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1. The hormone primarily responsible for setting the basal metabolic rate and for promoting the
maturation of the brain is:
A. cortisol B. ACTH C. TSH D. thyroxine E. none of the preceding.
3. Which of the following would result from a thyroidectomy (removal of the thyroid gland)?
A. decreased TSH secretion
B. increased T3 and thyroxine secretion
C. increased calcitonin secretion
D. increased TSH secretion
E. both B and C apply.
5. The secretion of which hormone would be increased in a person with endemic goiter?
A. TSH. B. thyroxine C. triiodothyronine; D. all of the preceding apply
6. Which of the following hormone pairs is not produced by the same endocrine gland?
A. LH/FSH B. ACTH/ADH C. prolactin/GH D. CRH/PIH. E. all of the preceding are correctly
paired.
7. Oxytocin:
21. A tumor of the beta cells of the pancreatic islets would probably affect the body's ability to:
A. lower blood glucose level
B. lower blood calcium level
C. raise blood calcium level
D. raise blood glucose level
E. raise blood sodium level.
30. Stem cells that give rise to all formed elements of blood are called:
34. Which of the following blood proteins is not produced in the liver?
A. gamma globulin B. alpha globulin C. albumin D. beta globulin E. fibrinogen
35. The proteins that attack foreign proteins and pathogens are called:
A. alpha globulins B. albumins C. beta globulins D. fibrinogens E. none of the preceding.
A. (7.0 to 7.3) B. (7.2 to 7.4) C. (7.35 to 7.45) D. (7.4 to 7.55) E. (5.0 to 5.5)
51. Which of the following substances can be added to a test tube to prevent blood from clotting
A. citrate B. EDTA C. heparin D. all of the preceding E. both A and C.
52. Which enzyme begins digesting the fibrin strands and eroding the foundation of the blood
clot?
A. plasmin B. thrombin C. prothrombin D. thromboplastin E. none of the preceding.
To fully take advantage of this practice test it is recommend that you look carefully at the
incorrect answers as well. Determining why answers are incorrect will increase your
understanding of the material - often as much as finding the information that supports the correct
answer.
The second most numerous type of white blood cell within the blood is the:
a. neutrophil
b. monocyte
c. lymphocyte
d. leucocyte
Which of these formed elements in the blood play an important role in blood clotting?
a. neutrophils
b. basophils
c. platelets
d. lymphocytes
a. formed elements
b. water
c. plasma proteins
d. hemoglobin
b. hemoglobins
c. gamma globulins
b. clotting proteins
When red blood cells wear out, the iron is saved, and the remainder of the hemoglobin is:
a. also saved
b. excreted as bile pigments
c. rearranged into gamma globulins
d. broken down by plasmin
Stem cells that give rise to all formed elements of blood are called:
a. megakaryoblasts
a. erythroblasts
b. reticulocytes
c. hemocytoblasts
d. megakaryocytes.
Hemostasis involves:
a. platelet plug formation
b. vasodilation
c. conversion of fibrin to fibrinogen
d. all of the preceding
Which enzyme begins digesting the fibrin strands and eroding the foundation of the blood clot?
a. plasmin
b. thrombin
c. prothrombin
d. thromboplastin
e. none of the preceding.
Dissolution of a fibrin clot on the blood vessel wall requires the action of:
Receptors stimulated by changes in the concentration of ions in blood plasma would be classified as:
a. proprioceptors
b. chemoreceptors
c. thermoreceptors
d. mechanoreceptors