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MCAT Human Body

Subjects : mcat, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dilates blood vessels and increases the permeability of capillaries - thus increasing interstitial fluid.






2. Free surface






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






4. A vertical plane in the antero - posterior direction which divides the body into equal right and left halves






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






6. A pointed process






7. Epithelium - connective tissue - muscle - nerve






8. A slit or gap






9. 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






10. Farther from the point or origin of a structure or farther from the reference point or the midline axis






11. Heart






12. At cell surface; Microvilli - cilia - flagella - stereocilia






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






14. Secretion; absorption; lines surface






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






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






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






18. Prevents loss of water; protection






19. Supports body - protects organs - produces blood cells






20. Retractile fibers; thinner than collagen fibers;






21. A flat - smooth area (the articulating facet in vertebrae)






22. Responds to internal and external stimuli; regulates and coordinates body activities and movements






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






24. Includes brain and spinal cord






25. A shallow depression






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






27. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)






28. Toward the center of the body; toward the inside






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






30. Away from the surface; within or toward the inside or interior






31. The sole of the foot






32. Attached surface






33. Urinary tract (renal calyces and pelvis - ureter - and urinary bladder)






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






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






36. Kidney tubules; choroid plexus (lining of ventricles and spinal canal; produces CSF); thyroid gland; rete testis; surface of ovary






37. Primarily attached and nonmotile (fixed cells) but some have the ability to move (wandering or free cells); typical cells found in connective tissue are fibroblasts - mesenchymal - macrophage (hisitocytes) - adipocytes - mast - plasma - reticular - p






38. Simple - pseudostratified - stratified






39. Ground substance - cells - fibers






40. Similar to cilia; primary examples are human spermatozoa






41. An outward bulging (hernia) of an organ etc. in a cavity or from a surface






42. Secretion; protection; facilitates transport of substances on surface of cells






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






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






45. Very elongated microvilli






46. Protection






47. Collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - reticular






48. Covers the external surfaces of the body and lines the internal tubes and cavities; forms glands






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






50. In the direction of the cranium