C. hyperplasia
A. renal medulla D. urgency
B. renal hilum
42. voiding
C. renal fascia
A. emptying the urinary bladder
D. renal column
B. displacement of the bladder against
37. Which part of the urinary system does the vaginal wall
most of the work? C. surgical fixation of the bladder to the
A. ureters abdominal wall
B. kidneys D. none of above

43. AS FILTERED MATERIALS PASS THROUGH 48. What is the term meaning suturing of the
THE , SUBSTANCES NEEDED BY THE bladder?
BODY ARE REABSORBED

A. cystorraphy
A. GLOMERULUS B. nephrorraphy
B. CONVOLUTED TUBULE C. cystorrhagia
C. URETER D. cystorrhexis
D. URETHRA 49. Word part for bladder?
44. Which molecule moves back in the the A. cyst/o

bloodstream by osmosis in the loop of B. -cele
Henle? C. glomerul/o
A. Urea D. nephr/o
B. Red Blood Cells
50. What is the term meaning inflammation of
C. Proteins the bladder?
D. Water A. urethritis
B. pyelitis
45. Suffix for stretching or enlargement?
C. cystitis
A. urethr/o
D. ureteritis
B. ureter/o
51. Which term describes the visual examina-
C. -uria tion of the urinary bladder?
D. -ectasis A. ureteoscopy
46. The are cells in the distal tubule that B. nephroscopy
lie between the afferent and efferent ar- C. cystoscopy
terioles and it detects decreases in sodium D. taking a look at the “wee”
and potassium levels
A. juxtaglomerular cells 52. Where does filtration of blood take place
in the kidney?
B. macula densa
A. Glomeruli
C. podocytes
B. Renal tubule
D. fenestrations C. Renal artery
47. What effect would low circulating levels D. Ureter
of antidiuretic hormone have on urine pro-
53. The flow of urine from the bladder is con-
duction?
trolled by the-
A. Large amount of urine A. urinary meatus
B. Diluted urine B. urethral meatus
C. An infection C. urinary sphincters
D. Blood in urine D. urinary strictures

54. Where are kidneys located:Check all that C. external opening of the urethra where
apply urine exits the body
A. 1/2 under the rib cage D. none of above
B. Anterior wall of the abdominal cavity
60. Which one of the following terms de-
C. Behind the major organs of the abdom- scribes the location of the kidneys?
inal cavity
A. retroperitoneal
D. Posterior wall of the abdominal cavity
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B. retroperineal
55. The secretes renin. C. intraperitoneal
A. juxtaglomerular cells D. suprarenal
B. macula densa
61. A surgical incision into the renal pelvis is-
C. podocytes
A. nephrotomy
D. fenestrations
B. nephroplasty
56. The medial indentation where the ureter,
blood vessels, and nerves are connected C. pyeloplasty
to the kidney is called the D. pyelotomy
A. renal hilum
62. What is the term meaning abnormal hard-
B. renal pyramid ening of the kidney?
C. renal capsule A. arthrosclerosis
D. renal column B. nephrosclerosis
57. Where does filtration happen? C. nephrostenosis
A. Nephron D. cystostenosis
B. Glomerulus
63. uremia
C. Proximal Tubule
A. accumulation of waste products in the
D. Collecting duct blood
58. Juxtaglomerular cells are involved in the B. surgical fixation of the bladder to the
secretion of abdominal wall
A. ADH C. pertaining to the bladder
B. oxytocin D. none of above
C. renin
64. Extracellular fluid
D. aldosterone
A. tends to be higher in sodium and chlo-
E. atrial natriuretic factor ride than intracellular fluid
59. urine B. includes interstitial fluid and plasma
A. waste products combined with water C. has a fairly consistent composition
B. millions of these are in each kidney to throughout the body
filter unwanted materials from blood D. all of the above

65. urinary incontinence C. Facilitated Diffusion

A. involuntary outflow of urine D. Osmosis

B. loss of kidney function 71. The renal corpuscles are found in the
C. insertion of a flexible tube into the A. renal cortex
bladder to withdraw urine B. renal medulla
D. none of above C. renal pelvis
66. If a patient has one functioning kidney D. hilum
what kind of treatment would they go E. both a and b
through?
72. The filtrate leaving the glomerular capsule
A. None empties into the
B. Dialysis A. Distal convoluted tubule
C. Blood Transfusion B. Proximal convoluted tubule
D. none of above C. Collecting duct
67. Word part for drooping down? D. Nephron loop
A. pyel/o 73. The inability to retain urine.

B. -pexy A. Renal failure
C. -ptosis B. Dysuria
D. -lysis C. Kidney stones
D. Incontinence
68. To control the micturition reflex depends
on the ability to control which muscle? 74. What is the external opening of the ure-
thra?
A. Polyuria
A. meatus
B. Internal urethral sphincter
B. renal cortex
C. Renal corpuscle
C. glomerulus
D. External urinary sphincter
D. urethra
69. Which of these reduces filtration pressure 75. What is the combining form for stone?
in the glomerulus
A. noct/i
A. elevated blood pressure
B. ren/o
B. constriction of afferent arterioles
C. lith/o
C. cardiovascular shock
D. ur/o
D. b and c
76. The renal system does not play a direct
E. all of the above role in regulating which of the following?
70. Water re-absorption is possible in the A. blood solute concentrations
proximal tubule due to B. blood temperature
A. Diffusion C. blood pressure
B. Active Transport D. blood pH

77. Word part for hernia, tumor, or cyst? 82. Block plasma proteins from entering the
glomerulus
A. cyst/o
A. juxtaglomerular cells
B. lith/o
B. macula densa
C. -cele
C. podocytes
D. nephr/o
D. fenestrations
78. Given these structures:Bowman’s capsule 83. Which term means excessive urination?
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collecting duct distal tubule loop of Henle
proximal tubule Choose the arrangement A. anuria
that lists the structures in order as filtrate B. oliguria
leaves the glomerulus and travels to the C. polyuria
renal calyx
D. none of above
A. 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
84. Word part for urethra?
B. 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
A. urethr/o
C. 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
B. ureter/o
D. 2, 5, 3, 4, 1
C. -uria
79. The urinary bladder is composed of ep- D. -ectasis
ithelium.
85. The urinary bladder
A. transitional
A. has walls composed of skeletal muscle
B. simple squamous B. is lined with simple columnar epithe-
C. stratified squamous lium
D. pseudostratified columnar C. is connected to the outside of the body
by ureters
80. Inflammation of the kidney: D. is located in the pelvic cavity
A. Nephritis 86. This organ removes urea from the blood
B. Urinary tract infections and regulate concentrations of most of the
substances in the body fluids
C. Renal failure
A. liver
D. Diabetes mellitus
B. kidney
81. intravenous pyelogram C. urinary bladder
A. an x-ray of the kidneys and ureters D. ureter
following administration of a contrast
medium to improve visibility 87. INNER SECTION OF THE KIDNEY THAT
CONTAINS MOST OF THE COLLECTING
B. process of visually examining the blad- TUBULES WHICH CARRY THE URINE
der FROM NEPHRONS THROUGH THE KIDNEY
C. x-ray of the urinary tract A. MEDULLA
D. none of above B. CORTEX

C. GLOMERULUS 93. renal failure

D. NEPRON A. loss of kidney function

B. involuntary outflow of urine
88. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MEDI-
CAL TERM FOR BLOOD IN THE URINE C. inability of the bladder to empty com-
pletely during urination
A. HEMATURIA
D. none of above
B. ANURIA
C. OLIGURIA 94. A specialist in diagnosing and treating
diseases and disorders of the kidneys is
D. NOCTURIA a/an?
89. What is a like a storage bag for the urine? A. Gynecologist
A. Bladder B. Proctologist
C. Urologist
B. Kidney
D. Nephrologist
C. Urethra
D. none of above 95. Inside the bladder where the ureters and
the urethra openings are is called the
90. The Collecting ducts is where takes A. trigone
place?
B. macula densa
A. re-absorption
C. juxtaglomerular apparatus
B. filtration
D. fenstration
C. liquidation
96. At which of these sites is the osmotic pres-
D. measurements
sure lowest? (least concentrated filtrate)
91. What are the processes the kidneys go A. glomerular capillary
through to create and rid the body of B. proximal tubule
urine? Mark all that apply
C. bottom of the loop of Henle
A. Filtration
D. first part of the distal tubule
B. Reabsoption
E. collecting duct
C. Secretion
97. The greatest volume of water is reab-
D. Voiding
sorbed by the
92. Increased aldosterone causes A. proximal tubule
A. decreased reabsorption of sodium B. loop of Henle
B. decreased secretion of potassium C. distal tubule
C. decreased reabsorption of chloride D. collecting duct
D. increased permeability of the distal 98. This vessel carries “clean” blood out of the
tubule to water kidneys back to the blood stream
E. decreased volume of urine A. urethra

B. ureters 104. Which part of your urinary system re-

C. renal vein leases urine from your body to the exte-
rior?
D. renal artery
A. Ureters
99. The organ that removes metabolic wastes
including urea, excess water, and salts B. Bladder
from the blood. C. Urethra
A. lung
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D. Kidneys
B. liver
C. kidney 105. in-
D. colon A. no; not

B. opening at the tip of the urethra
100. urologist
A. specialist in the study of the urinary C. urethra
system D. none of above
B. pertaining to something moving
through the urethra 106. What is the medical term for blood in the
urine?
C. bleeding from the ureter
D. none of above A. hematuria
B. dysuria
101. What is the medical term when stones
are formed in the kidney? C. bacteriuria
A. urolithiasis D. proteinuria
B. colic
107. What is the function of the renal pelvis?
C. ureterolithiasis
D. nephrolithiasis A. Filters blood as it passes through the
glomerulus
102. What is the abbreviation for voiding cys-
B. Changes the color of urine to tell you if
tourethrography?
you are correctly hydrated.
A. VUR
C. To transport urine out of the body
B. VC
D. To collect urine as it is first filtered in
C. VCUG the kidney
D. VCY
108. The mechanism of water reabsorption by
103. The muscle that controls urine exiting the the renal tubules is
body is the
A. active transport
A. ureter.
B. sphincter. B. osmosis
C. urethra. C. filtration
D. bladder. D. cotransport with sodium ions

109. To maintain a healthy urinary system, B. nephroplasty

you must follow all the following except
C. cystorraphy

D. nephrorraphy
A. drink suitable amount of water
B. urinating in irrigation canals 115. MICROSCOPIC FILTERING UNIT IN KID-
C. avoid holding urine for long times NEY
D. eating balanced food, that is low in A. GLOMERULUS

salts B. BOWMAN’S CAPSULE
110. urethra C. NEPHRON
A. the duct by which urine leaves the blad- D. CORTEX
der and eventually exits the body
116. One major function of the urinary system
B. external opening of the urethra where
is to to filter out
urine exits the body
C. the dilated top portion of the ureter A. cellular wastes and toxins.
D. none of above B. blood

C. kidneys
111. The kidneys help keep homeostasis of
D. bladder
A. glucose
B. proteins 117. Angiotensin II increases the secretion
C. water of , which stimulates reabsorption of
sodium
D. lipids
A. aldosterone
112. Which term means enlargement due to
B. erythropoietin
EXCESS fluid in the renal pelvis due to an
obstruction of the urine flow? C. renin
A. nephroptosis D. antidiuretic hormone
B. nephropyosis
118. What does glucose in the urine indicate?
C. hydronephrosis
A. Ketoacidosis
D. none of above
B. Diabetes
113. What is the name of the cavity where the
C. Normal
ureter merges with the kidney?
D. Type 2 diabetes
A. renal cortex
B. renal pelvis 119. The urinary system
C. renal medulla A. produces, stores, and eliminate urine
D. urinary bladder B. maintains the balance of chemicals
and water in the body
114. What is the term meaning surgical repair
of the bladder? C. cleans up the blood
A. cystoplasty D. all of the above

120. Which term means a stone located any- C. Renal Corpuscle

where along the ureter? D. Renal Pelvis
A. ureterolith
126. Urine is stored here until you’re ready to
B. urethrolith
pee:
C. cystolith
A. Ureters
D. none of above
B. Bladder
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121. The urinary system consists of a pair of C. Urethra
D. Kidneys
A. pancreas
B. urethras 127. What is the medical term when there is
abnormal dilation of the renal pelvis and
C. urinary bladders calyces due to pressure from accumulated
D. kidneys urine that cannot flow
122. If urine is red it means that A. hydronephrosis

A. something is possibly wrong with or- B. interstitial cystitis
gans in the system. C. enuresis
B. there may be blood in the urine. D. dysuria
C. you’ve taken in too much water.
128. What is the muscular sac that stores
D. you’ve eaten something with red food urine until it is ready to be emptied from
dye. the body?
123. urinary retention A. Kidneys
A. inability of the bladder to empty com- B. Ureter
pletely during urination
C. Urethra
B. insertion of a flexible tube into the
D. Bladder
bladder to withdraw urine
C. bedwetting at night 129. Word root for ureter?
D. none of above A. ureter/o
124. Painful urination B. urethr/o
A. Edema C. -uria
B. Cystitis D. -ectasis
C. Anuria 130. Which term means a disorder character-
D. Dysuria ized by the presence of kidney stones?
A. nephrolithiasis
125. The glomerulus & renal tubule are found
in B. nephrolithotomy
A. The Bowman’s Capsule C. nephrolysis
B. Medulla D. none of above

131. TOXIC CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN 136. Filtrate that is turned into urine leaves
KIDNEYS FAIL AND URINARY WASTE the body through the process of
PRODUCTS ARE PRESENT IN THE BLOOD

A. filtration
STREAM
B. reabsorption
A. UREA
C. secretion
B. UREMIA
D. none of above
C. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
137. In which of these conditions is blood in
D. CYSTITIS
the urine?
132. What is the glomerular/Bowman’s cap- A. Pyuria
sule?
B. Hematuria
A. cuplike collecting region C. Dysuria
B. enclosing structure surrounding each D. Glycosuuria
glomerulus
C. another word for kidney 138. is responsible for storing urine tem-
porarily.
D. bladder filled
A. Ureter
133. The primary purpose of the collecting sys- B. Urethrea
tem is?
C. Urinary bladder
A. Transport urine from the renal pelvis
D. Kidney
to ureters
B. To reabsorb sodium ions from the tubu- 139. An increase in blood carbon dioxide lev-
lar fluid els is followed by a (an) in hydrogen
ions, and a (an) in blood pH
C. Transport urine from the bladder to
urethra A. decrease, decrease
D. Make adjustments to the osmotic con- B. decrease, increase
centration and volume of urine C. increase, decrease
134. Which of the following are urinary sys- D. increase, increase
tem diseases? 140. HOLLOW MUSCULAR SAC THAT STORES
A. kidney infection URINE
B. cystitis A. KIDNEY
C. UTI B. BOWMAN’S CAPSULE
D. Leukemia C. BLADDER
D. URETHRA
135. What is the medical word element that
means stone or calculus? 141. Suffix for setting free, or separation?
A. keton/o A. -pexy
B. lith/o B. pyel/o
C. meat/o C. -lysis
D. nephr/o D. -tripsy

142. Given these vessels:arcuate artery inter- 147. At the you have urine
lobar artery interlobular artery Choose the
A. proximal tubule
path an erythrocyte takes as it passes
from the renal artery to the afferent ar- B. loop of henle
teriole C. distal tubule
A. 1, 2, 3 D. collecting duct
B. 2, 1, 3
148. Word root for glomerulus?
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C. 2, 3, 1
A. nephr/o
D. 3, 2, 1
B. lith/o
143. What is the process of artificially filtering C. cyst/o
waste products from the patients blood?
D. glomerul/o
A. hydroureter
149. TUBE FROM KIDNEY TO BLADDER
B. homeostasis
A. URETER
C. diuresis
B. URETHRA
D. hemodialysis
C. URINARY MEATUS
144. If your pee is light or pale yellow, it
D. MEDULLA
means that:
A. You’re hydrated 150. incontinence
B. You’re dehydrated A. no control over excretory functions
such as urination or feces
C. You aren’t getting enough sun
B. inflammation of the bladder
D. You don’t have enough yellow food dye
in your diet C. pus in the urine
D. none of above
145. Which condition causes red blood cells
and proteins to leak into the urine? 151. to much urine is
A. glomerulonephritis A. oliguria
B. nephropyosis B. polyuria
C. pyelonephritis C. pyuria
D. none of above D. hematuria
146. this blood vessels carries “dirty” blood 152. Which term means abnormally high con-
into the kidney centrations of protein in the urine?
A. ureter A. hyperlipidemia
B. renal artery B. hyperproteinuria
C. urethra C. hypoproteinemia
D. renal vein D. none of above

153. What role does the urinary system play C. elimination

for the body?
D. evacuation

A. To keep Antidiuretic hormones bal-
anced 159. Constantly filtering blood to remove
B. Maintains normal body fluid pH waste products and excess water is the
function of which organ?
C. To remove sodium
A. Ureter
D. To filter potassium
B. Urethra
154. What best describes filtration?
C. Kidneys
A. process where all substances pass
through a filter D. Bladder
B. tube for injecting or removing fluid 160. Which is NOT a normal component of
C. process where some substances but urine?
not all pass through a filter
A. blood
D. waste
B. urea
155. Which condition is also known as involun- C. uric acid
tary urination?
D. creatinine
A. incontinence
B. enuresis 161. INABILITY TO EMPTY THE BLADDER
C. nocturia A. CYSTITIS
D. none of above B. URINARY RETENTION
156. Which term means a surgical fixation of C. DYSURIA
the bladder to the abdominal wall?
D. ANURIA
A. cystectomy
B. cystopexy 162. The conveys urine to the outside of
the body.
C. cystorrhaphy
A. urethra
D. none of above
B. urinary bladder
157. The formation or discharge of pus from
the kidney is known as C. kidney
A. Nephroectasis D. none of above

B. Nephrorpyosis 163. enuresis
C. Renal colic A. bedwetting at night
D. Nephroptosis
B. loss of kidney function
158. Another term for urination is: C. inability of the bladder to empty com-
A. micturition pletely during urination
B. nutrition D. none of above

164. bladder B. incontinence

A. where urine is stored C. diuresis
B. the dilated top portion of the ureter D. polyuria
C. filters waste products from the blood
170. renal pelvis
D. none of above
A. the dilated top portion of the ureter
165. Which of these conditions means no urine
B. millions of these are in each kidney to
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output?
filter unwanted materials from blood
A. Oligouria
C. a long, narrow tube extending from the
B. Anuria
kidney for the passage of urine
C. Dysuria
D. none of above
D. Polyuria
171. Word part meaning stone, calculus?
166. What is the medical word element that
means kidney? A. lith/o
A. nephr/o B. nephr/o
B. meat/o C. cyst/o
C. lith/o D. -cele
D. keton/o
172. What is the term meaning excessive uri-
167. dialysis nation?
A. mechanical replacement of kidney A. incontinence
function when the kidney is not working
B. polyuria
B. process of cutting into the urinary mea-
tus to widen it C. anuria
C. an x-ray of the kidneys and ureters D. dysuria
following administration of a contrast
medium to improve visibility 173. Most reabsorption takes place in the
D. none of above A. proximal tubule
168. What structure projects into the minor ca- B. loop of henle
lyx? C. distal tubule
A. Papillae D. collecting duct
B. Pyramid
174. Which of the following structures takes
C. Medulla
blood AWAY from the glomerulus?
D. Cortex
A. Renal tubule
169. What is the loss of bladder control which
B. Renal artery
leads to leaking urine or urinating when
you don”t want to? C. Afferent arteriole
A. anuria D. Efferent arteriole

175. Infection of the urinary tract (kidneys, 181. What is the abbreviation for intravenous
ureters, bladder, urethra) by microorgan- pyelogram?
isms. A. IP

A. Kidney stones B. IPM
B. Urinary tract infections C. IVP
C. Renal failure D. Ipym
D. Diabetes mellitus 182. This structure brings blood TO the
176. Urine is carried from the kidney to the glomerulus to be filtered.
urinary bladder by the- A. Afferent arteriole
A. ureter B. Efferent arteriole
B. glomeruli C. Renal vein
C. nephrons D. Loop of Henle
D. urethras 183. The transports urine from the kidneys
to the bladder.
177. What is the combining form for kidney?
A. ureter
A. urin/o
B. urethra
B. noct/i
C. kidney
C. nephr/o D. none of above
D. glomerul/o
184. The urinary system works with the
178. What is the name for the microscopic fil- system to help remove wastes from the
tering unit of the kidneys? body.
A. hilum A. circulatory
B. cortex B. digestive
C. medulla C. muscular
D. nephron D. skeletal
179. Which term describes the prolapse or 185. Which combining form represents the nar-
drooping of a kidney? row tubes that transport urine from the
kidney to the bladder?
A. nephroptosis
A. urethr/o
B. nephropathy
B. nephr/o
C. nephrolysis C. ureter/o
180. Prefix for complete, thorough? 186. CLUSTER OF CAPILLARIES IN NEPHRON
A. -ectasis A. CORTEX
B. dia- B. NEPHRON
C. -uria C. BOWMAN’S CAPSULE
D. urethr/o D. GLOMERULUS

187. RENAL CARRY BLOOD TO THE KID- C. -pexy

NEYS D. -tripsy
A. VEINS
193. What is the abbreviation for cys-
B. ARTERIES toscopy?
C. CAPILLARIES A. cysto
D. none of above B. CY
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188. This hormone is involved in increasing the C. CPY
reabsorption of water. What is the hor- D. CTY
mone called?
A. ADHD 194. Word part for urination?
B. Aldosterone A. -ectasis
C. ADH B. ureter/o
D. Secretion C. -uria
D. dia
189. What is the term for the surgical incision
into the kidney? 195. kidney
A. nephrotomy A. filters waste products from the blood
B. urethrotomy B. a long, narrow tube extending from the
kidney for the passage of urine
C. cystotomy
C. the dilated top portion of the ureter
D. pyelostomy
D. none of above
190. Kidney function is accomplished by which
of these mechanisms? 196. Afferent arterioles constrict causing de-
crease in filtration due to
A. secretion
A. lack of blood
B. filtration
B. blood backing up into glomerulus
C. reabsorption
C. protein concentrations
D. all of the above
D. none of above
191. urination
197. Which term means a hernia of the blad-
A. emptying the urinary bladder
der?
B. displacement of the bladder against
A. cystalgia
the vaginal wall
B. cystitis
C. surgical fixation of the bladder to the
abdominal wall C. cystocele
192. Word part meaning to crush? 198. makes the distal convoluted tubule
permeable to water, allowing the reab-
A. -lysis sorption of sodium and secretion of potas-
B. -ptosis sium.

