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Grading: 100 points
Instructions:
1. Watch: The Nervous System (Crash Course Biology #26)
2. Watch: Circulatory & Respiratory Systems (Crash Course Biology #27)
3. Watch: The Digestive System (Crash Course Biology #28)
4. Watch: The Excretory System - From Your Heart to the Toilet (Crash Course Biology #29)
5. Watch: The Skeletal System - It's ALIVE! (Crash Course Biology #30)
6. Watch: Big Guns - The Muscular System (Crash Course Biology #31)
7. Watch: Great Glands -Your Endocrine System (Crash Course Biology #33)
8. Read: Chapter 16 (Body Systems)
9. Watch: What is so special about the human brain?
10. Take this quiz. You may look at the questions in advance, but you may only submit it once.
Question 1
1. The kidney is part which organ system?
digestive
2.
excretory
respiratory
circulatory
2.5 points
Question 2
1. Which term describes the chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins?
atrium
ventricle
bicuspid
tricuspid
2.5 points
Question 3
1. The intake of air into the lungs is called
expiration.
2.
inhalation.
exhalation.
respiration.
2.5 points
Question 4
1. In a human closed circulatory system, blood is confined within
body
2. cavities.
blood vessels.
only the heart.
all of the choices are correct.
2.5 points
Question 5
1. Thermoregulation in animals is coordinated primarily by the
environment.
2.
behavior.
nervous system.
respirator system.
2.5 points
Question 6
1. Animals that do not have internal control of their body temperature are called
ectotherms.
2.
endotherms.
homeotherms.
stenotherms.
2.5 points
Question 7
1. Mammals have a heart with
one2.atrium and one ventricle.
two atria and one ventricle.
one atrium and two ventricles.
two atria and two ventricles.
2.5 points
Question 8
1. Most of the oxygen in the blood is carried by
white blood cells.
a gas in the plasma fluids.
serum carrier proteins.
red blood cells.
2.5 points
Question 9
1. When faced with a sudden drop in environmental temperature, an endothermic animal
will first
experience
2.
a drop in its body temperature.
wait to see if it goes lower.
increase muscle activity to generate heat.
add fur or fat to increase insulation.
2.5 points
Question 10
1. The ability for an animal to maintain body temperature is called
thermodynamics.
2.
thermoregulation.
thermokinetics.
thermography.
2.5 points
Question 11
1. Claudio has an inflammatory disease of the airway, parts of which swelled, becoming one
millimeter narrower than normal. Swelling of which structure would most seriously
compromise his ability to breathe?
larynx
2.
trachea
bronchi
bronchiole
2.5 points
Question 12
1. The role of interneurons is to
receive
2. information and transmit it to the central nervous system.
transmit commands away from the central nervous system to the muscles.
integrate incoming information with the outgoing messages within the brain.
protect the function of the neuron and allow it to transmit rapidly.
2.5 points
Question 13
1. Amylases break down
saturated
2.
fats.
unsaturated fats.
starch.
protein.
2.5 points
Question 14
1. The maintenance of equilibrium around a specific value of some aspect of the body is
called
check
2. point.
set point.
E quotient.
static quotient.
2.5 points
Question 15
1. Another name for the throat is the
thorax.
2.
pharynx.
larynx.
esophagus.
2.5 points
Question 16
1. In humans food is moved from the mouth to the stomach by the following action.
Pushing
2.
by the tongue
Muscular action of the esophagus
Suction action of the stomach sphincter
Gravity
2.5 points
Question 17
1. The physical breakdown of food in humans takes place in the
mouth.
2.
stomach.
small intestine.
large intestine.
2.5 points
Question 18
1. Which term describes the relatively stable state inside the body of an animal?
autonomy
2.
osmolarity
thermoregulation
homeostasis
2.5 points
Question 19
1. Which term describes the fluid found between cells in the body?
cerebrospinal
2.
fluid
interstitial fluid
intracellular fluid
synovial fluid
2.5 points
Question 20
1. Which statement best defines the term bolus?
The
2. region just below the pharynx
The digested food exiting the stomach
The small particles of food taken up by the intestines
A ball of food formed by the tongue
2.5 points
Question 21
1. Which blood vessel carries blood to the heart?
artery
2.
vein
capillary
sinoid
2.5 points
Question 22
1. Vitamins and minerals do similar things for the body. However, they differ in the
following way.
Vitamins
2.
provide energy and minerals do not.
Vitamins are needed in large amounts and minerals are not.
Minerals come from the diet and vitamins do not.
Vitamins are organic and minerals are inorganic.
2.5 points
Question 23
1. The twelve pairs of ribs are attached to
the2.sternum.
the sacrum.
the cervical vertebrae.
the thoracic vertebrae.
2.5 points
Question 24
1. Adrenaline is also called
epinephrine.
2.
acetylcholine.
aldosterone.
noradrenaline.
2.5 points
Question 25
1. Jan s two-year old son has a sore throat and has difficulty resuming breathing each time
he swallows. What is likely swollen?
pharynx
2.
larynx
glottis
epiglottis
2.5 points
Question 26
1. Which term explains a cellular extension containing a fatty substance produced by glia
that surrounds and insulates axons?
neurolemma
2.
myelin
ganglion
neurofibril
2.5 points
Question 27
1. Which blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
artery
2.
vein
capillary
sinoid
2.5 points
Question 28
1. Gas exchange in humans takes place across the following structure.
Bronchial
2.
surfaces
Tracheal surfaces
Alveoli
Shunts
2.5 points
Question 29
1. The process of maintaining salt and water balance is called
thermoregulation.
2.
osmoregulation.
baroregulation.
neuroregulation.
2.5 points
Question 30
1. An animal that maintains a constant body temperature in the face of environmental
changes is called an
ectotherms.
2.
endotherms.
homeotherms.
stenotherms.
2.5 points
Question 31
1. The trachea is identified by rings of __________________ wrapped around it.
cartilage
2.
bone
blood vessels
skeletal muscle
2.5 points
Question 32
1. Chyme is defined as
a secretion
2.
from the small intestine that aids digestion.
the water and salts taken up by the large intestine.
the undigested wastes that are removed by rectum.
a mixture of partially digested food and stomach juices.
2.5 points
Question 33
1. The voice box is also known as the
thorax.
2.
pharynx.
larynx.
esophagus.
2.5 points
Question 34
1. Evita's doctor suspects that she has hyperthyroidism which is the overproduction of
thyroxine. What test result might best help confirm this?
Low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone.
High level of thyroid-stimulating hormone.
Low level of parathyroid hormone.
High level of parathyroid hormone.
2.5 points
Question 35
1. the structure that the ureters empty the urine into (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 36
1. the flow of blood away from the heart to the brain, liver, kidneys, stomach, and other
organs, the limbs, and the muscles of the body, and then back to the heart (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 37
1. the bones that transmit the force generated by the lower limbs to the axial skeleton (Ch
16)
1 points
Question 38
1. skeleton that forms the central axis of the body and includes the bones of the skull, the
ossicles of the middle ear, the hyoid bone of the throat, the vertebral column, and the
thoracic cage (ribcage) (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 39
1. the plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle fiber (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 40
1. the voice box, located within the throat (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 41
1. a one-way opening between the atrium and the ventricle in the right side of the heart (Ch
16)
1 points
Question 42
1. a momentary change in the electrical potential of a neuron (or muscle) membrane (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 43
1. a blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart (Ch 16)
1 points
Question 44
1. the point at which two or more bones meet (Ch 16)
1 points