The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following except the ________.
A) adrenal gland
B) smooth muscle in the walls of the aorta
C) parotid salivary gland
D) skeletal muscle in the rectus abdominis
E) cardiac muscle in the right atrium
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Question 2) The innermost connective tissue layer protecting the kidney and assisting in staving off infection is known as the ________.
A) renal medulla
B) perirenal fat capsule
C) hilum
D) renal fascia
E) fibrous capsule
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Question 3) A soft callus forms during ________.
A) the remodeling of bone
B) intramembranous ossification
C) endochondral ossification
D) the healing of a fracture
E) bone growth at the metaphysis
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Question 4) Where is dystrophin, the protein that is defective in muscular dystrophy, normally found?
A) Bridging the gap between the sarcolemma and synaptic knob
B) Between the outermost myofilaments and the sarcolemma of a muscle fiber
C) As a transmembrane protein of the sarcolemma
D) In the Z discs of skeletal and cardiac muscle
E) In the dense bodies of smooth muscle
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Question 5) The fossa ovalis is a remnant of the ________ of the fetus.
A) umbilical vein
B) umbilical artery
C) foramen ovale
D) ductus venosus
E) ductus arteriosus
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Question 6) Opening and closing of the heart valves is caused by ________.
A) gravity
B) valves contracting and relaxing
C) osmotic gradients
D) pressure gradients
E) breathing
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Question 7) All autonomic output originates in the central nervous system.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 8) Binding of norepinephrine (NE) to an alpha-adrenergic receptor is usually excitatory, and binding to a beta-adrenergic receptor is usually inhibitory.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 9) The first 6 weeks of postpartum life constitute the ________ period.
A) premature
B) senescence
C) transitional
D) infancy
E) neonatal
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Question 10) If a thyroid tumor secreted an excessive amount of calcitonin, we would expect ________.
A) an elevated level of osteoclast activity
B) increasingly brittle bones
C) an elevated level of osteoblast activity
D) a reduced rate of endochondral ossification
E) a rise in blood calcium concentration
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