A. aldosterone 203. What should not be found in the compo-

B. renin sition of urine. Mark all that apply

C. angiotensin II A. glucose
D. erythropoietin B. proteins
C. ketones
199. Urine is formed in a three-step process.
Which of the following gives the correct or- D. blood cells
der in which these steps take place in the
204. HOW MUCH URINE IS PRODUCED DAILY
nephron?
A. 500-1, 000 ML
A. tubular secretion, tubular reabsorp-
tion, glomerular filtration B. 2, 000-3, 000 ML
B. tubular reabsorption, tubular secre- C. 1, 500-2, 000 ML
tion, glomerular filtration D. 4, 000-5, 000 ML
C. glomerular filtration, tubular reab-
205. What is oliguria?
sorption, tubular secretion
A. No production of urine
D. glomerular filtration, tubular secre-
tion, tubular reabsorption B. Production of small amount of urine
200. What is the medical word element that C. Production of large amount of urine
means bladder? D. Kidney failure
A. glomerul/o 206. What is another word for stone?
B. cyst/o A. Calculus
C. keton/o B. Geometry
D. lith/o C. Algebra
201. What is the name of an expandable, hol- D. Calcium
low organ that acts as a temporary reser-
voir for urine? 207. What is the term meaning the complete
stopping of urine formation by the kid-
A. renal cortex
neys?
B. renal medulla
A. nocturia
C. urinary bladder
B. polyuria
D. hilum
C. oliguria
202. What test is performed to determine re- D. anuria
peated bladder infections or stress incon-
tinence and to identify congenital or ac- 208. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MED-
quired structural abnormalities of the blad- ICAL TERM FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE
der and urethra? URINARY BLADDER
A. VCUG A. CYSTITIS
B. nuclear scan B. PYELONEPHRITIS
C. ultrasound C. URETHRITIS
D. IVP D. HEMATURIA

209. The passive process performed by the C. MINERAL SALTS

glomerulus that removes molecules based D. METABOLIC PRODUCTS
on size is
A. glomerular filtration 215. What is the glomerulus?
B. tubular reabsorption A. tiny ball of hormones located between

the afferent & efferent arterioles
C. glomerular reabsorption
B. tiny ball of blood vessels/capillaries lo-
D. tubular secretion cated between the afferent & efferent ar-
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terioles
210. LIQUID WASTE PRODUCT THAT IS 95%
WATER C. tiny ball of arteries located between
the afferent & efferent arterioles
A. PLASMA
D. tiny ball of veins located between the
B. URINE
afferent & efferent arterioles
C. FECES
216. Which term describes the involuntary dis-
D. UREA
charge of urine?
211. What should be in urine? A. Polyuria
A. Proteins B. Enuresis
B. Metabolic waste C. Nocturia
C. Glucose D. Anuria
D. Blood cells 217. Which one of the following is NOT a sub-
212. Urine gets its normal yellow-amber or stance reabsorbed by the tubules?
straw color from the pigment known as? A. urea
A. bilirubin B. water
B. albumin C. glucose
C. urochrome D. amino acids
D. hemoglobin 218. The function of the renal pelvis is?
213. A stone in the urinary bladder is known A. Urine is excreted
as a? B. Urine is stored
A. Uretolith C. Urine drains out to kidneys
B. Cystolith D. The location of the kidneys
C. Choelith
219. ureter
D. Nephrolith
A. a long, narrow tube extending from the
214. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT kidney for the passage of urine
FILTERED OUT OF THE BLOOD IN THE B. filters waste products from the blood
GLOMERULUS? C. external opening of the urethra where
A. WATER urine exits the body
B. PROTEIN D. none of above

220. Potassium ions enter the by 226. pyelonephritis

A. a proximal tubule, diffusion A. inflammation of the renal pelvis and

B. proximal tubule, active transport kidney because of a urinary tract infection
that spreads to the kidneys
C. distal tubule, diffusion
D. distal tubule, active transport B. displacement of the bladder against
the vaginal wall
221. The kidneys produce about liters of
C. pertaining to the ureter
fluid per day but most is reabsorbed.
A. 150 D. none of above
B. 180 227. Which of the following should be found in

C. 200 urine?
D. 125 A. WBC
222. The healthiest habit for the urinary sys- B. RBC
tem is to C. Proteins
A. urinate a lot.
D. Urea
B. eat salty foods.
C. eat sugary foods. 228. This vessel carries oxygen rich blood into
the kidney
D. drink lots of water.
A. urethra
223. INFLAMMATION OF KIDNEY TISSUE AND
THE RENAL PELVIS, USUALLY CAUSED BY B. renal vein
PYOGENIC BACTERIA C. ureters
A. CYSTITIS D. renal artery
B. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
229. EXTERNAL OPENING OF THE URINARY
C. CHOLECYSTITIS
SYSTEM
D. PYELONEPHRITIS
A. URETER
224. BEAN-SHAPED ORGAN BY VERTEBRAL
B. URETHRA
COLUMN
A. PANCREAS C. BLADDER
B. STOMACH D. URINARY MEATUS

C. KIDNEY 230. Which term describes the procedure used
D. BLADDER to remove waste products from the blood
of a patient whose kidneys no longer
225. What carries urine from the kidneys to
work?
the bladder?
A. urethroplasty
A. glomerulus
B. meatus B. prostectomy
C. ureters C. hemodialysis
D. urethra D. kidney transplant

231. What is the suffix meaning “surgical 237. Cells produce waste that can become
crushing”? if they build up.
A. -megaly A. toxic
B. -tripsy B. nutritious
C. -osis C. beneficial
D. -ptosis D. none of above
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232. Water leaves the nephron by 238. The is under skeletal muscle control
A. active transport A. detrusor
B. filtration into the capillary network B. internal urethral sphincter
C. osmosis C. external urethral sphincter
D. facilitated diffusion D. none of above
233. Condition in which body tissues contain 239. The hormone released to prevent exces-
an excessive amount of tissue fluid. sive water loss in the urine is
A. Cystitis A. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
B. Nephritis B. Angiotensin II
C. Kidney stones
C. Atrial Natruiretic Peptide
D. Edema
D. Aldosterone
234. What is the outer layer of the kidney?
240. TUBE FROM BLADDER TO OUTSIDE
A. glomerulus
A. URETHRA
B. renal cortex
B. URETER
C. meatus
C. URINARY MEATUS
D. urethra
D. GLOMERULUS
235. The condition of having a stone in the kid-
ney is- 241. Eat to keep the urinary system
healthy..
A. ureterolithiasis
A. cranberries
B. cystolithiasis
B. peaches
C. nephrolithiasis
C. grapes
D. ureterolithiasis
D. veggies
236. Sodium & Potassium are
242. The average adult urinary bladder is mod-
A. major nitrogenous waste
erately full with of urine within it.
B. electrolytes regulated by kidney so
A. 500 mL
that a proper concentration is maintained
within blood B. 1 L
C. microscopic tube C. 1 Gallon
D. hormone D. 2 L

243. Word part for kidney? 249. Which of these structures contain blood?
A. nephr/o A. glomerulus

B. lith/o B. Bowman’s capsule
C. cyst/o C. collecting duct
D. glomerul/o D. loop of Henle
244. The stores urine. E. a and b
A. urinary bladder 250. Which condition is also known as bed-

B. kidney wetting?
A. nocturnal enuresis
C. urethra
B. incontinence
D. none of above
C. nocturia
245. What is the tube from the bladder to the
D. none of above
outside of the body?
A. urethra 251. Word root for renal pelvis?
B. ureter A. pyel/o
C. glomerulus B. -pexy
D. renal cortex C. -ptosis
D. -lysis
246. What is the insertion of a sterile instru-
ment through the urethra into the bladder 252. SELECT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING THAT
to withdraw fluid? ARE WASTE PRODUCTS DISSOLVED IN THE
A. cystoscopy WATER OF URINE
B. dialysis A. UREA
C. homeostasis B. URIC ACID
D. catherization C. CREATININE
D. MINERAL SALTS
247. What coordinates the process of urina-
tion? 253. THE STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM, OR CON-
A. Sodium STANT STATE OF NATURAL BALANCE
B. Nephron A. HEMODIALYSIS
C. Aldosterone B. HOMEOSTASIS
D. Micturition C. HOMEODYNAMICS
D. HEMODYNAMICS
248. Which term means the distention of a
ureter? 254. The Renal Sinus is
A. ureterectasis A. The outer portion of the kidney
B. ureteromalacia B. The left portion of the kidney
C. ureterosclerosis C. The right portion of the kidney
D. none of above D. The entrance of the kidney

255. What is the kidney cortex? 261. Which of these causes increased blood
A. another name for nephron sodium levels?
B. inner region of an organ A. decrease in aldosterone secretion

B. increase in atrial natriuretic factor se-
C. outer region of an organ
cretion
D. an opening
C. decrease in renin secretion
256. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MED- D. decrease in ADH secretion
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ICAL TERM FOR EXCESSIVE URINATION
262. The kidneys help control the rate of red
A. ANURIA blood cell formation by secreting
B. OLIGURIA A. aldosterone
C. POLYURIA B. erythropoietin
D. NOCTURIA C. renin
257. What is the average pH in urine? D. antidiuretic hormone
A. 4.5 263. What is the correct spelling of the term
B. 7.5 meaning the surgical incision for the re-
moval of a stone from the bladder?
C. 6.0
A. lithostomy
D. 8.0
B. lithectomy
258. In which of these conditions is sugar in C. lithotomy
the urine?
D. none of above
A. Hematuria
264. The structural and functional units of the
B. Dysuria
kidney are called
C. Glycosuria
A. nephrons
D. Pyuria
B. pyramids
259. What does ADH do? C. renal papillae
A. Makes us thirsty D. renal columns
B. Increases our urine 265. What is the portion of a nephron that is
C. Allows us to retain water active in filtering urine?
D. Causes polyuria A. urethra
B. ureter
260. What classification of drug would be used
to treat bacterial infections of the urinary C. glomerulus
tract? D. renal cortex
A. antispasmodics
266. What is the major waste product of pro-
B. diuretics tein metabolism?
C. antibiotics A. urea
D. potassium supplements B. oliguria

C. urine 272. What causes the movement of urine from

D. nephrons the kidneys to the urinary bladder?

A. Detrusor muscles
267. What problems will someone have hold-
B. Skeletal muscles contracting
ing their urine for long periods?
C. Peristaltic contractions
A. Urinary tract infection
D. Micturition reflex
B. Tissue to die causing kidney failure
C. Loss of function of kidney 273. Hollow, expandable organ made of tran-
sitional epithelium.
A. kidney
268. renal hypoplasia B. ureter
A. underdeveloped kidney C. bladder
B. bleeding from the ureter D. urethra
C. pertaining to something moving 274. Which term means difficult or painful uri-
through the urethra nation?
D. none of above A. dysuria
269. Podocytes are found in B. diaphoresis
A. the glomerulus C. micturation
B. the renal pelvis D. none of above
C. Bowmans capsule 275. urinalysis

D. the loop of Henle A. laboratory analysis of urine
B. x-ray of the urinary tract
270. Which of the choices below is NOT a func-
tion of the urinary system? C. mechanical replacement of kidney
function when the kidney is not working
A. helps maintain homeostasis by control-
ling the composition, volume, and pres- D. none of above
sure of blood 276. Before entering the ureters, urine collects
B. regulates blood glucose levels and pro- in the-
duces hormones A. urinary bladder
C. maintains blood osmolarity B. renal cortex
D. eliminates solid, undigested wastes C. glomeruli
and excretes carbon dioxide, water, salts, D. renal pelvis
and heat
277. A circular band of skeletal muscles forms
271. What contains glomerulus? the which is under voluntary control.
A. Hemodialysis A. Hemodialysis
B. Renal corpuscle B. Internal urethral sphincter
C. Renal cortex C. Oliguria
D. Urethra D. External urethral sphincter

278. means excessive urination. C. cortisol

A. Enuresis D. aldosterone
B. Overactive bladder
284. Urine flows with the aid of peristalsis out
C. Oliguria
of the kidneys through narrow tubes called
D. Polyuria
A. Gallbladder
279. The blood vessel carrying blood from the
B. Ureters
abdominal aorta into the kidney is the
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A. renal artery C. Nephrons
B. hepatic artery D. Urethra
C. renal vein
285. The Bowman’s Capsule and Loop of Henle
D. glomerulus are parts of the:
280. What is the name for the area of the kid- A. Bladder
ney where the renal artery enters and the
B. Urethra
renal vein exits?
A. hilum C. Renal Pelvis
B. cortex D. Nephron
C. medulla
286. INNER SECTION OF KIDNEY
D. nephron
A. RENAL PELVIS
281. WHAT MOVES URINE FROM THE KID-
NEYS TO THE BLADDER B. GLOMERULUS
A. GRAVITY C. MEDULLA
B. PERSTALSIS D. CORTEX
C. SKELETAL MUSCLES
287. Which is organ system is not made up of
D. VALVES the excretory system?
282. Which body system’s main functions are A. Urinary system
to filter the blood and eliminate metabolic
waste? B. Integumentary system
A. Endocrine C. Lymphatic system

B. Nervous D. Respiratory system
C. Digestive
288. GFR is 125mL/min.How much filtered in
D. Urinary 3 hours?
283. The hormone released by the posterior pi- A. 375mL
tuitary to prevent excessive water loss in
the urine is B. 9, 000 mL
A. antidiuretic hormone (ADH) C. 90 L

B. insulin D. 3.75 L

1.22 Uterus 391
289. The urethra is an organ that allows for bladder.
290. takes filtrate and puts it back into the

A. storage of urine. bloodstream
B. urine to exit the body. A. filtration
C. urine to move from the kidney to the B. reabsorption
bladder. C. secretion
D. bile to move from the liver to the gall D. none of above
1.22 Uterus
1. In males, what is the loose pouch-like sac 5. The proliferation phase occurs during
of skin that hangs behind and below the A. the first week of the menstrual cycle
penis?
B. the second week of the menstrual cy-
A. scrotum cle
B. testicles C. the last two weeks of the menstral cy-
C. urethra cle
D. none of above D. menopause
2. Females produce one mature egg cell each 6. Where does the embryo implant and de-
month during a process called velop into a fetus?
A. Toxic Shock Syndrome A. Cervix
B. Menstrual Cycle B. Ovary
C. Ovulation C. Uterus
D. Estrogen D. Fallopian tube
3. What structure of the female reproductive 7. What are the 3 primary hormones in the
system surrounds the vagina and is made male reproductive system?
up of fat deposits? A. testosterone
A. perineum B. estrogen
B. ovary C. luteinizing hormone
C. labia majora D. follicle-stimulating hormone
D. uterus E. progesterone
4. The structure that draws the mature egg 8. In females, what structure contains sweat
into the Fallopian tube is the and oil-secreting glands?
A. fimbriae A. Labia majora
B. cervix B. Labia minora
C. vagina C. Bartholin’s glands
D. corpus luteum D. Clitoris

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9. During which phase of the menstrual cycle B. Sperm

if a woman were to have intercourse dur- C. Ovary
ing this time, the thick mucus captures the
man’s sperm, nourishes it, and helps it to D. Speculum
move towards the egg for fertilization? 15. The hollow, tunnel-like structure through
A. Follicular which menstrual blood and babies leave
B. Ovulatory the body is called the
A. Fallopian Tubes
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C. Luteal
B. Uterus
D. none of above
C. Vagina
10. Passage that leads from the uterus to the
D. Ovaries
outside of the body.
E. Cervix
A. Cervix
B. Ovary 16. For this to occur a sperm cell must come
into direct contact with an egg cell.
C. Uterus
A. Fallopian tube
D. Vagina
B. Menstruation
11. The release of a mature egg cell from the C. Fertilization
ovary.
D. Ovulation
A. Fertilization
B. Ovulation 17. Where does fertilization occur in the fe-
male reproductive system?
C. Menstruation
A. Fallopian tube
D. Ovaries
B. Ovary
12. What structure produces estrogen and pro- C. Uterus
gesterone?
D. Vagina
A. Uterus
18. What hormones are releases by the Pitu-
B. Ovary
itary Gland?
C. Cervix
A. FSH, Oestrogen, LH and Progesterone
D. Vagina
B. FSH, Oestrogen, and Progesterone
13. The egg cells of a female. They lie dormant C. FSH, LH and Progesterone
until puberty.
D. FSH and LH
A. Ova or ovum
19. What happens during labor?
B. Sperm
A. Strong muscular contractions push the
C. Vagina baby out.
D. Hymen B. The fetus develops a heartbeat.
14. What is another term that is used for an C. The umbilical cord is tied and cut.
Egg in the Female Reproduction System? D. Strong muscular contractions of the
A. Ovum uterus cause the cervix to enlarge.

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20. The is the narrow, lower end of the B. Uterus

uterus that opens into the vagina.
C. Vagina

A. Fallopian Tubes
D. Ovaries
B. Uterus
E. Cervix
C. Vagina
D. Ovaries 26. Birth canal
E. Cervix A. fallopian tubes

B. urethra
21. The structure that has 3 layers of tissue to
hold and nurture the fetus is the C. uterus
A. Fallopian tube D. vagina
B. vagina 27. Referred to as the birth canal
C. uterus A. Cervix
D. ovary B. Uterus
22. Male organ in which sperm and sex hor- C. Vagina
mones are produced.
D. Ovary
A. Penis
28. What structure in males is the tube that
B. Testicles
carries urine from the bladder to outside
C. Vas Deferens of the body and has the additional func-
D. Scrotum tion of ejaculating semen when the man
reaches orgasm.
23. This is the passage that connects the
A. prostate gland
uterus with the outside of the body. It is
a canal inside the body with an external B. penis
opening between the thighs. C. urethra
A. Uterus D. scrotum
B. Ovaries
29. Where does meiosis occur in the female?
C. Vagina
A. Cervix
D. Urethra
B. Uterus
24. The physiological purpose of the clitoris is
C. Ovary
A. fetal development
D. Testicles
B. maturation of the ovum
C. pleasure 30. The fetus develops in the:
D. receive the sperm from the male A. cervix
B. fallopian tube
25. The place where an unborn baby grows
and develops is called the C. perineum
A. Fallopian Tubes D. uterus

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31. Which female reproductive structure con- B. Estrogen and Progesterone

tains the ova? C. FSH and Estrogen
A. fallopian tube
D. LH and Progesterone
B. uterus
37. Produces female sex hormones
C. cervix
D. ovary A. testes
B. cervix
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32. During which phase of the menstrual cycle
does the dominant follicle releases its egg C. uterus
from the ovary and captured in the fallop- D. ovary
ian tubes?
38. The structure that hold and nurture the fe-
A. Follicular
tus (developing baby) is the
B. Ovulatory
A. fallopian tube
C. Luteal
B. vagina
D. none of above
C. uterus
33. The tube that carries sperm from the testi- D. ovary
cles.
A. Urethra 39. The egg cells is released from the ovary
into the
B. Testicles
A. Fallopian tube
C. Penis
D. Vas Deferens B. Uterus
C. Cervix
34. What are the hormones that the ovaries
produce? D. Vagina
A. Testosterone and estrogen 40. What term is used to describe when a ma-
B. Estrogen and FSH tured egg has been released into the Fal-
lopian Tube?
C. FSH and LH
A. Menstruation
D. Estrogen and progesterone
B. Fertilized Egg
35. Either of 2 tubes through which an egg
travels each month on its way to the C. Ovulation
uterus. D. Ejaculation
A. Uterus
41. The female reproductive structure that
B. Fallopian Tubes serves as a passageway for the ova to the
C. Cervix uterus is the:
D. Ovary A. fallopian tube
B. perineum
36. What 2 hormones are needed to maintain
the lining of the endometrium? C. vaginal canal
A. FSH and LH D. ureter

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42. Pear shaped organ where the fetus grows 48. In day 1 of the ovarian cycle women are
and develops until birth in which phase?

