BIO 255 Final Exam – Questions With Solutions
Embryology refers to ✔️Ans - study of developmental changes from
fertilization to birth.
Tissues are composed of
(Choose the highest level of structural organization found in tissues.) ✔️Ans
- cells
Which is one role of the reproductive system? ✔️Ans - works to make our
species immortal, even if no individual lives forever
Which is one role of the lymphatic system? ✔️Ans - drains intercellular
spaces
Which is one role of the respiratory system? ✔️Ans - allows gas exchange
with the environment
In the anatomical position, your neck is ______ to your femoral region. ✔️Ans -
superior
Which term means "on the same side"? ✔️Ans - ipsilateral
Which term means "further from the midline"? ✔️Ans - lateral
An oblique plane divides the body ✔️Ans - by a diagonal cut
The hypogastric region is ✔️Ans - lower middle region just below the belly
button
Which best describes the plasma membranes of your cells? ✔️Ans -
phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins and cholesterol
Cell junctions providing an impermeable junction encircling the cell, which
inhibits movement between cells, are ✔️Ans - tight junctions.
The plasma (cell) membrane of a cell is directly surrounding the ✔️Ans -
cytoplasm
,Which structure tags proteins so they are delivered to their proper location?
✔️Ans - golgi apparatus
Which structure contains digestive hydrolytic enzymes, serving as an
intracellular digestive system? ✔️Ans - lysosome
Which would be haploid? ✔️Ans - human eggs
Implantation involves ✔️Ans - embedding of the blastula in the uterine wall.
During ____, all three germ layers are formed. ✔️Ans - Gastrulation
Many layers of cells, with rounded cells at the apical surface, found lining your
urinary bladder, comprises ✔️Ans - transitional epithelium
Which is composed of striated branched uninucleate cells under involuntary
control? ✔️Ans - cardiac muscle
An exocrine gland that discharges a secretion from the border of a cell is a
✔️Ans - merocrine gland
Which membrane is composed of keratinized squamous epithelium with
dermis connective tissue beneath? ✔️Ans - cutaneous membrane
Which skin layer is vascular and innervated? ✔️Ans - dermis
Which type of glands produce wax in your external ear canal, providing you
with additional waterproofing in this site? ✔️Ans - ceruminous glands
When an ovum is fertilized a(n) ____ is formed ✔️Ans - zygote
Which type of gland is found in the axillary region in association with terminal
hair? ✔️Ans - Apocrine
Histology refers to ✔️Ans - the study of tissues
Which best summarizes the relationship of anatomy to physiology? ✔️Ans -
form follows function
, Which is one role of the urinary system? ✔️Ans - maintains homeostasis by
excreting waste products of metabolism
Which is one role of the muscular system? ✔️Ans - allows facial expression
In the anatomical position, your thumb is ______ to your little finger. ✔️Ans -
lateral
Which term means "on the opposite side"? ✔️Ans - contralateral
The transverse plane divides the body ✔️Ans - into upper and lower
portions
Which body cavity contains the pleural and pericardial cavities? ✔️Ans -
thoracic cavity
The epigastric region is ✔️Ans - central, just below the bony thorax
Cell junctions providing a channel allowing chemical substances to pass
between cells are ✔️Ans - gap junctions
Which of these is a cellular inclusion but not an organelle? ✔️Ans - melanin
Which is NOT a direct product of meiosis? ✔️Ans - skin cells.
At the end of meiosis II, two cells are formed. The secondary oocyte and _____ .
✔️Ans - polar body
The cell makes DNA during the ___ stage of the cell cycle. ✔️Ans - S
Cytokinesis begins during which phase of mitosis? ✔️Ans - telophase
Chromosomes condense during ✔️Ans - prophase
Blood is a(n) ____ tissue. ✔️Ans - connective
A single layer of tall and narrow cells lining your intestines comprises ✔️Ans
- simple columnar epithelium.
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