1. What is the outer region of the kidney called?

a) renal cortex

2. The kidneys regulate:

c) amount of water and substances that are removed to and from the blood

3. What hormone is released by the kidneys?

c. erythropoietin

4. The function (s) of nephrons include:

D. All of the Above

5. Which of the following is a mechanism to move blood from the lower parts of the body toward the heart?
d. all of the above

6. What are the two circuits through which blood flows through the heart?
d) the pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit

7. A larger-diameter muscular tube that transports blood away from the heart toward the cells of body tissues is called________.
B)Artery

8. What is the smallest kind of vein

b. venule

9. How large is the human heart?

b. fist

10. What is the single greatest killer of men and women in the United States?
c. cardiocascular disease

11. The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath is called
b. tidal volume

12. What is a process of the respiratory system?

e. all of the above

13. Which one is NOT a main function of the nose?

b. breathing

14. What adjustable passageway produces the voice?

a. the larynx

15. Which part of the lower respiratory system serves as the main airway and consists of a tube reinforced with c-shaped rings of cartilage?
b) Trachea

16. Which of the following is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and the blood?
B. External respiration

17. What is the boxlike structure composed of mostly cartilage that functions as a "traffic director" for materials passing through the neck?
C. Larynx

18.In the very early stages of reproduction, the step where a secondary oocyte is released from the ovary and swept into the oviduct:
a.Step One: Ovulation

19.By day 4, successive divisions produce a morula, a solid ball of cells that enter the uterus.
d.Step Four: Morula

20. A single sperm Penetrates the secondary oocyte. Eventually, the sperm and egg nicleui will fuse, resulting in a fertilized egg or zygote.
b. Step Two: Fertilization

21. In what part of the male reproductive system are sperm stored and mature?
c. epididymus

22. What is the most common cancer for males, ages 15-35?
b. testicular cancer

23. What are the two gamete cells?

b. sperm and egg

24. What are the only three chromosomes that can be tolerated in excess?
A.21, 13, 18

25. Which one of the following genotype is homozygous recessive?

C.aa

26. The genotype of both parents are Aa, what’s the chance of the offspring has genotype of aa?
B.1/4

27.The human prenatal period is divided into three period,except_____

C)Postnatal period

28.Usually,how many weeks after fertilization does birth occurs?

E)38 weeks after fertilization.

29)The early stage in the reproductive process include:

E)All of the above
30)Which is the first stage of labor?
A)Dilation stage

31. How many homologous chromosome pairs are there in a cell?

B. 23

32. Condition in which there are three representatives of one chromosome is called:
C. Trisomy

33. How many stages does mitosis have?

D. 4

34. In what stage of mitosis does cytokinesis take place?

D. Telophase

35. Three copies of chromosome 21 causes:

C. Down Syndrome

36. How many spermatozoas and eggs will be produced in the end of spermatogenesis and oogenesis?
D. 4, 1

37. Chromosomes always consist of:

E. A & B

38. The daughter cells produced in meiosis are genetically:

B. Dissimilar

39. The structure of the lung is most like ___.

c) foam rubber

2. Pneumonia can be caused by:

d) all of the above

40. During normal breathing, which is a factor in exhalation?

d) relaxation of the diaphragm

41. What are the four processes that play a part in respiration?
B.Breathing, External respiration, Gas transport, Internal Respiration

42. What makes up the upper respiratory system?

D.sinuses, nasal cavity, and pharynx

43. The alveoli of the lungs are

D.all of the above

44. Oxygen is carried from the _____ throughout the body by the _____. ____ is a protein in the red blood cells that binds to oxygen in order to carrie it from the
lungs to the cells.
A.alveoli, blood, hemoglobin

45. Which of the following is not a function of the Nephrons (units of the kidneys responsible for urine production)
D. Glomerular homeostasis

46. Which of the following are part of the urinary system?

E) They are all components of the urinary system

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

C) Renal vein

48. What is the most common cancer in men between ages 15 and 35?
B. Testicular Cancer

49. What part of the male reproductive system stores the sperm for maturation?
c) epididymis

50. Which female reproductive part is located externally?

a)Labia Majora

51.The human prenatal period is divided into three period,except_____

C)Postnatal period

52.Usually,how many weeks after fertilization does birth occurs?