A. Uterus A. Luteal
B. Ovary B. Follicular
C. Fallopian Tubes C. Menstrual
D. Cervix D. Ovulation
43. What are the two sex glands? There is 49. What is the process called when a sperm
one on the right side and one on the left and egg produce a zygote?
side.
A. Reproduction
A. uterus
B. Excretion
B. ovaries
C. Fertilization
C. vagina
D. Sneezing
D. hymen
50. Fertilization occurs in the
44. What hormone initiates growth of follicles
in the ovaries? A. fallopian tube
A. FSH B. vas deferans
B. LH C. vagina
C. Estrogen D. cervix
D. Progesterone 51. A narrow tube that leads to the uterus.
Eggs released from the ovaries travel
45. What hormone needs to spike to signal
through these to the uterus.
ovulation?
A. Fallopian Tube
A. FSH
B. LH B. Vagina
C. Estrogen C. Fertilization
D. Progesterone D. Vagina
46. What do we call a fertilized egg? 52. The muscle layer of the uterus is the:
A. Sperm A. endomenses
B. Testosterone B. endometrium
C. Zygote C. myomenses
D. Egg D. myometrium
47. The female gamete is an 53. When does oogenesis begin?

A. egg A. at birth
B. ovum B. before birth
C. oocyte C. at the onset of adulthood
D. all of these names apply D. at the onset of puberty

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54. The female sex organ through which a 59. Oogenesis results in the formation of:
baby passes during birth.
A. 1 ovum; 2 polar bodies
A. Uterus
B. 2 ova; 2 polar bodies
B. Fallopian Tube
C. 1 ovum; 3 secondary oocytes
C. Vagina
D. 4 ova
D. Ovaries
60. The lower portion of the uterus which ex-
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55. The hollow, tunnel-like structure through
which menstrual blood and babies leave tends into the vagina is the:
the body. A. cervix
A. Uterus B. vulva
B. Vagina
C. ovary
C. Ovaries
D. none of above
D. Hymen
61. When an egg has not been fertilized, it
56. In females, what structure is the canal that
leaves the body with the lining of the
joins the cervix. It is also known as the
uterus. This is known as
birth canal.
A. menstruation
A. Uterus
B. Ovaries B. ovulation
C. Vagina C. fertilization
D. Clitoris D. none of above
57. What is the name of the Endocrine Gland 62. Which male reproductive structure is re-
that is present inside of the Female Repro- sponsible for making testosterone and pro-
ductive System? ducing sperm cells?
A. Pituitary Gland A. vas deferens
B. Uterus B. testicles
C. Ovaries
C. scrotum
D. Testes
D. prostate gland
58. The passageways for the eggs as they
make their way toward the uterus and the 63. What structures secrete progesterone and
place where the egg may be fertilized are estrogen, and release an egg (ovum) once
called the a month during a womans menstrual cy-
cle?
A. Fallopian Tubes
B. Uterus A. uterus
C. Vagina B. fallopian tube

D. Ovaries C. ovaries
E. Cervix D. vagina

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64. Which Gland is responsible for sending hor- C. luteal phase

mones to the Ovary to mature an egg D. ovulatory phase
cell?

A. Ovary 70. This is a pear-shaped organ that is located
between the ovaries. It is also known as
B. Testes the womb.
C. Pituitary A. Uterus
D. Gonads
B. Ovaries
65. When does completion of meiosis occur? C. Vagina
A. Stage 1 D. Urethra
B. Stage 2
71. Which ovarian phase is the final phase to
C. Fertilisation occur?
D. Ovulation A. Luteal
66. reproductive organs that produce eggs and B. Ovulation
hormones C. Follicular
A. cervix D. Menstrual
B. vagina
72. are the reproductive glands in which
C. ovaries eggs are produced.
D. none of above A. Ovaries
67. Ovaries release a ripened egg every B. Uterus
month C. Fallopian Tubes
A. ovulation D. Vagina
B. menstruation
73. After conception, the fertilized egg then
C. puberty moves to the , where it implants into
D. ejaculation the lining of the uterine wall.
A. Uterus
68. This is a duct that carries urine from the
bladder. In females it is located in front of B. Ovaries
the vagina opening. C. Vagina
A. Hymen D. Cervix
B. Urethra
74. The structure that provides protection and
C. Fallopian tube cushioning for the vaginal and urethral
D. Uterus opening is the
69. What are the 3 phases of the menstrual A. labia majora

cycle? B. cervix
A. follicular phase C. fimbriae
B. hormonal phase D. endometrium

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75. If fertilisation doesn’t happen in what C. Implantation

stage of meiosis II does the secondary
D. Menses
oocyte reach?
A. Telophase 81. What are the tubes that connect the
B. Prophase ovaries to the uterus?
C. Metaphase A. fallopian tubes
D. Anaphase B. ureters
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C. urethra
76. On what day of the cycle is ovulation?
D. colon
A. Day 4
B. Day 8 82. Which area of the Female Reproduction
C. Day 14 System is responsible for nourishing and
protecting a fertilized egg?
D. Day 28
A. Ovary
77. Which of the following hormones is se-
B. Fallopian Tube
creted by the ovaries?
C. Uterus
A. estrogen
B. melatonin D. Vagina
C. progesterone 83. What do you call the process in which the

D. two of these ovary releases a mature egg cell?
A. menstruation
78. The bulging, rounded upper part of the
uterus is the: B. oogenesis
A. cervix C. ovulation
B. vagina D. fertilisation
C. hymen
84. The DUCT through which urine and semen
D. fundus are discharged, but not at the same time.
79. What hormones are released by the follicle A. Penis
cells of the ovary? B. Scrotum
A. FSH
C. Urethra
B. LH
D. Testicle
C. Estrogen
D. Progesterone 85. The pouch of skin that contains the testi-
cles.
80. The lining of the uterus coming out through A. Testicles
the vagina (sometimes called ‘having a pe-
riod’). B. Penis
A. Conception C. Urethra
B. Fertilization D. Scrotum

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86. During which phase of the menstrual cy- 91. The passageways for the eggs as they
cle if an egg is not fertilized, it passes make their way toward the uterus and the
through the uterus and the lining of the place where the egg may be fertilized.

uterus breaks down and sheds.
A. Vagina
A. Follicular
B. Ovaries
B. Ovulatory
C. Uterus
C. Luteal
D. Fallopian Tubes
D. none of above
92. Where in their female reproductive system
87. What structure in females is a small, sen- is fertilisation most likely to take place?
sitive protrusion that is comparable to the
A. fallopian tube
penis in males which is located where the
two labia minora meet? B. uterus
A. Vagina C. vagina
B. Clitoris D. cervix
C. Labia majora 93. During which phase of the menstrual cy-
D. Uterus cle, do hormones stimulate the growth of
about 15-20 eggs in the ovaries and in-
88. Fertilization produces a single cell called crease estrogen production?
a(n)
A. Follicular
A. embryo
B. Ovulatory
B. zygote
C. Luteal
C. fetus
D. none of above
D. egg cell
94. The inner layer of the uterus is the
89. Sex cells have the number of chromo-
A. endometrium
somes of other body cells.
B. fimbriae
A. twice
C. corpus luteum
B. half
D. vulva
C. same
D. none of the above 95. What is the main role of Progesterone?
A. Completes development of uterus wall,
90. Which term describes the narrow open-
promotes glycogen storage
ing of the uterus that extends into the
vagina? B. Stimulates follicle to burst and release
the ovum
A. fundus
C. Stimulates rebuilding of the uterus
B. cervix
wall
C. vulva
D. Stimulates one egg cell to develop (be-
D. labia majora come follicle)

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96. What is the main role of FSH? 101. The physiological purpose of the vagina
is
A. Stimulates follicle to burst and release
the ovum A. fetal development
B. Stimulates rebuilding of the uterus B. maturation of the ovum
wall C. digestion
C. Stimulates one egg cell to develop (be- D. to receive the sperm from the male
come follicle)
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102. What female internal structure produce
D. Completes development of uterus wall, eggs and hormones? These are small,
promotes glycogen storage oval-shaped glands.
97. the lining of the uterus that thickens as an A. Ovaries
egg matures B. Fallopian tubes
A. cervix C. Uterus
B. endometrium D. none of above
C. uterus 103. How many premature egg cells is a fe-
D. none of above male baby born with?
A. About 2 million
98. If fertilization does not occur, the uterine B. About 400, 000
lining will be shed and removed through
the C. About 2, 000
A. Fallopian tube D. Zero. She doesn’t have any eggs until

puperty.
B. vagina
104. Narrow end of the uterus that opens into
C. uterus the vagina; it stretches and extends to
D. urethra 10cm for a baby to be born.
A. Uterus
99. The place where an unborn baby grows
and develops. B. Vagina
A. Ovaries C. Cervix
D. Ovary
B. Uterus
C. Menstruation 105. The two hormones that maintain the lin-
ing of the uterus are:
D. Fallopian Tubes
A. FSH and estrogen
100. This occurs about two weeks after ovula- B. LH and estrogen
tion and normally lasts three to five days.
C. estrogen
A. Fallopian Tubes D. Progesterone and estrogen
B. Menstruation
106. The part of the female reproductive sys-
C. Fertilization tem where fertilization takes place
D. Ovum A. Uterus

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B. Womb 111. A muscular tube leading from the cervix

C. Vaginal opening to the outside of the body is the:

A. fallopian tube
D. Fallopian Tubes
B. labia majora
107. What structure connects the ovary to the
C. vagina
uterus?
D. vulva
A. Fallopian tube
B. Cervix 112. Which of the following is a female ga-
mete?
C. Vagina
A. sperm cell
D. none of above
B. egg cell
108. Females make primary oocytes everyday C. ovary
A. False, they make them every month D. testicle
B. False, they make them every year 113. Narrow base of the uterus
C. False, they are born with all the pri- A. urethra
mary oocytes they’ll ever have
B. cervix
D. True
C. vagina
109. The monthly discharge of the soft uterine D. ovary
lining.
114. What hormone signal ovulation?
A. Fertilization
A. FSH
B. Ovulation
B. LH
C. Menstruation
C. Estrogen
D. Urethra
D. Progesterone
110. The produce the eggs.
115. Female organ in which egg cells and sex
A. Fallopian Tubes hormones are produced
B. Uterus A. Cervix
C. Vagina B. Ovary
D. Ovaries C. Fallopian Tube
E. Cervix D. Uterus
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1. A young man’s cancer that requires a self- C. testicular cancer
examination monthly is
D. none of above
A. prostate cancer
2. The surgical removal of a breast is called
B. ovarian cancer a(n)

A. hysterectomy 8. How long does the bleeding last during

B. vasectomy menstruation?
C. mastectomy A. 1 day
D. episiotomy B. 1 hour
C. 1 week
3. What part regulates the temperature of
the testes? D. 1 month
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A. embryo 9. A fertilized egg is called a(n)
B. epididymis A. primary oocyte
C. scrotum B. secondary oocyte
D. none of above
C. zygote
4. The “hood” which covers the clitoris is D. embryo
called the
10. Which hormone causes the ovary to actu-
A. labia minora
ally release the egg
B. labia majora
A. FSH
C. prepuce
B. estrogen
D. uterus
C. LH
5. Which hormone controls the development
D. progesterone
of male secondary sexual charecteristics.
A. testosterone 11. Which organ produces sperm cells?
B. oestrogen A. testes
C. testes B. epididymis
D. ovaries C. ovary
6. If fertilization does not occur, after luteal D. prostate gland

phase what phase does a woman go into
12. Sperm and other secretions from the male
next?
reproductive system make up
A. follicular phase
A. Testosterone
B. menstruation
B. Sperm Cells
C. none, she is pregnant!
C. Semen
D. Male Reproductive System
7. The average woman will ovulate on what
day of her menstrual cycle? 13. The release of an egg cell is called:
A. 7th day A. fertilization
B. 14th day B. ovulation
C. 21st day C. menstruation
D. 3rd day D. urination

14. Before a vaginal birth, the cervix dilates 20. In both males and females, urine is stored
how many centimeters? in the ?

A. 5 A. Urethra
B. 10 B. Anus
C. 20 C. Bladder
D. none of above D. Stomach
15. What part sweeps the mature egg from 21. Testosterone directly affects the
the ovaries? A. formation of a zygote
A. ovum B. production of sperm cells
B. fallopian tubes C. changes within an ovary
C. fimbria D. development of a placenta
D. uterine lining
22. How many weeks is considered full term
16. The fluid ejaculated from the penis is pregnancy?
A. sperm A. 36 weeks
B. semen B. 42 weeks
C. urine C. 40 weeks
17. The principle “reward” neurotransmitter 23. What is the only 100% fool-proof method
in humans is called to keep from contracting an STD or becom-
A. norepinephrine ing a parent before you are ready?
B. dopamine A. Having “protected sex”
C. melatonin B. Picking the right partner
D. oxytocin C. Abstaining from sexual activity

18. The tube that brings urine and semen out
of the body is 24. the sex cells of females that can be fertil-
A. the urethra ized by sperm
B. the uterus A. ovaries
C. the bladder B. eggs or ovum
D. the fallopian tube C. uterus

D. none of above
19. Where in the fallopian tube does fertiliza-
tion occur? 25. Milk is produced by glands.
A. infundibulum A. vestibular
B. ampulla B. mammary
C. isthmus C. cervical glands
D. urethra D. areolar glands

26. The process of releasing a mature ovum C. progesterone; postive

into the fallopian tubes each month is D. progesterone; negative
called
32. tube that passes through the penis and car-
A. cervix
ries urine or sperm
B. menstruation
A. semen
C. ovulation
B. urethra
D. uterus C. vas deferens
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27. Which hormone “maintains” endometrium D. scrotum
A. estrogen 33. Folds of tissue over the vaginal opening
B. FSH A. Vulva
C. Luteal B. Labia
D. progesterone C. Clitoris
28. What is the life expectancy of the sperm D. Vaginal opening
cell inside the female reproductive tract? 34. Narrow end of the uerus that opens into
A. 24 hours the vagina; it stretches and allows a baby
B. 48 hours to be born.
C. 72 hours A. Uterus
B. Vagina
D. 92 hours
C. Cervix
29. If a female leaves a tampon in too long a
D. Ovary
rare but sometimes fatal bacterial illness
could occur. This illness is known as 35. How long is the ovum in the fallopian
A. Chicken pox tubes?
B. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) A. 1 day
C. Old tampon syndrome (OTS B. 2 days

C. 3 days
D. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
D. 4 days
30. Identify the part being described. Tubes
that connects the ovaries to the uterus. 36. Which is an early sign of pregnancy?
A. cervix A. missed period
B. fallopian tubes B. nausea
C. vagina C. enlarged breasts
D. fimbriae D. all of the above

37. The female sex hormones are
31. Just prior to ovulation, there is a surge in
due to a feedback mechanism with A. Estrogen
estrogen. B. Progesterone
A. LH; positive C. Both
B. LH; negative D. Neither

38. Where can the sperm cell find and fertilise 44. What is the correct sequence for human re-
an egg cell inside a woman’s body? production?

A. uterus A. fertilisation, ovulation, implantation,
B. ovaries birth
C. fallopian tube B. ovulation, implantation, fertilisation,
birth
D. cervix
C. implantation, fertilisation, ovulation,
39. The is the passageway from the uterus birth
to the outside of the body.
D. ovulation, fertilisation, implantation,
A. menstruation birth
B. uterus
45. Which organ stores sperm cells?
C. cervix
D. vagina A. Testes
B. Epididymis
40. How many stages of birth are there?
C. Penis
A. 1
B. 2 D. none of above
C. 3 46. A membrane that partially closes the en-

D. none of above trance to the vagina is called the
41. Which of the following releases fluids dur- A. mucosal layer

ing sexual arousal? B. hymen
A. greater vestibular (Bartholin’s) gland C. muscularis layer
B. lesser vestibular (Skene’s) gland D. prepuce
C. mammary glands
D. thyroid gland 47. In the female reproductive system this is
where fertilization occurs.
42. Which hormone is the “starter” A. Uterus
A. estrogen
B. Ovaries
B. progesterone
C. Vagina
C. FSH
D. Fallopian Tubes
D. LH
48. How long can sperm live in the body of a
43. Female sex hormones are produced by the
women?
A. endometrium A. 3 days
B. ovaries B. up to 5 days
C. ova C. 2 days
D. fallopian tubes D. only 1 day 24 hours

49. Which reproductive structure is correctly 54. stage of development when reproductive
paired withits function? organs mature and the person becomes
able to reproduce.
A. uterus-usual site of fertilization
A. Infancy
B. testis-usual location for egg develop-
ment B. Puberty
C. ovary-delivers nutrients to the embryo C. Adulthood

D. Childhood
D. sperm-transports genetic material
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55. What is a hormone produced by the fe-
50. Essential materials needed for develop- male’s ovaries?
ment are transported to a human fetus
through the: A. Estrogen
B. Endometrium
A. reproductive hormones
C. Hygiene
B. egg cell
D. Frimbria
C. ovaries
56. An organ that nourishes a fetus is called
D. placenta
the
51. What is the purpose of the fimbriae? A. ovary
A. guide the egg from the ovary into the B. uterus
Fallopian tube C. placenta
B. release a hormone to stimulate the fol- D. fallopian tube
licles
57. During this phase progesterone is released
C. guide the egg through the Fallopian preparing for implantation, if fertilization
tube into the uterus did not occur you move back into menstru-
D. none of the above ation.
A. Ovulation
52. Which of the following is the least mature
B. Follicular phase
form of “egg”?
C. luteal phase
A. primary oocyte
B. secondary oocyte
58. The is a hollow, muscular organ that
C. ovum
nourishes and protects a developing fetus.
D. oogonia A. cervix
53. sperm is nourished by a sugary fluid from B. ovulation
the C. uterus
A. seminal vesicle D. vagina
B. cowper’s gland 59. What is also called the birth canal?
C. prostate gland A. Uterus
D. none of above B. vagina

C. ovary 65. Which of the following IS NOT a function

of the Testicles?
D. rectum

A. They produce the sperm cells
60. Testicular cancer is surprisingly most com- B. They produce testosterone
mon in males between the ages of
C. They regulate temperature to maintain
A. 1-14 the sperm cells
B. 15-35 D. They signal the bladder when to uri-
nate.
C. 36-55
D. 55-100 66. The reproductive system of a male mam-
mal provides
61. What is the term used to describe the re- A. support for the internal development
lease of semen from the penis? of theembryo
A. Ejaculation B. materials through the placenta
B. Secretion C. a means for the delivery of gametes
C. Eject D. the ovaries for gamete production
D. Expulsion 67. A female has a period when the sheds

its lining.
62. When the penis becomes engorged with A. uterus
blood and hard, it is an
B. vagina
A. election
C. ovary
B. evaporation
D. cervix
C. erection
68. Which of the following does not contribute
D. orgasm to the production of the fluid called se-
men?
63. Fertilization of an egg by a sperm occurs
in the A. cowper’s gland
B. prostate gland
A. fallopian tubes.
C. seminal vesicle
B. cervix.
D. vas deferens
C. vagina
69. Ovulation releases a(n)
D. ovary
A. primary oocyte
64. is the male sex hormone that controls B. secondary oocyte
the production of sperm.
C. oogonia
A. testosterone D. ovum
B. semen
70. Which of the following is called the “cud-
C. scrotum dle hormone”?
D. penis A. dopamine

B. serotonin 76. During menopause what happens?

C. oxytocin A. eggs are released twice at a time.
D. Acetylcholine B. eggs are not released anymore
C. eggs continue to release at the same
71. The phase in which an egg releases and
rate
mucus rebuilds is
D. all her eggs are released at once.
A. menstrual
77. Identify the part being described:a hollow,
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B. follicular
pear-shaped organ that receives and hold
C. ovulation
fertilized egg cell
D. luteal
A. cervix
72. Another name for the elastic, muscular B. fallopian tubes
tube, which is the organ of intercourse for C. ovaries
a female is
D. uterus
A. The vagina
B. The birth canal 78. The female gonads are the
C. Both A. ovaries
B. testes
D. none of above
C. vaginas
73. Which of the following is the male sex
D. fallopian tubes
gland listed with the appropriate sex hor-
mone and sex cell. 79. On about what day of the menstrual cycle
A. Ovary, estrogen, egg does ovulation occur?
B. Ovary, testosterone, egg A. 1
C. Testes, testosterone, sperm B. 6
D. a. Testes, estrogen, sperm C. 14
D. 28
74. The first two months (up to 8 weeks) of
development in the uterus is called 80. If an egg that has been fertilized by a
A. fetus sperm splits into two while it is in the fal-
lopian tube, the beginning of two babies
B. embryo can start to grow. These are known as
C. eggs A. identical twins
D. ovum B. fraternal twins
75. Where are sperm cells collected and con- C. triplets
tinue to mature? D. none of above
A. Epididymis
81. What is the purpose of cilia?
B. Penis A. guide the egg into the fallopian tube
C. Bladder B. they are released to cause the follicles
D. Foreskin to enlarge

C. guide the egg through the Fallopian 88. What is it called when an fertilized egg im-
tube into the uterus plants on the Fallopian tube instead of the
uterus?

