FREE PHYSIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VICKIE

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FREE PHYSIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VICKIE

BROWN EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -307 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Epidemiology is the study of the _____ of diseases in human populations.

Answer:

occurrence, distribution, and transmission

Question 2: The humerus articulates proximally with the clavicle.

Answer:

False

Question 3: Why are osteocytes spread out in bone tissue?

Answer:

Formation of osteoid spreads out the osteoblasts that formed the ossification centers.Question 4: Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join the cells together?

Answer:

Stratum spinosum

Question 5: What structure is formed by the union of the basal and reticular lamina?

Answer:

Basement membrane

Question 6: Which of the following terms is synonymous with tumor?

Answer:

Neoplasm

Question 7: In endochondral ossification, what happens to the chondrocytes?

Answer:

They die in the calcified matrix that surrounds them and form the medullary cavity Question 8: The formation of sucrose involves the removal of a molecule of water. This is called

Answer:

dehydration synthesis

Question 9: Which of the following is not a part of the neuromuscular junction?

Answer:

T-tubules Question 10: If one side of a DNA molecule is CTAGGCTG, the other side would be:

Answer:

GATCCGAC

Question 11: The ability of muscle cells to respond to nerve stimuli is called:

Answer:

irritability.

Question 12: In the DNA molecule, a sequence of three base pairs forms a(n)

Answer:

codon

Question 13: Hematopoiesis is carried out in the:

Answer:

red bone marrow Question 14: The component that distinguishes one nucleotide from another is the

Answer:

nitrogen base Question 15: Intracellular parasites that consist of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat

and sometimes by a lipoprotein envelope are called:

Answer:

viruses

Question 16: Which is not a function of epithelial tissue?

Answer:

Assimilation Question 17: Which cells form the blood-brain barrier that protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood?

Answer:

Astrocytes Question 18: The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when

a hydrostatic pressure gradient exists across the membrane is the process of:

Answer:

filtration

Question 19: Which of the following is not a function of the skin?

Answer:

Synthesis of vitamin E Question 20: If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operated as a negative-feedback control loop, what effect would it have on uterine contractions

Answer:

Oxytocin would inhibit uterine contractions.

Question 21: Which is not part of a hair?

Answer:

Lanugo

Question 22: The following are functions of bone except for

Answer:

support, protection, mineral storage, hematopoiesis Question 23: The lactate produced by anaerobic respiration is converted back to glucose in the:

Answer:

liver

Question 24: Positive-feedback control systems

Answer:

accelerate a change Question 25: If red blood cells containing 10% solute are placed in a solution containing 10% solute, what will happen?

Answer:

Water will move into and out of the cells at equal rates

Question 26: Which of the following statements is true?

Answer:

The site of transcription is within the nucleus, whereas the site of translation is in the cytoplasm

Question 27: Which subtype of fibrous joints is found only in the skull?

Answer:

suture Question 28: Which of the following is not one of the major functions of muscles?

Answer:

Protection