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MCAT Human Body

Subjects : mcat, science
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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






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






3. Simple - stratified keratinized - stratified nonkeratinized (moist)






4. Most numerous type; collagen bundles are strong and resist stretching






5. A vertical plane parallel to the midsagittal plane; it allows longitudinal slices that are parallel to the median plane






6. Secretion; absorption; lines surface






7. Secretion; absorption; protection; lubrication






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






9. Ducts of sweat glands; developing follicles of ovary






10. Transports nutrients - wastes - gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)hormones - blood cells throughout body; protects body against foreign organisms






11. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body






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






13. In the direction of the head; nearer the head






14. Dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid.






15. A prominence or ridge above an articular surface (condyle)






16. A slit or gap






17. Secretion; protection






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






19. In the direction of the cranium






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






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






22. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers






23. Referring to the same side of the body






24. Protection






25. Regulates body growth and function via hormones






26. Respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message (impulse) from one area of the body to another






27. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior






28. Midsagittal or median; sagittal; frontal or coronal; transverse - horizontal - or cross






29. In the direction of the feet; away from the head






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






31. Similar in structure and function as those in blood; agranular leukocytes migrate in large numbers under normal conditions






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






33. In the direction away from the midline of a structure






34. Contractile in nature and functions to move the skeletal system and body viscera.






35. A hole in a bone; in the cranium - the spinal cord passes through the foramen magnum






36. A pulley mechanism






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)






38. Very elongated microvilli






39. Fibroblasts - mesenchymal - macrophage (histiocytes) - adipocytes - mast - plasma - reticular - pericytes - and certain white blood cells or leukocytes (lymphocytes - monocytes - eosinophils - basophils - and neutrophils)






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






41. Male urethra; conjunctiva






42. A hook - shaped process or eminence






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)






44. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)






45. Includes peripheral nerves - ganglia - and receptors






46. Simple squamous - stratified squamous keratinized - stratified squamous nonkeratinized (moist) - simple cuboidal - stratified cuboidal - simple columnar - pseudostratified columnar - stratified columnar - transitional






47. Walls of digestive tract and blood vessels - uterus - bladder






48. Protection






49. Toward the back (the dorsum) of the body; think dorsal dolphin fin






50. A pointed process