K103 Final Exam Review

Which skin layer is vascular, contains melanin, houses sensory receptors, and is injured in 2^nd-degree burns?

• Hypodermis

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Subcutaneous layer

Plasma B cells secrete ___________, which are specific for the _____________ of the _____________.

• antidotes, pathogen, antigen

• cytokines, antigen, pathogen

• antibodies, antigen, pathogen

• antigens, pathogen, antibody

Which is not a type of mechanoreceptor?

• Statolith

• Pacinian Corpuscles

• GPCRs

• Ruffini Corpuscles

Which layer is missing in a diploblastic organism?

• Epiderm

• Coelom

• Mesoderm

• Endoderm

Which of these hormones would NOT be stimulated by dehydration or low blood volume?

• Vasopressin

• Renin

• Aldosterone

• ANP

When blood glucose level is high, the pancreatic ___ cells produce ___, which is compromised in ___.

• beta, insulin, Type I

• beta, glucagon, Type I

• alpha, insulin, Type II

• alpha, glucagon, Type II

Radiation damaged the cortex of a patient’s kidney. Which nephron structure was likely least affected?

• Glomerulus

• Bowman's Capsule

• Loop of Henle

• Convuluted Tubules

During inhalation, the volume of the thoracic cavity is _________ by ___________ of the diaphragm.

• Decreased, contraction

• Decreased, relaxation

• Increased, relaxation

• Increased, contraction

The ear serves two functions: hearing through the ____ and maintaining balance through the _____. 

• auditory ossicles, organ of Corti

• organ of Corti, Vestibular apparatus

• Cochlea, organ of Corti

• utricle, saccule

Which describes an osmoconformer?

• Hypostomic with environment

• Isosmotic with environment

• Hypertonic with environment

• Uses energy to maintain osmolarity