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MCAT Human Body
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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.
Neuron function
Midsagittal or median plane
Histamine affect
Connective tissue plasma cells
2. Free surface
Apical surface epithelium
Connective tissue fibroblasts
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Plantar
3. In the direction of the head; nearer the head
Cardiac muscle characteristics
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Sagittal plane
Skeletal muscle characteristics
4. A vertical plane in the antero - posterior direction which divides the body into equal right and left halves
Organ system
Plantar
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium location
Midsagittal or median plane
5. Simple - stratified keratinized - stratified nonkeratinized (moist)
Squamous epithelium types
Pseudostriated columnar epithelium function
Ground substance function
Tuberosity
6. A pointed process
Spine
Columnar epithelium types
Cephalic (structure)
Connective tissue
7. Epithelium - connective tissue - muscle - nerve
Circulatory system function
Connective tissue adipocytes
4 basic tissue types
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
8. A slit or gap
Hiatus
Peripheral
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Muscular system function
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
Anterior or ventral
adventitia
Hiatus
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
10. Farther from the point or origin of a structure or farther from the reference point or the midline axis
Connective tissue leukocyte types
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) location
Organ system
Distal
11. Heart
Respiratory system function
Cardiac muscle location
Types of planes (4)
Sulcus
12. At cell surface; Microvilli - cilia - flagella - stereocilia
Smooth muscle characteristics
Connective tissue distinct components
Epithelial tissue specializations (4)
Digestive system function
13. Eye - ear - taste buds - and olfactory region
Plantar
Insertion
Special sensory receptors
Smooth muscle characteristics
14. Secretion; absorption; lines surface
Elastic fibers
Ground substance composition
Hamulus
Simple cuboidal epithelium function
15. Respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message (impulse) from one area of the body to another
Neuron function
Urinary system function
polarization of epithelium
Connective tissue plasma cells
16. Transports nutrients - wastes - gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)hormones - blood cells throughout body; protects body against foreign organisms
Types of epithelium (9)
Circulatory system function
Fiber types
Neuron function
17. Toward the back (the dorsum) of the body; think dorsal dolphin fin
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Cardiac muscle location
Basal surface epithelium
Posterior or dorsal
18. Prevents loss of water; protection
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Connective tissue reticular cells
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
19. Supports body - protects organs - produces blood cells
Skeletal system function
Ground substance function
Inferior or caudad
Connective tissue pericytes
20. Retractile fibers; thinner than collagen fibers;
Connective tissue plasma cells
Microvilli
Elastic fibers
Neuron function
21. A flat - smooth area (the articulating facet in vertebrae)
Transverse - horizontal - or cross plane
Reproductive system function
Facet
Epithelial tissue
22. Responds to internal and external stimuli; regulates and coordinates body activities and movements
Muscle tissue types
Medial
Skeletal system function
Nervous system function
23. In the direction away from the midline of a structure
Transitional epithelium function
Plantar
Simple columnar epithelium function
Lateral (structure)
24. Includes brain and spinal cord
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Sulcus
Elastic fiber locations
Central nervous system
25. A shallow depression
Ipsilateral or homolateral
Fossa
Neuron function
Antum
26. Add support and strength; three types include collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - and reticular fibers
Fibers
Cells (connective tissue)
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Simple columnar epithelium function
27. Chondroitin sulfate - hyaluronic acid (more)
Peripheral
Primary glycosaminoglycans of ground substance
Basal surface epithelium
Origin
28. Toward the center of the body; toward the inside
Cells (connective tissue)
Spine
Antum
Central
29. Most numerous type; collagen bundles are strong and resist stretching
Collagen fibers
Stratified cuboidal epithelium function
Connective tissue lymphocytes
Types of epithelium (9)
30. Away from the surface; within or toward the inside or interior
Deep or internal
Connective tissue cells
Connective tissue reticular cells
Connective tissue
31. The sole of the foot
Tuberosity
Plantar
Ground substance composition
Crest
32. Attached surface
Basal surface epithelium
Organism composition
Integumentary system function
Proximal
33. Urinary tract (renal calyces and pelvis - ureter - and urinary bladder)
Transitional epithelium location
Hamulus
Hiatus
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
34. Simple squamous - stratified squamous keratinized - stratified squamous nonkeratinized (moist) - simple cuboidal - stratified cuboidal - simple columnar - pseudostratified columnar - stratified columnar - transitional
Caudal (structure)
Types of epithelium (9)
Connective tissue macrophages (histiocytes)
Cardiac muscle characteristics
35. Nearer the midline of the body; toward the inside or interior
Types of epithelium (9)
Epithelial tissue
Simple columnar epithelium location
Medial
36. Kidney tubules; choroid plexus (lining of ventricles and spinal canal; produces CSF); thyroid gland; rete testis; surface of ovary
Simple cuboidal epithelium location
Anatomic position
Stratified cuboidal epithelium location
Insertion
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
Contralateral
Collagen fibers
Stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium (moist) function
Cells (connective tissue)
38. Simple - pseudostratified - stratified
Deep or internal
Columnar epithelium types
Basal surface epithelium
Sinus
39. Ground substance - cells - fibers
adventitia
Connective tissue distinct components
Posterior or dorsal
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium location
40. Similar to cilia; primary examples are human spermatozoa
Flagella
Antum
Proximal
Types of epithelium (9)
41. An outward bulging (hernia) of an organ etc. in a cavity or from a surface
Facet
Evagination
Connective tissue neutrophils
Central nervous system
42. Secretion; protection; facilitates transport of substances on surface of cells
Pseudostriated columnar epithelium function
Smooth muscle characteristics
Transitional epithelium location
Superior - craniad - or cephalad
43. A prominence or ridge above an articular surface (condyle)
Fossa
Epicondyle
Ground substance function
Histamine affect
44. A hole in a bone; in the cranium - the spinal cord passes through the foramen magnum
Organ
polarization of epithelium
Foramen
Functional units
45. Very elongated microvilli
Nervous tissue
Cranial (structure)
Stereocilia
Neuron function
46. Protection
Condyle
Cuboidal epithelium types
Epithelial tissue characteristics (6)
Transitional epithelium function
47. Collagen (white) - elastic (yellow) - reticular
Fiber types
Connective tissue mast cells
Columnar epithelium types
Smooth muscle location
48. Covers the external surfaces of the body and lines the internal tubes and cavities; forms glands
Epithelial tissue
Midsagittal or median plane
Connective tissue reticular cells
Connective tissue plasma cells
49. A vertical plane parallel to the midsagittal plane; it allows longitudinal slices that are parallel to the median plane
Sagittal plane
Connective tissue mesenchymal cells
Urinary system function
Proximal
50. In the direction of the cranium
4 basic tissue types
Cranial (structure)
Connective tissue reticular cells
Central