MILADY STANDARD ESTHETICS:
CHAPTER 2 - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
How much blood does the human body contain? - Answer-8 to 10 pints
What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system? - Answer-Blood
What are platelets? - Answer-Blood components that contribute to the blood clotting
process
What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues? - Answer-Histology
What is one reason etheticians should study body systems, organs, and tissues? -
Answer-To understand the effect that services have on the body
What is protoplasm? - Answer-A substance of which the cells of all living things are
composed
What is the process of cell reproduction called? - Answer-Mitosis
What is the sternum? - Answer-A flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs
What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions to the cells and
carbon dioxide from the cells? - Answer-Plasma
The origin part of a muscle is ____________________ to the skeleton. - Answer-
Attached
What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific
functions? - Answer-Organs
Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and phosphorus levels? -
Answer-So the nervous and muscular system can function properly
The pituitary gland is the most complex organ of the _____________________ system.
- Answer-Endocrine
What organ in the endocrine system secretes enzyme-producing cells that are
responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? - Answer-Pancreas
, What are the secretions that the endocrine glands release directly into the bloodstream
and that influence the welfare of the entire body? - Answer-Hormones
What is the primary function of the respiratory system? - Answer-Breathing
What is the primary function of the lymphatic/immune system? - Answer-Protecting the
body from disease
What is a primary function of the skeletal system? - Answer-Providing a physical
foundation of the body
What is the primary function of the circulatory system? - Answer-Moving blood through
the body
What is covered, shaped, and supported by the muscular system? - Answer-Skeletal
tissue
What body system is responsible for changing food into nutrients and waste? - Answer-
Digestive system
What is the primary function of the excretory system? - Answer-Purifying the body by
elimination of waste matter
What is the primary function of the reproductive system? - Answer-Perpetuating the
human race
What is the body system that controls and coordinates all other body systems? -
Answer-Nervous system
What is the connection between two or more bones of the skeleton? - Answer-Joint
What body system serves as a protective covering for the body? - Answer-
Integumentary system
Connective, epithelial, muscle, and nerve are types of what found in the body? -
Answer-Tissue
What are valves? - Answer-Structures that close a passage or permit flow in one
direction only
What bone forms the back of the skull above the nape? - Answer-Occipital
How many identical daughter cells are formed when a cell divides during mitosis? -
Answer-2
CHAPTER 2 - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
How much blood does the human body contain? - Answer-8 to 10 pints
What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system? - Answer-Blood
What are platelets? - Answer-Blood components that contribute to the blood clotting
process
What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues? - Answer-Histology
What is one reason etheticians should study body systems, organs, and tissues? -
Answer-To understand the effect that services have on the body
What is protoplasm? - Answer-A substance of which the cells of all living things are
composed
What is the process of cell reproduction called? - Answer-Mitosis
What is the sternum? - Answer-A flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs
What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions to the cells and
carbon dioxide from the cells? - Answer-Plasma
The origin part of a muscle is ____________________ to the skeleton. - Answer-
Attached
What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific
functions? - Answer-Organs
Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and phosphorus levels? -
Answer-So the nervous and muscular system can function properly
The pituitary gland is the most complex organ of the _____________________ system.
- Answer-Endocrine
What organ in the endocrine system secretes enzyme-producing cells that are
responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? - Answer-Pancreas
, What are the secretions that the endocrine glands release directly into the bloodstream
and that influence the welfare of the entire body? - Answer-Hormones
What is the primary function of the respiratory system? - Answer-Breathing
What is the primary function of the lymphatic/immune system? - Answer-Protecting the
body from disease
What is a primary function of the skeletal system? - Answer-Providing a physical
foundation of the body
What is the primary function of the circulatory system? - Answer-Moving blood through
the body
What is covered, shaped, and supported by the muscular system? - Answer-Skeletal
tissue
What body system is responsible for changing food into nutrients and waste? - Answer-
Digestive system
What is the primary function of the excretory system? - Answer-Purifying the body by
elimination of waste matter
What is the primary function of the reproductive system? - Answer-Perpetuating the
human race
What is the body system that controls and coordinates all other body systems? -
Answer-Nervous system
What is the connection between two or more bones of the skeleton? - Answer-Joint
What body system serves as a protective covering for the body? - Answer-
Integumentary system
Connective, epithelial, muscle, and nerve are types of what found in the body? -
Answer-Tissue
What are valves? - Answer-Structures that close a passage or permit flow in one
direction only
What bone forms the back of the skull above the nape? - Answer-Occipital
How many identical daughter cells are formed when a cell divides during mitosis? -
Answer-2
