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Practice final part 1 - Shea

Practice test for physiology final at West Coast University, Ontario. Professor Shea's class, February 2010 semester.



1)

What is energy in muscle stored as?

 
 
 
 

2)

What are carbohydrates converted into?

 
 
 
 

3)

What type of sensory receptor responds to pressure?

 
 
 
 
 

4)

What type of sensory receptor detects the position of your body?

 
 
 
 
 

5)

The release of insulin in response to glucose is an example of?

 
 

6)

What type of sensory receptor are taste buds?

 
 
 
 
 

7)

The release of milk in response to a baby suckling is an example of?

 
 

8)

What kind of sensory receptors are in the eyes?

 
 
 
 
 

9)

What type of sensory receptor responds to heat?

 
 
 
 
 

10)

What is the function of bile salt?

 
 
 
 

11)

What is the increase of blood vessel diameter?

 
 

12)

What structure in the brain allows the two hemispheres to communicate?

 
 
 
 

13)

The peripheral chemoreceptors are?

 
 
 
 

14)

The central chemoreceptors are?

 
 
 
 

15)

What are you reading in blood pressure?

 
 
 
 

16)

True or false. Glycolysis is the conversion of glucose into pyruvate or lactic acid.

 
 

17)

True or False. The Kreb's cycle is used during anaerobic respiration.

 
 

18)

What are the three parts of a reflex arc?

 
 
 
 

19)

What percentage of O2 is transported by hemoglobin?

 
 
 
 

20)

What is the percentage of CO2 carried by hemoglobin?

 
 
 
 

21)

The conducting zone of the respiratory tract is responsible for?

 
 
 
 

22)

The respiratory zone is responsible for?

 
 
 
 
 

23)

What system requires continuous glucose?

 
 
 
 

24)

What is initiated if a stimulus reaches threshold?

 
 
 
 

25)

This disease is characterized by loss of lung elasticity and destruction of alveoli.

 
 
 

26)

This disease is characterized by scarring of the lung tissue.

 
 
 

27)

This disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the airways.

 
 
 

28)

This is responsible for the movement of food the the GI tract.

 
 

29)

This is responsible for mixing food in the GI tract.

 
 

30)

What is NOT an accessory organ of the digestive system?

 
 
 
 
 
 

31)

Where does most of the absorption of nutrients occur in the digestive system?

 
 
 
 

32)

What type of hormone is made by cells with large amounts of smooth ER?

 
 
 

33)

This type of hormone is mostly derived from tyrosine.

 
 
 

34)

This type of hormone constitutes the majority of hormones. They are water soluble and have a short half-life.

 
 
 

35)

Signal molecules bind to receptors in/on?

 
 
 
 

36)

What causes depolarization of cell?

 
 
 
 

37)

What causes repolarization of a cell?

 
 
 
 

38)

What is responsible for secreting HCl?

 
 
 
 

39)

What does NOT affect basal metabolic rate?

 
 
 
 
 
 

40)

What system is responsible for communication and control of physiological processes using hormones?

 
 
 
 

41)

Where do carbohydrates get broken down?

 
 
 
 
 
 

42)

Where do fats get broken down?

 
 
 
 
 
 

43)

What is/are the function(s) of the liver?

 
 
 
 
 
 

44)

What is the neurotransmitter involved in muscle contraction?

 
 
 
 

45)

What attaches to myosin to release it from actin?

 
 
 
 

46)

What is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to move tropomyosin from actin-myosin binding sites?

 
 
 
 

47)

What is released by myosin during the power stroke?

 
 
 
 

48)

What enzyme catalyzes the conversion of CO2 and H20 into H+ and HCO3-?

 
 
 
 

49)

What is not a primary function of the respiratory system?

 
 
 
 
 

50)

What is stored as reserve energy for muscle?

 
 
 
 


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