Advanced Bio A Exam Review

Hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature are the main functions of what part of the brain?

• Brain Stem
• Medulla Oblongata
• Hypothalamus
• Thalamus

How many bones are in the human skeleton?

• 208
• 206
• 204
• 203

What connect bones to muscle?

• Tendons
• Ligaments
• Joints
• Follicles 

What system do skin, hair, nails and glands belong to?

• Circulatory System
• Integumentary System
• Digestive System
• Excretory Syste

What do Photoreceptors detect?

• Temperature
• Pain
• Light

Sense organs are a part of the central nervous system

• True
• False

How much of the body is made of muscle?

• Less than 35%
• 35%
• 40%
• Over 40%

Neurons are categorized by...

• Amount of metabolic activity that takes place
• Number of impulses that they carry
• Direction in which they carry impulses
• Number of dendrites that branch out

Osteocytes are bone forming cells

• False
• True

Bone marrow is soft tissue in cavity of bones

• True 
• False