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Which of the following would stimulate the umami receptor?


A) chocolate milk
B) a slice of roast beef
C) acidic orange juice
D) salt water

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The middle ear converts ________.


A) air pressure waves to fluid pressure waves
B) air pressure waves to nerve impulses
C) fluid pressure waves to nerve impulses
D) pressure waves to hair cell movements

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Two students studying physiology taste a known "bitter" substance, and both report sensing bitterness. They then sample another substance. With the new substance, student A reports sensing both a bitter taste and a salty taste, but student B reports only a salty taste. Which of the following best explains the observations from the experiment?


A) Student A had an allergic reaction to the food, causing her to perceive the food as being bitter.
B) Student B has a protein receptor capable of detecting a bitter molecule found in that substance, whereas student A lacks that particular protein receptor.
C) Student A has a protein receptor capable of detecting a bitter molecule found in that substance, whereas student B lacks that particular protein receptor.
D) Student A has normal saliva, whereas student B's saliva is more alkaline than normal.

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The genes that specify where and when photoreceptors arise during embryonic development are shared among flatworms, annelids, arthropods, and vertebrates. What can we conclude from this observation?


A) Members of these four groups are more closely related to each other than to other groups.
B) What humans see is very similar to the images seen by flatworms, annelids, and arthropods.
C) The genetic underpinnings of all photoreceptors were present in the earliest bilaterian animals.
D) A single-lens eye has been favored throughout most of animal evolution.

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Which of the following are connected by a ball-and-socket joint?


A) the radius to the ulna
B) the radius to the humerus
C) the ulna to the humerus
D) the humerus to the scapula

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Which of the following events will produce dizziness?


A) the hair cells in the cochlea move more than their normal limits
B) moving fluid in the semicircular canals encounters a stationary cupula
C) vibrations in the oval window exceed vibrations in the round window
D) the basilar membrane makes physical contact with the tectorial membrane

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What cells provide sensory transduction of light in the vertebrate retina?


A) ganglion cells
B) amacrine cells
C) bipolar cells
D) rods and cones

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Which of the following responds to capsaicin?


A) cold temperature
B) hot temperature
C) odor of pepper
D) deep pressure

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Which of the following generates the force of contraction of skeletal muscle cells?


A) myosin filaments coil up and shorten
B) sarcomeres coil up and shorten
C) actin cross-bridges bind to myosin and transition from a high-energy to a low-energy state
D) myosin cross-bridges bind to actin and transition from a high-energy to a low-energy state

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Hair cells in the vertebrate ear are responsible for transducing sound pressure waves. What causes ion channels in the hair cell membrane to open?


A) a chemical ligand binds to the ion channel
B) light is absorbed by a molecule in the membrane
C) the cell membrane reaches a threshold voltage
D) the bending of hairlike projections on the hair cells

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What is the consequence of lateral inhibition via horizontal cells in the mammalian retina?


A) the habituation of vision
B) the enhancement of visual contrast
C) the prevention of bleaching in bright light
D) the recycling of neurotransmitters

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Which of the following lists the correct sequence of sensory processing?


A) stimulus reception → transmission → transduction → perception
B) stimulus reception → transduction → transmission → perception
C) perception → transduction → transmission → stimulus reception
D) transmission → stimulus reception → perception → transduction

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Which of the following organisms moves by peristalsis?


A) octopus
B) snake
C) earthworm
D) caterpillar

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Which of the following organisms uses an airfoil for locomotion?


A) pigeon
B) kangaroo
C) cheetah
D) tuna

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What causes the striated patterns seen in skeletal muscle?


A) aligned borders of sarcomeres
B) regular patches of myosin-binding sites along the lengths of thin filaments
C) repeated patches of myosin heads along the length of thick filaments
D) a repeated pattern of thick and thin regions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum

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What do all sensory receptors use to generate a receptor potential?


A) ion channels
B) gap junctions
C) changes in the cytoskeleton
D) neurotransmitters

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What causes the darker color of dark meat in chickens?


A) an abundance of myoglobin in the dark meat muscle cells
B) the higher density of mitochondria in dark meat muscle cells
C) the abundant sarcoplasmic reticulum in dark meat muscle cells
D) the accumulation of blood within dark meat muscle cells

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Which of the following organisms has an endoskeleton?


A) earthworm
B) beetle
C) shark
D) oyster

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Standing in line, waiting to board a bus, you leave your backpack on the ground. Deciding to move your backpack you pick it up and set it down close by. Your biceps and other muscles contract when you lift up the backpack and relax when you set it down. Which of the following is the most likely reason that the biceps extended back to its original length?


A) the weight of the backpack extended the biceps when the biceps relaxed
B) calcium was returned to the sarcoplasmic reticulum, allowing myosin heads to push the actin fibers apart
C) when myosin heads detach from actin filaments, they help to extend the actin back to its extended length
D) tropomyosin, a regulatory protein, binds to exposed myosin-binding sites causing actin filaments to uncoil and extend back to their original uncontracted lengths.

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In the olfactory receptor cells of mammals, what binds to specific odorant molecules?


A) G protein-coupled receptor proteins
B) ligand-gated ion channels
C) acetylcholine receptors
D) glutamate receptors

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