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NCHSE EXAM SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.What is included in the appendicular skeleton? Answer- The extremities
Which muscle trait is the ability to be stretched and lengthened? Answer- Extensibility
Which layer of the heart contains a lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the heart beats? Answer- Pericardium
All med terms have prefixes Answer- false
What type of gland is the pancreas? Answer- Exocrine
What is the term for the ability of muscles to be slightly contracted at all times to be ready to act? Answer- Muscle Tone
Which of these word roots indicates blood? Answer- Hemat
What is the name of the male gonads? Answer- Testes
What does the prefix super- refer to? Answer- Over or above
What occurs in the capillaries of the alveoli? Answer- Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
Which of these conditions is the collapse of part or all of a lung? Answer- Atelectasis
What does the suffix -tomy refer to? Answer- Cutting
How many chambers are in the heart? Answer- 4
Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? Answer- Produces blood cells
What is the name of the bone for the lower jaw? Answer- Mandible
What is the slow, wavelike contraction that moves food through the digestive system? Answer- Peristalsis
Which of these prefixes indicates new? Answer- neo-
What part of long bones stores bone marrow? Answer- Medullary Canal In which type of diabetes does the pancreas produce some insulin, but not enough of
it? Answer- Type 2
What type of tumor is called cancer? Answer- malignant
Iodine is important for the thyroid gland to function properly. Answer- true
How many regions can the abdominal region be divided into? Answer- 9 and 4
What is the benefit of the scrotum being located outside of the body? Answer- it maintains a lower temp for sperm development
Which of the following is NOT true of medical terms? Answer- med terms must be built from common word parts
What is the name of the cells that are used for vision in the dark or dim light? Answer- rods
What is the name of the bacteria that live in the large intestine and help to form feces
out of the waste material? Answer- e-coli
In what type of circulation does the blood flow between the heart and lungs? Answer- pulmonary
What is the pigment that absorbs ultraviolet light to tan the skin? Answer- melanin
Which muscle trait allows muscles to return to their original position? Answer- elasticity
Which body system's main function is to filter the blood and eliminate metabolic waste? Answer- urinary
What is the name of the cells that sense color and are mainly used for vision in bright
light? Answer- cones
Which of these abbreviations indicates twice a day? Answer- b.i.d
Both abnormal skin color and skin eruptions may indicate disease. Answer- true
Which of the following is a function of the integumentary system? Answer- protects the body from pathogens
A person's blood type is inherited. Answer- true
Which of these items are contained in lymph? Answer- white blood cells
Which of these items help form clots? Answer- platelets
Which layer of the heart is made of muscle tissue and pumps the blood through the system? Answer- myocardium
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