Howard Simone

CHAPTER 3 PRETEST

1) Organelles are the small structures that make up much of the cytoplasm.

2) Active transport is the uphill movement of a substance through a living cell membrane.

3) An abnormal mass of proliferating cells is called a Neoplasm.

4) Fat tissue is also called Adipose.

5) The small sphere in the center of the cell that controls cell reproduction is the Nucleus

6) Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle tissue?

a) hematopoietic
b) skeletal
c) cardiac
d) smooth

7) Which of the following is found in the lining of the inner surface of the stomach?
a) stratified transitional epithelium
b) pseudostratified epithelium
c) simple columnar epithelium
d) stratified squamous epithelium

8) The production of identical new cells is called

a) DNA replication.
b) mitosis.
c) prophase.
d) anaphase.

9) All the DNA in each cell of the body is called

a) a centromere.
b) transcription.
c) messenger RNA.
d) a genome.

10) The movement of water and solutes through a membrane because of a greater pushing force on one
side of the membrane is called
a) filtration.
b) active transport.
c) osmosis.
d) dialysis.
CHAPTER 4 PRETEST

1) The body system that includes skin and hair is the integumentary system.

2) The brain, spinal cord, and nerves are organs of the nervous system.

3) Tiny, thin-walled sacs of the lungs are called alveoli.

4) The mammary glands are part of the endocrine system.

5) Which of the following is NOT a type of endocrine gland?

a) spleen
b) pituitary gland
c) hypothalamus
d) thyroid gland

6) A structure made up of two or more kinds of tissue that can perform a more complex function
than any tissue alone is a(n)
a) system.
b) appendage.
c) organ.
d) joint.

7) Skeletal muscles are also called

a) cardiac muscles.
b) voluntary muscles.
c) involuntary muscles.
d) smooth muscles.

8) Arteries and veins are part of what system?

a) nervous
b) endocrine
c) lymphatic
d) circulatory

9) The whitish, watery fluid that contains lymphocytes, proteins, and some fatty molecules is called
a) lymph.
b) blood.
c) pancreatic juice.
d) urine.

10) Which of the following is classified as an accessory organ of the digestive system?
a) pharynx
b) esophagus
c) liver
d) rectum