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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. Striated - involuntary
Fossa
Circulatory system function
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Special sensory receptors
2. Perpetuates the living organism by the production of sex cells (gametes) and future offspring
Types of planes (4)
Skeletal system function
Tuberosity
Reproductive system function
3. Consists of a group of cells performing a similar function
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Connective tissue leukocytes
Tissue
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
4. Occur in areas involved in allergic reaction
Meatus
Connective tissue neutrophils
Connective tissue cells
Connective tissue eosinophils
5. In the direction of the head; nearer the head
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Origin
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Connective tissue plasma cells
6. Ground substance - cells - fibers
Facet
Superficial or external
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Connective tissue distinct components
7. A pointed process
Anatomic position
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
Spine
Trochlea
8. The outermost layer - composed of connective tissue with elastic and collagenous fibers - of an artery or another structure.
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
adventitia
Central
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
9. Limits and protects the body as a whole; prevents excess loss of water; functions in regulating body temperature
Integumentary system function
Ground substance
Connective tissue plasma cells
4 basic tissue types
10. 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
Elastic fibers
Central
Proximal
Anterior or ventral
11. Each has a definite function which results from the combined functions of the various tissue components.
Neuron function
Connective tissue leukocytes
Organ
Flagella
12. Striated - voluntary
Lateral
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Foramen
13. Cells lining lumen of digestive tract (stomach to rectum only); gall bladder; many glands (secretory units and ducts); uterus; uterine tube (ciliated)
Reticular fibers
Connective tissue mast cells
Simple columnar epithelium location
Flagella
14. Collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - reticular
Cephalic (structure)
Deep or internal
Fiber types
Meatus
15. Secretion; absorption; lines surface
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
Ground substance composition
adventitia
Mesad
16. Mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) - proteins - lipids - and water
Ground substance composition
Circulatory system function
Connective tissue adipocytes
Tissue
17. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers
Tuberosity
Fibers
Connective tissue cells
Meatus
18. Dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid.
Histamine affect
Neuron function
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Smooth muscle characteristics
19. Supports body - protects organs - produces blood cells
Skeletal system function
Nervous system function
Foramen
Meatus
20. Accumulate in areas in response to chronic inflammation
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Tissue
Respiratory system function
Condyle
21. 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
Cranial (structure)
Spine
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
Plantar
22. Contractile in nature and functions to move the skeletal system and body viscera.
Reproductive system function
Muscle tissue
Simple squamous epithelium location
Sinus
23. A vertical plane in the antero - posterior direction which divides the body into equal right and left halves
Simple squamous epithelium location
Midsagittal or median plane
Insertion
Types of epithelium (9)
24. Away from the surface; within or toward the inside or interior
Cells (connective tissue)
Organism composition
Hiatus
Deep or internal
25. In the direction of the head end of the body
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Spine
Sinus
Cephalic (structure)
26. Fibroblasts - mesenchymal - macrophage (histiocytes) - adipocytes - mast - plasma - reticular - pericytes - and certain white blood cells or leukocytes (lymphocytes - monocytes - eosinophils - basophils - and neutrophils)
Simple squamous epithelium function
Connective tissue cells
Distal
Sinus
27. Attached surface
Ground substance composition
Basal surface epithelium
Medial
Distal
28. 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)
Cells (connective tissue)
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
29. A groove
Reproductive system function
Muscle tissue types
Elastic fibers
Sulcus
30. Most numerous type; collagen bundles are strong and resist stretching
Collagen fibers
Transitional epithelium location
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Lateral
31. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior
Midsagittal or median plane
Reticular fibers
Special sensory receptors
Medial
32. Urinary tract (renal calyces and pelvis - ureter - and urinary bladder)
Sinus
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Transitional epithelium location
Fibers
33. Epithelium - connective tissue - muscle - nerve
Squamous epithelium types
Muscle tissue
4 basic tissue types
Cilia
34. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body
Sinus
Inferior or caudad
Superficial or external
Mesad
35. Secretion; protection; prevents loss of water
Smooth muscle characteristics
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Midsagittal or median plane
adventitia
36. Simple - stratified
Ground substance
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Basal surface epithelium
Cuboidal epithelium types
37. 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
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Anatomic position
Connective tissue
Elastic fiber locations
38. Composed of neurons (cells); induces a response of distant muscles or glands; regulates body processes like respiration - circulation - and digestion
Nervous tissue
Simple columnar epithelium function
Squamous epithelium types
Transitional epithelium function
39. Ducts of sweat glands; developing follicles of ovary
Ground substance
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Facet
40. A slit or gap
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Trochlea
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Hiatus
41. Simple - pseudostratified - stratified
Lateral (structure)
Collagen fiber locations
Columnar epithelium types
Antum
42. Male urethra; conjunctiva
Stratified columnar epithelium location
Stereocilia
Histamine affect
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
43. Organs and systems
Distal
Central nervous system
Smooth muscle location
Functional units
44. Enzymatically breaks down food materials into usable and absorbable nutrients
Digestive system function
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
Cilia
Cuboidal epithelium types
45. Composed of several interrelated organ systems
Types of epithelium (9)
Organism composition
Squamous epithelium types
Epicondyle
46. Respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message (impulse) from one area of the body to another
Muscle tissue types
Neuron function
Muscle tissue
Simple cuboidal epithelium location
47. Person standing erect - feet together and parallel - face forward - arms at sides with palms facing forward (supinated)
Anatomic position
Posterior or dorsal
Neuron function
Types of planes (4)
48. Functions in the exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)
Basal surface epithelium
Respiratory system function
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Fissure
49. Most common; called fibrocyte when in flattened stellate state
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Functional units
Squamous epithelium types
Apical surface epithelium
50. Cells and fibers embed into it; acts as a route for the passage of nutrients and wastes to and from the cells within or adjacent to the connective tissue
Integumentary system function
Central
Ground substance function
Crest