ANATOMY & HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. SAMPLE EXAM
REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
Muscular tissue - ANSWER- elongated cells that are specialized to contract in response to
stimulation
Nervous tissue - ANSWER- A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth
between the brain and every other part of the body.
Dorsal cavity - ANSWER- Cranial cavity and the Spinal cavity.
Ventral cavity - ANSWER- located along the front of the body, contains the body organs that
maintain homeostasis
Thoracic cavity - ANSWER- Pleural cavities and mediastinum
Mucous membrane - ANSWER- Membrane that secretes mucus that lubricates the surface of
organs and keeps them moist.
Connective membrane - ANSWER- synovial *lines joint
Stroma - ANSWER- Fluid inside the chloroplast where the Calvin Cycle happens.
Parenchyma - ANSWER- Fundamental tissue composed of thin-walled living cells that
function in photosynthesis and storage.
, Stem cells - ANSWER- Immature (uncommitted) cells with the potential to develop into almost
any type of cell.
Apoptosis - ANSWER- Programmed cell death
Necrosis - ANSWER- Tissue death
Pluripotent - ANSWER- Able to give rise to multiple, but not all, cell types.
Anatomy - ANSWER- Study of structure
Physiology - ANSWER- Study of function
Form determines - ANSWER- function and vice versa
Metabolism - ANSWER- All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism
Catabolism - ANSWER- Metabolic pathways that break down molecules, releasing energy.
Anabolism - ANSWER- Constructive metabolism; the process of building up larger molecules
from smaller ones.
Responsiveness - ANSWER- irritability: sensory
Responsiveness - ANSWER- excitability-motor
ICF - ANSWER- intracellular fuilds
ECF - ANSWER- extracellular fluids
Growth - ANSWER- -size of cell
REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
Muscular tissue - ANSWER- elongated cells that are specialized to contract in response to
stimulation
Nervous tissue - ANSWER- A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth
between the brain and every other part of the body.
Dorsal cavity - ANSWER- Cranial cavity and the Spinal cavity.
Ventral cavity - ANSWER- located along the front of the body, contains the body organs that
maintain homeostasis
Thoracic cavity - ANSWER- Pleural cavities and mediastinum
Mucous membrane - ANSWER- Membrane that secretes mucus that lubricates the surface of
organs and keeps them moist.
Connective membrane - ANSWER- synovial *lines joint
Stroma - ANSWER- Fluid inside the chloroplast where the Calvin Cycle happens.
Parenchyma - ANSWER- Fundamental tissue composed of thin-walled living cells that
function in photosynthesis and storage.
, Stem cells - ANSWER- Immature (uncommitted) cells with the potential to develop into almost
any type of cell.
Apoptosis - ANSWER- Programmed cell death
Necrosis - ANSWER- Tissue death
Pluripotent - ANSWER- Able to give rise to multiple, but not all, cell types.
Anatomy - ANSWER- Study of structure
Physiology - ANSWER- Study of function
Form determines - ANSWER- function and vice versa
Metabolism - ANSWER- All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism
Catabolism - ANSWER- Metabolic pathways that break down molecules, releasing energy.
Anabolism - ANSWER- Constructive metabolism; the process of building up larger molecules
from smaller ones.
Responsiveness - ANSWER- irritability: sensory
Responsiveness - ANSWER- excitability-motor
ICF - ANSWER- intracellular fuilds
ECF - ANSWER- extracellular fluids
Growth - ANSWER- -size of cell
