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MCAT Human Body
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Person standing erect - feet together and parallel - face forward - arms at sides with palms facing forward (supinated)
Elastic fiber locations
Anatomic position
Inferior or caudad
Cuboidal epithelium types
2. Secretion; absorption; protection; lubrication
Circulatory system function
Simple columnar epithelium function
Anterior or ventral
Connective tissue
3. Mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) - proteins - lipids - and water
Contralateral
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Ground substance composition
4 basic tissue types
4. Packing and supporting material of the body tissue and organs; develops from mesoderm (mesenchyme); all consist of the components ground substance - cells - and fibers
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Caudal (structure)
Connective tissue
Nervous system function
5. A cavity
Reticular fibers
Nervous system function
Antum
Urinary system function
6. Mucosa of oral cavity - esophagus - anal canal - vagina; cornea of eye and part of conjunctiva
Rostral
Trochlea
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
7. In the direction of the tail end of the body or away from the head end
Caudal (structure)
Connective tissue reticular cells
Stratified columnar epithelium function
Facet
8. A slit between bones; between the parietal bones of the skull - the slit is the superior sagittal fissure
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Fissure
Stereocilia
Medial
9. Most common; called fibrocyte when in flattened stellate state
Cardiac muscle location
Epicondyle
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Smooth muscle characteristics
10. A pulley mechanism
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Simple squamous epithelium function
Trochlea
Posterior or dorsal
11. Simple squamous - stratified squamous keratinized - stratified squamous nonkeratinized (moist) - simple cuboidal - stratified cuboidal - simple columnar - pseudostratified columnar - stratified columnar - transitional
4 basic tissue types
Types of epithelium (9)
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Crest
12. The sole of the foot
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Plantar
Ground substance
Cells (connective tissue)
13. Midsagittal or median; sagittal; frontal or coronal; transverse - horizontal - or cross
Types of planes (4)
Medial
Connective tissue adipocytes
Organ
14. Referring to the opposite side of the body
Contralateral
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Sulcus
15. Several organs which function together as a unit for a specific purpose.
Fiber types
Transitional epithelium location
Meatus
Organ system
16. In the direction of the head; nearer the head
Organ system
Contralateral
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Facet
17. 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
Plantar
Connective tissue mast cells
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Columnar epithelium types
18. A smooth - rounded articular surface
Fissure
Peripheral nervous system
Condyle
Transitional epithelium location
19. 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
Connective tissue neutrophils
Sagittal plane
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
20. Lubrication of body cavities to permit free movement of organs; pinocytotic transport across cells
adventitia
Squamous epithelium types
Origin
Simple squamous epithelium function
21. In the direction of the midline of a structure
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
Types of epithelium (9)
Mesad
Stratified columnar epithelium location
22. Away from the center of the body; toward the outside
Peripheral
Mesad
Connective tissue distinct components
Flagella
23. 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
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Simple squamous epithelium function
Condyle
24. Farther from the point or origin of a structure or farther from the reference point or the midline axis
Muscle tissue types
Invagination
Connective tissue distinct components
Distal
25. Composed of neurons (cells); induces a response of distant muscles or glands; regulates body processes like respiration - circulation - and digestion
Nervous tissue
Meatus
Fissure
Peripheral
26. Supports body - protects organs - produces blood cells
Skeletal system function
Distal
Meatus
Anterior or ventral
27. A slit or gap
Anterior or ventral
Hamulus
Hiatus
Neuron function
28. Migrate in large numbers into the interstitium during an inflammatory response
Frontal or coronal plane
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Microvilli
Connective tissue neutrophils
29. An inward bulging - depression - or bucketing of a cavity or from a surface
Caudal (structure)
Nervous tissue
Invagination
Distal
30. Occur in areas involved in allergic reaction
Connective tissue eosinophils
Muscle tissue types
Connective tissue cells
Contralateral
31. Away from the surface; within or toward the inside or interior
Central nervous system
Invagination
Skeletal muscle characteristics
Deep or internal
32. A rough eminence - projection - or bump
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
Tuberosity
Basal surface epithelium
Ground substance function
33. 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)
Microvilli
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Invagination
Apical surface epithelium
34. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers
Fibers
Cephalic (structure)
Flagella
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
35. Striated - involuntary
Meatus
Lateral (structure)
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Stratified columnar epithelium function
36. Contractile in nature and functions to move the skeletal system and body viscera.
Muscle tissue
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Peripheral nervous system
37. Each has a definite function which results from the combined functions of the various tissue components.
Organ
Elastic fiber locations
Squamous epithelium types
Connective tissue distinct components
38. Secretion; protection
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
Integumentary system function
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
39. Nearer the surface; without or nearer the outside of the body
Connective tissue eosinophils
Meatus
Superficial or external
adventitia
40. Lymphocytes - monocytes - eosinophils - basophils - neutrophils
Connective tissue adipocytes
Types of epithelium (9)
Origin
Connective tissue leukocyte types
41. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior
Plantar
Apical surface epithelium
Medial
Connective tissue pericytes
42. Lines lumen of respiratory tract (nasal cavity - trachea - and bronchi)(ciliated); ducts of epididymis (stereocilia); ductus (vas) deferens; male urethra
Cephalic (structure)
Microvilli
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Connective tissue leukocytes
43. The distal end; the less fixed and more movable end of a muscle attachment
Respiratory system function
Tuberosity
Contralateral
Insertion
44. Simple - pseudostratified - stratified
Connective tissue leukocytes
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Smooth muscle location
Columnar epithelium types
45. 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
Crest
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Proximal
Stereocilia
46. Star - shaped cells which join via their processes to form a cellular network; found abutting reticular fibers in certain glands and lymphoid tissues
Caudal (structure)
Crest
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Connective tissue reticular cells
47. Responds to internal and external stimuli; regulates and coordinates body activities and movements
adventitia
Nervous system function
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Connective tissue fibroblasts
48. Ground substance - cells - fibers
Peripheral nervous system
Hamulus
Crest
Connective tissue distinct components
49. 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
Rostral
Connective tissue
Reticular fibers
50. The outermost layer - composed of connective tissue with elastic and collagenous fibers - of an artery or another structure.
Frontal or coronal plane
Anatomic position
adventitia
Microvilli