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ANAT 100 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
What plane cuts the body into left and right portions? - Answer✔sagittal
What plane cuts the body into anterior and posterior portions? - Answer✔coronal/frontal
What plane cuts the body into superior and inferior portions? - Answer✔transverse
What are considered longitudinal planes? - Answer✔sagittal and coronal
What is movement of the spine side-to-side? - Answer✔lateral flexion
What are the 5 characteristics of epithelial tissue? - Answer✔CARPA: cellularity, polarity,
attachment, avascularity, regeneration
What are the 4 functions of epithelial tissue? - Answer✔SPSS: support/protection, permeability,
sensation, secretion
What forms can epithelial cells take? - Answer✔squamous, cuboidal, columnar
What 4 ways can epithelial cells be layered? - Answer✔simple, pseudostratified, transitional,
stratified
Where is stratified columnar epithelium found? - Answer✔male urethra
What are the 5 functions of connective tissue? - Answer✔support/protection, structure,
exchange, storage/repair, defense
What 3 components are in connective tissue? - Answer✔cells, fibres, ground substance
What 3 types of fibres exist? - Answer✔collagen, elastic, reticular
What are the 2 components in ground substance? - Answer✔proteoglycans and adhesion proteins
What tissue type is adipose tissue? - Answer✔loose connective tissue
What tissue type is elastic tissue? - Answer✔dense connective tissue
What are examples of supporting connective tissue? - Answer✔cartilage and bone
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What types of cartilage are there? - Answer✔hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic
What are examples of specialized connective tissue? - Answer✔blood and lymph
Where can hyaline cartilage be found? - Answer✔joint surfaces, trachea, bronchi, ribs, nose
Where can elastic cartilage be found? - Answer✔epiglottis, eustachian tube, external ear
What 4 bone types are there? - Answer✔flat, irregular, long, short
What are layers of the bone? - Answer✔periosteum, cortical layer, cancellous layer, medullary
cavity
What are the sections of the spine? - Answer✔cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
How many of each type of vertebra are there? - Answer✔7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5
sacral, 4 coccyx
What are the three processes of a vertebra? - Answer✔spinal, transverse, appendicular
What are the 3 types of ribs? - Answer✔true, false, faux
How many of each type of rib are there? - Answer✔7 true, 3 false, 2 faux
What are the features of a rib from the sternum to the spine? - Answer✔head, neck, tubercle,
angle, costal groove, shaft
What are the features on a scapula? - Answer✔acromion, coracoid process, glenoid fossa,
supraspinous and infraspinous, spine
What does the clavicle articulate with? - Answer✔manubrium of sternum, acromion of scapula
What does the humerus articulate with? - Answer✔glenoid fossa proximally, head and trochlear
notch distally
What does the radius articulate with? - Answer✔capitulum proximally
What does the ulna articulate with? - Answer✔trochlea proximally
What do the carpals articulate with? - Answer✔styloid process of radius and ulna
What are the bones of the pelvis? - Answer✔ilium, ischium, pubis
What are the features of the illium? - Answer✔iliac crest, ASIS, AIIS, PSIS, PIIS
What is the purpose of the greater sciatic notch? - Answer✔it passes nerves and vessels from the
pelvic cavity to the limbs
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ANAT 100 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
What plane cuts the body into left and right portions? - Answer✔sagittal
What plane cuts the body into anterior and posterior portions? - Answer✔coronal/frontal
What plane cuts the body into superior and inferior portions? - Answer✔transverse
What are considered longitudinal planes? - Answer✔sagittal and coronal
What is movement of the spine side-to-side? - Answer✔lateral flexion
What are the 5 characteristics of epithelial tissue? - Answer✔CARPA: cellularity, polarity,
attachment, avascularity, regeneration
What are the 4 functions of epithelial tissue? - Answer✔SPSS: support/protection, permeability,
sensation, secretion
What forms can epithelial cells take? - Answer✔squamous, cuboidal, columnar
What 4 ways can epithelial cells be layered? - Answer✔simple, pseudostratified, transitional,
stratified
Where is stratified columnar epithelium found? - Answer✔male urethra
What are the 5 functions of connective tissue? - Answer✔support/protection, structure,
exchange, storage/repair, defense
What 3 components are in connective tissue? - Answer✔cells, fibres, ground substance
What 3 types of fibres exist? - Answer✔collagen, elastic, reticular
What are the 2 components in ground substance? - Answer✔proteoglycans and adhesion proteins
What tissue type is adipose tissue? - Answer✔loose connective tissue
What tissue type is elastic tissue? - Answer✔dense connective tissue
What are examples of supporting connective tissue? - Answer✔cartilage and bone
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What types of cartilage are there? - Answer✔hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic
What are examples of specialized connective tissue? - Answer✔blood and lymph
Where can hyaline cartilage be found? - Answer✔joint surfaces, trachea, bronchi, ribs, nose
Where can elastic cartilage be found? - Answer✔epiglottis, eustachian tube, external ear
What 4 bone types are there? - Answer✔flat, irregular, long, short
What are layers of the bone? - Answer✔periosteum, cortical layer, cancellous layer, medullary
cavity
What are the sections of the spine? - Answer✔cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
How many of each type of vertebra are there? - Answer✔7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5
sacral, 4 coccyx
What are the three processes of a vertebra? - Answer✔spinal, transverse, appendicular
What are the 3 types of ribs? - Answer✔true, false, faux
How many of each type of rib are there? - Answer✔7 true, 3 false, 2 faux
What are the features of a rib from the sternum to the spine? - Answer✔head, neck, tubercle,
angle, costal groove, shaft
What are the features on a scapula? - Answer✔acromion, coracoid process, glenoid fossa,
supraspinous and infraspinous, spine
What does the clavicle articulate with? - Answer✔manubrium of sternum, acromion of scapula
What does the humerus articulate with? - Answer✔glenoid fossa proximally, head and trochlear
notch distally
What does the radius articulate with? - Answer✔capitulum proximally
What does the ulna articulate with? - Answer✔trochlea proximally
What do the carpals articulate with? - Answer✔styloid process of radius and ulna
What are the bones of the pelvis? - Answer✔ilium, ischium, pubis
What are the features of the illium? - Answer✔iliac crest, ASIS, AIIS, PSIS, PIIS
What is the purpose of the greater sciatic notch? - Answer✔it passes nerves and vessels from the
pelvic cavity to the limbs
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