A. non uterine pregnancy
82. Where are sperm produced?
A. Testes B. ectopic pregnancy
B. Ovaries C. Fallopian tubal pregnancy

C. Penis D. tubal ligation
D. Uterus
89. Once inside the fallopian tube, the oocyte
83. what is the first stage of labor? is moved along by
A. Placental A. fimbriae
B. expulsion B. cilia
C. dialation C. flagella
D. none of above
D. spindle fibers
84. A female produces what kind of reproduc-
tive sex cell? 90. Sperm and other secretions from the male
reproductive system make up
A. Sperm
A. scrotum
B. Egg
C. Skin B. sperm
D. Brain C. semen
85. The head of the sperm contain D. penis
A. semen 91. Testes are adapted to produce

B. testosterone A. body cells involved in embryo forma-
C. progesterone tion
D. DNA B. immature gametes that undergo mito-
sis
86. Following ovulation, how long does an egg
have to be fertilized? C. sperm cells that may be involved in fer-
A. 12-24 hours tilization
B. 5-7 days D. gametes with large food supplies that
nourish the embryo
C. 1-2 hours
D. 3 days 92. The external genitalia of a female is called
the
87. A fertilized ovum is called a(n)
A. zygote A. uvula
B. embryo B. vulva
C. blastula C. uterus
D. oogonia D. peritoneum

93. The opening to the uterus is the 99. A female is born with
A. cervix A. all of her eggs
B. vagina B. none of her eggs
C. ovary C. 1, 000 eggs
D. fallopian tube D. with half of her eggs
94. The testes can produce how many sperm a 100. Another term for sexual intercourse is
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second?
A. one A. coitus
B. one hundred B. erection
C. one thousand C. contraception
D. one million D. conjugation
95. The is the opening of the uterus 101. The process of a mature egg being re-
leased into the fallopian tube is
A. cervix
A. pregnancy
B. vagina
B. menstruation
C. ovulation
C. ovulation
D. uterus
D. none of above
96. The female gamete is the
102. Fertilization usually occurs in the
A. sperm
A. ovaries
B. zygote B. vagina
C. embryo C. uterus
D. ovum D. fallopian tubes
97. Which structures help to “sweep” the 103. The shedding of the uterine lining is called
oocyte into the fallopian tube?
A. fimbriae A. cervix
B. cilia B. menstruation
C. flagella C. ovulation
D. phospholipids D. uterus
98. How long does an egg live inside the Fal- 104. Reproductive organ that provides a place
lopian tube? to support a developing human.
A. 12-24 hours A. fallopian tube
B. 3 days B. vagina
C. up to 5 days C. bladder
D. one month D. uterus

105. A pap smear is used to test for precancer- 110. What is released when a woman men-
ous cells on the females struates?

A. uterus A. endometrium
B. ovary B. unfertilized egg
C. cervix C. mucus
D. Fallopian tube D. all of the above
106. Which is true about all of the ova (egg 111. What does STD stand for?
cells) in an individual female? A. Standard transmitted disease
A. they have half the number of chromo- B. Sexually targeted diseases
somes as her body cells, and a different
C. Sexually transmitted diseases
genetic sequesnce from one anaother
D. Severely targeted diseases
B. They have half the number of chromo-
somes as her body cells, and the exact 112. An unborn baby’s heart begins to beat
same genetic sequence as each other. how long after fertilization?
C. They have the same number of chromo- A. 3-4 months
somes as her body cells, and a different
B. 18-28 days
genetic sequence than one another.
C. 5-6 months
D. They have the same number of chro-
mosomes as her body cells, and the exact D. none of above
same genetic
113. The most common site of cancer in older
107. What is an ovum? men is
A. An ovary A. The prostate gland
B. A mature egg B. The cowper’s gland
C. A fertilized egg C. The testicles
D. A sunny-side-up egg D. The penis
108. Uncontrolled ejaculation during sleep is 114. Which is the route that sperm takes to
called leave the male body?
A. orgasm A. Testes, vas deferens, seminal vesicles,
penis
B. erection
B. Testes, epididymus, seminal vesicles,
C. ejaculation
penis
D. nocturnal emissions C. Testes, epididymus, urethra, penis
109. What is the name of the process for re- D. Testes, epididymus, vas deferens, ure-
leasing a mature egg from the ovaries? thra
A. Ovulation 115. Which structure secretes the hormones
B. Menopause estrogen, progesterone and inhibin?
C. Menstration A. corpus luteum
D. Puberty B. hypothalamus

C. anterior pituitary 121. An egg cell leaves the and goes into
D. ovaries the fallopian tube.
A. Testicle
116. How many days each month is a woman B. Ovary
able to get pregnant?
C. Uterus
A. 1
D. Scrotum
B. 3
122. How often are female eggs created?
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C. 8
A. Every month
D. 30
B. Every other month
117. The surgical removal of the uterus is C. All at birth
called a(n) D. None of the above
A. hysterectomy
123. Once an ovum is released from an ovary
B. mastectomy
C. vasectomy A. zygote forms
D. episiotomy B. menstruation starts
C. it enters the fallopian tubes
118. The phase in which lining rebuilds, cervi-
cal mucus thinsand Follicles enlarge is: D. ovarian cysts form
A. menstrual 124. The female erectile tissue between the

labia is called the
B. follicular
A. clitoris
C. ovulation
B. hymen
D. luteal
C. inner labia
119. The first day of a menstrual cycle is D. vagina
A. when the egg is released from the 125. Vestibular glands are important because
ovaries. they
B. the first day of bloody discharge. A. stimulate ovulation
C. the first time uterus cramps are felt B. help to lubricate the vagina
D. when the egg implants to the uterus. C. produce milk
D. produce estrogen
120. When will the ovaries release an egg
(ovulate) during the Menstrual Cycle? 126. A male or female sex cell consisting of 23
A. about 14 days after the first day of a chromosomes
period. A. Gamete
B. 14 days after the last day of a period. B. Follicle
C. about 7 days after the thrid day of a C. Puberty
period. D. Oogenesis
D. 7 days after the last day of a period. E. Ovulation

127. Males produce as their reproductive B. sperm

sex cell. C. ovary

A. Sperm
D. zygotes
B. Egg
133. The fallopian tubes are to the vas defer-
C. Skin
ens as the are to the testicles
D. Brain
A. uterus
128. Which is NOT true about the placenta? B. vagina
A. Nutrients, gases, and wastes diffuse in C. ovaries
2 directions within it.
D. ovum
B. It is formed after the egg has been fer-
tilized by a sperm cell. 134. How long is the human gestation pe-
C. Found only in mammals, eg. humans riod?
D. Maternal and fetal blood mix in this A. 40 weeks
structure. B. 28 days
129. Babies develop within the C. 1 year
A. fallopian tube D. 12 weeks
B. uterus
135. Which part of the male anatomy trans-
C. vagina ports the sperm cell into the Urethra?
D. anus A. Vas Deferens
130. FSH and LH levels increase in response to B. Testicles
C. Scrotum
A. an increase in progesterone D. Epididymis
B. a decrease in GnRH
136. A long, twisty, coiled tube where sperm
C. an increase in GnRH
mature. It connects to and wraps along
D. ovulation the side/top of a testicle is the
131. In an embryo, the formation of many A. epididymis
types of tissues and organs occurs as a re- B. vas deferens
sult of the process of:
C. erection
A. fertilization
D. seminal vesicle
B. cloning
C. differentiation 137. The study of the female reproductive sys-
tem is called
D. asexual reproduction
A. urology
132. These are sex cells that are produced by
B. meterology
the testes and are needed to fertilize an
egg. C. gynecology
A. semen D. histology

138. Which structure in the male reproductive 144. which is not a part of a female reproduc-
system produces the sperm cells? tive system
A. epididymis A. cervix
B. vas deferens B. epididymis
C. seminal vesicles C. fallopian tube
D. seminiferous tubules D. uterus
145. Sperm is ejected from the male body
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139. The small hair-like projection found inside
the Fallopian tubes are called what? through the
A. fimbriae A. semen
B. testes
B. cervix
C. scrotum
C. cilia
D. penis
D. gametes
146. Identify the part being described:a loose,
140. A reproductive disorder in which uterine pouch-like sac that protects and supports
tissue migrates and grows in the ovaries the testes and sperm
or fallopian tubes is called
A. scrotum
A. vaginitis
B. vas deferens
B. pelvic inflammatory disease
C. epididymis
C. endometriosis D. testes
D. toxic shock syndrome
147. In the first stage of birthing, the cervix
141. How many sperm does it take to fertilize must reach in order to begin “push-
an egg? ing”.
A. 1 A. 10 cm
B. 21 B. 1 cm
C. 100, 000, 000 C. 10 mm
D. 500, 000, 000 D. 1 inch
142. How about the route an egg takes? 148. After the egg leaves the fallopian tube, it
enters the
A. Ovaries, epididymus, urethra
A. vagina
B. Ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix
B. uterus
C. Ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus C. ovaries
D. Ovaries, uterus, clitoris D. ovum
143. The male reproductive organ is the 149. Fertilization occurs within the
A. penis A. fallopian tube
B. testicle B. vagina
C. sperm C. uterus
D. epididymis D. anus

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150. Sperm travels through these vesicles to C. Where the eggs come from
the seminal gland to make semen. D. Sensory organ

A. Vas deferens
154. The risk of toxic shock syndrome is re-
B. Fallopian tube duced by
C. Ovaries A. performing monthly breast self-exams
D. Epididymis B. practicing abstinence
151. What is the major male sex hormone? C. bathing regularly
A. Progesterone D. changing tampons often
B. Testosterone 155. The is an external skin sac that holds
C. estrogen the testes.
D. dopamine A. penis
B. scrotum
152. Two small glands that secrete testos-
terone and produce sperm are the C. semen
D. testes
A. scrotum
B. semen 156. The hormone “inhibin” is important be-
cause it
C. testes
A. prevents more follicles from maturing
D. testosterone
and ovulating
153. What is the uterus B. dialates the cervix
A. The womb where the baby grows C. increases the levels of LH and FSH
B. Part of the brain D. causes ovulation to occur
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1. Gas, nutrient, and waste exchange occur 3. Why is it important arteries have alot of
between the and the tissues of the muscle and elastic tissue?
body. A. To expand and contract around the
A. veins pulse to maintain blood pressure
B. arteries B. To expand under high pressure
C. capillaries C. To expand under high pressure and re-
D. legs coil to maintain the blood pressure
D. So blood flow can be stopped if needed
2. Vessels with narrow lumens
A. arteries 4. center of drainage
B. capillaries A. right atrium
C. veins B. arch of the aorta
D. none of above C. left atrium

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D. none of above 11. along medial border ofthe sternocleido-

mastoid muscle
5. Vessles that carry only oxygenated blood
(except for pulmonary circulation) A. anatomical guide for common carotid
artery
A. arteries
B. anatomical guide for brachiocephalic
B. capillaries
artery
C. veins
C. anatomical guide for radial artery
D. none of above
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D. none of above
6. Vessels that branch into arterolies
12. The sinoatrial node is often referred to as
A. arteries the:
B. capillaries
A. semi lunar valve
C. veins
B. the heart muscle
D. none of above
C. pacemaker of the heart
7. What is a ligament? D. conductor of the heart
A. join bone to bone
13. lies posterior to the medial border of the
B. join muscle to bone belly of the biceps brachii muscle
C. reduce friction between bones
A. anatomical guide for brachial artery
D. none of above
B. anatomical guide for ulnar artery
8. What is another name for chest leads? C. anatomical guide for radial artery
A. augmented leads D. none of above
B. unipolar leads
14. Tissue fluid re-enters capillaries due to
C. precordial leads
A. diffusion
D. bipolar leads
B. osmosis
9. both of these arteries must be injected.
C. pressure filtration
Usually used in autopsy care where
carotids have been pulled up inside neck D. none of above
and cannot be found
15. These carry blood to the heart:
A. facial artery
A. arteries
B. ulnar artery
B. veins
C. subclavian artery
C. capillaries
D. none of above
D. arterioles
10. What is the space between the structure
of a blood vessel? 16. First branch of the aortic arch.
A. Artery A. Thoracic aorta
B. Lumen B. Ascending aorta
C. Gap C. Abdominal aorta
D. Loomen D. Brachiocephalic

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17. This artery supplies blood to the front part 23. Occlusion of this artery will manifest as
of the ear extreme sinus bradycardia on EKG

A. Transverse facial artery A. Right Coronary Artery
B. Superior labial artery B. Left Main Coronary Artery
C. Anterior auricular artery C. Sinoatrial Artery
D. Frontal artery D. Atrioventricular Artery
18. Which artery supplies blood to the right 24. Collects blood that is draining from head
and left atrium and the right ventricle? and arms.
A. LMCA A. Inferior vena cava
B. RCA B. Superior vena cava
C. LCx C. Brachial vein
D. LAD D. Median cubital vein
19. Largest artery of the body.
25. The aVR, aVL, and aVF are known as what
A. Intercostal arteries leads?
B. Bronchial arteries A. unipolar
C. Aorta B. augmented
D. Abdominal aorta C. precordial
20. Blood vessels that return blood to the D. bipolar
heart
26. Excess tissue fluid enters which vessel?
A. Arterioles
A. Capillary
B. Arteries
B. Lymph
C. Venules
C. Arteriole
D. Veins
D. Venule
E. Capillaries
21. Which vessel has sphincter muscles at the 27. type of vessel that does NOT allow for gas
ends to regulate flow? exchange
A. Artery A. arteries
B. Vein B. capillaries
C. Arterioles C. veins
D. Venules D. none of above
22. I have a small lumen, I have thick muscular 28. This artery supplies blood to the anterior
walls. wall of the left ventricle
A. Artery A. LCx
B. Vein B. LAD
C. Capillary C. RCA
D. Arteriole D. LMCA

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29. How many leads are there on a standard 35. What is one difference between plasma
electrocardiogram? and tissue fluid?
A. 3 A. protein in plasma but not tissue fluid
B. 5 B. protein in tissue fluid but not plasma
C. 10 C. glucose in tissue fluid but not plasma
D. 12 D. glucose in plasma but not tissue fluid
36. Which component of the ECG cycle shows
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30. Supply the heart.
ventricular depolarization?
A. Phrenic arteries
A. P
B. Thoracic aorta
B. QRS
C. Aortic arch
C. T
D. Coronary arteries D. U
31. Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood 37. This artery supplies blood to the brain,
(except for pulmonary circulation) eyes, eyelids, forehead, nose and internal
A. arteries ear.
B. capillaries A. Internal carotid artery
C. veins B. Inferior labial artery
D. none of above C. parietal artery
D. Occipital artery
32. Which substances would diffuse from the
cells to the tissue fluid? (choose all cor- 38. Blood removal site.
rect) A. Inferior vena cava
A. glucose B. Superior vena cava
B. oxygen C. Brachial vein
C. carbon dioxide D. Median cubital vein
D. urea (waste) 39. Which blood vessel is being described?
33. What carries oxygen around the body? Thick wall with elastic and smooth muscle
layers
A. Plasma
A. artery
B. Red Blood Cells
B. capillary
C. Platelets C. vein
D. White Blood Cells D. none of above
34. One small square is equivalent to 40. This artery supplies blood to the temples
A. 0.01mV A. Middle temporal artery
B. 0.1mV B. Superior labial artery
C. 0.10mV C. Occipital artery
D. 0.100mV D. Infraorbital artery

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41. Blood consists of: These veins are found under the skin and
A. the heart and the veins have an extra job besides returning blood
to the heart. These veins help in ther-

B. blood cells and arteries moregulation! When a person is hot or in-
C. plasma and blood cells creases body heat due to activity or the
D. none of above environment, the veins really come to the
surface in order to release heat .
42. Carry blood away from heart; mostly
oxygen-rich 46. On ECG graph paper, 1 large box equals:
A. Arteries A. 0.04 seconds
B. Veins B. 0.20 seconds
C. Capillaries C. 2 seconds
D. none of above D. 1 second
43. The atrioventricular bundle or bundle of his 47. This artery supplies blood to the skin and
divides into this. masseter
A. Bundle Branches A. Angular artery
B. AV nodes B. Transverse facial artery
C. purkinje fibers C. Occipital artery
D. systole D. Anterior auricular artery
44. Valves in veins 48. Longest veins in the human body.
A. support them A. Iliac veins
B. protect them B. Great saphenous veins
C. prevent the backward movement in- C. Tibial veins
side them
D. External jugular veins
D. provide them elesticity
49. Which blood vessel is being described?
45. What does blood consist of?
Smooth muscle relaxes for vasodilation.
A. plasma, red blood cells, white blood
A. artery
cells, platelets
B. capillary
B. hormones, oxygen, nutrients, water
C. red blood cells C. vein
D. carbon dioxide and minerals begins D. none of above

with the pulmonary trunk which branches
50. Carry blood toward heart; mostly oxygen-
into the Pulmonary Arteries. These arter-
poor
ies take blood to the lungs to ‘reload’ with
O2 and get rid of CO2. begins with the A. Arteries
largest artery the Aorta-blood to the rest B. Veins
of the body(capillary beds) and back to the
heart via the right atrium They keep their C. Capillaries
name the entire way back up the body. D. none of above

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51. Vessels that receive blood from arterioles 57. Arches to the left after leaving the heart.
A. arteries A. Phrenic arteries
B. capillaries B. Thoracic aorta
C. veins C. Aortic arch
D. none of above D. Coronary arteries
52. Supply the esophagus.
58. Vessels that drain blood into venules
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A. Common hepatic artery
A. arteries
B. Left subclavian artery
B. capillaries
C. Left common carotid artery
C. veins
D. Esophageal arteries
D. none of above
53. The thickest and strongest blood vessel is
the 59. Vessels that allow gas exchange
A. vein A. arteries
B. artery B. capillaries
C. capillary C. veins
D. both veins and capillaries D. none of above
54. What are capillaries? 60. Click all of the structures which make up
A. Thick tubes that are connected to the arteries.
heart
A. Lumen
B. A larger division of veins
B. Endothelium
C. Largest Blood vessels
C. Thin smooth muscle layer
D. Blood vessels that connect arteries to
the veins D. Elastic fibres
E. Thick smooth muscule layer
55. This artery supplies blood to the muscles
of the eye 61. Drains the pelvis.
A. Occipital artery A. Iliac veins
B. Anterior auricular artery B. Great saphenous veins
C. Infraorbital artery
C. Tibial veins
D. Superior labial artery
56. This artery supplies blood to the SA and
AV nodes. 62. Vessels that drain into the heart
A. RCA A. arteries
B. LCx B. capillaries
C. LAD C. veins
D. LMCA D. none of above

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63. Rank the following blood vessels in order 67. This artery supplies blood to the chin and
of their average pressure, from highest lower lip
to lowest:artery, vein, arteriole, venule, A. Angular artery

aorta, capillary.
B. Frontal artery
A. Capillary > arteriole > venule > C. Middle temporal artery
artery > vein > aorta
D. Submental artery
B. Capillary > vein > venule > arteriole
> artery > aorta 68. What is the standard speed for an ECG?
C. Aorta > arteriole > venule > artery A. 0.25mm/second

> vein > capillary B. 0.025mm/second
D. Aorta > artery > arteriole > capillary C. 2.5mm/second
> venule > vein D. 25mm/second
64. The left main coronary artery subdivides 69. This artery supplies blood to the upper
into the: eyelids and forehead
A. Posterior auricular artery
A. left anterior ascending and descend-
ing arteries B. Submental artery
C. Middle temporal artery
B. left anterior descending and circum-
flex arteries D. Supraorbital artery
C. left posterior ascending and circum- 70. Which substances would diffuse from the
flex arteries. tissue fluid to the cells? (choose all cor-
rect)
D. right coronary and left posterior de-
scending arteries A. glucose
B. oxygen
65. Small vessels that carry blood from arte- C. carbon dioxide
rioles and to small vessels called venules
which then empty into veins D. urea (waste)
A. Arterioles 71. This artery supplies blood to the skin and

muscles of the scalp and back of the head
B. Arteries up to the crown
C. Veins A. Occipital artery
D. Venules B. Parietal artery
E. Capillaries C. Middle temporal artery
D. Infraorbital artery
66. vessels with thin but multiple cell layer
thick walls 72. Collects blood that is draining from the
lower body.
A. arteries
A. Inferior vena cava
B. capillaries B. Superior vena cava
C. veins C. Brachial vein
D. none of above D. Median cubital vein

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73. One small box on ECG paper is equivalent C. reduce friction between bones
to how much time?
D. none of above
A. 0.004 seconds
B. 0.4 seconds 79. Which blood vessel is being described?
Contain valves.
C. 0.04 seconds
A. artery
D. 4 seconds
B. capillary
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74. This artery supplies blood to the side of
the nose C. vein
A. Middle temporal artery D. none of above

B. Supraorbital artery 80. What nutrients are required for good bone
C. Posterior auricular artery health?
D. Angular artery A. Fats and Cholesterol
75. Which condition results in joints being in- B. Carbohydrates and Vitamin A
flamed and swollen and moving the bones C. Calcium and Vitamin D
become painful?
D. none of above
A. sprains
B. arthritis 81. I have a large lumen, I have thin muscular
C. dislocation walls.
D. none of above A. Artery

B. Vein
76. Aorta that follows the spine above the di-
aphragm. C. Capillary
A. Phrenic arteries D. Arteriole
B. Thoracic aorta
82. Drains digestive tract; carries blood
C. Aortic arch through liver.
D. Coronary arteries A. Iliac veins
77. This artery supplies blood to the anterior B. Great saphenous veins
(front) parts of the scalp, ear, face, neck
and side of the head. C. Hepatic portal vein
A. Internal carotid artery D. External jugular veins

B. External carotid artery 83. The horizontal lines on ECG paper mea-
C. Occipital artery sure:
D. Parietal artery A. voltage
78. What is a tendon? B. distance

A. join bone to bone C. time
B. join muscle to bone D. current

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84. Which blood vessel is being described? Al- 89. The horizontal lines on ECG paper are also
low exchange of materials between blood know as the
and tissue fluid.

