ATI TEAS 6 Science Exam Questions and Complete Solutions
1. what is the gland that helps to protect a man's sperm from the acidic environment in
... [Show More] females? - ANS: seminal vesicles
2. After passing through the collecting duct, urine flows into which of the following genitourinary structures? - ANS: ureter
3. Which of the following is not a monosaccharide?
A glucose
B galactose
C Fructose
D lactose - ANS: B galactose*
4. Which of the following functions does the myelin sheath perform for a nerve cell? - ANS: Insulation and increases the speed of an electrical signal.
5. What is addison disease? - ANS: hyposecretion of cortisol (adrenal glands are damaged causing a slow production of cortisol)
Hypo secretion - ANS: production of a bodily secretion at a very SLOW rate.
What hormones do the adrenal glands produce? - ANS: Cortisol & Alderstone
Hyper secretion - ANS: excessive production of bodily secretion. (ex. gastric acid, mucus, or growth hormone)
What two parts are your adrenal glands composed of? - ANS: 1. Inner medula - produces adrenal - like hormones
2. Outer cortex - produces cortisol
Amylase - ANS: Enzyme that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars.
Bile is produced, stored, and released into what organs in the body? - ANS: Produced in the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and released into the small intestine.
Cortisol - ANS: A hormone produced by the adrenal glands (cortex). Increases blood sugar during stress and has anti-inflammatory properties.
What is a proteolytic enzyme secreated by the pancreas? - ANS: Trypsin
What is an enzyme that is capable of digesting proteins in an acid pH? - ANS: Pepsin
What is the major enzyme for fat digestion and where is it produced? - ANS: Lipase - produced in the pancreas.
What are the major enzymes for protein digestion? - ANS: Pepsin - produced in the gastric glands - released in stomach.
Trypsin - produced in pancreas - released in small intestine.
Peptidases - produced/released in small intestine.
Trypsin - ANS: helps break down proteins into polypeptides or aa's. Produced in the pancreas.
What are the major enzymes for carbohydrate digestion? - ANS: Salivary amylase - produced by salivary glands.
Pancreatic amylase - produced by pancreas.
Maltase - produced by small intestine.
What are the major enzymes for nucleic digestion? - ANS: Nuclease - produced in pancreas.
Nucleosidases - produced in pancreas.
What digestive enzymes are produced in the pancreas? - ANS: Lipase - breakdown of fats
Trypsin - breakdown of proteins.
Amylase - breakdown of starch.
What digestive enzymes are produced in the small intestine? - ANS: Maltase, sucrase, and lactase - breakdown of disaccharide's into monosaccharides.
Peptidase - breakdown dipeptides into AA's.
What digestive enzyme is produced by the stomach? - ANS: Pepsin - Breaks down proteins into polypeptides. [Show Less]