NIGHTINGALE PHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL
2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which two factors promote the return of venous blood to the heart? - - ---Answers_---Blood pumping acting of respiration's and skeletal muscle contractions
The difference between systolic pressure in that diastolic pressure is called - ----Answers_---Pulse pressure
Blood volume per kilogram of body weight varies inversely with - ---- Answers_---body fat
Blood viscosity stems mainly from the red blood cells but also partly from the ____ in blood. - ----Answers_---Protein molecules present
The heart begins beating in the fetus about what stage of development
- ----Answers_---After about four weeks
The mechanisms of which 34 motors were together to regulate blood volume - ----Answers_---Aldosterone, ANH, ADH
Glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is - ----Answers_---Erythropoietin
Activities that result in central movement or flow of lymph are called
- ----Answers_---Lymphokinetic activities 1 / 3
Chemotaxis is the process by which a cell navigate toward the source of chemotactic factor by way of - ----Answers_---Detecting and then moving toward higher concentrations of the factor
____Refers to a phenomenon in which the genetic characteristics common to a particular kind of organism provide defense against certain pathogen's. - ----Answers_---Species resistance
Which of the following is a powerful poison that ask directly on any cell and quickly kills it - ----Answers_---Lymphotoxin
Bean shaped structures located at certain intervals along the lymphatic system are called - ----Answers_---Lymph nodes
Lymphocytes that kill many types of tumor cells and infected cells by different kinds of viruses are known as - ----Answers_---Natural killer cells
The primary organ of the lymphatic system is - ----Answers_--- thymus
If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operates as a negative feedback control loop, what effect is would it have on uterine contraction? - ----Answers_---Oxytocin would inhibit the uterine contractions
Homeostasis can best be described as: - ----Answers_---a state of
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Of the pathogenic organisms, which of the following are most complex? - ----Answers_---Tapeworms
Epidemiology is the study of - ----Answers_---Occurrence, distribution, transmission
Peptide bond join together molecules of - ----Answers_---Amino acids
The element of that present in all proteins but not carbohydrates is: - -
---Answers_---Nitrogen
The formation of sucrose involves the removal of a molecule of water. This is called - ----Answers_---dehydration synthesis
If one side of DNA is CTAGGCTG, the other side would be - ---- Answers_---GATCCGAC
The alpha helix is an example of which level of protein structure? - --- -Answers_---secondary
The amino group in a amino acid is - ----Answers_---NH3+
Amino acids frequently become joined by - ----Answers_---peptide bonds
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