A. Y-axis
A. artery B. X-axis
B. capillary C. A-axis
C. vein D. V-axis
D. none of above 90. Vessels with thick muscular and elastic
walls
85. along the inferior border of the mandible
just anterior to the angle of the mandible A. arteries
A. anatomical guide for facial artery B. capillaries

C. veins
B. anatomical guide for subclavian artery
D. none of above
C. anatomical guide for common iliac
artery 91. Drains the lower leg.
D. none of above A. Iliac veins
B. Great saphenous veins
86. What makes up around 55% of the
blood? C. Tibial veins
A. Plasma D. External jugular veins
B. Red Blood Cells 92. Outermost layer of blood vessels. Made

of connective tissue.
C. White Blood Cells
A. Tunica Externia
D. Platelets
B. Tunica Media
87. What happens when the arteries are nar- C. Tunica Intima
rowed? D. None of above
A. oxygenated blood supply to organs are
lowered 93. Which is the largest artery in the human
body?
B. oxygenated blood supply to organs are
A. Carotid Artery
stopped
B. Aorta
C. deoxygenated blood supply to organs
are lowered C. Subclavin Artery
D. none of above D. Femoral Artery

94. This artery supplies oxygenated blood to
88. When should the EKG technician change the posterolateral aspect of the left ven-
the amplitude on an ECG? tricle.
A. When a tracing is too small A. LAD
B. Never B. LMCA
C. Under the direction of a provider C. LCx
D. When they know it is best D. RCA

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95. Which blood vessel is being described? 101. Middle most layer of blood vessels.
Stretch and recoil with each heart beat. Made of smooth muscle.
A. artery A. Tunica Intima
B. capillary B. Tunica Externa
C. vein C. Tunica Media
D. none of above
D. none of above
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96. This artery supplies blood to the AV node
102. The arteries that are the main source of
A. Right Coronary Artery blood supply to the head, face and neck.
B. Atrioventricular Artery They are located on either side of the neck,
C. Left Anterior Descending and each one is divided into an internal and
external branch.
D. Sinoatrial Artery
A. common carotid
97. from center of base of axillary space to
B. internal jugular
center of forearm just below bend of el-
bow. C. facial
A. linear guide for brachial artery D. middle temporal
B. linear guide for radial artery
103. This artery is short and bifurcates into
C. linear guide for ulnar artery two additional branches.
D. none of above A. RCA
98. What causes the filtration of plasma out B. LCx
of the capillaries into the tissues?
C. LAD
A. high pressure in venules
D. LMCA
B. osmosis
C. diffusion 104. Inner layer of blood vessels. Made of ep-
D. high pressure in aterioles ithelial tissue that protects the vessels and
keeps it from rupturing.
99. Drains the arm. A. Tunica intima
A. Inferior vena cava
B. Tunica Media
B. Superior vena cava
C. Tunica Externa
C. Brachial vein
D. none of above
D. Median cubital vein
105. This artery supplies blood to the forehead
100. Which vein brings the blood from the
and upper eyelids
lower half of the body?
A. Inferior vena cava A. Submental artery
B. Cartitod artery B. Frontal artery

C. Superior vena cava C. Parietal artery
D. Aorta D. Infraorbital artery

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106. Which is the largest vein? 112. Which blood vessel is being described?
A. Hemiazygos vein Contain blood at very low pressure.

B. Azygos vein A. artery
B. capillary
C. Superior vena cava
C. vein
D. Inferior Vena cava
D. none of above
107. begins at the inferior border of the ten-
don of the teres major muscle and termi- 113. One small square on ECG tracing paper
nates at a point just inferior to the antecu-
bital fossa (middle bend of elbow) A. is 1 mm by 1 mm
A. anatomical limit for brachial artery B. represents 0.04 seconds
B. anatomical limit for ulnar artery C. represents 0.1 mV
C. anatomical limit for radial artery D. All of the above
D. none of above 114. Vessels that carry high pressure blood
108. Second branch of the aortic arch. A. arteries
A. Common hepatic artery B. capillaries
B. Left subclavian artery C. veins
C. Left common carotid artery D. none of above
D. Esophageal arteries 115. What does not cause high blood pres-
sure?
109. Artery of head and neck
A. a diet in saturated fat, cholesterol and
A. common carotid
salt.
B. facial artery B. lack of regular exercise
C. brachial C. frequent exercise and balanced diet
D. subclavian D. none of above
110. This artery supplies blood to the upper lip 116. Vessels that contain valves
and region of the nose
A. arteries
A. Inferior labia; artery
B. capillaries
B. Posterior auricular artery
C. veins
C. Superior labial artery
D. none of above
D. Transverse facial artery
117. What are arteries and veins smaller di-
111. The vertical lines on ECG paper measure: vided into?
A. Voltage A. Arteries ; Veins
B. Time B. Arterioles ; Veins
C. distance C. Arteries ; Venules
D. current D. Arterioles ; Venules

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118. The sequence of blood vessels flow advise him to maintain healthy bones and
through after leaving the heart is joints?
A. artery, vein, capillary, venule, arteri- A. Exercise regularly
ole B. Balanced diet with sufficient calcium
B. vein, venule, capillary, arteriole, and vitamin D
artery C. All of the above
C. artery, arteriole, capillary, venule, D. none of above
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vein
124. Drains the kidneys.
D. arteriole, capillary, artery, venule,
vein A. Renal veins
119. Human blood vessels are
C. Tibial veins
A. artries, capillaries, and atria
B. ventricles, atria and pulmonary veins
125. These have muscular walls:
C. capillaries, artries, and veins
A. capillaries
D. veins, artries, and aorta
B. veins
120. What does blood transport? C. venules
A. Nutrients D. arteries
B. Oxygen
126. Leads that are both positive and negative
C. Carbon Dioxide are referred to as
D. All of the above A. Augmented leads
121. a point from sternoclavicular articulation B. Bipolar leads

to the anterior surface of the lobe of the C. Unipolar leads
ear D. Precordial leads
A. linear guide for common carotid artery
127. The process by which blood moves be-
B. linear guide for brachial artery tween the heart and the lungs
C. linear guide for subclavian artery A. Pulmonary Circulation
D. none of above B. Valves
122. Aorta that follows the spine below the C. Atria

diaphragm. D. Ventricles
A. Intercostal arteries E. Septum
B. Bronchial arteries 128. Vessels with wide lumens
C. Aorta A. arteries
D. Abdominal aorta B. capillaries
123. Mr Zhang is overweight and he regularly C. veins

feels pain in his knee joints. How can you D. none of above

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129. During pressure filtration, pressure C. pinocytosis using fluid-filled vesicles

forces plasma out of capillaries into sur- D. active transport (using ATP) by protein
rounding cells where it is known as

carriers of endothelial cells
A. Low/tissue fluid
135. What is the main cause of plaque in ar-
B. High/tissue fluid
teries?
C. Low/lymph
A. Diet high in protein
D. High/lymph
B. Diet high in fats and cholesterol
130. Drains the leg. C. Diet high in calcium
A. Iliac veins
D. none of above
136. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated
C. Tibial veins
blood away from the heart
A. Arterioles
131. What is the normal heart rate of an adult B. Arteries
at rest?
C. Veins
A. 20 to 40
D. Venules
B. 50 to 60
E. Capillaries
C. 60 to 100
D. none of above 137. What is the relaxation phase of a heart-
beat?
132. Vessels that receive blood from the heart
A. Cardiac
A. arteries
B. Systole
B. capillaries
C. Diastole
C. veins
D. Impulse
D. none of above
133. This artery is also known as the widow 138. These have valves that prevent backflow
maker. of blood
A. LCx A. arteries
B. RCA B. veins
C. LMCA C. arterioles
D. LAD D. capillaries
134. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are trans- 139. The vertical lines on ECG paper is also
ported between the blood and alveoli by known as
way of
A. the X-axis
A. exocytosis and endocytosis by en-
B. the Y-axis
dothelial cells
B. diffusion from areas of higher concen- C. the V-axis
tration to lower concentration D. the A-axis

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140. Supplies the liver. 146. Drains blood from skin and muscles of the
head.
A. Common hepatic artery
A. Iliac veins
B. Left subclavian artery
C. Left common carotid artery
C. Tibial veins
D. Esophageal arteries
141. Occlusion of this artery results in high-
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147. Which of the following is false about
degree heart blocks on the EKG.
veins?
A. LAD A. Carry blood back to the heart
B. Sinoatrial Artery B. Thin layer of muscle
C. RCA C. Narrow lumen
D. Atrioventricular Artery D. Carry blood at low pressure
142. This artery supplies blood to the lower lip E. Contain valves to prevent backflow
A. Transverse facial artery 148. Supply the muscles of the thorax wall.
B. Inferior labial artery A. Intercostal arteries
C. Middle temporal artery B. Bronchial arteries
D. Anterior auricular artery C. Aorta

D. Abdominal aorta
143. This artery supplies blood to the side and
crown of the head 149. Which vein brings the carbon dioxide rich
blood from the upper half of the body to
A. Parietal artery the heart?
B. Occipital artery A. Superior vena cava
C. Posterior auricular artery B. Inferior vena cava
D. Supraorbital artery C. Azygos vein
D. Hemiazygos vein
144. Supply diaphragm.
A. Phrenic arteries 150. Select all of the options which show sub-
stances present in tissue fluid.
B. Thoracic aorta
A. Oxygen
C. Aortic arch
B. Proteins
D. Coronary arteries
C. Glucose
145. Third branch of the aortic arch. D. Amino acids
A. Common hepatic artery E. Carbon dioxide
B. Left subclavian artery 151. Part of the aorta as it leaves the heart.
C. Left common carotid artery A. Thoracic aorta
D. Esophageal arteries B. Ascending aorta

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C. Abdominal aorta 157. Why osteoporosis increases risk of bone

fracture?
D. Brachiocephalic

A. Bone density decrease due to lack of
152. Which artery carries the oxygen rich calcium
blood from the heart to the brain and the B. Bone density increase due to too much
head? calcium
A. Aorta C. Blood vessels are blocked by plaque
B. Hemiazygos vein D. none of above
C. Carotid artery 158. (Weirdo) Carries oxygenated blood back
D. Subclavin Artery to the heart, only type of these to do this:
153. along the inferior border of mandible just
B. pulmonary veins
anterior to the angle of mandible
C. pulmonary capillaries
A. place of incision for facial artery
D. aorta artery
B. place of incision for ulnar artery
159. LMCA is the abbreviation for which of the
C. place of incision for radial artery
coronary arteries?
D. none of above A. Left Main
154. Vessels with walls that are one cell thick B. Left circumflex
A. arteries C. Left Anterior Descending

D. Right Coronary Artery
B. capillaries
C. veins 160. What is the size of a large box on a stan-
dard grid?
D. none of above
A. 1mm x 1mm
155. This artery supplies the scalp, the area B. 3mm x 5mm
behind and above the ear, and the skin be- C. 6mm x 6mm
hind the ear.
D. 5mm x 5mm
A. Transverse facial artery
161. Vessels that collect blood from venules
B. Inferior labial artery
A. arteries
C. Infraorbital artery
B. capillaries
D. Posterior auricular artery
C. veins
156. What is the name of the blood vessel that D. none of above
supplies blood to the kidney?
162. Supply the lungs with oxygen poor blood.
A. Renal artery A. Intercostal arteries
B. Hepatic portal vein B. Bronchial arteries
C. Hepatic artery C. Aorta
D. Carotid artery D. Abdominal aorta

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1.25 Veins
1. Placement of the vein can determine B. another phlebotomist
A. what size needle to use C. feel
B. the needle angle and direction D. having the patient make a fist
C. how long it will take to draw 3. When feeling a vein, you should assess:
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D. which tubes to fill first A. thickness
2. Which of the following should not be used B. movement
to help find a vein? C. bounce
A. a tourniquet D. all of the above
1.26 Nerves
1. Which nerve is sensory & motor and 5. Nerve used in swallowing
responsible for tongue movement and A. Trigeminal
taste?
B. Trochlear
A. glossopharyngeal (IX)
C. Glossopharyngeal
B. facial (VII)
D. vagus
C. trochlear (IV)
6. This nerve supplies impulses to the skin of
D. hypoglossal (XII)
the inner side of leg and foot
2. Shrugs the shoulders A. saphenous
A. Accessory B. sciatic
B. Vestibulocochlear C. radial
C. Abducens D. sural
D. Trigeminal 7. conducts impulses to the muscles of the
3. What does anxiety do? shoulders
A. makes you do stupid things A. vagus

B. accessory
B. helps your breathing
C. Glossopharyngeal
C. helps you stay safe
D. Abducens
D. nothing
8. twelve pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs
4. Responds to heat or cold
of pairs of spinal nerves with their ganglia
A. Propioceptors make up the
B. Thermoreceptors A. central nervous system
C. Photoreceptors B. peripheral nervous system
D. Nociceptors C. spinal cord

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D. cauda equina 14. In which area of the spinal canal would

a the needle for a lumbar puncture be in-
9. This nerve extends down the front of the serted?

leg under the muscles. It supplies impulses
to those muscles and also to the skin on A. Subarachnoid Space
top of the foot and sides of 1st and 2nd B. Epidural Space
toes
C. Interventricular Foramen
A. common peroneal nerve
D. Cerebral Aqueduct
B. saphenous nerve
C. sural nerve 15. What is the main function of the nervous
system?
D. deep peroneal nerve
A. clean waste from the body
10. A herniated disc that causes sensory
B. absorb nutrients for energy through
changes in a specific dermatome pressing
the small intestine
on:
A. Anterior primary ramus C. send sensory messages to the brain
and motor messages to the muscles and
B. Anterior gray horn of the spinal cord glands.
C. Anterior root D. Protect the body from harmful chemi-
D. Posterior primary ramus cals
E. Spinal nerve or posterior root
16. What CAN help with anxiety?
11. The tail end of the spinal cord is not “hang- A. eating
ing loose.” It is actually anchored via the
, which connects to the coccyx bone. B. staying up all night
A. cauda equina C. ignoring your friend

B. filum terminale D. getting exercise
C. conus medullaris 17. Which protective covering surrounds an en-
D. none of above tire nerve?
12. Which cranial nerve slows the heart rate? A. Endoneurium

A. Glossopharyngeal B. Perineurium
B. Vagus C. Epineurium
C. Accessory D. Dura
D. Hypoglossal 18. The conus medullaris is the tapering point
13. How many pairs of spinal nerves are at the end of the spinal cord. It is located
there? at approximately
A. 31 A. L 1/ L 2
B. 30 B. L 3/ L 4
C. 12 C. L 5/ L 6
D. 7 D. none of above

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19. What is known as a quick, automatic re- 25. What nerve supplies motor fibers to four
sponse to a stimulus? of the six muscles that direct the eyeball,
A. Reaction the eyelid, and control lens shape and pupil
size?
B. Reflex
A. Optic
C. Procedural Memory
B. Trochlear
D. After-image
C. Occulomotor
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20. Cranial nerves that respond to pressure, D. Abducens
vibration and itch are called
26. Which of these cranial nerves are purely
A. Photoreceptors sensory?
B. Mechanoreceptors A. Olfactory
C. Nociceptors B. Optic
D. Thermoreceptors C. Vestibulocochlear
21. Nerves have tiny ends, like , so they D. All are Purely sensory
can reach everywhere in our body.
27. the most superficial layer of the meninges
A. cells is the mater and the deepest layer of
B. cords the meninges is the mater
C. vertebrae A. pia, dura
D. threads B. pia, arachnoid
C. arachnoid, dura
22. Receptors in internal viscera (organs) are
D. dura, pia
A. Exteroreceptor
28. What is NOT a way to help with anxiety?
B. Interoceptor
A. take a deep breath
C. Chemoreceptor
B. think positive
D. Propioceptors
C. exercise
23. Which cranial nerve allows you to have D. stay up all night
sensation in mouth and teeth?
A. trigeminal 29. Which cranial nerve controls facial expres-
sion?
B. hypoglossal
A. olfactory
C. vagus
B. optic
D. glossopharyngeal
C. facial
24. There are pairs of cranial nerves D. abducens
A. 10
30. Which cranial nerve stimulates peristalsis
B. 12 of your digestive tract?
C. 31 A. Vagus
D. 14 B. Trochlear

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C. Abducens 36. Identify which are (2) motor tracts

D. hypoglossal A. Reticulospinal

31. What is anxiety? B. Spinocerebellar
A. being afraid C. Corticospinal
B. having an uneasy feeling
D. Spinothalamic
C. being happy
D. having sadness 37. What are the connective tissue coverings
that protect the spinal cord?
32. The gap between two communicating neu-
rons is termed: A. Meninges
A. synaptic cleft B. Epineurium

B. cell body C. Endoneurium
C. effector D. Fascia
D. Schwann cell
E. node of Ranvier 38. Division of the sciatic nerve that passes
behind the knee. Supplies impulses to the
33. In a cross section of the spinal cord, the knee, calf, skin of the leg, the sole, heel
peripheral ventral white portion consists and underside of the toes
of forming nerve tracts, and the cen-
A. ulnar nerve
tral gray portion consists of , dendrites,
and axons. B. saphenous nerve
A. Unmyelinated axons, neuron cell bod- C. tibial nerve
ies
D. Deep peroneal nerve
B. Myelinated axons, sensory receptors
C. Myelinated axons, neuron cell bodies 39. Which spinal nerve section is correctly
D. Myelinated neurotransmitters, axons paired with the number of spinal nerves?
34. Carries visual input from eyes to occipital A. Cervical 8

lobe B. Cervical 7
A. optic nerve C. Sacral 4
B. olfactory nerve
D. Sacral 1
C. hypoglossal nerve
D. spinal accessory nerve 40. The peripheral nervous system includes
the nerves, which are neurons with cell
35. The area of the brain that regulates bodies that occur in the
hunger, thirst and other drives.
A. sympathetic nervous system
A. thalamus
B. hypothalamus B. brain, spinal cord
C. amygdala C. motor system

D. cerebellum D. autonomic system

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41. which type of neurone carry signals from C. Brain

tissues and organs to the brain and spinal D. Spinal Cord
cord?
A. Sensory Neurons 47. The send and receive messages from
the brain.
B. Motor Neurons
A. Nerves
C. Relay Neurons
B. Spinal Cord
D. none of above
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C. Brain
42. Taste sensation on the anterior 2/3 of the D. none of above
tongue
A. facial 48. Mass of cell bodies of sensory neurons
near the spinal cord
B. trigeminal
A. Dorsal Root Ganglion
C. glossopharngeal
B. Ventral Root Ganglion
D. hypoglossal
C. Efferent Neuron
43. Which nerve is sensory and controls your D. Afferent Neuron
ability to smell?
A. olfactory (I) 49. What is an inquiry?
B. trochlear (IV) A. doing something
C. vagus (X) B. asking about something
D. optic (II) C. helping someone

D. doing nothing
44. Responds to pain or excess stimulation
A. Nociceptors 50. This nerve extends from behind the knee
around the fibula to the front of the leg. It
B. Mechanoreceptors is a branch of the sciatic nerve.
C. Photoreceptors A. median nerve
D. Propioceptors B. sural nerve
45. What is the fluid in the space between the C. common peroneal nerve
meninges that acts as a shock absorber to D. tibial nerve
the brain and spinal cord called?
A. Blood-Brain Barrier 51. Allows you to swallow your food
B. Meninges A. Trigeminal
C. Cerebrospinal Fluid B. Facial
D. Cerebral Cortex C. Glossopharyngeal

D. Hypoglossal
46. The part of the brain that controls balance,
coordination, and unconscious muscle ac- 52. Outermost covering of the brain and spinal
tivities. cord
A. Cerebrum A. Dura Mater
B. Cerebellum B. Pia Mater

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C. Arachnoid Mater 58. This nerve passes through gluteal (rear

D. Meninges end) region into the thigh. It is the largest
and longest nerve in the body

53. To perform a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) A. sciatic
in an adult, the needle is introduced be-
B. ulnar
tween the spinous processes of:
C. dorsal
A. L. 4, 5.
D. median
B. L. 2, 3
C. S. 1 & L. 2. 59. What nerve is where fibers carry sensory
impulses from and motor impulses to the
D. T. l2 & L. 1.
pharynx, larynx, and the abdominal vis-
E. S. 3 & L. 4. cera?
54. The long, fiber like part of a neuron which A. Vestibulocochlear

the cell sends information to receiving neu- B. Accessory
rons
C. Vagus
A. axon D. Facial
B. dendrite
60. a signal molecule that transmits nerve im-
C. axon terminal pulses across synapses
D. gene A. neuron
55. Nerve associated with sense of smell B. neurotransmitter
A. Facial C. nerve
B. Optic D. action potential
C. Olfactory 61. carry messages to and from the brain
D. abducens through the spinal cord and to each other.
A. Messengers
56. The anterior (ventral) horn of the spinal
cord contains the cell bodies of B. Neurons
A. motor neurons to skeletal muscle C. Vertebra
B. sensory neurons D. Data
C. motor neurons to the ANS 62. Neurons that transmit impulses to the CNS
D. A and C are called
A. neuoglia
57. What is the anterior median fissure a good
landmark for? B. sensory
A. Locating the front of the spinal cord C. efferent
B. Finding the spinal tracts D. association
C. Doing a lumbar puncture 63. Sensory neurons entering the spinal cord
D. Identifying the cervical plexus A. enter through the dorsal horn.

