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Greg Rothfuss
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Question 1

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WHAT ANATOMICAL TERM PERTAINS TO THE LOWER END OF THE BODY?
Answer
  • PROXIMAL
  • DISTAL
  • INFERIOR
  • CAUDAL

Question 2

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WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF ABSORPTION, STORAGE AND USE OF FOODS FOR BODY GROWTH, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR?
Answer
  • HOMEOSTASIS
  • METABOLISM
  • DIGESTION
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 3

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WHICH OF THE BELOW IS NOT TRUE CONCERNING THE SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE, THE CELL?
Answer
  • IS MADE UP OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE, A NUCLEUS AND THE CYTOPLASM
  • IT CONTAINS 46 CHROMOSOMES
  • IT IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF A GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE, CALLED CYTOPLASM
  • THE PROTOPLASM IS CONTAINED BY THE PLASMA MEMBRANE AND SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS

Question 4

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WHAT TYPE TISSUE ACTS AS A RESERVOIR FOR ENERGY-PRODUCING FOODS, HELPS TO REDUCE BODY HEAT LOSS BECAUSE OF ITS POOR HEAT CONDUCTIVITY, AND SERVES AS SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS ORGANS AND FRAGILE STRUCTURES SUCH AS THE KIDNEYS, BLOOD VESSELS, AND NERVES?
Answer
  • ADIPOSE
  • OSSEOUS
  • AREOLAR
  • EPITHELIAL

Question 5

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WHAT SUBSTANCE CONTAINED IN THE BONE PROVIDES FOR IT'S STRENGTH AND HARDNESS?
Answer
  • CALCIUM
  • PROTEIN
  • OSSEIN
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 6

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THE PELVIC BONES (BY THEIR SHAPE) WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS WHAT TYPE OF BONES?
Answer
  • LONG
  • SHORT
  • FLAT
  • IRREGULAR

Question 7

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BONES IS LOCATED IN THE NOSE?
Answer
  • LACRIMAL
  • PALATINE
  • VOMER
  • MALAR

Question 8

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WHAT BONE FORMS THE FOREHEAD, CONTAINS THE FRONTAL SINUSES AND HELPS FORM THE EYE SOCKET AND NASAL CAVITY?
Answer
  • TEMPORAL
  • FRONTAL
  • OCCIPITAL
  • ETHMOID

Question 9

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WHAT IS THE FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRAE WHICH SUPPORTS THE HEAD?
Answer
  • ATLAS
  • AXIS
  • FORAMEN MAGNUM
  • ZYGOMATIC PROCESS

Question 10

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THE THREE INNOMINATE BONES ARE FIRMLY UNITED INTO ONE BONE TO FORM A CUP-LIKE STRUCTURE CALLED THE:
Answer
  • SYMPHYSIS
  • ACETABULUM
  • OBTURATOR FORAMEN
  • ILIUM

Question 11

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THE PROMINENCE AT THE DISTAL END OF THE FIBULA FORMS THE OUTER ANKLE AND IS CALLED
Answer
  • LATERAL CONDYLES
  • MEDIAL CONDYLES
  • LATERAL MALLEOLUS
  • MEDIAL MALLEOLUS

Question 12

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WHICH OF THE BELOW IS NOT TRUE CONCERNING JOINT MOVEMENT?
Answer
  • CIRCUMDUCTION INVOLVES THE HIPS AND SHOULDERS
  • ABDUCTION IS MOVING AN EXTREMITY AWAY FROM THE BODY
  • GLIDING IS ONE SURFACE MOVING OVER ANOTHER WITHOUT ANY ROTARY OR ANGULAR MOTION
  • ANGULAR MOTION IS THE SIMPLEST TYPE

Question 13

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TURNING OUTWARD AS IN TURNING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT TO THE OUTSIDE WOULD BE TERMED?
Answer
  • EVERSION
  • INVERSION
  • SUPINATION
  • PRONATION

