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Twelfth Grade (Grade 12) Anatomy and Physiology Questions

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Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
With what kind of muscle contraction do muscles shorten?
  1. concentric contraction
  2. eccentric contraction
  3. spastic contraction
  4. flexible contraction
Grade 12 Circulatory and Immune Systems
Which type of immunity is active immediately when it encounters a pathogen?
  1. adaptive immunity
  2. acquired immunity
  3. innate immunity
  4. B-cell immunity
Grade 12 Circulatory and Immune Systems
Which is the "river" in which blood cells travel?
  1. leukocytes
  2. erythrocytes
  3. platelets
  4. plasma
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What is the anatomical word for wrist?
  1. carpal
  2. crural
  3. orbital
  4. coccygeal
Grade 12 Circulatory and Immune Systems
Which term is also known as "acquired immunity"?
  1. macrophage immunity
  2. developmental immunity
  3. innate immunity
  4. adaptive immunity
Grade 12 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
Which organ is the longest section of the digestive tube?
  1. small intestine
  2. stomach
  3. large intestine
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What does cardiac muscle do?
  1. contracts to move body parts
  2. makes up the organs
  3. pumps blood through the body
  4. controls breathing
Grade 12 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
Grade 12 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
The part of the brain that is the outermost covering of the brain is the
  1. hippocampus.
  2. cortex.
  3. limbic system.
  4. frontal lobe.
Grade 12 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
What structure in the ear is most responsible for the sense of balance?
  1. tympanic membrane
  2. auricle
  3. cochlea
  4. semicircular canals
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
This system includes the limbs and girdles.
  1. skull
  2. vertebral column
  3. appendicular skeleton
  4. axial skeleton
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What does skeletal muscle do?
  1. contracts to move body parts
  2. pumps blood through the body
  3. makes up organs
  4. controls breathing
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Fast twitch muscle fibers
  1. contract rapidly and fatigue slowly.
  2. contract rapidly and fatigue quickly.
  3. do not ever fatigue.
  4. are used with exercises that require energy over a long period of time.
Grade 12 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What does an increase in the rate of contractions of the diaphragm and rib muscles indicate?
  1. decreased reduced hemoglobin in the blood
  2. decreased hydrogen ion concentration
  3. increased concentration of oxyhemoglobin in the blood
  4. increased concentration of bicarbonate ion in the blood
Grade 12 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What kind of tissue is squamous?
  1. muscle
  2. epithelial
  3. connective
  4. nervous
Grade 12 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What is the role of the small intestine during the digestion process?
  1. absorbs water, mineral, salts, and vitamins
  2. secretes mucus to aid in the movement of feces
  3. completes food digestion and nutrients absorbed into the bloodstream
  4. none of the above
Grade 12 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Which statement is true concerning feedback mechanisms?
  1. Positive feedback mechanisms always result in excessive danger to the host.
  2. Negative feedback mechanisms tend to increase the original stimulus.
  3. Negative feedback mechanisms work to prevent sudden severe changes within the body.
  4. Blood glucose levels are regulated by positive feedback mechanisms.
Grade 12 Circulatory and Immune Systems
What blood component is not a formed element of blood?
  1. platelets
  2. plasma
  3. erythrocytes
  4. leukocytes
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