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B. have their cell bodies in the dorsal root 68. Which nerve is motor and responsible for
ganglia tongue movement?
C. travel through a spinal nerve. A. hypoglossal (XII)
D. all of the above B. facial (VII)
C. olfactory (I)
64. What is the name given to the gap be-
D. trigeminal (V)
tween 2 neurones?
69. What can you do when you are sad?
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A. myelin sheath
A. talk to a friend
B. axon
B. talk to a teacher
C. threshold
C. think positive
D. synapse
D. all of the above
65. Which nerve is sensory & motor and 70. Which part of a reflex arc carries out an
responsible for facial movements and action that responds to the stimulus?
taste?
A. Effector
A. facial (VII)
B. Receptor
B. olfactory (I) C. Integrating Center
C. vagus (X) D. Motor Neuron
D. trochlear (IV)
71. Which spinal nerve root contains a mass of
cell bodies outside the spinal cord?
66. Sensory Neurons
A. Dorsal
A. Site where the neuron communicates
with another cell. B. Ventral
C. Efferent
B. Controls the bodily functions not con-
sciously directed. D. Ascending
C. They deliver information from sensory 72. Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons
receptors to the CNS. that are:
D. nerve fiber, is a long, slender projec- A. myelinated
tion of a nerve cell B. unmyelinated
E. Substance released by the nerve fiber C. sensory
by a nerve impulse.
D. motor
67. Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors E. cerebral
in the skin are
73. When the electrical impulse reaches the
A. interoceptors end of the nerve, small vesicles containing
B. proprioceptors chemical neurotransmitters are released
by the nerve and rapidly interact with the
C. exteroceptors nerve’s target. This process is called:
D. mechanoreceptors A. the neurotransmission cycle

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B. Synaptic transmission 79. The spinal cord passes through the

C. Neromuscular transmission A. foramen ovale

D. none of above B. foramen magnum
C. foramen rotundum
74. Which of the following is Cranial Nerve #
D. none of above
1?
80. What is the central nervous system (CNS)
A. Optic
made of?
B. Occulmotor
A. brain and spinal cord
C. Olfactory B. brain and cranial nerves
D. Facial C. spinal cord and spinal nerves
D. cranial nerves and spinal nerves
75. What nerve is purely sensory and carries
impulses for the sense of smell? 81. The accessory nerve #11
A. Vagus A. controls hearing and balance
B. Accessory B. supplies organs/head/neck/thoracic
and abd cavities
C. Optic
C. controls movement of head/neck and
D. Olfactory shoulders
76. A deep groove on the front of the spinal D. concerned with vision
cord 82. What type of information travels in the
A. Anterior Median Fissure dorsal root of a spinal nerve
B. Anterior Column A. motor
B. sensory
C. Ventral Horn
C. mixed
D. Ventral Sulcus
D. reflexes
77. A receptor that responds to mechanical
83. These nerves carry impulses from the
pressure is called
brain and spinal cord to produce action i
A. Pressurereceptor muscles and organs?
B. Photoreceptor A. Motor
C. Termoreceptor B. sensory
C. mixed
D. Mechanoreceptor
D. none of above
78. What do you call specialized sense recep-
84. Without these nerves you would not be
tors that respond to heat or cold?
able to pet your dog.
A. Propioceptors
A. motor nerves
B. Thermoreceptors B. cranial nerves
C. Chemoreceptors C. olfactory nerves
D. Nociceptors D. sensory nerves

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85. A single bone in the spine is called a 91. Which tracts carry sensory information?
A. neuron A. Ascending
B. vertebra B. Descending
C. tissue C. Corticospinal
D. bundle D. Efferent
86. Responds to light 92. Area of white matter on the front of the
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spinal cord
A. Nociceptors
A. Anterior Column
B. Mechanoreceptors
B. Posterior Column
C. Propioceptors
C. Ventral Horn
D. Photoreceptors
D. Dorsal Horn
87. Balance
93. Sight
A. Optic
A. olfactory
B. Trigeminal
B. optic
C. Vestibulocochlear
C. trigeminal
D. Vagus
D. vagus
88. Which cranial nerve is assessed by asking
94. Moves eyes laterally away from the nose
the patient to smile, frown, and puff their
cheeks? A. abducens
A. Olfactory B. facial
B. Trigeminal C. trigeminal
C. Acoustic D. accessory
D. Facial 95. Describe what the structure of gray mat-
ter in the spinal cord looks like.
89. A network of spinal nerves
A. The letter H
A. roots
B. A tree
B. plexus
C. Surrounds the outer border
C. cauda equina
D. Round Masses
D. CNS
96. Part of a nerve cell along which impulses
90. name the structure that serves as the link are conducted from the cell body to other
between the brain and the PNS cells.
A. spinal ganglion A. Axon Tip
B. spinal cord B. Axon
C. cauda equina C. Never
D. arachnoid mater D. always

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97. moves the tongue C. brain

A. Hypoglossal D. tissue

B. accessory 103. What is the purpose of the myelin sheath
C. Vagus on the axon?
D. Glossopharyngeal A. To maintain temperature
B. To insulate the nerve
98. Which cranial nerve moves your eyes lat-
erally away from your nose? C. To protect the axon
A. abducens D. To release neurotransmitters
B. facial 104. What happens when you have anxiety?
C. trigeminal A. you are tired
D. accessory B. your heart beats faster
99. This nerve is found in the face and is made C. your heart beats slower
up of three parts D. you feel fine
A. Trochlear 105. Responsible for hearing
B. Trigeminal A. optic
C. Facial B. vestibulocochlear
D. Vagus C. olfactory
100. Which cranial nerve functions in the abil- D. Trigeminal
ity to see?
106. Network of nerves that supplies the up-
A. I per limbs
B. II A. Brachial Plexus
C. III B. Cervical Plexus
D. IV C. Sacral Plexus
D. Lumbar Plexus
101. What is the cauda equina?
A. Extension of spinal nerves beyond the 107. Which nerve is motor and responsible for
end of the spinal cord lateral eye movement?
B. A network of nerves supplying the A. abducens (VI)
lower limbs B. optic (II)
C. A network of nerves supplying the up- C. accessory (XI)
per limbs
D. facial (VII)
D. The root of a spinal nerve that carries
motor impulses 108. Which nerve is sensory & motor and re-
sponsible for facial sensation and chew-
102. Our is protected inside our skull. ing?
A. nerves A. trigeminal (V)
B. spinal cord B. olfactory (I)

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C. vagus (X) C. T12

D. oculomotor (III) D. Ll
109. Area of gray matter on the back portion E. L5

of the spinal cord 115. A loss of hearing could be associated with
A. Dorsal Horn which cranial nerve?
B. Ventral Horn A. Olfactory
B. Trigeminal
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C. Anterior Column
D. Posterior Column C. Vestibulocochlear
D. Accessory
110. Which nerve is sensory and responsible
for our ability to see? 116. Which part of a reflex arc conducts the
A. optic (II) impulse to the CNS?
B. oculomotor (III) A. Sensory Neuron
C. accessory (XI) B. Integrating Center
D. trigeminal (V) C. Effector
D. Motor Neuron
111. These type of nerves work with our mus-
cles to make movement possible. 117. identify the regions of the spinal cord. se-
A. motor nerves lect all that apply
B. sensory nerves A. lumbar
C. cranial nerves B. cervical
D. autonomic nerves C. inguinal

D. thoracic
112. Damage to the ventral root of a spinal
nerve results in E. sacral
A. loss of motor control. 118. The neuron processes that normally re-
ceive incoming stimuli are called:
B. loss of parasympathetic function
A. axons
C. loss of sensory input.
B. dendrites
D. both A and B
C. neurolemmas
113. The nerves in the PNS are myelinated by
D. Schwann cells
A. Schwann cells
E. satellite cells
B. Oligodendrocytes
119. Which nerve is motor and responsible for
C. ependymal movement of the larynx, soft palate, and
D. astrocytes shoulder shrugging?
114. The spinal cord in the adult ends inferiorly A. accessory (XI)
at the level of: B. trigeminal (V)
A. L. 3 C. vestibulocochlear (VIII)
B. S. 2-3 D. vagus (X)

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120. Which cell relays messages from one tis- C. Neuron

sue to another?
D. Brain

A. Red Blood Cell-RBC
B. White Blood Cell-WBC 126. Which type of matter is located in the
outer portion of the spinal cord?
C. Neuron
A. White
D. Tissue
B. Gray
121. What are the three layers of connective
tissue in which the brain and spinal cord C. Mixed white and gray
are wrapped in for protection called? D. none of above
A. Vertebral Column
127. The most important cranial nerve is
B. Cerbrospinal Fluid
A. Hypoglossal
C. Blood-Brain Barrier
B. Accessory
D. Meninges
C. Vagus
122. Which cranial nerve is assessed with the
identification of a familiar smell with the D. Auditory
eyes closed?
128. Protective covering on the brain and
A. Olfactory spinal cord that resembles a spider web
B. Trigeminal A. Arachnoid Mater
C. Vestibulocochlear
B. Pia Mater
D. Acoustic
C. Dura Mater
123. Our nerve cells carry to and from our D. Meninges
brain.
A. messages 129. This nerve extends down the leg, just
B. bundles under the skin, supplying impulses to the
muscles and skin of the leg.
C. projected
A. ulnar nerve
D. neurons
B. sural nerve
124. Which nerve is sensory and responsible
C. superficial peroneal nerve
for hearing and balance?
A. vestibulocochlear (VIII) D. common peroneal nerve
B. facial (VII) 130. Nerves that extend beyond the end of
C. vagus (X) the spinal cord into the lower portion of
the spinal column
D. oculomotor (III)
A. Cauda Equina
125. What is the system of the body that car-
ries information to all parts of the body? B. Anterior Fissure
A. Nervous system C. Ventral Horn
B. Spinal Cord D. Sarcal Plexus

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131. Which of these facts about the spinal cord B. accessory

is (are) correct? C. Hypoglossal
A. There are pairs of spinal nerves that D. trochlear
exit the spinal cord.
B. The spinal cord extends inferiorly to 137. Low threshold mechano-receptors are ac-
the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. tivated by light touch and carry specific in-
formation regarding:
C. The spinal cord is anchored to the coc-
A. Pain
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cyx by the filum terminale.
D. Gray matter is superficial to the white B. Warning
matter of the spinal cord. C. Pleasure
132. Sensory neurons carry nerve impulses D. All of them
from receptors to
138. These neurons transmit information from
A. peripheral nervous system (PNS) the central nervous system to the muscles
B. central nervous system (CNS) and glands
C. muscles A. sensory
D. sense organs B. relay
133. Sensory-motor nerve that, with its C. Motor

branches, supplies the thumb side of the D. none of above
arm and back of hand
139. If our spinal cord was seriously injured,
A. median nerve this two-way communication between our
B. superficial peroneal nerve body and brain would stop. This is why
C. digital nerve our spinal cord is protected by
D. radial nerve A. vertebrae

B. neurons
134. controls heart rate
C. tissue
A. vagus
D. the brain stem
B. trigeminal
C. abducens 140. Responds to chemicals
D. optic A. Mechanoreceptors
B. Chemoreceptors
135. Slows the heart rate
C. Thermoreceptors
A. Glossopharyngeal
D. Nociceptors
B. Vagus
C. Accessory 141. Controls the face, jaw and chewing
D. Hypoglossal A. trigeminal
136. Transmits information from the eye’s B. Trochlear

retina C. Vagus
A. Optic D. Accessory

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142. Our nervous system is made of kinds C. optic

of nerves. D. abducens

A. one
148. responsible for balance
B. two
A. Vagus
C. three
B. Accessory
D. four
C. Learn through
143. Which cranial nerve allows you to have a D. Vestibulocochlear
sense of smell?
A. I 149. Which nerve is motor & sensory and re-
sponsible for heart rate & respiration rate
B. II and organ sensation & taste?
C. III A. vagus (X)
D. VII B. optic (II)
144. A patient with Bell’s Palsy would have C. facial (VII)
damage to which cranial nerve? D. hypoglossal (XII)
A. Trigeminal
150. Which area of the spinal cord does not
B. Facial branch into a plexus?
C. Olfactory A. Cervical
D. Vagus B. Thoracic
145. The ability to respond to a stimulus is C. Lumbar
termed: D. Sacral
A. polarized
151. What is an effector?
B. irritability
A. A response to a stimulus
C. depolarized
B. an impulse sent to the spinal cord
D. conductivity
C. An impulse sent to the brain
E. all-or-none response
D. none of above
146. How many pairs of cranial nerves are
152. Which is NOT responsible in movement of
there?
the eyes
A. 10
A. Oculomotor
B. 11 B. Trochlear
C. 12 C. vagus
D. 13 D. Abducens
147. Motor fibers to the face, causes facial ex- 153. Which section of the spinal cord has
pressions the enlargement that supplies the upper
A. Trigeminal limbs?
B. facial A. Cervical

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B. Thoracic 158. What are the three main structures of the

nervous system?
C. Lumbar
A. brain, spinal cord, nerves
D. Sacral
B. brain, lungs, spinal cord
154. Vagus nerve #10 C. heart, brain, nerves
A. governs sense of smell D. brain, nerves, neurons
B. innervates the head/neck/thoracic 159. Which nerve is motor and responsible for
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and abdominal cavity moving eye to look at the nose?
C. concerned with vision A. trochlear (IV)
D. governs sensory branches B. abducens (VI)
C. facial (VII)
155. Which one of the following is the cor-
D. glossopharyngeal (IX)
rect sequence of events:the membrane be-
comes depolarizedsodium channels open 160. The substance that is released at axonal
and sodium ions diffuse inthe mem- endings to propagate a nervous impulse is
brane become repolarizedpotassium chan- called:
nels open and potassium ions diffuse in- A. an ion
ward while sodium is actively transported
B. nerve glue
out of the cell
C. a neurotransmitter
A. 3, 2, 4, 1
D. the sodium-potassium pump
B. 2, 1, 4, 3
E. an action potential
C. 2, 1, 3, 4
161. Which of the following nerves is a sen-
D. 1, 2, 4, 3 sory nerve?
E. 4, 1, 3, 2 A. Olfactory (I)
B. Trigeminal (V)
156. Sensory-motor that, with its branches,
supplies the arm and hand C. Vestibulocochlear (X)
D. Hypoglossal (XII)
A. median
B. common peroneal nerve 162. Bell’s Palsy
A. Trigeminal
C. deep peroneal nerve
B. Facial
D. ulnar
C. Olfactory
157. Without these nerves you would not be D. Vagus
able to feel the soft fur of a kitten or hear
your favorite music. 163. What is the neuron found only in the
spinal cord?
A. cranial nerves
A. Relay
B. motor nerves B. Sensory
C. sciatic nerve C. Motor
D. sensory nerves D. Reflex

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164. Neuron is another word for A. digital

A. nerve cell B. superficial peroneal nerve

B. brain C. median
C. tissue D. tibial nerve
D. messages
170. What are the specialized parts of the
165. The cauda equine is made up of: nerve called where the electrical impulse
originates?
A. Spinal nerves of S.l-3
A. Neurons
B. Anterior rami of spinal nerves L.2, 3
B. Nephrons
C. Posterior rami of spinal nerves L. 1 to
coccygeal 1 C. Receptors
D. Anterior and posterior nerve roots of D. none of above
the spinal nerves below the first lumbar
segment of the spinal cord. 171. Which of the following is the correct se-
quence in a typical reflex arc?
E. Spinal nerves of L.l-5
A. effector, afferent neuron, integration
166. An action potential is caused by an influx center, efferent neuron, receptor
of these ions into the cell:
B. receptor, afferent neuron, integration
A. potassium center, efferent neuron, effector
B. sodium C. effector, efferent neuron, integration
C. calcium center, afferent neuron, receptor
D. magnesium D. receptor, efferent neuron, integration
center, afferent neuron, effector
E. both potassium and sodium
E. receptor, afferent neuron, efferent
167. Sense of smell neuron, integration center, effector
A. Olfactory-I
172. What detects the stimulus?
B. Optic-II
A. Receptors in the brain
C. Oculomotor-III
B. Receptors in the spinal cord
D. Facial-VII
C. Receptors in the skin
168. Which cranial nerve is numbed by the den- D. Receptors in the organs
tist when you’re getting a cavity filled?
A. Occulomotor 173. The Schwann cell forms a myelin sheath
around the:
B. Trigeminal
A. dendrites
C. Facial
B. cell body
D. Glossopharyngeal
C. nucleus
169. This nerve supplies impulses to the fin-
gers. It functions as both a sensory nerve D. axon
and a motor nerve. E. nodes of Ranvier

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174. Receptors in muscles and tendons are C. cerebrum

called
D. spinal cord
A. Nociceptors
B. Propioceptors 180. identify the three layers of meninges
C. Mechanoreceptors A. pia mater

D. Chemoreceptors B. spinal mater
C. dura mater
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175. Oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens
nerves (3, 4, 6) D. vertebral mater
A. concerned with vision E. arachnoid mater
B. regulates voluntary movements of eye-
lid/eyeball/pupil constriction 181. Learn Nerve
C. pain of the eye; blinking A. II
D. governs swallowing B. IV
176. What is depression? C. V

A. feeling sad D. VIII
B. feeling happy 182. Supplies impulses to the skin on the outer
C. feeling bored side and back of the foot and leg
D. feeling hungry A. sural nerve
177. The term central nervous system refers B. saphenous nerve
to the: C. radial nerve
A. autonomic and peripheral nervous sys-
D. dorsal nerve
tems
B. brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves 183. What information is integrated in the an-
C. brain and cranial nerves terior horn of the spinal cord?
D. spinal cord and spinal nerves A. somatic motor

E. brain and spinal cord B. somatic sensory
178. Visual processing area of the brain C. autonomic motor
A. occipital lobe D. autonomic sensory

B. temporal lobe 184. Sensory-motor nerve that, with its
C. parietal lobe branches affects the little finger side of the
arm and the palm of the hand
D. frontal lobe
A. sciatic nerve
179. The carries messages to and from the
brain. B. ulnar nerve
A. neurons C. radial nerve
B. brain stem D. sural nerve

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185. There is an imbalance in the ions on the 190. Supplies impulses to the skin and toes on
inside of the nerve and the outside of top of the foot.
the nerve resulting in a negative electri-

A. median nerve
cal charge of approximately-70 millivolts.
This is called the nerve’s: B. common Peroneal nerve
A. Gradient Interval C. dorsal nerve

D. tibial nerve
B. Resting potential
C. BMaximum Negativity 191. Nerves that synapse directly with the
cerebral cortex
D. none of above
A. cranial nerves
186. These type of nerves bring messages B. spinal nerves
from our senses:hearing, seeing, tasting,
smelling, and touching. C. neurons
D. neuroglia
A. motor nerves
B. sensory nerves 192. Which of these nerves DOES NOT inner-
vate the eye?
C. optic nerves
A. Optic (II)
D. facial nerves
B. Oculomotor (III)
187. Balance and coordination are most asso- C. Trochlear (IV)
ciated with the
D. All of these innervate the eye.
A. thalamus
193. Numbed by the dentist when you’re get-
B. frontal cortex ting a cavity filled in the lower jaw
C. hippocampus A. Occulomotor
D. cerebellum B. Trigeminal
188. what is a nerve? C. Facial
A. Neuron D. Glossopharyngeal
B. Spinal cord 194. Why is laughing good?

C. Dendrite A. it boosts your immune system
D. Brain B. can help fight bacteria
C. helps you deal with pain
189. When you touch the hot handle of a pan,
this causes a reflex which happens at the D. all of the above
level without having the brain process 195. Nerve that controls the muscles that
the impulse first. move the eyeball
A. Brain Stem A. Oculomotor
B. Frontal Lobe B. Trigeminal
C. Spinal Cord and Parietal Lobe C. Vagus
D. Spinal Cord D. Facial

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196. What nerve is purely sensory and carries B. Pia mater

impulses for vision? C. Dura mater.
A. Optic D. Cortex
B. Olfactory
199. Which nerve is sensory & motor and re-
C. Facial
sponsible for eye movement?
D. Vagus
A. oculomotor (III)
197. Which cranial nerve allows you to shrug
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B. vestibulocochlear (VIII)
your shoulders?
C. hypoglossal (XII)
A. Accessory
D. olfactory (I)
B. Vestibulocochlear
C. Abducens 200. Moves the tongue
D. Trigeminal A. Trigeminal
198. The most superficial of the meninges is B. Facial

the C. Hypoglossal
A. Arachnoid mater D. Accessory
1.27 Peritoneum
1. There are recesses related to 3. Peritoneal cavity is In Male and in
dudoneum female
A. 4 A. closed, open
B. 5 B. open, open
C. 3 C. open, closed
2. The retroduodenal recess lies behind the 4. The greater omentum contains
A. first and second part of dudoneum A. 2 gastric arteries
B. third and forth part of dudoneum B. 2 gastro-epiploic arteries
C. only the forth part C. non of the above
1.28 Pelvis Cavity

1. contains spine D. thoracic
A. cranial
2. internal organs housed in the ventral cav-
B. spinal ity
C. orbital A. dorsal

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B. ventral 9. Which of these cavities contain eye struc-

C. nasal tures?

D. viscera A. Nasal
B. Oral
3. The elbow is to the shoulder.
C. Lumbar
A. Proximal
D. Orbital
B. Distal
C. Anterior 10. Some veins are , meaning they are fur-
ther away from the surface and difficult to
D. Lateral
palpate (feel).
4. The abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities A. superior
are found in the cavity.
B. inferior
A. dorsal
C. deep
B. ventral
D. superficial
C. cranial
D. abdominal 11. Osteo-means
A. Bones
5. What body part is inferior to the chest?
B. Muscles
A. Head
C. Blood
B. Heart
D. Nerves
C. Hips
D. Neck 12. Which cavity has the blood vessels?
A. Spinal Cavity
6. contains the spinal cord
A. spinal B. Thoracic Cavity
B. cranial C. Abdominal Cavity
C. buccal D. Cranial Cavity

D. orbital 13. Body plane that divides the body into ven-
tral and dorsal
7. Which micro-organism causes colds and
flu? A. Sagittal
A. Bacteria B. Coronal
B. Protist C. Transverse
C. Fungus D. Axial
D. Virus 14. The brain lives in
8. cell A. Cranial cavity
A. -clast B. Spinal cavity
B. -blast C. Thoracic cavity
C. -cyte D. Pelvic cavity
D. -gram E. Abdominal cavity

15. Which of these are found in the dorsal cav- 21. contains the stomach, small intestines,
ity? most of large intestines, appendix, liver,
A. thoracic gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen
A. abdominal
B. spinal
B. pelvic
C. abdominopelvic
C. thoracic
D. ventral
D. dorsal
E. cranial
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22. back side of body
16. Which of these cavities contains the parts A. inferior
that form the nose?
B. midline
A. Nasal
C. distal
B. Ventral D. posterior
C. Oral
23. The ventral body cavity is divided into two
D. Orbital subdivisions
17. mouth, contains teeth and tongue A. Abdominal

B. Abdominopelvic
A. oral
C. Spinal cord
B. orbital
D. Thoracic
C. middle ear
24. Name the system that includes the kidney,
D. synovial
uterus, bladder, and urethra; removes
18. Anterior means waste from blood and maintains water
and electrolyte balance.
A. toward the front
A. Reproductive System
B. toward the back
B. Circulatory System
C. toward the middle C. Urinary System
D. toward the side D. Digestive System
19. Where is the brain located? 25. Which cavity contains the stomach?
A. Thoracic A. thoracic
B. Abdominal pelvic B. abdominal
C. Abdominal C. pelvic
D. Cranial D. dorsal
26. Abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities are
20. the sternum is
found in cavity.
A. anterior to the spine A. dorsal
B. posterior to the spine B. ventral
C. inferior to the spine C. cranial
D. none of above D. abdominal

27. A neurosurgeon orders a spinal tap for a 33. one who studies and and practices
patient. Into what body cavity will the A. -logy
needle be inserted?