Question 14

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WHAT GIVES MUSCLES A CERTAIN FIRMNESS, OR A CONTINUED STATE OF PARTIAL CONTRACTION?
Answer
  • ISOMETRIC
  • TONICITY
  • CONTRACTABILITY
  • EXTENSIBILITY

Question 15

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WHAT IS THE LONGEST MUSCLE IN THE BODY?
Answer
  • BICEPS FEMORIS
  • TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
  • GASTROCNEMIUS AND SOLEUS
  • SARTORIUS

Question 16

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WHAT MUSCLE IS THE SITE OF CHOICE FOR MASSIVE INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS?
Answer
  • QUADRICEPS
  • BICEPS BRACHII
  • GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
  • DELTOID

Question 17

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THE CLEAR, PALE, YELLOW, LIQUID PORTION OF BLOOD AFTER COAGULATION?
Answer
  • BLOOD SERUM
  • HEMOGLOBIN
  • PLASMA
  • ERYTHROCYTES

Question 18

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WHICH OF THE BELOW IS NOT TRUE CONCERNING RED BLOOD CELLS (ERYTHROCYTES)?
Answer
  • CARBON DIOXIDE IS PICKED UP BY THE RBC'S AND DISCHARGED VIA THE LUNGS
  • NORMAL RBC COUNT IS HIGHER IN WOMEN THAN IN MEN
  • THE RBC WILL LIVE ABOUT 100-120 DAYS IN THE BODY
  • THE SPLEEN IS THE "GRAVE YARD" FOR OLD, WORN RBC'S

Question 19

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WHAT IS THE NORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT PER CUBIC MILLIMETER OF BLOOD?
Answer
  • 4,800 to 10,800
  • 15,000 TO 20,000
  • 250,000
  • 6000 TO 8000

Question 20

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THE HEART IS ENCLOSED IN A MEMBRANOUS SAC CALLED THE
Answer
  • EPICARDIUM
  • MYOCARDIUM
  • PERICARDIUM
  • ENDOCARDIUM

Question 21

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WHAT PART OF THE HEART RECEIVES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD FROM THE BODY VIA THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR VENAE CAVAE?
Answer
  • LEFT ATRIUM
  • RIGHT ATRIUM
  • LEFT VENTRICLE
  • RIGHT VENTRICLE

Question 22

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THE RELAXATION OF THE HEART, PHASE OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE IS CALLED?
Answer
  • DIASTOLE
  • SYSTOLE
  • BLOOD PRESSURE
  • DIASYSTOLE

Question 23

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WHAT VENOUS SYSTEM IS THE ONLY VEINS IN THE BODY THAT CARRY FRESHLY OXYGENATED BLOOD?
Answer
  • HEPATIC
  • SYSTEMIC
  • PORTAL
  • PULMONARY

Question 24

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WHAT VEIN IS MOST COMMONLY USED FOR IV INJECTIONS AND INFUSIONS?
Answer
  • MEDIAN CUBITAL
  • GREAT SAPHENOUS
  • CEPHALIC
  • BRACHIAL

Question 25

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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE VOICE BOX?
Answer
  • EPIGLOTTIS
  • TRACHEA
  • PHARYNX
  • LARYNX

Question 26

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WHAT IS DOME-SHAPED AND SEPARATES THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES?
Answer
  • MEDIASTINUM
  • INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES
  • DIAPHRAGM
  • LUNGS

Question 27

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THE AMOUNT OF AIR LEFT IN THE LUNGS AFTER FORCED EXPIRATION IS ABOUT 1200 ML AND IS KNOWN AS
Answer
  • INHALED AIR
  • EXHALED AIR
  • TIDAL AIR
  • RESIDUAL AIR

Question 28

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WHAT TYPE OF RESPIRATION INCREASES WITH FORCE AND FREQUENCY UP TO A CERTAIN POINT, THEN DECREASES UNTIL THEY CEASE ALTOGETHER?
Answer
  • EUPNEA
  • CHEYNE-STOKES
  • RALES
  • DYSPNEA

