What is the main activity of the colon?
1) What is the main activity of the colon?
- Reabsorbing water from the guts into the circulatory system
- Absorbing water from the circulatory system to excrete from the body
- Absorbing cellulose and glucose into the circulatory system
- Absorbing amino acids and cellulose into the circulatory system
- Killing off bacteria on the digested food
2) Which of the following is important in inflammation?
- Contraction of actin, myosin, and thrombosthenin
- Increased permeability of capillaries
- Activation of platelets
- Antibody activation
- Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide
3) When oxygen-rich blood passes through a capillary bed in poorly-oxygenated tissue, what happens?
- Hemoglobin delivers carbon dioxide to the tissue and picks up oxygen waste
- Hemoglobin changes shape and much of the oxygen unbinds from the hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin leaves the capillary and enters the tissue to deliver oxygen
- Hemoglobin enters the capillary to carry carbon dioxide away from the tissue
- Hemoglobin changes shape and most of the carbon dioxide unbinds from the hemoglobin
4) If a person with type-O blood (the host) receives blood from a type-A donor, what are the consequences?
- There is no clotting because there are no antigens on the donor’s type-A blood
- Both A and B are true
- The type-A donor blood clots because of the anti-B antibodies in the host’s body
- The type-A donor blood clots because of the anti-A antibodies in the host’s body
- There is no clotting because there are no antibodies in the host’s type-O blood
5) Which of the following statements best explains how the amount of water inside alveoli remains small?
- The lymphatic system drains fluids from the alveoli
- There are large amounts of proteins in the water inside the alveoli, which dilutes the water
- There are large amounts of proteins in the interstitium, causing water to leave alveoli via osmosis
- The fluid in the alveoli is passed into the esophagus
- The question is wrong; the alveoli have large amounts of water in them
6) Which of the following statements about hydrochloric acid in the stomach is FALSE?
- Begins the process of breaking down fats
- Kills many pathogens that enter the stomach
- It is responsible for activating pepsinogen into pepsin
- Its production results in an increase in bicarbonate in the blood
- Denatures proteins in the stomach
7) A protein designed to attach to one kind of invading structure (protein, carbohydrate, or other structure or chemical that identifies the invader) is:
- Lymphocyte
- Rh factor
- Antibody
- Antigen
- Lysosome
8) Which of the following statements about T-lymphocytes is true?
- They are responsible for manufacturing antibodies
- Some kinds of T-lymphocytes bind to invaders, puncture them, and poison them
- They are manufactured in the bone marrow
- Each T-lymphocyte can react to dozens of different antigens
- They are related to humoral immunity, and not cell-mediated immunity
9) When an action potential is inhibited, which of the following statements describes the voltage change?
- Neurotransmitters are not produced in adequate amounts to carry on an action potential
- Sodium ions are drawn into the axon and not released
- Too much neurotransmitter is produced, causing the action potential to damage the axon
- A greater voltage change is required because the resting voltage is unusually negative
- A smaller voltage change is required because the resting voltage is close to zero
10) Which of the following type of white blood cells (leukocytes) moves via amoeboid locomotion?
- Erythrocytes
- Lymphocyte
- Basophils
- Platelets
- Macrophages
11) When a person sees a car driving on the road, and simultaneously hears the motor, the two sensory inputs can be combined to form a more complete understanding of the situation. This is an example of:
- Afferent and efferent interaction
- Chemosensitivity
- Partial pressure
- Integrative function
- Facilitation
12) During exercise, the blood flow to the lungs increases by:
- Decreased pressure in the pulmonary arteries
- Greater pressure from the left ventricle of the heart
- Greater number of open capillaries
- More rapid contractions of the diaphragm
- Slow, strong contraction of the diaphragm


