Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the definition of the term
mitosis?
a. | The process of building up larger molecules from smaller
ones | b. | The process of a cell dividing into two identical
daughter cells | c. | The transport of
fully digested food into the circulatory system | d. | The breaking down
of complex compounds into simpler ones |
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What best describes the process called
metabolism?
a. | The circulation of blood from the heart throughout the
body | b. | The process of changing food into forms the body can use
as energy | c. | The breakdown of food by mechanical and chemical
means | d. | The process of eating or taking food into the
body |
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What is true of the muscular system?
a. | It includes gastric glands. | b. | It includes sensory receptors, hair, and nails. | c. | It protects the body from disease. | d. | It covers, shapes, and supports the
skeleton. |
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Where are phalanges found?
a. | The skull | b. | The legs | c. | The
ribcage | d. | The hands |
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Where is the humerus located?
a. | The arm | b. | The face | c. | The
chest | d. | The head |
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Systemic circulation is a process that describes
_________.
a. | the circulation of oxygenated blood from the heart
throughout the body and back to the heart again. | b. | the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs to be
oxygenated. | c. | the protection of
the body from bacteria through the action of white blood cells. | d. | the transport of fully digested food into the circulatory
system. |
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What bone is just above the ribcage?
a. | Humerus | b. | Scapula | c. | Sternum | d. | Clavicle |
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The organ that discharges bile as part of the
digestive process is the _________.
a. | liver | b. | intestines | c. | stomach | d. | kidney |
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The muscular wall that is crucial to the
respiratory process is the _________.
a. | diaphragm | b. | carpus | c. | flexion | d. | mandible |
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What function does the pineal gland
serve?
a. | Secreting steroid hormones and controlling metabolic
processes of the body | b. | Affecting sexual
development, sleep, and metabolism | c. | Regulating blood
calcium and phosphorus levels | d. | Secreting
enzyme-producing cells involved in digestion |
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Before human cells can grow and reproduce, they
need _________.
a. | the ability to eliminate waste
products | b. | extremely hot temperatures | c. | extremely dry conditions | d. | conditions an
abundance of nitrogen |
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Joints come in two types: _________.
a. | small and large | b. | movable and immovable | c. | simple and
complex | d. | single and double |
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The sternocleidomastoid extends from
_________.
a. | the ear to the collarbone | b. | the radius to the ulna | c. | the back of the
neck to the back | d. | the wrist to the
forearm |
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The function of epithelial tissue is to
_________.
a. | contract and move the various parts of the
body | b. | support, protect, and bind together other tissues of the
body | c. | provide the pathway for messages to and from the
brain | d. | provide a protective covering for body cavities and the
surfaces of organs. |
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What system creates increased demands on the skin
of older female clients?
a. | The reproductive system | b. | The circulatory system | c. | The lymphatic
system | d. | The nervous
system |
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What does the word integument mean?
a. | Oil-producing | b. | Sweat-producing | c. | Sensory
precepting | d. | Protective
covering |
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All of the following refer to the same bone group
EXCEPT _________.
a. | cheekbones | b. | malar bones | c. | zygomatic
bones | d. | lacrimal bones |
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What is the strongest bone of the
face?
a. | Maxilla | b. | Zygomatic bone | c. | Mandible | d. | Lacrimal
bone |
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What is NOT part of the lymphatic or immune
systems?
a. | Liver | b. | Thymus gland | c. | Pineal
gland | d. | Spleen |
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The systems that both directly work to develop
resistance to pathogens are the _________ systems.
a. | lymphatic and circulatory | b. | lymphatic and immune | c. | circulatory and
immune | d. | circulatory and
endocrine |
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What part of the body is a large lymph
node?
a. | Liver | b. | Skin | c. | Thymus
gland | d. | Spleen |
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What regulates calcium?
a. | Adrenal glands | b. | Pituitary gland | c. | Parathyroid
glands | d. | Thyroid gland |
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What is true of the relationship between acne and
puberty?
a. | It is similar to the relationship between acne and
perimenopause | b. | It can be
cured | c. | It is negligible | d. | It cannot be addressed by an
esthetician |
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When people age, fluctuations in hormones related
to the reproductive system cause _________.
a. | increase in elastin | b. | loss of collagen | c. | anemia | d. | osteoporosis |
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What does melasma refer to a change
in?
a. | hair growth | b. | hair color | c. | elastin and
collagen levels | d. | pigmentation |
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