L3 EXAM QUESTIONS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DESCRIBES THE BODY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN IT'S NORMAL STATE?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE HUMAN BODY'S DEFENCE MECHANISM AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL BACTERIA?*

WHICH CELLS IN THE BLOOD DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT IS ATTACHED TO BONES AT THE JOINTS?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALLOWS AIR TO PASS INTO THE LUNGS?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BODY CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE PITUITARY GLAND?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CLOSES AND SEALS OFF THE LOWER AIRWAY DURING SWALLOWING?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS LOCATED BENEATH THE DIAPHRAGM IN THE LEFT UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANATOMICAL REGIONS OF ABDOMEN LIES JUST DISTAL TO THE STERNUM?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAVITIES ARE SEPARATED BY THE DIAPHRAGM?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DESCRIBES THE MOTION OF BENDING THE FOREARM TOWARD THE BODY?*

IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS DOES A PATIENT LIE FACE DOWN?*

IF THE FOOT IS ABDUCTED, IT IS MOVED IN WHICH DIRECTION?*

THE ANATOMIC LOCATION OF THE SPINAL CANAL IS*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A STRUCTURAL, FIBROUS PROTEIN FOUND IN THE DERMIS?*

A PATIENT HAS A FRACTURE IN WHICH THE RADIUS IS BENT BUT NOT DISPLACED, AND THE SKIN IS INTACT. THIS TYPE OF FRACTURE IS KNOWN AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE LARGE BONE FOUND SUPERIOR TO THE PATELLA AND INFERIOR TO THE ISCHIUM?*

THE PHYSICIAN DIRECTS THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT TO COMPLETE A REQUEST FORM FOR AN X-RAY STUDY OF THE FIBULA. THE PROCEDURE WILL BE PERFORMED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY UNCONTROLLABLE EPISODES OF FALLING ASLEEP DURING THE DAY?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE POINT AT WHICH AN IMPULSE IS TRANSMITTED FROM ONE NEURON TO ANOTHER NEURON?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONTROLS BODY TEMPERATURE, SLEEP, AND APPETITE?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CRANIAL NERVES IS RELATED TO THE SENSE OF SMELL?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A SUBSTANCE THAT AIDS THE TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSES TO THE MUSCLES?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE LOCATION WHERE THE CAROTID PULSE CAN BE FOUND?*

A PATIENT SUSTAINS SEVERE BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE LEFT UPPER ABDOMEN AND REQUIRES SURGERY. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED?*

WHERE IS THE SINOATRIAL NODE LOCATED?*

BLOOD FLOWS FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART INTO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES?*

OXYGENATED BLOOD IS CARRIED TO THE HEART BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES?*

THE THORACIC CAGE IS A STRUCTURAL UNIT IMPORTANT FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES IS FOUND IN GREATER QUANTITY IN EXHALED AIR?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALLOWS GAS EXCHANGE IN THE LUNGS?*

AT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS DOES BILE ENTER THE DIGESTIVE TRACT?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES IS PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS CHARACTERIZED BY INCOMPETENCE OF THE ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS REMOVES BILIRUBIN FROM THE BLOOD, MANUFACTURES PLASMA PROTEINS, AND IS INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF PROTHROMBIN AND FIBRINOGEN?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN ACCESSORY ORGAN OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECRETING INSULIN?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE LYMPHOID ORGAN THAT IS A RESERVOIR FOR RED BLOOD CELLS AND FILTERS ORGANISMS FROM THE BLOOD?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE PROCESS WHEREBY THE STOMACH MUSCLES CONTRACT TO PROPEL FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE TRACT?*

SALIVA CONTAINS AN ENZYME THAT ACTS UPON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NUTRIENTS?*

IN MEN, SPECIMENS FOR GONOCOCCAL CULTURES ARE MOST COMMONLY OBTAINED FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE CLUSTER OF BLOOD CAPILLARIES FOUND IN EACH NEPHRON IN THE KIDNEY?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF KIDNEY STONES (RENAL CALCULI)?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE THAT COLLECTS URINE IN THE BODY?*

IN MEN, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES IS LOCATED AT THE NECK OF THE BLADDER AND SURROUNDS THE URETHRA?*

MALE HORMONES ARE PRODUCED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE MUCUS-PRODUCING GLANDS LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE VAGINAL OPENING?*

FERTILIZATION OF AN OVUM BY A SPERMATOZOON OCCURS IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES?*

CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, AND SODIUM ARE CLASSIFIED AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?*

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MASTER GLAND OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?*

PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES ARE TREATED WITH INJECTIONS OF VITAMIN B-12?*