Question 29

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WHAT IS THE GELATINOUS SUBSTANCE SURROUNDING THE NUCLEUS?
Answer
  • CYTOPLASM
  • NUCLEOPLASM
  • DENDRITE
  • NEURON

Question 30

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THE INFERIOR PORTION OF THE BRAIN, THE LAST DIVISION BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPINAL CORD IS THE
Answer
  • PONS
  • MEDULLA OBLONGATA
  • CEREBRUM
  • CEREBELLUM

Question 31

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WHAT PART OF THE BRAIN IS CHIEFLY CONCERNED WITH BRINGING BALANCE, HARMONY, AND COORDINATION TO THE BODY?
Answer
  • CEREBRUM
  • CEREBELLUM
  • PONS
  • MEDULLA OBLONGATA

Question 32

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WHAT NERVOUS SYSTEM INCREASES THE ACTIVITY OF THE BODY TO ENABLE IT TO MEET DANGER OR UNDERGO STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE “FIGHT OR FLIGHT” NERVOUS SYSTEM
Answer
  • SYMPATHETIC
  • AUTONOMIC
  • PARASYMPATHETIC
  • PERIPHERAL

Question 33

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WHAT NERVE CONTROLS THE MUSCLES THAT TURN THE EYEBALL DOWN AND TO THE SIDE?
Answer
  • OPTIC
  • ACCESSORY
  • TROCHLEAR
  • FACIAL

Question 34

Question
WHAT NERVE GOVERNS SENSATION OF THE FOREHEAD AND FACE AND THE CLENCHING OF THE JAW?
Answer
  • GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL
  • VAGUS
  • TRIGEMINAL
  • OCULOMOTOR

Question 35

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WHAT IS THE PIGMENTED MUSCULAR STRUCTURE THAT GIVES COLOR TO THE EYE?
Answer
  • AQUEOUS HUMOR
  • SCLERA
  • CHOROID
  • IRIS

Question 36

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WHAT HAS THE MOST BEARING FOR THE ABILITY OF A PERSON TO SEE DURING THE DAYTIME?
Answer
  • VITREOUS HUMOR
  • CHOROID
  • RODS
  • CONES

Question 37

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WHAT EAR OSSICLE IS ATTACHED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE EARDRUM AND CONNECTS WITH THE INCUS?
Answer
  • INCUS (ANVIL)
  • MALLEUS (HAMMER)
  • STAPES (STIRRUP)
  • MALLEOLUS (MEDIAL)

Question 38

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WHAT ENDOCRINE GLAND IS OFTEN CALLED THE MASTER GLAND OF THE BODY, BECAUSE IT INFLUENCES MOST OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS?
Answer
  • PITUITARY
  • THYROID
  • PARATHYROID
  • ADRENAL

Question 39

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AN OVER PRODUCTION OF WHICH HORMONE CAUSES ACROMEGALY, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABNORMALLY LARGE HANDS, FEET AND JAW?
Answer
  • SOMATOTROPIN
  • THYROTROPIN
  • OXYTOCIN
  • GONADOTROPIN

Question 40

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WHAT CONDITION IS CAUSED BY LACK OF ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH)?
Answer
  • SUGAR DIABETES
  • DIABETES MELLITUS
  • DIABETES INSIPIDUS
  • HYPOTHYROIDISM

Question 41

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WHAT HORMONE REGULATES THE CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS CONTENT OF BLOOD AND BONES?
Answer
  • TESTOSTERONE
  • PARATHORMONE
  • ANDROGENS
  • PROGESTERONE

Question 42

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WHAT IS SOMETIMES CALLED SALT AND WATER HORMONES BECAUSE THEY REGULATE THE EXCRETION AND ABSORPTION OF SODIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM AND WATER?
Answer
  • ESTROGENS
  • THYROXIN
  • GLUCOCORTICOIDS
  • MINERALOCORTICOIDS

