Free phagocytes found in the air sacs of the lungs are called
A) alveolar macrophages.
B) histiocytes.
C) Kupffer cells.
D) pleurocytes.
E) microglia.
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Question 2) Why is it that one cannot identify the location of internal organs, although joints and bone location can be identified?
A) The internal organs have no proprioceptors like joints, bones, and muscles.
B) Internal organs have no pain receptors.
C) Although internal organs have some receptors, the information is not interpreted by the brain.
D) Internal organs have no receptors of any kind.
E) Sensory information from internal organs is processed by a different part of the brain than the joints, bones, and muscles.
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Question 3) ________ are fixed macrophages found in the liver.
A) Astrocytes
B) Oligodendrocytes
C) Microglia
D) Kupffer cells
E) Ventricular macrophages
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Question 4) Chemoreceptors are located in all of the following except
A) carotid bodies.
B) aortic bodies.
C) the skin.
D) the organs of taste.
E) the organs of smell.
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Question 5) Fixed macrophages that are found in the central nervous system are called
A) astrocytes.
B) oligodendrocytes.
C) microglia.
D) Kupffer cells.
E) ventricular macrophages.
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Question 6) For the last few weeks, you have had an odd sensation on your upper thigh. When you touch the naked skin, it feels very strange, like you are touching your skin through layers of cloth. The surrounding area feels normal. Your doctor thinks that this may be related to spinal nerve damage related to a herniated disc. The doctor calls this change in sensation
A) paresthesia.
B) anesthesia.
C) hypesthesia.
D) synesthesia.
E) kinesthesia.
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Question 7) The phagocytic antigen-presenting cells belong to the ________ group.
A) tumor-suppressing
B) complement
C) interferon
D) monocyte-macrophage
E) lymphatic
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Question 8) Which of the following is a property of thermoreceptors?
A) involves specialized receptors
B) monitor heat stimuli, not cold
C) found in skin only
D) project to reticular formation
E) cold receptors are less numerous than warm receptors
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Question 9) The first line of cellular defense against pathogens are the
A) T cells.
B) B cells.
C) NK cells.
D) phagocytes.
E) plasma cells.
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Question 10) ________ are receptors in the aorta that monitor the blood pressure.
A) Chemoreceptors
B) Nociceptors
C) Baroreceptors
D) Proprioceptors
E) Hair cells
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