E)38 weeks after fertilization.

53)The early stage in the reproductive process include:

E)All of the above

54)Which is the first stage of labor?

A)Dilation stage

55. What is the correct order of the early stages of the reproductive process?
D. ovulation, fertilization, cleavage,implantation

56. What are the three parts of the prenatal period?

C. Pre-Embryonic Period, Embryonic Period, Fetal Period

57. This term describes the union of a sperm and an egg.

B. fertilization
58. This is the fertilized ovum containing genetic material from both the mother and father with a total of 46 chromosomes
C. zygote

59.How many homologous chromosome pairs are there in a cell?

B. 23

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

C. Trisomy

61.What is a stem cell?

B. unspecialized cells that divide continually

62.In what stage of mitosis does cytokinesis take place?

D. Telophase

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

C. Meiosis

64.Interphase is?
D. Period of growth and preparation for cell division.

65.What is the first stage in cell division?

B) Interphase

66.What is the cell divison cycle in which one nucleus divides into two daughter nucei containing the same number and kinds of chromosomes?
B.) Mitosis

67.Three copies of chromosome 21 causes:

C. Down Syndrome

68.How many spermatozoas and eggs will be produced in the end of spermatogenesis and oogenesis?
D. 4, 1

69.Chromosomes always consist of:

E. A & B

70.The daughter cells produced in meiosis are genetically:

B. Dissimilar

71.Which one of the following structures does not constitute the lower respiratory system?
C. Pharynx

72.What structure of the lower respiratory system is considered the source of the voice?
C. Larynx.

73.Tidal Volume is...?

A.The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during an ordinary breath.

74.What is the function of the pharanyx?

C. Common passageway for air, food, and drink

75. Where does the pulmonary circuit transport blood to:

a) Lungs

76. Which artery is responsible for delivering blood to the head and the brain?
c) Carotid Artery

77. The correct order that oxygen- rich blood flows through in the body is:
c) Heart - artery - arteriole - capillary - venule - vein

78. Which is correct in the relation to blood transportation?

d. Both A and C

79.) What are the 3 regions of a kidney in order?

c. renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis

80.) Metabolic wastes include which of the following substances?

D. All of the above

81.) Which of the following is a function of Nephrons?

C. The rest of the answers are correct (A,B,D)

82.What muscular tubes transport blood away from the heart?

b. Arteries

83.Which of the following are microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules?
a. Capillaries

84.What muscular tubes transport blood to the heart?

d. Veins

85.Which of the following are the controllers of blood pressure and the "gate-keeper" of capillary networks?
e. Arterioles

86.What are the nephrons responsible for?

b. forming urine

87.The hypothalamus reponds to changes in the concentration of water in the blood by:
d. both A & B

88.In what age are the neural connections to the external urethral sphincter fully developed, which allows conscious control over urination?
d)35

89.Which hormone is released by the adrenal cortex?

B. Adolestrone

90.What is the site where substances are removed... from and added to the filtrate?
c. renal tubule

91.The Lower Respiratory System, responsible for exchanging gases is made up of the following, EXCEPT:
C) Sinuses

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

D) Both A and B

93.What causes emphysema?

A) The reduction in the number of alveioli

94.Which of the following is NOT true about lung cancer?

D) Lung Cancer is usually detected in time for a cure

95.What are the types of chromosome alterations?

d. all of the above

96.When is an allele described as dominant?

b. when the effects of an allele can be det...ected, regardless of whether an alternative allele is also present

97.What is a carrier?
c. someone who displays the dominant phenotype but is heterozygous for a trait and can pass on the rece...ssive allele to descendants

98. individuals with two copies of the same allele of a gene:

d. homozygous

99.If a couple's genotypes are all FfGg,so what is the posibilityfor their child has the FFGg and FFgg?
C.1/8;1/16

100.About Sex-Linked G...enes, which one of following is NOT ture?

