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MCAT Human Body

Subjects : mcat, science
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1. Midsagittal or median; sagittal; frontal or coronal; transverse - horizontal - or cross






2. An inward bulging - depression - or bucketing of a cavity or from a surface






3. Lymphocytes - monocytes - eosinophils - basophils - neutrophils






4. Secretion; absorption; lines surface






5. Organs and systems






6. Composed of several interrelated organ systems






7. Protection






8. Striated - voluntary






9. Kidney tubules; choroid plexus (lining of ventricles and spinal canal; produces CSF); thyroid gland; rete testis; surface of ovary






10. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)






11. Toward the front of the body - belly side; volar or palmar side are used in referring to the hand






12. Star - shaped cells which join via their processes to form a cellular network; found abutting reticular fibers in certain glands and lymphoid tissues






13. A slit or gap






14. Collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - reticular






15. 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






16. Away from the center of the body; toward the outside






17. Ground substance - cells - fibers






18. Packing and supporting material of the body tissue and organs; develops from mesoderm (mesenchyme); all consist of the components ground substance - cells - and fibers






19. A rough eminence - projection - or bump






20. A shallow depression






21. Most common; called fibrocyte when in flattened stellate state






22. Skeletal - smooth - cardiac






23. Very elongated microvilli






24. Covers the external surfaces of the body and lines the internal tubes and cavities; forms glands






25. Toward the center of the body; toward the inside






26. Supports body - protects organs - produces blood cells






27. Person standing erect - feet together and parallel - face forward - arms at sides with palms facing forward (supinated)






28. Located between the cells and fibers - both of which are embedded in it; forms amorphous intercellar material; in fresh state - appears as a transparent and homogenous gel






29. Composed of neurons (cells); induces a response of distant muscles or glands; regulates body processes like respiration - circulation - and digestion






30. Eye - ear - taste buds - and olfactory region






31. Similar to cilia; primary examples are human spermatozoa






32. The distal end; the less fixed and more movable end of a muscle attachment






33. Away from the surface; within or toward the inside or interior






34. 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)






35. Mucosa of oral cavity - esophagus - anal canal - vagina; cornea of eye and part of conjunctiva






36. 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






37. Farther from the point or origin of a structure or farther from the reference point or the midline axis






38. Structures that are subjected to pull or stretching activities such as tendons - ligaments - aponeuroses (a sheet - like tendinous expansion - like in hand) and fascia






39. Secretion; protection






40. Includes peripheral nerves - ganglia - and receptors






41. A slit between bones; between the parietal bones of the skull - the slit is the superior sagittal fissure






42. Attached surface






43. A pointed process






44. In the direction of the cranium






45. Have eccentric nucleus with chromatin in a cartwheel pattern; found in lamina propira of gastrointestinal tract; function in protecting body against bacterial invasion by secreting antibodies (immunoglobulins - IgG) into the circulating blood






46. A canal






47. A groove






48. Secretion; protection; facilitates transport of substances on surface of cells






49. A prominent - distinct area (the iliac crest)






50. In the direction of the midline of a structure