Question 43

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THE ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS (LOCATED IN THE PANCREAS) CONTAINS WHAT CELL THAT SECRETES INSULIN, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM?
Answer
  • BETA
  • ALPHA
  • GAMMA
  • GLUCAGON

Question 44

Question
WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE IN THEIR NATURAL ORDER?
Answer
  • JEJUNUM, ILEUM AND DUODENUM
  • DUODENUM, ILEUM AND JEJUNUM
  • LEUM, JEJUNUM AND DUODENUM
  • DUODENUM, JEJUNUM AND ILEUM

Question 45

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THE SEROUS MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY IS KNOWN AS THE:
Answer
  • CECUM
  • MESENTERY
  • PERITONEUM
  • PERIOSTEUM

Question 46

Question
WHAT IS THE MUSCULAR RING AT THE DUODENAL END OF THE STOMACH, WHICH PREVENTS IT’S CONTENTS FROM ESCAPING?
Answer
  • CARDIAC SPHINCTER
  • PYLORIC SPHINCTER
  • ESOPHAGUS
  • APPENDIX

Question 47

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THE PEAR SHAPED SAC USUALLY STAINED DARK GREEN BY THE BILE IT CONTAINS IS THE:
Answer
  • GALLBLADDER
  • LIVER
  • APPENDIX
  • COLON

Question 48

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WHAT IS THE NORMAL DAILY URINE VOLUME FOR ADULTS?
Answer
  • 250 TO 600 ML (400 AVERAGE)
  • 500 TO 1200 ML (800 AVERAGE)
  • 550 TO 1850 ML (1,250 AVERAGE)
  • 600 TO 2,000 (1,500 AVERAGE)

Question 49

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WHAT ORGAN REMOVES EXCESS SUBSTANCES FROM BLOOD TO FORM URINE?
Answer
  • KIDNEYS
  • URETERS
  • URETHRA
  • MEDULLA

Question 50

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THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEY IS CALLED A
Answer
  • NEPHRON
  • MEDULLARY SUBSTANCE
  • MALPIGHIAN BODY
  • LOOP OF HENLE

Question 51

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WHICH OF THE BELOW IS NOT TRUE CONCERNING THE KIDNEY?
Answer
  • THEY ARE EFFECTIVE BLOOD PURIFIERS AND FLUID BALANCE REGULATORS
  • UREMIA IS CAUSED WHEN THE KIDNEYS FAIL TO REMOVE WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE BLOOD
  • AN ESTIMATED 5,000 GALLONS OF BLOOD PASS THROUGH THE KIDNEYS IN A 24 HOURS
  • REMOVAL OF NITROGENOUS WASTE PRODUCTS FROM BLOOD IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEY

Question 52

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WHAT IS THE SMALL TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE EPIDIDYMIS AND THE EJACULATORY DUCT?
Answer
  • SEMINAL VESICLES
  • VAS DEFERENS
  • EPIDIDYMIS
  • SPERMATIC CORD

Question 53

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THE CHESTNUT-SHAPED GLAND THAT SECRETES A SLIGHTLY ACIDIC FLUID TO KEEP THE SPERM MOBILE IS CALLED:
Answer
  • BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS
  • DUCTUS DEFERENS
  • COWPER’S GLAND
  • PROSTATE GLAND

Question 54

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FERTILIZATION OF AN OVUM NORMALLY TAKE PLACE IN THE:
Answer
  • VAGINA
  • OVARIES
  • FALLOPIAN TUBES
  • UTERUS

Question 55

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WHAT PART OF THE UTERUS (WOMB) IS THE LOWER ONE-THIRD PORTION THAT PROJECTS INTO THE UPPER PART OF THE VAGINA?
Answer
  • CERVIX
  • BODY
  • EXTERNAL ORIFICE
  • VULVA
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