ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I
SEMINAR -9
Final Exam REVIEW
RENITA K HOLMES, MSN, RN
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY
Welcome to Unit 9 Seminar
• Final Exam Review
Review
• Reading: Review Chapters 7-10 in preparation
for the Final Exam
Final Exam
• The Final Exam will cover the assigned readings from
Units 6-9 of the course.
• There will be 100 questions of the true/false, multiple
choice and diagram question.
• Each question is worth 1 point for a total of 100 points.
• You will have 3 hours to complete the exam.
UNITS 6-7 REVIEW
QUESTION
• True or False. Another name for a muscle cell is
a muscle fiber.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. The accepted explanation for how
skeletal muscle contracts is known as the
"sliding filament model".
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. A synergist is a muscle that helps
the prime mover or agonist produce a given
movement.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. Contractions of skeletal muscle
can be voluntarily controlled
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. A continuous low strength muscle
contraction called tonic contraction enables us
to maintain body posture.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. Poor body posture causes fatigue
and may lead to deformity
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. Proper exercise will strengthen
muscles, improve breathing and improve the
efficiency of the heart.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. The hypothalamus plays a role in
maintaining body water balance and
maintaining body temperature
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. The thalamus is involved with the
association of senses with emotions. For
example, a certain aroma may bring back
pleasant childhood memories of grandma baking
cookies.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. An individual with a tumor in his
cerebellum may have problems with
coordination and keeping his balance
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• True or False. The blood brain barrier (BBB)
separates the blood from nervous tissue to
protect the brain from harmful chemicals that
may be in the blood.
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• The organs of the nervous system include all of
the following EXCEPT:
a) Nerves
b) Brain
c) Spinal cord
d) Sensory organs
e) Glands
RESPONSE
• e. Glands
QUESTION
• The brain and spinal cord are part of the:
a) Central nervous system
b) Lateral nervous system
c) Peripheral nervous system
d) Collateral nervous system
RESPONSE
• a. Central
nervous system
QUESTION
• Which one of the following is NOT a part of a
neuron?
a) Cell body
b) Axon
c) Dendrite
d) Axite
RESPONSE
• d. Axite
QUESTION
• Which one of the following is NOT a glial cell?
a) Astrocyte
b) Neuron
c) Oligodendrocytes
d) Microglia
RESPONSE
b. Neuron
QUESTION
• An electrical impulse or action potential travels
down a myelinated axon by "jumping" from
node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier. This is
called:
a) absolute conduction
b) majority conductance
c) necessary conductance
d) saltatory conductance
RESPONSE
• d. saltatory
conductance
QUESTION
• Chemicals that are stored in the presynaptic
neuron and cross the synaptic cleft to the
postsynaptic neuron are called
a) Neurotransmitters
b) Hormones
c) Enzymes
d) Catalysts
e) None of the above
RESPONSE
• a. Neurotransmitters
QUESTION
• Dendrites
a) carry messages away from the nerve cell body
b) carry messages toward the nerve cell body
c) both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
RESPONSE
b. carry messages toward the
nerve cell body
QUESTION
• Spaces in the brain that contain cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF)
a) Chambers
b) Ventricles
c) Atria
d) Vacuoles
RESPONSE
b. Ventricles
QUESTION
• The function of oligodendrocytes is:
a) to produce myelin in the CNS (central
nervous system
b) to produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
c) to replace dead neurons
d) to absorb cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
RESPONSE
a. to produce myelin in the CNS
(central nervous system
UNIT 8 REVIEW
QUESTION
• Rods and cones are receptors found in the:
a) Nose
b) Tongue
c) Eye
d) Ear
RESPONSE
c. Eye
QUESTION
• TRUE OR FALSE. Corneal transplants have a
high rate of success because of a lack of blood
vessels to the eye
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• TRUE OR FALSE. Corneal transplants have a
high rate of success because of a lack of blood
vessels to the eye
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• TRUE OR FALSE. A person with 20-100 vision
can see objects at 20 feet that someone with
normal vision can see at 100 feet
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• TRUE OR FALSE. An individual whose visual
acuity is worse than 20-200 after correction is
considered legally blind
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• TRUE OR FALSE. Infection can spread from the
throat to the ears or the ears to the throat
because the eustachian or auditory tube
connects the throat to the middle ear
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• Photoreceptors are found on the:
a) Choroid layer
b) Iris
c) Uvea
d) Retina
e) Sclera
RESPONSE
d. Retina
QUESTION
• Which photoreceptors are best suited for seeing
colors?