B. -ostomy
A. Ventral
B. Thoracic C. -ologist
C. Cranial D. -orrhexis
D. Pelvic 34. What system is the body’s way of fighting
E. Dorsal off pathogens that would make it sick?
28. Which Plane divides into front and back A. Excretory

sides? B. Immune
A. Coronal Plane C. Digestive
B. Frontal Plane D. Endocrine
C. Sagittal Plane
35. Going towards the head of the body.
D. Transverse Plane
A. Inferior
29. ear bones
B. Lateral
A. orbital
C. Anterior
B. oral
C. middle ear D. Superior
D. synovial 36. In the transverse plane, which means “be-
30. What makes up the abdominopelvic cav- low or away from the head? ”
ity? A. Inferior
A. abdominal and cranial cavities B. Superior
B. cranial and vertebral cavaities C. Dorsal
C. pleural and pericardial cavities D. Posterior
D. abdominal and pelvic cavities
37. The pleural cavity & mediastinum are 2 of
E. pelvic and vertebral cavities
the 3 sub-cavities in the:
31. Which cavity houses the brain? A. thoracic cavity
A. Cranial cavity
B. pericardial cavity
B. Thoracic cavity
C. abdominal cavity
C. Abdominal cavity
D. spinal cavity
D. Pelvic cavity
38. Body cavity that contains the heart
32. Where are your kidneys found?
A. Cranial cavity A. abdominal
B. Thoracic cavity B. pericardial
C. Abdominal cavity C. pelvic
D. Pelvic cavity D. pleural

39. Toward the front of the body 45. is a disorder of structure or function in
A. Visceral a human, animal, or plant, especially one
that produces specific symptoms.
B. Anterior
A. Health
C. Posterior B. Disease
D. Dorsal C. Cavity
40. In which cavity is your Pancreas located? D. Micro-organism
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A. Thoracic cavity 46. Neck Area
B. Cranial cavity A. Cephalic
C. Abdominal cavity B. Calcaneal
C. Cervical
D. Pelvic cavity
D. Popliteal
41. What are the two sub-cavities of the dor-
sal body cavity? 47. A patient presents with meningitis, which
is an infection of the fluid in the central ner-
A. Cranial & Vertebral (spinal) vous system. Which cavity’s fluid would
B. Brain & Spinal cord you check?
C. Thoracic & Abdominopelvic A. Ventral
B. Pleural
D. Pleural & Pericardial
C. Dorsal
42. Which is the opposite of “anterior? ” D. Abdominal
A. Ventral
48. What structure is found in the caudal area
B. Proximal of the human body?
C. Distal A. Arm
D. Posterior B. Coccyx
C. Mouth
43. Which of these cavities contains the lungs
and the heart? D. Umbilicus
A. Spinal 49. The reporductive organs are found in the:

B. Cranial A. Hypogastric Region
B. Umbilical Region
C. Pelvic
C. Right Iliac Region
D. Thoracic
D. Left Iliac Region
44. Name the viscera (organ) that is located in
50. Which term means “toward the body sur-
the vertebral body cavity.
face”?
A. Brain A. Dorsal
B. Vertebrae B. Deep
C. Spinal cord C. Superficial
D. Mediastinum D. Proximal

51. An autopsy photo shows the dorsal side 57. Body parts in front of the frontal plane are
of the victim. What could you see in the called
photograph

A. superior
A. Back of the head B. inferior
B. Front of the abdomen C. ventral or anterior
C. Kidneys D. dorsal or posterior
D. Knees
58. Which is NOT a sub-cavity of the thoracic
52. What body cavity contains the brain and body cavity?
spinal cord? A. Serous
A. Cranial B. Mediastinum
B. Dorsal C. Pleural
C. Spinal D. Pericardial
D. Ventral
59. The peritoneum is a membrane that seper-
53. Which cavity contains the trachea, esoph- ates which cavities? (bottom of pg. 164)
agus, and thymus gland? A. spinal and cranial
A. mediastinum B. spinal and thoracic
B. pleural cavity C. pelvic and abdominal
C. pelvic cavity D. thoracic and pelvic
D. spinal cavity
60. The body cavity located in the chest is the
54. The spinal and cranial cavities are con- A. dorsal cavity
tained in this cavity.
B. thoracic cavity
A. Ventral Cavity
C. ventral cavity
B. Dorsal Cavity
D. abdominal cavity
C. Abdominopelvic Cavity
D. Thoracic Cavity 61. divides the body in to front and back sec-
tions.
55. Going towards the surface of the body. A. transverse
A. Proximal B. midsagittal
B. Superficial C. frontal or coronal
C. Distal D. none of above
D. Anterior
62. What group of cavities are located on the
56. eyes anterior aspect of the body?
A. orbital A. ventral
B. oral B. dorsal
C. middle ear C. superior
D. synovial D. inferior

63. The main purpose of the system is to 69. sagittal body plane
produce hormones for the body. A. lengthwise or longitudinal
A. excretory B. divides into anterior or posterior parts
B. digestive C. horizontal, also called a cross section
C. reproductive D. none of above
D. endocrine 70. The dorsal body cavity contains which of
the following?
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64. back of the body
A. Cranial cavity
A. dorsal
B. Ventral Cavity
B. ventral
C. Thoracic Cavity
C. nasal
D. Abdominopelvic Cavity
D. viscera
E. Vertebral Cavity
65. The thoracic cavity includes which or-
71. Which body cavity contains organs includ-
gans?
ing the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder,
A. Heart, stomach, and lung and pancreas?
B. Stomach, heart, and lung A. abdominal
C. Stomach, intestines, liver B. pelvic
D. Heart, lung, large blood vessels C. thoracic
D. none of above
66. Which of these cavities contains the teeth
and tongue in the mouth? 72. This plane divides the body into superior
A. Cranial & inferior portions
B. Nasal A. Oblique
B. Frontal
C. Oral
C. Transverse
D. none of above
D. Midsagittal
67. The bladder is located in the region.
73. The liver is to the heart
A. epigastric
A. medial
B. hypogastric
B. lateral
C. left iliac
C. superficial
D. umbilical D. inferior
68. Along (or toward) the vertebral surface of 74. The appendix is located in which abdomi-
the body nal quadrant?
A. Superior A. right upper
B. Dorsal B. left upper
C. Ventral C. right lower
D. Parietal D. left lower

75. Point of the shoulder 81. skull, contains the brain

A. Cephalic A. cranial

B. Calcaneal B. spinal
C. Deltoid C. thoracic
D. diaphragm
D. Acrominal
82. What is responsible for delivering oxy-
76. The brain is located where? gen and removing carbon dioxide from the
A. Cranial cavity body?
B. Dorsal Cavity A. cell nucleus
C. Both B. excretory system

C. nervous tissue
D. respiratory system
77. nose
83. What body plane divides the body into su-
A. dorsal perior and inferior?
B. ventral A. Midsaggital
C. nasal B. Transverse
D. viscera C. Coronal/Frontal
D. Sagittal
78. The cranial cavity and the spinal cavity are
both contained within the cavity. 84. What does the Abdominal Cavity contain?
A. dorsal A. Pleural Membrane and Pericardium
B. ventral B. Pericardium and Spinal Cord

C. Serous Fluid and Heart
C. abdominal
D. Peritoneum and Mesentery
D. throacic
85. The diaphragm is a muscular structure that
79. In which cavity are the kidneys located? divides these sub cavities:
A. Cranial cavity A. Ventral & Dorsal
B. Thoracic cavity B. Cranial & Spinal
C. Abdominal cavity C. Thoracic & Abdominopelvic
D. Pelvic cavity D. Abdominal & Pelvic
86. GI Joe is working on his third set of thirty
80. This body cavity is created by the bones of
push-ups. Which best describes the posi-
the skull to protect the brain.
tion he is in?
A. cranial A. Distal
B. spinal B. Prone
C. vertebral C. Strong
D. none of above D. Supine

87. Which is the opposite of “distal? ” 93. The metatarsals are to the patella.
A. Proximal A. Inferior
B. Medial B. Superior
C. Coronal C. Posterior
D. Superior D. Medial
88. lateral means 94. The pelvic cavity primarily contains viscera
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(organs) of which 2 systems
A. farther from the body midline.
A. digestive
B. more superficial
B. reproductive
C. towards the body midline
C. urinary
D. closer to the attachment point of a limb
D. muscular
89. close, toward trunk E. skeletal
A. proximal 95. You are an attending physician at an ER
B. anterior and a patient is en route suffering from
a pericardial contusion (bruise). Which or-
C. posterior
gan has mostly likely been injured?
D. medial
A. lung
90. Which body cavity is located above the B. brain
diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib
C. heart
cage?
D. kidney
A. abdominal
B. pelvic 96. George has a cramp in the posterior part
of his leg. Where is the cramp?
C. thoracic
A. Ankle
D. none of above
B. Calf
91. Anterior means C. Knee
A. on the backside of the body/dorsal D. Heel
B. on the frontside of the body/ventral 97. Large intestines, guts, small intestines
C. to the midline of the body A. diaphragm
D. none of above B. Abdominal
92. Pain in the lower left side would be de- C. Abdominal pelvic
scribed as: D. Dorsal
A. LLQ pain
98. All of the following are examples of ab-
B. LUQ pain dominal regions except
C. RUQ pain A. right hypochondriac
D. RLQ pain B. umbilical

C. hypogastric 104. Which body system transports oxygen

and nutrients through out the body?
D. left lumbar

A. Muscular System
E. right upper quadrant
B. Nervous System
99. What would genitals be considered? C. Digestive System
A. A type of cell D. Circulatory System
B. A limb 105. What is the other way to say “coronal
C. Reproductive organs plane”?
A. Frontal plane
D. Gene producers
B. Transverse plane
100. A plane that divides the body into supe- C. Saggital
rior and inferior portion.
D. midsaggital
A. Transverse plane
106. Toward the midsagittal plane; away from
B. Oblique plane the side
C. Sagittal plane A. Ventral
D. Coronal plane B. Parietal
C. Medial
101. Which of these planes divides the body
into a top half and bottom half? D. Posterior
A. Transverse 107. Front of the knee

B. Midsagittal A. Popiteal
B. Patellar
C. Frontal
C. Plantar
D. Sagittal
D. Cervical
102. What’s the other way to say “transverse
108. The pelvic cavity contains which organs?
plane”?
A. Reproductive
A. Horizontal plane
B. Lungs
B. Coronal plane
C. Heart
C. Frontal plane D. Bladder
D. Sagital plane
109. A cavity is defined as
103. The lungs are contained within this cav- A. a solid object.
ity: B. a space within a solid object that
A. pericardial cannot be filled.
B. pleural C. an empty space within a solid ob-

ject.
C. abdominopelvic
D. an empty space within a liquid ob-
D. cranial ject.

110. Ankle Area 116. Pleura

A. Plantar A. surrounds lungs
B. Tarsal B. surrounds abdomen
C. Patellar C. surrounds heart
D. Calcaneal D. none of above
111. back of the pelvis and contains reproduc- 117. Where is the spinal cord located
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tive organs and bladder A. Dorsal
A. mediastinum B. Spinal
B. abdominopelvic C. Thoracic
C. abdominal D. Abdominal
D. pelvic 118. The frontal plane is sometimes called the
112. Which cavity encompasses the abdominal, A. Medial
pelvic, and thoracic cavities? B. Lateral
A. ventral C. Coronal Plane
B. dorsal D. Inferior
C. cranial
D. abdominopelvic into anterior and posterior sections?
113. List the cavities of the dorsal side of the A. Frontal
human body. B. Midsagittal
A. Cranial, vertebral canal C. Transverse
B. Cranial, vertebral canal, thoracic, ab- D. none of above
dominopelvic
120. Both the pleural and pericardial cavities
C. Cranial, vertebral canal, thoracic, di- are located within the cavity.
aphragm, abdominal, pelvic
A. spinal
D. None of these
B. cranial
114. What structure is proximal to the thigh? C. abdominal
A. Ankle D. thoracic
B. Elbow
121. Which statement is not true
C. Knee
A. All cavities are separated and not con-
D. Thumb nected to any other cavity
115. vertebra, contains the spinal cord B. Cavities help protect the organs they
encase
A. cranial
C. Cavities allow organs to change shape
B. spinal and size
C. thoracic D. Cavities can be separated into 2 main
D. diaphragm groups

122. The separates the two sections of the 128. What does the suffix ‘ectomy’ mean?
ventral cavity A. Removal

A. heart
B. Operation
B. lungs
C. Incision
C. spleen
D. addition
D. diaphragm
129. The abdominal cavity contains what of
123. Transverse Plane divides into what the following?
pieces?
A. stomach
A. Front and Back
B. intestines
B. Left and Right
C. spleen
C. Top and Bottom
D. liver
E. all of the above
124. Serous membrane lining the thoracic cav-
ity. 130. The knee is to the ankle.
A. visceral pleura A. superior
B. parietal pleura B. lateral
C. visceral peritoneum C. distal
D. parietal peritoneum D. medial
131. The pleural cavity encloses the
into front and back sections?
A. heart only
A. Coronal
B. lungs only
B. Midsagittal
C. Transverse C. heart and lungs
D. Sagittal D. bladder and reproductive organs
126. The urinary bladder lives in 132. Serous membrane covering the outer sur-
face of the heart.
A. Cranial cavity
A. visceral pleura
B. Spinal cavity
B. parietal pleura
C. Thoracic cavity
D. Pelvic cavity C. visceral pericardium
E. Abdominal cavity D. parietal pericardium
127. the mediastinum contains what? 133. front of the body

A. pericardial cavity A. dorsal
B. esophagus B. ventral
C. trachea C. nasal
D. heart D. viscera

134. In which cavity are the lungs found? 140. Posterior means
A. Thoracic cavity A. toward the front
B. Abdominal cavity B. toward the back
C. Pelvic cavity C. toward the middle
D. Mediastinum D. toward the side
135. The abdominal are is commonly subdi- 141. The brain is located in the
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vided in 2 ways. A. vertebral canal
A. Nine regions only B. cranial cavity
B. Nine regions and quadrants C. mediastinum
C. Just names on a tic tac board D. umbilical region
D. Quadrants only 142. What is the function of the Muscular Sys-
136. What does the Thoracic Cavity contain? tem?
A. Heart and Brain A. Sends impulses to muscles and glands,

and receives information from receptors
B. Spleen and Stomach
B. Supports, protects, stores inorganic
C. Trachea and Lungs salts, and houses blood-forming tissue
D. Peritoneum and Pericardium C. Provides movement, posture, and
body heat
137. If you divided the body with a midsagit-
tal plane and added up the number of eyes, D. Receives, breaks down, and absorbs
arms and toes on one side, how many nutrients
would you have?
143. Orbital Cavity contains what?
A. 5
A. Eye structure
B. 7 B. Mouth
C. 9 C. Nose
D. 12 D. Brain
138. This plane divides the body into anterior 144. What separates the abdomen and the
& posterior portions thoracic cavity
A. Transverse A. liver
B. Oblique B. diaphragm
C. Sagittal C. lungs
D. Frontal D. small intestine
139. What is directly inferior to the nose? 145. The uterus can be found in this cavity
A. Chin A. thoracic
B. Mouth B. pleural
C. Hair C. pelvic
D. Ears D. mediastinum

146. Which cavity is made by the chest and B. Distal

contains the pleural (lung) and pericardial C. Anterior
(heart) cavities?

D. Ventral
A. Ventral
B. Dorsal 152. Imaginary surfaces that pass through the
human body are:
C. Ventral
A. Body Planes
D. Thoracic
B. Body Cavities
147. The spaces surrounding each lung are C. Body sections
known as the?
D. Serous planes
A. pleural cavities
B. mediastinum 153. Stomach is found in cavity.
C. pericardial cavity A. dorsal
D. cranial cavity B. pleural
C. thoracic
148. contains both the abdominal and pelvic
cavities D. ventral
A. mediastinum 154. The middle left abdominal region is the:
B. abdominopelvic A. Left hypogastric region
C. abdominal B. Left lumbar region
D. pelvic C. Left iliac region
149. Which body plane divides the body into D. Umbiligcal region
right and left sections but not necessarily
155. Where is your esophagus mainly found?
on the midline?
A. Cranial cavity
A. sagittal
B. Thoracic cavity
B. frontal (coronal)
C. Abdominal cavity
C. transverse
D. Pelvic cavity
D. midsagittal
150. This body position requires palms out, 156. The liver lives in
facing forward, toes and head facing for- A. Cranial cavity
ward. B. Spinal cavity
A. Decubitus Position C. Thoracic cavity
B. Knee-Chest D. Pelvic cavity
C. Fowler Position E. Abdominal cavity
D. Anatomical Position
157. Planes is known as the midline and di-
151. What term means “further from the point vides the body into equal right & left
of reference/origin”? halves?
A. Proximal A. Frontal

B. Transverse 164. What structures are located anterior to

C. Midsagittal the cranial cavity?
D. sagittal A. Ears
B. Eyes
158. The gallbladder is found in the:
C. Lungs
A. Epigastric Region
B. Umbilical Region D. Neck muscles
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C. Right Hypochondriac Region 165. What is inferior to the Forehead?
D. Left Hypochondriac Region A. Hair
159. Which organ separates the thoracic cav- B. Eyebrows
ity from the abdominopelvic? C. Eyes
A. Liver D. All of the above
B. Lungs
166. Front aspect of the body.
C. Diaphragm
A. Ventral
D. Stomach
B. Dorsal
160. What are the two major body cavities?
C. Lateral
A. Cranial & Vertebral
D. Posterior
B. Dorsal & Ventral
C. Thoracic & Abdominopelvic 167. If you are standing straight with your
hands at your sides, where are your arms
D. Serous & Peritoneum
located inrelation to your body?
161. study of A. Caudal
A. -logy B. Lateral
B. -meters
C. Superior
C. -rraphy
D. Ventral
D. -itis
168. This is inferior to the umbilical region.
162. If pain is diffuse it is said to be
A. Epigastric
A. chronic
B. Hypo-gastric
B. acute
C. Right iliac regions
C. widespread
D. localized D. Hypochondriac region
163. What is the inferior region of the abdom- 169. The heart is found in which of these cavi-
inal cavity on the right? ties?
A. right hypochondriac region A. dorsal
B. right iliac region B. pelvic
C. umbilical region C. cranial
D. left epigastric region D. thoracic

170. The cavity for the mouth is the 176. Which term means “front of the body? ”
A. cranial A. anterior

B. orbital B. posterior
C. dorsal
C. buccal
D. superior
D. ventral
177. What does the abbreviation RLQ repre-
171. tumor sent?
A. -ology A. Radial lateral quadrant
B. - own B. Radial lumbar quadrant

C. Right lower quadrant
C. -ostomy
D. Right lumbar quadrant
D. -scopy
178. Mrs. Jones is walking toward you. You
172. Head Region are looking at her from a (an) view?
A. Acrominal A. Posterior
B. Dorsal
B. Cephalic
C. Anterior
C. Cervical
D. Caudal
D. Occipital
179. The line divides the body into right
173. supine means and left halves.
A. laying on your belly A. proximal
B. medial
B. laying on your back
C. superior
C. standing forward
D. coronal
D. anatomical position
180. Name the system that includes the skin,
174. The appendix is found in the: hair, and nails; senses changes outside
the body and helps regulate body temper-
A. Left Lower Quadrant ature.
B. Hypogastric Region A. Endocrine System
C. Right Lower Quadrant B. Integumentary System
D. Right Lumbar Region C. Lymphatic System
D. Muscular System
175. This section divides the body into unequal
left and right halves. 181. Abdominal region
A. Region between the thorax and pelvis
A. sagittal
B. The ribs
B. midsagittal
C. The area between the pod and the
C. bilateral pelvis
D. none of above D. What even?

