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

a) renal cortex
b) medulla oblongata
c) the pelvis
d) kidney muscularis
e) aorta
answer: A

2. The kidneys regulate:

a) excretion
b) the collecting duct
c) amount of water and substances that are removed to and from the blood
d)how urine will leave the body
e) the breakdown of amino acid
answer: C

3. What hormone is released by the kidneys?

a. adrenaline
b. calcitonin
c. erythropoietin
d. insulin
e. oxytocin
answer :C

4. The function (s) of nephrons include:

A. glomerular Filtration
B. Tubular Reabsorption
C. Tubular Secretion
D. All of the Above
E. None of the Above
answer: D

5. Which of the following is a mechanism to move blood from the lower parts of the
body toward the heart?
a. Valves in veins prevent backflow of blood
b. Contraction of skeletal muscle squeeze veins
c. Breathing causes pressure changes that move blood toward the heart
d. all of the above
answer: D

6. What are the two circuits through which blood flows through the heart?
a) the pulmonary circuit and systematic circuit
b) the myocardium circuit and systemic circuit
c) the the atrium circuit and the pulmonary circuit
d) the pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit
answer: D

7. A larger-diameter muscular tube that transports blood away from the heart
toward the cells of body tissues is called________.
a)Vein
B)Artery
C)Capillary
D)Venule
answer: B

8. What is the smallest kind of vein

a. artery
b. venule
c. arteriole
d. heart
e. lungs
answer: B

9. How large is the human heart?

a. watermelon
b. fist
c. It greatly varies
d. golf ball
e. marble
answer: B

10. What is the single greatest killer of men and women in the United States?
a. car accidents
b. marijuana
c. cardiocascular disease
d. aids
e. cigarettes
answer: C

1. The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath is called

a. inspiratory reserve volume
b. tidal volume
c. expiratory volume
d. vital capacity
e. residual volume
answer: b
2. What is a process of the respiratory system?
a. breathing
b. external respiration
c. gas transport
d. internal respiration
e. all of the above
answer: e

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

a. filtration and cleansing
b. breathing
c. conditioning the air
d. olfaction
answer: b

4. What adjustable passageway produces the voice?

a. the larynx
b. the bronchial tree
c. the pharynx
d. the eustachian tubes
answer: a

1. Which part of the lower respiratory system serves as the main airway and
consists of a tube reinforced with c-shaped rings of cartilage?
a) Alveoli
b) Trachea
c) Larynx
d) Epiglottis
e) Bronchi
ANSWER: B

2. Which of the following is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the
lungs and the blood?
A. Breathing
B. External respiration
C. Gas transport
D. Internal respiration
ANSWER: B

3. What is the boxlike structure composed of mostly cartilage that functions as a

"traffic director" for materials passing through the neck?
A. Pharynx
B. Epiglottis
C. Larynx
D. Glottis
E. Bronchial tree
ANSWER: C

1.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
b.Step Two: Fertilization
c.Step Three: Cleavage
d.Step Four: Morula
e.Step Five: Blastocyast
answer: A

2.By day 4, successive divisions produce a morula, a solid ball of cells that enter the
uterus.
a.One: Ovulation
b.Step Two: Fertilization
c.Step Three: Cleavage
d.Step Four: Morula
e.Step Five: Blastocyast
Answer: D

3. A single sperm Penetrates the secondary oocyte. Eventually, the sperm and egg
nicleui will fuse, resulting in a fertilized egg or zygote.
a. Step One: Ovulation
b. Step Two: Fertilization
c. Step Three: Cleavage
d. Step Four: Morula
e. Step Five: Blastocyast
Answer: B

1. In what part of the male reproductive system are sperm stored and mature?
a. penis
b. urethra
c. epididymus
d. vas deferans
ANSWER C

2. What is the most common cancer for males, ages 15-35?

a. lung cancer
b. testicular cancer
c. cervical cancer
d. prostate cancer
ANSWER B
3. What are the two gamete cells?
a. androgen and testosterone
b. sperm and egg
c. zygotes
d. estrogen and progesterone
ANSWER B

1. What are the only three chromosomes that can be tolerated in excess?
A.21, 13, 18
B.13, 15, 16
C.21, 22, 23
D.1, 2, 3
E.2, 4, 6
Answer : A