D. A daughter's X-linked recessive allele must be inherited by her mother.

101.The condition in which there are three representatives of one chromosome is called
B. Trisomy

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

A. Chromosome

103.Meiosis keeps the chromosome number ____ ...over generations and _____ genetic variability in the population.
B. Constant, increases

104.During this process, a nuclear envelope forms around each group of chromosomes at each pole, and the mitotic spindle disassembles.
D. Telophase

105.What is not true of mitosis?

C. Chromosomes are exchanged in crossover

106.) An Acrosome:
B. Is a sac that covers the head of the sperm, contains enzymes that will assist in fertilization.

107.) How much sperm does a healthy man produce each day?
B. 100 million

108.what is the right sequence of cell division?

1.prophase
2.metaphase
3.anaphase
4.telophase
A 1234

109.mitosis results in what?

E.B and C

110.meiosis involves how many cell divisions?

B.2

111.) What is the name of the process in which maternal and paternal forms of genes mix together?
D. Crossing over

112.) Chromosomes arranged in pairs on the basis of physical characteristics, such as overall length and centromere location is known as:
C. Karyotype

113.) In order, what are the four stages of mitosis?

A. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
114.A Combination of a DNA Molecule and specialized proteins called histones is a ______.
A. Chromosome
115.When does the postnatal period begin?
C.)After birth

116.How many gamete cells are made by the male through meiosis?
D.) 4

117.Cell differentiation is...

d.) a and c

118.In what age are the neural connections to the external urethra sphincter fully developed, which allows conscious control over urination?
D. 3
119.What is the site where substances are removed from and added to the filtrate?
C. Renal Tubule

120.Which hormone is released by the adrenal cortex?

B. Adolestrone

121.What hormone is manufactured by the hypothalamus and then travels to the posterior pituitary for storage and release?
B. Antidiuretic Hormone

122. The heart

e) all of the above

123. Capillaries are:

a) Microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules

124. Which is not a system of heart

failure?
e) swelling

125. Blood pressure is

a) The pressure of blood against the vessel walls

126.Which of the following takes

blood to the heart?
b. Vein

127.What did Mendel not test on?

B. Trees

128.The main component of the cardiovascular system is?

b. HEART

129.the alternate expansion and recoiling of arties create a pressure wave called the?
b. pulse
130.What is the primary male sex hormone?
c. testosterone

131.What do the ovaries do?

D. A & B

132.The most common age for Testicular Cancer in men is

C) 15-35

133.the narrow neck of the uterus, called the cervix, projects into the...
a) Vagina

134.Which one of the following is not a dominant gene?

c. Attached Earlobes

135.If a genetic trait is heterozygous, what is its genotype?

b) Aa

136.Which of the following is not a primary sign of Cystic Fibrosis?

c) circulatory problems

137.Different forms of a gene are called what?

d) alleles
138.During the first meiotic division, meiosis I produces two cells, each with how many chromosomes?
B. 23

139.____ can specialize to be ANY cell type.

B) Totipotent

140.How are gametes created?

A) Meiosis

141.) The smallest kind of vein is a:

d.) venule

142.) heart is a:
a.) muscular pump

143.)______ are microscopic blood vessels that connect aryerioles and venules:
c.) capillaries
144.) high blood pressure, also called ______, is sometimes called the silent killer
a.) hypertension

145. How is oxygen carried throughout the body?

A.Oxygen is carried from the alveoli throughout the body by the blood.

146. Where are our Olfactory Receptors located?

B.On the mucous membranes high in the nasal cavities behind the nose.

147. Which is NOT included in the upper respiratory system:

D. Sinuses

148. What does the Trachea do?

C. The Trachea is a tube that conducts air between the outside o...f the body and the lungs.

149.To work, the heart needs:

b. nutrients and oxygen... Read More

150.When it comes to blood pressure, someone is likely to "brag" about having which of the following:
b. low blood pressure

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

e. all of the above