a) Rods
b) Cones
RESPONSE
b. Cones
QUESTION
• The "blind spot", where the optic nerve exits the
eyeball:
a) Fovia centralis
b) Optic disc
c) Fossa centralis
d) Foramen ovale
e) None of the above
RESPONSE
b. Optic disc
QUESTION
• The fluid found in front of the lens:
a) Aqueous humor
b) synovial fluid
c) amniotic fluid
d) Vitreous humor
RESPONSE
a. Aqueous humor
QUESTION
• The fluid found in back of the lens:
a) Aqueous humor
b) synovial fluid
c) amniotic fluid
d) Vitreous humor
RESPONSE
d. Vitreous humor
QUESTION
• If drainage of the aqueous humor is blocked,
intraocular pressure may increase resulting in:
a) a cataract
b) wet macular degeneration
c) hyperopia
d) astigmatism
e) glaucoma
RESPONSE
e. glaucoma
QUESTION
• Farsightedness:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Myopia
Astigmatism
Hyperopia
presbyopia
RESPONSE
c. Hyperopia
QUESTION
• An abnormal eye condition caused by an
irregular curvature of the lens
a) Myopia
b) Astigmatism
c) Hyperopia
d) presbyopia
RESPONSE
b. Astigmatism
UNIT 9 REVIEW
QUESTION
• True or False. Endocrine glands secrete their
products into ducts that empty onto a surface or
a cavity
RESPONSE
• False
QUESTION
• True or False. The thymus is both an endocrine
gland and part of the immune system
RESPONSE
• True
QUESTION
• A chemical substance that is secreted by an
endocrine gland and that binds to specific cell
receptors to causing a specific reaction in the
cell:
a) enzyme
b) catalyst
c) lysozyme
d) Hormone
e) None of the above
RESPONSE
d. Hormone
QUESTION
• A target cell?
a) Is an immature pancreatic cell
b) Is a cell that responds to a specific hormone
c) Is destroyed by insulin
d) Is another name for the ovum since it is the
"target" of a sperm cell
e) None of the above
RESPONSE
b. a cell that responds to a
specific hormone
QUESTION
• _____Stimulates development of ovarian
follicles and secretion of estrogen
a) Oxytocin
b) Follicle stimulating hormone
c) Parathyroid hormone
d) Growth hormone
e) Antidiuretic hormone
RESPONSE
b. Follicle stimulating
hormone
QUESTION
• This gland helps to regulate the secretion of
hormones from the anterior pituitary
a) Posterior pituitary
b) Adrenal cortex
c) Hypothalamus
d) Pineal gland
e) Thyroid gland
RESPONSE
c. Hypothalamus
QUESTION
• Calcitonin is secreted by the:
a) Pituitary gland
b) Thyroid gland
c) Pineal gland
d) Ovaries
e) Testes
RESPONSE
b. Thyroid gland
QUESTION
• Aldosterone is secreted by the:
a) pituitary gland
b) Thyroid gland
c) Adrenal cortex
d) Adrenal medulla
e) Pineal gland
RESPONSE
c. Adrenal cortex
QUESTION
• Which one of the following is NOT an endocrine
gland?
a) adrenal gland
b) salivary glands
c) Pituitary gland
d) Pineal gland
e) hypothalmus
RESPONSE
b. salivary glands
QUESTION
• Glucagon has the opposite effect of which one of
the following hormones
a) Melatonin
b) Growth hormone
c) Oxytocin
d) Insulin
e) Parathyroid hormone
RESPONSE
d. Insulin
END OF REVIEW