ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS




◉ Reticular loose Connective Tissue Answer: Function:
-Forms stroma (supporting framework) of organs
-Filters/removes old blood cells.
-Binds together smooth muscle tissues.


Apperance:
- Nucleus present
- Interconnected reticular fibers and cells.


Location:
-Liver, spleen, lymph nodes.


◉ Dense regular Connective Tissue Answer: Function:
- Provides strong attachment to tissues.


Appearance:
- No striations

,- Wavy fibrous patterns.


Location:
- Tendons/ligaments
- Attaches to other tissues found in the body.


◉ Dense irregular Connective Tissue Answer: Function: Strength


Appearance:
- Randomly arranged collagen fibers with a few fibroblasts.
- Messy, disorderly appearance.


Location:
- Dermis of the skin.


◉ Compact bone Answer: Function:
-Support, protection, storage of blood-forming tissue
- Holds yellow bone marrow in the diaphysis


Apperance:
- Composed of osseous tissue
-Central canal (Haversion canal) is the dark purple center

,- Canaliculi (looks like spider webs)
- Lacunae (looks like potato eyes)
- Lamellae (rings/layers of bone)
- Osteocytes (mature bone cells) are inside the lacunae




Location:
-Bones


◉ Transitional Epithelium Answer: Function:
- Permits expansion of organ linings without tearing.


Appearance:
- Cells that change shape from cubodial to flat
- Layered on top of each other


Location:
-Urinary bladder
-Uterus
-Urethra

, ◉ Skeletal Muscle Tissue Answer: Function: Voluntarily moves the
skeleton


Appearance:
- Orderly/patterned
- HAS striations
- Multinucleated


Location:
- Skeletal muscles


◉ Cardiac Muscle Tissue Answer: Function: Involuntarily pumps
blood to the body


Appearance:
- Branched appearance
- Patterned/orderly
- Intercalculated discs (white lines) with single nucleus
-HAS striations


Location:
- Only in the heart (heart wall)