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MCAT Human Body
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mcat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Protection
Foramen
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Transitional epithelium function
2. Removes body wastes from bloodstream; helps regulate homeostasis of internal environment
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Urinary system function
Collagen fibers
3. Located in the adventitia of blood vessels; multi - potential cells which may differentiate into various connective tissues or smooth muscle cells
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Superficial or external
Apical surface epithelium
Connective tissue pericytes
4. A shallow depression
Fossa
Connective tissue neutrophils
Types of planes (4)
Stratified columnar epithelium location
5. Packing and supporting material of the body tissue and organs; develops from mesoderm (mesenchyme); all consist of the components ground substance - cells - and fibers
Sagittal plane
Connective tissue
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
Reticular fiber locations
6. Organs and systems
Facet
Mesad
Functional units
Anatomic position
7. Cells lining lumen of digestive tract (stomach to rectum only); gall bladder; many glands (secretory units and ducts); uterus; uterine tube (ciliated)
Squamous epithelium types
Central nervous system
Simple columnar epithelium location
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
8. Away from the center of the body; toward the outside
Peripheral
Muscular system function
Cranial (structure)
Epicondyle
9. Respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message (impulse) from one area of the body to another
Facet
Endocrine system function
Connective tissue distinct components
Neuron function
10. Each has a definite function which results from the combined functions of the various tissue components.
Nervous system function
Posterior or dorsal
Mesad
Organ
11. Attached surface
Lateral
Basal surface epithelium
Columnar epithelium types
Connective tissue leukocytes
12. Most common; called fibrocyte when in flattened stellate state
Connective tissue distinct components
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Connective tissue leukocytes
Connective tissue fibroblasts
13. They are extremely elastic and are located in structures with a degree of elasticity such as the walls of blood vessels (elastic arteries) - true vocal cords - and trachea
Columnar epithelium types
Elastic fiber locations
Crest
Epithelial tissue
14. A canal
Posterior or dorsal
Meatus
Simple squamous epithelium function
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
15. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Circulatory system function
Medial
Urinary system function
16. An inward bulging - depression - or bucketing of a cavity or from a surface
Invagination
Basal surface epithelium
Frontal or coronal plane
Simple columnar epithelium function
17. The distal end; the less fixed and more movable end of a muscle attachment
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Trochlea
Insertion
Reticular fiber locations
18. Secretion; protection; facilitates transport of substances on surface of cells
Insertion
Columnar epithelium types
Apical surface epithelium
Pseudostriated columnar epithelium function
19. Accumulate in areas in response to chronic inflammation
Foramen
Lateral
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Connective tissue leukocytes
20. Striated - involuntary
Microvilli
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Cardiac muscle characteristics
21. Mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) - proteins - lipids - and water
Stereocilia
Lateral
polarization of epithelium
Ground substance composition
22. Contractile in nature and functions to move the skeletal system and body viscera.
Medial
Muscle tissue
Antum
Epicondyle
23. Walls of digestive tract and blood vessels - uterus - bladder
Hiatus
Peripheral nervous system
Smooth muscle location
Organ system
24. Enzymatically breaks down food materials into usable and absorbable nutrients
Transitional epithelium function
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Columnar epithelium types
Digestive system function
25. Primarily attached and nonmotile (fixed cells) but some have the ability to move (wandering or free cells); typical cells found in connective tissue are fibroblasts - mesenchymal - macrophage (hisitocytes) - adipocytes - mast - plasma - reticular - p
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Integumentary system function
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Cells (connective tissue)
26. Migrate in large numbers into the interstitium during an inflammatory response
Connective tissue leukocytes
Ground substance composition
Connective tissue neutrophils
Peripheral nervous system
27. A slit between bones; between the parietal bones of the skull - the slit is the superior sagittal fissure
Sinus
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Fissure
Elastic fiber locations
28. Epithelium - connective tissue - muscle - nerve
Fissure
Medial
Spine
4 basic tissue types
29. A vertical plane which passes from side to side; it is at right angles to the midsagittal plane and cuts the specimen into anterior and posterior components (ear to ear)
Superficial or external
Frontal or coronal plane
Crest
Histamine affect
30. Simple - stratified
Simple columnar epithelium function
Fossa
Cuboidal epithelium types
Collagen fiber locations
31. Endothelium of blood and lymphatic vessels; bowman's capsule and thin loop of Henle in kidney; mesothelium lining pericardial - peritoneal - and pleural body cavities; lung alveoli; smallest excretory ducts of glands
Simple squamous epithelium location
Hiatus
Smooth muscle location
Cardiac muscle location
32. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body
Superficial or external
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Reticular fiber locations
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
33. Occur in areas involved in allergic reaction
Connective tissue cells
Ground substance composition
Connective tissue eosinophils
Columnar epithelium types
34. Urinary tract (renal calyces and pelvis - ureter - and urinary bladder)
Hiatus
Transitional epithelium location
Origin
Epithelial tissue
35. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers
Collagen fibers
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
Fibers
Insertion
36. At cell surface; Microvilli - cilia - flagella - stereocilia
Anterior or ventral
Collagen fiber locations
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Nervous system function
37. Similar in structure and function as those in blood; agranular leukocytes migrate in large numbers under normal conditions
Central
Collagen fibers
Connective tissue leukocytes
Inferior or caudad
38. Thinner than collagen but similar size to elastic; arranged in an intermeshing network (reticulum) which supports the organ; inelastic
Reticular fibers
Spine
Invagination
Digestive system function
39. A prominence or ridge above an articular surface (condyle)
Epicondyle
Special sensory receptors
Types of planes (4)
Reticular fiber locations
40. Fingerlike projections of plasma membranes; mainly located at luminal surfaces of absorptive cells (brush border of proximal convoluted tubules and striated border of intestinal epithelium)
Reproductive system function
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Microvilli
Types of planes (4)
41. Heart
Evagination
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Fibers
Cardiac muscle location
42. In the direction of the cranium
Cuboidal epithelium types
Fibers
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Cranial (structure)
43. A hook - shaped process or eminence
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Hamulus
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Midsagittal or median plane
44. A pointed process
Smooth muscle characteristics
Spine
Transitional epithelium location
Fiber types
45. Can be fixed or free; fixed are numerous in loose connective tissue; polymorphic shape with oval nucleus; have the ability to engulf extracellular material (foreign matter or necrotic cells)
Fibers
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Distal
Simple columnar epithelium function
46. In the direction of the head end of the body
Epithelial tissue
Types of planes (4)
Spine
Cephalic (structure)
47. A muscle's proximal attachment - or its fixed or less movable end' the origin is not constant and can be reversed
adventitia
Origin
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Tissue
48. Epidermis of skin
Types of planes (4)
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Fibers
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
49. Eye - ear - taste buds - and olfactory region
Special sensory receptors
Hiatus
Elastic fiber locations
Midsagittal or median plane
50. A smooth - rounded articular surface
Circulatory system function
Fossa
Condyle
Urinary system function