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

A.AA
B.Aa
C.aa
D.aA
E.none of the above
Answer: C

3. The genotype of both parents are Aa, what’s the chance of the offspring has
genotype of aa?
A.1/2
B.1/4
C.1/6
D.0
E.1
Answer: B

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

A)Pre embryonic period
B)Embryonic period
C)Postnatal period
D)Fetal period
E)Period
Answer:C

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

A)I have no idea.
B)24 hours after fertilization.
C)40 days after fertilization.
D)10 weeks after fertilization.
E)38 weeks after fertilization.
Answer:E

3)The early stage in the reproductive process include:

A)Ovulation
B)Fertilization
C)Cleavage
D)Morula
E)All of the above
Answer:E

4)Which is the first stage of labor?

A)Dilation stage
B)Expulsion stage
C)Placental stage
D)Parental stage
E)None of the above
Answer:A

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

A. 45
B. 23
C. 28
D. 22
Answer: B

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

A. Mitosis
B. Nondisjunction
C. Trisomy
D. Crossing Over
Answer: C

3. How many stages does mitosis have?

A. 1
B. 12
C. 8
D. 4
Answer: D

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

A. Interphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
Answer: D

5. Three copies of chromosome 21 causes:

A. Turner Syndrome
B. Klinefelter Syndrome
C. Down Syndrome
D. Tay-Sachs Disease
E. All of the above
Answer: C

6. How many spermatozoas and eggs will be produced in the end of

spermatogenesis and oogenesis?
A. 4, 4
B. 1, 4
C. 1, 1
D. 4, 1
E. 3, 1
Answer: D

7. Chromosomes always consist of:

A. DNA
B. Proteins
C. Nutrients
D. Mutations
E. A & B
Answer: E

8. The daughter cells produced in meiosis are genetically:

A. Mutated
B. Dissimilar
C. Identical
D. Similar
E. A & B
Answer: B

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

a) a balloon
b) a grapelike cluster
c) foam rubber
d) coral
Correct answer: C

2. Pneumonia can be caused by:

a) radiation, chemicals, or allergies
b) fungi or protozoans
c) bacteria or viruses
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Correct answer: D

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

a) contraction of intercostal muscles
b) contraction of the diaphragm
c) abdominal contraction
d) relaxation of the diaphragm
e)none of the above
Correct answer: D

1. What are the four processes that play a part in respiration?

A.Breathing, Diffusion, Submission, Gas Transport
B.Breathing, External respiration, Gas transport, Internal Respiration
C.Breathing, Filtration, Cleansing, Gas transport
D.External respiration, Cleansing, Carbon Exchange, Filtration
E. Chemical Reaction, Oxygen Transport, Filtration, Cleansing
Answer B

2. What makes up the upper respiratory system?

A.sinuses
B.diaphragm
C.bronchi and bronchioles
D.sinuses, nasal cavity, and pharynx
Answer D

3. The alveoli of the lungs are

A.surfaces for gas exchange
B.covered with capillaries
C.cup shaped chambers for gases to go in
D.all of the above
Answer D

4. 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
B.blood, saliva, hydrogen
C.alveoli, hemoglobin, plasma
D.brain, alveoli, hemoglobin
Answer A

1. Which of the following is not a function of the Nephrons (units of the kidneys
responsible for urine production)
A. Glomerular filtration
B. Tubular reabsorption
C. Tubular secretion
D. Glomerular homeostasis
Answer: D

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

A) Bladder
B) Kidneys
C)Ureter
D)Urethra
E) They are all components of the urinary system
Answer: E

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

A) Renal cortex
B) Renal medulla
C) Renal vein
D) Renal pelvis
Answer: C

1. What is the most common cancer in men between ages 15 and 35?
A. Colon Cancer
B. Testicular Cancer
C. Lung Cancer
D. Breast Cancer
E. All of the above
Answer: B

2. What part of the male reproductive system stores the sperm for maturation?
a) testes
b) urethra
c) epididymis
d) prostate gland
e) seminal vesicles
Answer: C
3. Which female reproductive part is located externally?
a)Labia Majora
b)Uterus
c)Cervix
d)Overies
e)None of the above
Answer: A