182. Which of the following cavities holds the 188. Sole of Foot
heart AND lungs? A. Paterllar
A. pleural B. Popiteal
B. pericardial C. Plantar
C. thoracic D. Tarsal
D. abdominal
189. The Thoracic Cavity is to the Abdomi-
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183. contains brain nal cavity
A. cranial A. Superior
B. Medial
B. spinal
C. Lateral
C. orbital
D. Inferior
D. thoracic
190. the lungs are to the heart
184. The plueral cavity contains the:
A. lateral
A. heart
B. inferior
B. brain
C. superior
C. thymus
D. deep
D. lungs
191. The horizontal plane that divides the
185. Which body cavity ranges from the di- body into a top half and a bottom half is
aphragm to the top of the pelvic girdle? the
A. abdominal A. transverse
B. pelvic B. midsagittal
C. throacic C. frontal
D. none of above D. coronal
186. The ventral body cavity contains: 192. In the transverse plane, which means
“above or toward the head? ”
A. The brain and spinal cord
A. Superior
B. Thoracic and diaphragm
B. Inferior
C. Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities C. Posterior
D. Thoracic and pelvic D. Anterior
187. The majority of the digestive organs are 193. If a physician writes that the patient has
located in this body cavity: RUQ pain, what might be causing it?
A. Abdominal A. Arthritis in the hip
B. Pelvic B. Fractured rib
C. Thoracic C. Dislocated shoulder
D. Dorsal D. Head injury

194. Which of the following viscera would 200. Back aspect of the body/body part.
NOT be found in the mediastinum cavity? A. Ventral

A. Esophagus B. Anterior
B. Trachea C. Posterior
C. Portion of the heart D. Lateral
D. Lungs 201. Which term means “back of the body”?
195. The liver is mostly located within the A. posterior
A. RUQ B. anterior
B. RLQ C. ventral
D. inferior
C. LLQ
D. LUQ 202. Which of these cavities contain the stom-
ach
196. joint cavities A. Thoracic
A. orbital B. Abdominal
B. oral C. Pelvic
C. middle ear D. Spinal
D. synovial 203. The thoracic cavity and the ab-
dominopelvic cavity are both contained
197. The head is to the heart. within the cavity.
A. superior A. dorsal
B. inferior B. ventral
C. posterior C. cranial
D. lateral D. spinal
198. What is the nasal cavity? 204. The cavity that contains the heart, lungs,
and large blood vessels is the
A. The nose area
A. abdominal
B. The chin
B. thoracic
C. The reproductive organs
C. pelvic
D. The chest
D. orbital
199. Anatomical terms that apply to the back- 205. If the body were cut in a transverse
side of the body in the anatomical position plane, what organ would NOT be in the
include same half as theother three?
A. Ventral and anterior A. Bladder
B. Back and rear B. Brain
C. Posterior and dorsal C. Heart
D. Head and lateral D. Lungs

206. The umbilicus is found in the: 212. Looking from the side of the body.
A. Umbilical Region A. Anterior
B. Epigastric Region B. Posterior
C. Hypogastric Region C. Lateral
D. Right Lumbar Region D. none of above
213. The serous membrane around the lungs is

207. superior part of the ventral cavity, sur-
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called the?
rounded by ribs
A. Pericardial Serous Membrane
A. cranial
B. Pleural Serous Membrane
B. spinal
C. Peritoneal Serous Membrane
C. thoracic
D. diaphragm
214. Body parts that are away from the mid-
208. What is the study of blood called? sagittal or median plane are called?
A. Oncology A. Lateral
B. Hematology B. Medial
C. Cardiology C. Proximal
D. physiology D. Distal
215. What are the two layers of the

209. Pericardium serosa/serous membrane?
A. lungs A. parietal
B. abdomen B. visceral
C. heart C. pleural
D. legs D. viscera
210. transverse body plane 216. Area behind the knee

A. lengthwise or longitudinal A. Patellar
B. divides into anterior or posterior parts B. Popiteal
C. horizontal, also called a cross section C. Cephalic

D. Cervical
D. none of above
217. contains stomach, pancreas, liver, gall-
211. Your stomach is in which quadrant? bladder, spleen, intestines and kidneys
A. Upper Left A. mediastinum
B. Upper Right B. abdominopelvic
C. Lower Left C. abdominal
D. Lower Right D. pelvic

218. A neurosurgeon orders a lumbar puncture 223. Further away from the point of attach-
(spine) for a patient. Into what body cav- ment/origin
ity will the needle be inserted?

A. Proximal
A. Ventral B. Superior
B. Thoracic C. Distal
C. Cranial D. Ipsilateral
D. Pelvic 224. Of the following, what structures are the
E. Spinal MOST medial?
A. Ears
219. Which statement is correct?
B. Eyes
A. The neck is superior to the pelvis
C. Hips
B. The chest is inferior to the stomach D. Lips
C. The hip is superior to the shoulder
225. What are two major body cavities?
D. The ribs are superior to the chin
A. thoracic and dorsal
220. In which subcavity would you find the B. abdominopelvic and thoracic
liver? C. dorsal and ventral
A. Dorsal D. ventral and pelvic
B. Thoracic E. cranial and thoracic
C. Abdominal 226. The serous membrane around the abdom-
D. Pelvic inal organs is called the?
A. Pericardial Serous Membrane
221. Which of these cavities contains the
brain? B. Pleural Serous Membrane
A. Pelvic C. Peritoneal Serous Membrane

B. Abdominal
C. Spinal 227. List the cavities of the dorsal side of the
human body. (figure 5.15/pg. 165)
D. Cranial
A. Cranial, spinal
222. If you divided the body with a midsagit- B. Cranial, vertebral canal, thoracic, ab-
tal plane and added up the number of eyes, dominopelvic
arms andtoes on one side of the plane,
C. Cranial, vertebral canal, thoracic, di-
how many of these body parts would you
aphragm, abdominal, pelvic
have?
D. None of these
A. 5
228. An x-ray is labeled as a ventral view of
B. 7
the chest. This means the x-ray was taken
C. 9 from the:
D. 12 A. back of the patient.

B. front of the patient. C. Right iliac

C. left side of the patient. D. Cranial
D. right side of the patient. 234. Name the system that includes all the
glands that secrete hormones and helps to
229. The cranial cavity and the spinal (verte-
integrate metabolic functions.
bral) cavity are both contained within the
cavity. A. Reproductive System
A. dorsal B. Digestive System
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B. ventral C. Integumentary System
C. abdominal D. Endocrine System
D. throacic 235. The stomach is found in the cavity.
230. The brain is found in which of these cavi- A. dorsal
ties? B. abdominal
A. spinal C. thoracic
B. ventral D. cranial
C. cranial 236. The thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavi-
D. pelvic ties together make up
231. Where is your pancreas found? A. the dorsal cavity
A. Thoracic cavity B. the ventral cavity
B. Cranial cavity C. the lateral cavity

D. the medial cavity
C. Abdominal cavity
D. Pelvic cavity 237. What does the word root neur refer to?
A. Nerve
232. Which of the following answers describes
anatomical position? B. Mouth
A. Standing erect, facing observer, arms C. Ear
at side, palms facing to your side D. Nose
B. Standing erect, facing observer, arms
238. abnormal condition
at side, palms facing forward
A. -dynia
C. Standing erect, facing observer, arms
at side, palms facing back B. -osis
D. Standing erect, facing observer, arms C. -rrhea
at side, palms facing outwardStanding D. -pathy
erect, facing observer, arms at side,
palms facing outward 239. Which of the following is the center re-
gion of the 9 abdominal regions? (like the
233. The dorsal cavity has two subdivisions middle of a tic-tac-toe board)
A. Thoracic A. epigastric
B. Spinal B. umbilical

C. hyopgastric C. thoracic
D. pelvic D. none of above

240. A plane that divides the body into right 246. The heart is located within the cavity.
and left portions. A. pericardial
A. anterior B. pleural
B. distal C. abdominal
C. ventral D. spinal
D. saggittal 247. The membrane that surrounds the heart
241. What plane divides the body into anterior A. pericardium

and posterior? B. peritoneum
A. Midsaggital C. pleural
B. Transverse D. visceral
C. Coronal/Frontal 248. Your patient presents with damage to
D. Sagittal their spleen. Which body cavity do you or-
der an x-ray series of?
242. Most of the digestive organs are found in A. pelvic
what body cavity?
B. pleural
A. Dorsal C. abdominal
B. Abdominal D. dorsal
C. Thoracic
249. The elbow is to the shoulder; while
D. Orbital the fingers are to the shoulder.
243. where is your spine located A. Distal; proximal
A. Dorsal B. Proximal; distal
B. Spinal C. Lateral; medial

D. Inferior; superior
C. Abdominal
D. Abominal pelvic 250. Which Cavity holds the brain?
A. Dorsal
244. This cavity has the reproductive organs
B. Ventral
A. Thoracic Cavity
C. Cranial
B. Dorsal Cavity
D. Thoracic
C. Pelvic Cavity
251. Body parts close to the point of reference
D. Oral Cavity are
245. Which body cavity is surrounded by the A. medial
pelvic bones? B. distal
A. abdominal C. lateral
B. pelvic D. proximal

252. divides the body into anterior and poste- 258. What body parts are distal to the hand?
rior sections A. Eyes
A. Anterior B. Fingers
B. Transverse plane C. Lungs
C. Imaginary line D. Ribs
D. Frontal plane
259. How many cavities are in a Dorsal Cavity
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253. The skin is to the muscles A. 3
A. deep B. 2
B. superficial C. 7
C. medial D. 4
D. anterior 260. Lower posterior region of the head
254. What is a space within the body that con- A. Cervical

tains vital organs called? B. Occipital
A. Body location C. Popiteal
B. Body plane D. Cephalic
C. Body cavity 261. the heart is
D. Body direction A. dorsal to the sternum
255. contains the brain B. anterior to the sternum
A. spinal C. posterior to the sternum

D. none of above
B. cranial
C. buccal 262. What is pronation?
D. orbital A. rotation with axis of bone away from
body, as when the humerus is turned out-
256. Most of the digestive system is contained ward
within the cavity B. rotation with axis of bone away from
A. thoracic body, as when the humerus is turned out-
ward
B. dorsal
C. rotation on axis of bone, specifically
C. vertebral
applied to the forearms, as in turning
D. ventral hand down by rotating radius on the ulna
D. rotation on axis of bone, specifically
257. The brain is to the spinal cord
applied to the forearms, as in turning
A. superficial hand down by rotating radius on the ulna
B. medial
263. Name the viscera (organ) located in the
C. superior pleural cavity:
D. inferior A. Heart

B. Esophagus & trachea 269. Which sagittal plane divides the body
C. Lungs into EQUAL right and left sides?

D. Pleura A. midsagittal
B. parasagittal
264. Which cavity contains both the brain &
C. oblique
spinal cord?
D. cross-section
A. dorsal cavity
B. ventral cavity 270. This divides the abdominal-pelvic and tho-
racic cavities.
C. abdominopelvic cavity
A. mediastinum
D. thoracic cavity
B. diaphragm
E. pleural cavity
C. pleura
265. frontal body plane D. Hwy 1
A. lengthwise or longitudinal
271. The heel is to the toes.
B. divides into anterior or posterior parts A. anterior
C. horizontal, also called a cross section B. deep
D. none of above C. posterior
266. How are the organs in the thoracic cavity D. intermediate
protected?
272. divides the body into upper and lower
A. By the dorsal cavity portions
B. By the fluid surrounding them A. transverse
C. By the rib cage B. midsagittal plane
D. By the diaphragm C. frontal or coronal
D. none of above
267. Where is your pituitary gland found?
A. Cranial cavity 273. Serous membrane that lines the wall of
the abdominal cavity.
B. Thoracic cavity
A. parietal pleura
C. Abdominal cavity
B. visceral pleura
D. Pelvic cavity
C. parietal peritoneum
268. The layer of a serous membrane lines D. visceral peritoneum
a specific portion of a wall of the ven-
E. parietal pericardium
tral body cavity, while the layer of a
serous membrane covers the outside of or- 274. Which of these are found in the thoracic
gans within that body cavity. cavity?
A. peritoneal, visceral A. liver
B. visceral, parietal B. lungs
C. parietal, visceral C. stomach
D. visceral, peritoneal D. brain

275. Which of the following is the center of 281. Which of the following would not be
the 9 abdominal regions? found in the pelvic cavity?
A. epigastric A. appendix
B. umbilical B. uterus
C. bladder
C. hyopgastric
D. urethra
D. pelvic
E. spleen
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276. The heart is to the breastbone. 282. The body plane that divides the body into
A. lateral right and left sides is the
B. ventral A. transverse
C. anterior B. midsagittal
C. frontal
D. posterior
D. coronal
277. A portion of the liver is found in the:
283. a Body plane is an drawn through the
A. Right Hypochondriac Region body which
B. Left Iliac Region A. Sagittal plane
C. Left Hypochondriac B. Frontal plane
C. MIdline
D. Umbilical Region
D. imaginary line, separates it into sec-
278. separates thoracic from abdominal tions
A. cranial 284. Which body cavity is surrounded by the
B. spinal hips?
A. abdominal
C. thoracic
B. pelvic
D. diaphragm
C. thoracic
279. The appendix is located in the lower right D. none of above
abdominal region known as the:
285. What cavity would a surgeon enter to re-
A. Right lumbar region pair a heart defect?
B. Right hypogastric region A. Abdominal
C. Right iliac region B. Dorsal
D. Right umbilical region C. Pelvic
D. Thoracic
280. What is the sole of the foot named?
286. Toward the top of the body
A. Instep of the foot
A. Cephalad
B. Sternal B. Superior
C. Plantar C. Inferior
D. none of above D. Lateral

287. Which of these body cavities on the front 293. The cavity that contains the eyes is the
side of the body?
A. buccal

A. Cranial
B. ventral
B. Ventral
C. orbital
C. Dorsal
D. dorsal
D. Spinal
294. It divides the body into cranial and cau-
288. Where is your rectum found? dal.
A. Cranial cavity A. Transverse
B. Thoracic cavity
B. Sagittal
C. Abdominal cavity
C. Coronal
D. Pelvic cavity
D. none of above
289. Where are ovaries found?
295. Body parts close to the midsagittal plane
A. Thoracic cavity are called
B. Abdominal cavity A. medial
C. Pelvic cavity
B. inferior
D. Mediastinum
C. proximal
290. Type of body plane that divides the body D. lateral
in left and right
A. Axial 296. The hands are to the feet.
B. Transverse A. superior
C. Coronal B. inferior
D. Sagittal C. superficial
D. deep
291. Which of the following planes divides the
body into anterior and posterior sections? 297. The heart is to the stomach
A. transverse
A. superficial
B. frontal
B. deep
C. mid-sagittal
C. superior
D. sagittal
D. inferior
292. The system directs the body to inner
and outer changes. 298. -scope
A. digestive A. instrument for examination
B. circulatory B. study of something
C. nervous C. visual examination
D. skeletal D. process of recording

299. Toward the trunk; the elbow is to the 305. What term means “closer to the point of
shoulder. reference/origin”?
A. Lateral A. Proximal
B. Medial B. Distal
C. Proximal C. Inferior
D. Distal D. Dorsal
306. The lungs live in
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300. divides the body into superior and infe-
rior portions A. Cranial cavity
A. Transverse plane, above and below B. Spinal cavity
B. Coronal plane, front and back C. Thoracic cavity
C. Sagittal plane, right and left D. Pelvic cavity

E. Abdominal cavity
D. none of above
307. medial means
301. the nose is
A. above
A. lateral to the ears
B. toward the center of body midline
B. medial to the ears
C. underneath the surface
C. proximal to the ears
D. to the left or right
D. none of above
308. Which of these directional terms refers
302. Toward the head. to body parts toward the point of attach-
ment?
A. Cranial
A. Proximal
B. Caudal
B. Ventral
C. Distal
C. Dorsal
D. Lateral
D. Distal
303. In order to see both eyes, you would
309. The appendix can be found in the
need to be looking at the:
A. RUQ
A. anterior side of the frontal plane.
B. RLQ
B. caudal side of the frontal plane.
C. LUQ
C. inferior side of a medial plane.
D. LLQ
D. inferior side of the transverse plane.
310. What body cavity contains only the
304. Which of these planes divides the body heart?
into a superior and inferior half? A. abdominal cavity
A. Transverse B. pericardial cavity
B. Midsagittal C. pelvic cavity
C. Frontal D. pleural cavity
D. none of above E. thoracic cavity

311. Which of these body cavities is a long, 317. The is the main organ of the nervous
continous cavity located on the back of the system.
body?

A. heart
A. Pelvic B. lungs
B. Dorsal C. brain
C. Ventral D. skin
D. Abdominal
318. located in chest and contains the esoph-
312. Where is the heart and lungs located agus, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, and
large blood vessels
A. Thoracic
A. abdominal
B. Abdominal pelvic
B. pelvic
C. Abdominal
C. thoracic
D. Cranial
D. dorsal
313. The knees are to the waist.
319. Which two cavities are separated by the
A. superior diaphragm?
B. inferior A. Cranial and Thoracic Cavities
C. posterior B. Thoracic and Abdominal Cavities
D. anterior C. Pelvic and Abdominal Cavities
314. During inspiration, the diaphragm D. Cranial and Abdominal Cavities
A. relaxes 320. surgical incision, process of cutting into
B. contracts A. -plasty
C. doesn’t do anything B. -ectomy
D. gets thicker C. -otomy
315. Name the system that includes the brain, D. -ostomy
spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. 321. The lungs are found in which of these cav-
A. Skeletal System ities?
B. Lymphatic System A. thoracic
C. Circulatory System B. spinal
D. Nervous System C. dorsal
D. cranial
316. cavity that contains the urinary bladder,
reproductive organs, the last part of large 322. If a physician performs a pelvic exam,
intestine what organs can be evaluated?
A. pelvic cavity A. Liver and bladder
B. thoracic cavity B. Reproductive
C. abdominal cavity C. Respiratory
D. buccal cavity D. Stomach and intestines

323. What is the muscle that separates the 329. The colon is found in the:
thoracic and abdominal cavities called? A. Left Hypochondriac Region
A. peritoneum
B. Hypogastric Region
B. oral
C. Right Iliac Region
C. diaphragm
D. Right Lumbar Region
D. pleura
330. The membrane that lines the thoracic cav-
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324. The umbilicus (aka navel) is to the hip ity and surrounds each lung
bone.
A. cutaneous
A. Medial
B. peritoneum
B. Lateral
C. pleural
C. Inferior
D. Proximal D. visceral
325. houses the urinary bladder, reproductive 331. Superior means

organs, and the last part of the the large A. below
intestines
B. to the left or right
A. abdominal
C. above
B. pelvic
D. none of above
C. thoracic
D. dorsal 332. Toward the surface of a part; away from
the inside
326. The knee is to the thigh.
A. Superficial
A. distal
B. Medullary
B. proximal
C. Deep
C. medial
D. Cortical
D. lateral
333. Which of these terms means “away from
327. The thoracic cavity holds the (Multi- the midline” of the body?
ple answers possible.)
A. Medial
A. lungs
B. Lateral
B. heart
C. stomach C. Posterior
D. brain D. Anterior
328. Heel Area 334. space for the heart

A. Plantar A. mediastinum
B. Popliteal B. abdominopelvic
C. Patellar C. abdominal
D. Calcaneal D. pelvic

1.29 Perineum 477
335. The contains the trachea, esophagus, 339. Where is the Femur located
and large blood vessels such as the aorta A. The thigh

A. cranial B. Lumbar region
B. abdominopelvic
C. Orbital
C. dorsal
D. The chest
D. thoracic
340. What term means “toward the midline of
336. divides the body into right and left sides the body? ”
A. transverse plan A. Lateral
B. midsagittal plane B. Medial
C. frontal or coronal plane C. Inferior
D. none of above
D. Superior
337. Which cavity contains the abdominal and
341. The cranial cavity contains the:
pelvic cavities?
A. ventral A. brain
B. abdominopelvic B. heart
C. dorsal C. lungs
D. Thoracic D. thymus gland
338. Where are your lungs found? 342. Going away from the midline of the body.
A. Cranial cavity A. Visceral
B. Thoracic cavity B. Posterior
C. Abdominal cavity C. Lateral
D. Pelvic cavity D. Inferior
1.29 Perineum
1. What structure forms the floor of the lat- C. internal shame
eral recess of the isqioanal fossa? D. deep dorsal of the penis
A. membrana perineal
3. What kind of product do you use for your
B. levator ani muscle perineal hygiene?
C. urogenital diaphragm A. common scented soap
D. sacrotuberous ligament B. Intimate soap
C. Vinegar solution + warm water
2. What vein enters the pelvis through the
space between the perineal membrane and D. other
the symphysis pubis?
4. What structure superficially covers the
A. superficial ridge of the penis greater vestibular gland?
B. external shame A. membrana perineal

1.29 Perineum 478
B. bulbospongiosus muscle A. deep transverse perineum

C. superficial transverse perineal muscle B. bulbous
D. fascia perineal superficial C. ischiocavernosus
D. external sphincter of the anus
5. Who and/or who are exclusively in charge
of hygiene for patients? 7. What is the importance of perineal hy-
A. Obstetrician. giene?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Nursing technician. A. To avoid infections and promote pa-
tient comfort.
C. Graduate in Nursing.
B. To provide convenience and comfort to
D. None the patient.
6. What muscle is located deep to the per- C. To avoid pressure ulcers.

ineal membrane? D. All of the above.

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