HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3
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1. the somatic nervous system is associated with what:
Answer:
voluntary control of body movements
2. the autonomic nervous system is associated with what:
Answer:
controls visceral functions
3. the circulatory system contains one primary organ, what is it?:
Answer:
heart
4. what produces saliva:
Answer:
the three salivary glands
5. what type of epithelial cells are thin, flat, and often bulge around the
nucleus:
Answer:
squamous cell
6. what type of cells have four or more sides with irregularly angular shapes-:
Answer:
polygonal cells
7. dendrites transmit nerve pulses the cell body:
Answer:
,toward
8. what is a follicle:
Answer:
a small secretory cavity, sac or gland
9. what are the four fundamental types of tissue:
Answer:
epithelial, muscle, nerve, and connective
10. what part of the brain is responsible for controlling ones heart rate?: -
Answer:
medulla oblongata
11. what is used during mastication in order to reduce food material into
smaller particles:
Answer:
Teeth
12. joints made of tough collagen fibers are known as fibrous joints. what is
anexample of a fibrous joint?:
Answer:
sutures of the skull
13. the double-layered membrane that surrounds the heart is known as?:
Answer:
pericardium
14. what are the organs of the urinary system?:
Answer:
kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
15. Nutrient absorption is a principal function of which system?:
,Answer:
the digestive system
16. what is the shape of red blood cells:
Answer:
discoid
17. What is the function of Wernicke's area, and where is it located?:
Answer:
speech comprehension and its located in the temporal lobe
18. the styloglossus muscle is located where and what does it do?:
Answer:
It elevates the tongue, its located from the styloid process of the temporal bone to
the tongue
19. Neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils are a collection of white blood
cellsthat are known as?:
Answer:
Granulocytes
20. Which organ systems principal function is protection, water
retention,thermoregulation, vitamin d, synthesis, cutaneous sensation.:
Answer:
integumentary system
21. what type of white blood cell accounts for the largest percentage?:
Answer:
neutrophils. 50-70%
22. The thyrotrophic-releasing, growth hormone-release, corticotrophin-releasing,
and gonadotrophin-release hormones are released by which endocrine
system gland?:
мHypothalamus
, 23. What hormone does the pineal gland release:
Answer:
melatonin
24. what does the pituitary gland produce:
Answer:
growth hormone
25. what is known as the smallest artery?:
Answer:
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