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MCAT Human Body
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1. Structures that are subjected to pull or stretching activities such as tendons - ligaments - aponeuroses (a sheet - like tendinous expansion - like in hand) and fascia
Reticular fiber locations
Peripheral
Cilia
Collagen fiber locations
2. 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
Connective tissue plasma cells
Pseudostriated columnar epithelium function
Connective tissue adipocytes
Organism composition
3. Simple - stratified keratinized - stratified nonkeratinized (moist)
Tuberosity
Proximal
Origin
Squamous epithelium types
4. Most numerous type; collagen bundles are strong and resist stretching
Midsagittal or median plane
Muscle tissue types
Organism composition
Collagen fibers
5. A vertical plane parallel to the midsagittal plane; it allows longitudinal slices that are parallel to the median plane
Fossa
Smooth muscle location
Sagittal plane
polarization of epithelium
6. Secretion; absorption; lines surface
Posterior or dorsal
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
Stratified columnar epithelium function
Simple squamous epithelium function
7. Secretion; absorption; protection; lubrication
Muscle tissue types
Simple columnar epithelium function
Cilia
Integumentary system function
8. Ovoid cells with small round nuclei; cytoplasm contains numerous coarse basophilic granules (composed of histamine and heparin); Histamine dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid. Part
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Cranial (structure)
Fossa
Connective tissue mast cells
9. Ducts of sweat glands; developing follicles of ovary
Contralateral
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Special sensory receptors
Connective tissue leukocyte types
10. Transports nutrients - wastes - gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)hormones - blood cells throughout body; protects body against foreign organisms
Functional units
Organ system
Ground substance
Circulatory system function
11. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body
Antum
Flagella
Superficial or external
Plantar
12. Eye - ear - taste buds - and olfactory region
Respiratory system function
Sinus
Special sensory receptors
4 basic tissue types
13. In the direction of the head; nearer the head
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Lateral (structure)
Midsagittal or median plane
Cilia
14. Dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid.
Connective tissue plasma cells
Histamine affect
Reticular fiber locations
Organism composition
15. A prominence or ridge above an articular surface (condyle)
Lateral
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Epicondyle
Cardiac muscle location
16. A slit or gap
Inferior or caudad
Hiatus
Histamine affect
Stereocilia
17. Secretion; protection
Histamine affect
adventitia
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
Cuboidal epithelium types
18. An inward bulging - depression - or bucketing of a cavity or from a surface
Invagination
Digestive system function
Distal
Sinus
19. In the direction of the cranium
Special sensory receptors
Cardiac muscle location
Sinus
Cranial (structure)
20. Packing and supporting material of the body tissue and organs; develops from mesoderm (mesenchyme); all consist of the components ground substance - cells - and fibers
Ground substance composition
Connective tissue
Peripheral nervous system
Organ system
21. A slit between bones; between the parietal bones of the skull - the slit is the superior sagittal fissure
Origin
Fissure
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Integumentary system function
22. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers
Posterior or dorsal
Fibers
Special sensory receptors
Connective tissue plasma cells
23. Referring to the same side of the body
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Caudal (structure)
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Nervous system function
24. Protection
Simple cuboidal epithelium location
Muscle tissue
Organ system
Stratified columnar epithelium function
25. Regulates body growth and function via hormones
Skeletal system function
Deep or internal
Crest
Endocrine system function
26. Respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message (impulse) from one area of the body to another
Neuron function
Lateral (structure)
Antum
Ipsilateral or homolateral
27. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior
Transitional epithelium function
Connective tissue
Nervous system function
Medial
28. Midsagittal or median; sagittal; frontal or coronal; transverse - horizontal - or cross
Types of planes (4)
Microvilli
Tissue
Reproductive system function
29. In the direction of the feet; away from the head
Reproductive system function
Superficial or external
Inferior or caudad
Deep or internal
30. Has compactly aggregated cells; has limited intercellular spaces and substance; is avascular (no blood vessels); lies on a connective tissue layer (the basal lamina); has cells that form sheets and are polarized; is derived from all three germ layers
Hamulus
Superficial or external
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
31. Similar in structure and function as those in blood; agranular leukocytes migrate in large numbers under normal conditions
Central nervous system
Connective tissue leukocytes
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Mesad
32. Toward the front of the body - belly side; volar or palmar side are used in referring to the hand
Connective tissue cells
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Lateral (structure)
Anterior or ventral
33. In the direction away from the midline of a structure
Midsagittal or median plane
Nervous tissue
Lateral (structure)
Connective tissue fibroblasts
34. Contractile in nature and functions to move the skeletal system and body viscera.
Muscle tissue
Inferior or caudad
Types of planes (4)
Invagination
35. A hole in a bone; in the cranium - the spinal cord passes through the foramen magnum
Types of epithelium (9)
Sinus
Foramen
Skeletal system function
36. A pulley mechanism
Transitional epithelium location
Trochlea
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Skeletal system function
37. 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)
Insertion
Circulatory system function
Microvilli
Sagittal plane
38. Very elongated microvilli
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Stereocilia
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Contralateral
39. Fibroblasts - mesenchymal - macrophage (histiocytes) - adipocytes - mast - plasma - reticular - pericytes - and certain white blood cells or leukocytes (lymphocytes - monocytes - eosinophils - basophils - and neutrophils)
Cephalic (structure)
Connective tissue cells
Squamous epithelium types
Smooth muscle location
40. Composed of neurons (cells); induces a response of distant muscles or glands; regulates body processes like respiration - circulation - and digestion
Nervous tissue
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Basal surface epithelium
Flagella
41. Male urethra; conjunctiva
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Foramen
Epicondyle
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
42. A hook - shaped process or eminence
Epithelial tissue
Digestive system function
Hamulus
Reticular fibers
43. A horizontal plane at right angles to both the sagittal and frontal plane; it cuts the specimen into superior (upper or cephalad) and inferior (lower or caudad) portions; cross sections of the specimen (cuts at waist)
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
Ground substance function
Crest
Origin
44. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)
Transitional epithelium location
Peripheral nervous system
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
45. Includes peripheral nerves - ganglia - and receptors
Simple columnar epithelium function
Medial
Peripheral nervous system
4 basic tissue types
46. Simple squamous - stratified squamous keratinized - stratified squamous nonkeratinized (moist) - simple cuboidal - stratified cuboidal - simple columnar - pseudostratified columnar - stratified columnar - transitional
Types of epithelium (9)
Fiber types
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Reticular fibers
47. Walls of digestive tract and blood vessels - uterus - bladder
Reticular fibers
Integumentary system function
Smooth muscle location
Connective tissue adipocytes
48. Protection
Connective tissue eosinophils
Peripheral nervous system
Transitional epithelium function
Fissure
49. Toward the back (the dorsum) of the body; think dorsal dolphin fin
Posterior or dorsal
Lateral
Stereocilia
Integumentary system function
50. A pointed process
Tissue
Lateral
Spine
Contralateral