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Semester 2 final
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Anatomy
12th Grade
05/18/2009

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The term central nervous system refers to the:
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The brain and spinal cord
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Which of the following are touch receptors:
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meissner's corpuscles
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The groove seperating the cerebral hemispheres is the:
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Longitudional fissure
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Control of tempature, endocrine activity, and thirst are functions associated with the:
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Hypothalamus
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The vital centers for the control of heart rate, resperation, and blood pressure are located in the:
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medulla oblongata
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The functions of the vestubulocochlear nerver concern
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hearing and balance
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The nerver that contains motor fibers that activate chewing is
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cranial nerve 5
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Spinal nerves exiting the cord from the level L4 to S4 form the
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sacral plexus
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The posterior side of the leg and foot is served by which nerve?
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Tibial
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Which of the following numbers of pairs of spinal nerves is correct
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twelve thorasic
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the scieaic nerve is a combination of which two nerves?
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femoral and tibial nerves
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Which of the following is NOT a nerve plexus
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thoracic
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The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the
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autonomic nervous system
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In contrast to the somatic nervous system the autonomic nervous system
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has two motor neurons
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Which of the effectors is NOT directly controlled by the autonomic nervous system
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skeletal muscle
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Preparing the body for the "flight or fight" responce is the role of the
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sympathetic nervous system
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The parasympathetic nervous system is characterized by paeipheral ganglia near the
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spinal cord and by short postganglionic fibers
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WHich of the following is not a result of parasympathetic stimulation
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dialation of the pupiles
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Sympathetic fibers leave the spinal cord in the
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thoracolumbar region and the postganglionic fibers secrete norepinephrine
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Sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes
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increase blood glucose decreased GI peristalsis and increased heart rate and blood pressure
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Normal blood contains __ g of hemoglobin per 100 ml
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12-18
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Leukocyte production is stimulated by
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colony stimulating factors and interleukins
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Proper sequence of hemostasis
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platlet plug formation, vascular spasm, coagulation
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During vascluar spasm phase of hemostasis which chemiacal is released to brin about vasoconstriction
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sertonin
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Thromboplastin and PF3 interact to form
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Prothrobin activator
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A clot formed during the process of hemostasis is called
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thromboplastin
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The atria of the heart
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are located superiorly and are the recieving chambers of the heart
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Which recivieves blood directly from the four pulmonary veins?
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left atrium
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Which of the following are not part of systemic circulation
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pulmonary arteries
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The aortic semilunar valve is composed of
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three cusps and opens when the right atrium contracts
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Blood enters which of these vessels during ventricular systole
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both a and c
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When considering the lub dub heart sounds
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1st one is longer and louder (Av valves) and 2nd shorter and sharper(semilunar valves
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An increase in parasympathetic nervous system activity causes
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a decrease in heart rate and an increase in cardiac output
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A decrease in venous return to the heart causes
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a decrease in stroke volume and an increse in cardiac output
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Vasoconstriction occurs as a result of
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an increase in symparthetic nervous system firing
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Which of the following is the function of renin and adolstrone
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they are produced whenever blood pressure falls and ultimately cause an increase in blood volume and blood pressure
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Which is the following are the functions of renin and angiotension II
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they are produced whenever blood pressure falls and cause vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure
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Substances tend to leave the bloodstream at the arterial end of the capillary because
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Varicose veins
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imcompetent veins
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When relaxed the alimentary canal is about
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30 ft long
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Which of the following is continious with the esophagus
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larngopharynx
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Which is not a layer of the almintary canal?
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muscularis interna
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The submucosal and myenteric nerve plexuses are part of the
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autonomic nervous system
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When full the stomach cna hold approx
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4liters of food
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Which is not true about the stomach
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start digestin starts here
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The primary function fo the small intestine
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food absorbtion
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