IUPUI ANATOMY STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT REVIEW
GUARANTEED PASS
●● What protein is responsible for the majority of oxygen and carbon
dioxide transport?
Answer: Hemoglobin
●● What cells are responsible for specific immunity in the body?
Answer: Lymphocytes
●● Diapedesis
Answer: Movement through vessel walls
●● What are the most numerous blood cells?
Answer: Erythrocytes
●● When does the heart make the "lub" sound?
Answer: When the atrioventricular valves close
●● What is known as the heart strings?
Answer: Chordae Tendinae
,●● Where is the mitral/bicuspid valve located?
Answer: Between left atrium and left ventricle
●● What are the synapses between cardiac musice fibers?
Answer: Gap junctions
●● The pulmonary vein is attached to
Answer: the left atrium
●● The pulmonary vein carries what kind of blood?
Answer: Oxygenated
●● What are the layers of blood vessels from superficial to deep?
Answer: Tunica externa, Tunica media, Tunica interna
●● The femoral artery starts at what point of the body?
Answer: After the inguinal ligament
●● What are the branches of the aorta from anatomical right to left?
Answer: Brachiocephalic, left common carotid, left subclavian
, ●● What artery supplies blood to the small intestines, pancreas, and
duodenum?
Answer: Superior Mesenteric Artery
●● What do veins have specifically that arteries do not?
Answer: Valves
●● The nephrons, ureters, and calyxes are all part of what system?
Answer: Urinary
●● What empties into the glomerulus?
Answer: Afferent arterioles
●● What type of tissue is the bladder made up of?
Answer: Transitional epithelium
●● Where does urine exit the body?
Answer: Urethra
●● Where does urine exit the nephron of the kidney?
Answer: Into the hilium
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT REVIEW
GUARANTEED PASS
●● What protein is responsible for the majority of oxygen and carbon
dioxide transport?
Answer: Hemoglobin
●● What cells are responsible for specific immunity in the body?
Answer: Lymphocytes
●● Diapedesis
Answer: Movement through vessel walls
●● What are the most numerous blood cells?
Answer: Erythrocytes
●● When does the heart make the "lub" sound?
Answer: When the atrioventricular valves close
●● What is known as the heart strings?
Answer: Chordae Tendinae
,●● Where is the mitral/bicuspid valve located?
Answer: Between left atrium and left ventricle
●● What are the synapses between cardiac musice fibers?
Answer: Gap junctions
●● The pulmonary vein is attached to
Answer: the left atrium
●● The pulmonary vein carries what kind of blood?
Answer: Oxygenated
●● What are the layers of blood vessels from superficial to deep?
Answer: Tunica externa, Tunica media, Tunica interna
●● The femoral artery starts at what point of the body?
Answer: After the inguinal ligament
●● What are the branches of the aorta from anatomical right to left?
Answer: Brachiocephalic, left common carotid, left subclavian
, ●● What artery supplies blood to the small intestines, pancreas, and
duodenum?
Answer: Superior Mesenteric Artery
●● What do veins have specifically that arteries do not?
Answer: Valves
●● The nephrons, ureters, and calyxes are all part of what system?
Answer: Urinary
●● What empties into the glomerulus?
Answer: Afferent arterioles
●● What type of tissue is the bladder made up of?
Answer: Transitional epithelium
●● Where does urine exit the body?
Answer: Urethra
●● Where does urine exit the nephron of the kidney?
Answer: Into the hilium
