Human physiology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

The systolic blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries:

  1. ABetween two heartbeats, during diastole
  2. BWhen the ventricles relax
  3. CWhen the atria contract
  4. DWhen the ventricles contract
2.Easy

What is the functional unit of the kidney?

  1. ARenal pyramid
  2. BCollecting duct
  3. CGlomerulus
  4. DNephron
3.Easy

Where is most of the nutrient absorption in the digestive tract?

  1. ALarge intestine
  2. BOesophagus
  3. CSmall intestine
  4. DStomach
4.Medium

Vital capacity is the sum of which lung volumes?

  1. AResidual volume and expiratory reserve volume
  2. BTidal volume and residual volume
  3. CTidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume and expiratory reserve volume
  4. DInspiratory reserve volume and residual volume
5.Medium

Low plasma albumin, as in severe liver disease, causes oedema mainly because:

  1. APlasma oncotic pressure falls
  2. BLymphatic drainage increases
  3. CCapillary hydrostatic pressure falls
  4. DThe capillaries become impermeable
6.Medium

Which receptor is stimulated when the patellar tendon is tapped in the knee-jerk reflex?

  1. AMuscle spindle
  2. BGolgi tendon organ
  3. CNociceptor
  4. DPacinian corpuscle
7.Hard

Which adaptation develops over days to weeks at high altitude?

  1. AHigher erythropoietin levels and more red blood cells
  2. BLower ventilation to save oxygen
  3. CIncreased renal bicarbonate retention
  4. DA fall in haematocrit
8.Hard

Constriction of the efferent arteriole of a glomerulus, with the afferent arteriole unchanged, tends to:

  1. ARaise glomerular capillary pressure and GFR
  2. BLower glomerular capillary pressure and GFR
  3. CHave no effect on GFR at all
  4. DStop filtration completely

Answer key

  1. 1. D · When the ventricles contract
  2. 2. D · Nephron
  3. 3. C · Small intestine
  4. 4. C · Tidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume and expiratory reserve volume
  5. 5. A · Plasma oncotic pressure falls
  6. 6. A · Muscle spindle
  7. 7. A · Higher erythropoietin levels and more red blood cells
  8. 8. A · Raise glomerular capillary pressure and GFR

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