Fatty acids are catabolized through which process?
A) Lipolysis
B) Lipogenesis
C) Ketogenesis
D) The fat-sparing effect
E) Beta oxidation
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Question 2) Exhausted from studying all night, you briefly close your eyes and your mind starts to wander. Which brain waves would be most predominant in an EEG?
A) Alpha B) Beta C) Theta D) Delta
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Question 3) Air consists of about 78.6 nitrogen, 20.9 oxygen, 0.04 carbon dioxide, and 0.5 water. At sea level, (760 mmHg) what is the PCO2?
A) 0.3 mm Hg B) 3.7 mm Hg C) 159 mm Hg D) 597 mm Hg
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Question 4) ________ is the process in which ________ forces water and small solutes, such as salts, through narrow clefts between capillary cells.
A) Active transport; osmotic pressure
B) Filtration; hydrostatic pressure
C) Osmosis; osmotic pressure
D) Osmosis; hydrostatic pressure
E) Active transport; hydrostatic pressure
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Question 5) Which of the following is not a derivative of ectoderm?
A) Salivary glands
B) Cutaneous glands
C) The nervous system
D) The dermis
E) The epidermis
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Question 6) If one nerve stimulus arrives at a muscle fiber so soon that the fiber has only partially relaxed from the previous twitch, the most likely result will be ________.
A) complete tetanus
B) spasm
C) incomplete tetanus
D) fatigue
E) flaccid paralysis
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Question 7) Achondroplastic dwarfism is a hereditary condition, in which the long bones of the limbs fail to elongate normally because of reduced hyperplasia and hypertrophy of cartilage in the ________.
A) primary ossification center
B) epiphyseal plate
C) secondary ossification center
D) secondary bone marrow
E) primary bone marrow
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Question 8) Two solutions are separated by a selectively permeable membrane. If solution A has a higher concentration of a nonpermeating solute than solution B, then ________.
A) the solute will pass down its concentration gradient from solution B to A
B) water will pass down its concentration gradient from solution B to A
C) water will pass down its concentration gradient from solution A to B
D) neither the solute nor water will diffuse
E) the solute will pass down its concentration gradient from solution A to B
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Question 9) Papillary muscles prevent the AV valves from prolapsing (bulging) excessively into the atria when the ventricles contract.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 10) The anatomical dead space is greatest in which of the following situations?
A) After eating a large meal
B) After watching TV for an hour
C) After waking up from a long nap
D) After swerving to narrowly avoid an accident while driving
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