Deck 3: Human Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

What is blood pressure?

A)the pressure of blood on the heart muscle
B)the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins
C)the pressure of blood on the walls of veins only
D)the pressure of blood on the walls of arteries only

Answer 1

the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins

Question 2

Which one of following is called pace maker of the heart?

A)SA node
B)AV node
C)Chordae tendianae
D)AV septum

Answer 2

SA node

Question 3

Blood groups in man were discovered by

A)Mendel
B)Francis Nelson
C)S. Miller
D)Landsteiner

Answer 3

Landsteiner

Question 4

Rh factor was discovered by

A)William Harvey
B)Landsteiner
C)Robert Hook
D)C. De Duve

Question 5

Rh factor is named after

A)Drosophila
B)a Monkey
C)a Rat
D)a Man

Question 6

Excretion means

A)removal of substances present in excess
B)formation of those substances that have some role in the body
C)removal of such substances that have never been part of the body
D)all of the above

Question 7

A mammal excretes nitrogen in the form of

A)ammonium ions
B)amino acids
C)urea
D)uric acid

Question 8

Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their work is supplemented by

A)liver
B)heart
C)large intestine
D)skin

Question 9

The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the

A)ureter
B)nephron
C)malpighian tubule
D)islets of Langerhans

Question 10

The two kidneys lie

A)at the level of ovaries
B)at the same level
C)left kidney at a higher level than the right one
D)right kidney at a higher level than the left one

Question 11

Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is

A)reasbsorption of salts
B)urine formation through blood filtration
C)urine collection
D)all of the above

Question 12

The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs in

A)loop of Henle
B)first half of proximal tubule
C)distal convoluted tubule
D)proximal part of collecting ducts

Question 13

Strongest cartilage is

A)hyaline cartilage
B)fibrous cartilage
C)elastic cartilage
D)none of the above

Question 14

Striated muscles are found in

A)gallbladder
B)wall of bladder
C)leg muscles
D)lungs

Question 15

Strongest muscle in the body is present in

A)arm
B)jaw
C)thigh
D)neck

Question 16

Axial skeleton in man is made up of

A)126 bones
B)100 bones
C)103 bones
D)80 bones

Question 17

Skull of man is made up of

A)10 bones
B)22 bones
C)30 bones
D)24 bones

Question 18

In man ribs are attached to

A)calvicle
B)ileum
C)sternum
D)scapula

Question 19

The smallest bone in mammals is

A)septomaxillary
B)dentary
C)femur
D)stapes

Question 20

The longest cell in the body of an animal is

A)osteocytes
B)neuron
C)chromatophores
D)lymph corpuscles

Question 21

Which cell stops dividing after birth?

A)glial cells
B)epithelium
C)liver
D)neuron

Question 22

The largest number of cells bodies of neurons in our body is found in

A)brain
B)spinal cord
C)tongue
D)retina

Question 23

Which part of human brain is more developed in comparison of others?

A)cerebrum
B)cerebellum
C)optic lobes
D)medulla oblongata

Question 24

Which part of mammalian brain controls the muscular co-ordination?

A)cerebrum
B)cerebellum
C)corpus callosum
D)medulla oblongata