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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Attached surface
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Basal surface epithelium
Connective tissue lymphocytes
4 basic tissue types
2. Simple squamous - stratified squamous keratinized - stratified squamous nonkeratinized (moist) - simple cuboidal - stratified cuboidal - simple columnar - pseudostratified columnar - stratified columnar - transitional
Types of epithelium (9)
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Meatus
Organism composition
3. The sole of the foot
Posterior or dorsal
Plantar
Respiratory system function
Sinus
4. Located in the adventitia of blood vessels; multi - potential cells which may differentiate into various connective tissues or smooth muscle cells
Simple squamous epithelium location
Ground substance composition
Connective tissue pericytes
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
5. Mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) - proteins - lipids - and water
Fiber types
Cuboidal epithelium types
Superficial or external
Ground substance composition
6. A smooth - rounded articular surface
Connective tissue plasma cells
Condyle
Muscular system function
Sagittal plane
7. A vertical plane parallel to the midsagittal plane; it allows longitudinal slices that are parallel to the median plane
Digestive system function
Smooth muscle location
Epithelial tissue
Sagittal plane
8. Protection
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Simple squamous epithelium location
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Stratified columnar epithelium function
9. Regulates body growth and function via hormones
Inferior or caudad
Reticular fibers
Endocrine system function
Smooth muscle characteristics
10. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body
Elastic fibers
Superficial or external
Mesad
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
11. Eye - ear - taste buds - and olfactory region
Muscle tissue
Special sensory receptors
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Connective tissue distinct components
12. Person standing erect - feet together and parallel - face forward - arms at sides with palms facing forward (supinated)
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
Anatomic position
Special sensory receptors
Muscle tissue types
13. Nearest a point of origin in general or nearest the trunk as far as the extremities are concerned; nearer the attachment to the body; nearer the midline axis
Origin
Respiratory system function
Proximal
Central
14. In the direction of the cranium
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
Cranial (structure)
4 basic tissue types
Connective tissue leukocyte types
15. A prominence or ridge above an articular surface (condyle)
Epicondyle
Transitional epithelium location
Cardiac muscle location
Caudal (structure)
16. Simple - stratified keratinized - stratified nonkeratinized (moist)
Inferior or caudad
Deep or internal
Anterior or ventral
Squamous epithelium types
17. Dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid.
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
Functional units
Special sensory receptors
Histamine affect
18. An inward bulging - depression - or bucketing of a cavity or from a surface
Invagination
Cilia
Meatus
Collagen fibers
19. A slit between bones; between the parietal bones of the skull - the slit is the superior sagittal fissure
Endocrine system function
Fissure
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Invagination
20. A vertical plane in the antero - posterior direction which divides the body into equal right and left halves
Inferior or caudad
Facet
Midsagittal or median plane
Antum
21. Occur in areas involved in allergic reaction
Connective tissue eosinophils
Condyle
Muscle tissue types
Reticular fiber locations
22. Limits and protects the body as a whole; prevents excess loss of water; functions in regulating body temperature
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Flagella
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Integumentary system function
23. In the direction of the feet; away from the head
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Trochlea
Inferior or caudad
Skeletal system function
24. Several organs which function together as a unit for a specific purpose.
Reproductive system function
Organ system
Types of epithelium (9)
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
25. Prevents loss of water; protection
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Connective tissue leukocytes
Peripheral
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
26. An outward bulging (hernia) of an organ etc. in a cavity or from a surface
Evagination
Squamous epithelium types
Insertion
Trochlea
27. Mucosa of oral cavity - esophagus - anal canal - vagina; cornea of eye and part of conjunctiva
Nervous system function
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Organ system
Elastic fibers
28. In the direction of the nose (head)
Apical surface epithelium
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
Rostral
Spine
29. Most numerous type; collagen bundles are strong and resist stretching
Circulatory system function
Collagen fibers
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Contralateral
30. A flat - smooth area (the articulating facet in vertebrae)
Transitional epithelium location
Ground substance function
Facet
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
31. Heart
Cardiac muscle location
Sagittal plane
Tissue
Reproductive system function
32. Epidermis of skin
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Antum
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
Facet
33. Midsagittal or median; sagittal; frontal or coronal; transverse - horizontal - or cross
Types of planes (4)
Fiber types
Reproductive system function
Midsagittal or median plane
34. 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
Transitional epithelium function
Invagination
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
35. In the direction of the head; nearer the head
Contralateral
Lateral
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Cuboidal epithelium types
36. Removes body wastes from bloodstream; helps regulate homeostasis of internal environment
Anatomic position
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Urinary system function
Foramen
37. Away from the center of the body; toward the outside
Cephalic (structure)
Peripheral
Lateral (structure)
Smooth muscle location
38. 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)
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Integumentary system function
Microvilli
Connective tissue plasma cells
39. Star - shaped cells which join via their processes to form a cellular network; found abutting reticular fibers in certain glands and lymphoid tissues
Connective tissue eosinophils
Elastic fiber locations
Ground substance
Connective tissue reticular cells
40. Thinner than collagen but similar size to elastic; arranged in an intermeshing network (reticulum) which supports the organ; inelastic
Peripheral
Simple columnar epithelium function
Reticular fibers
Ground substance
41. Undifferentiated connective tissue cells which have the potential to differentiate into other types of connective tissue cells; primarily found in embryonic and fetal tissues; stellate shape; wandering cell
Skeletal system function
Lateral (structure)
Transitional epithelium location
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
42. At cell surface; Microvilli - cilia - flagella - stereocilia
Midsagittal or median plane
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Microvilli
Muscular system function
43. Epithelium - connective tissue - muscle - nerve
4 basic tissue types
Hamulus
Reticular fiber locations
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
44. Has free surface (apical) and an attached surface (basal)
Simple columnar epithelium location
polarization of epithelium
Lateral
Columnar epithelium types
45. Includes brain and spinal cord
Connective tissue leukocytes
Facet
Central nervous system
Reproductive system function
46. A rough eminence - projection - or bump
Connective tissue mast cells
Contralateral
Cephalic (structure)
Tuberosity
47. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Simple squamous epithelium function
Distal
Connective tissue fibroblasts
48. Produces motions of body parts and viscera
Smooth muscle location
Muscular system function
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Invagination
49. 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)
Muscle tissue
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Simple columnar epithelium location
Connective tissue lymphocytes
50. Lines lumen of respiratory tract (nasal cavity - trachea - and bronchi)(ciliated); ducts of epididymis (stereocilia); ductus (vas) deferens; male urethra
Connective tissue distinct components
Epicondyle
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Reticular fibers