CPC EXAM (ANATOMY & MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY) ALL POSSIBLE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

CPC EXAM (ANATOMY & MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY) ALL POSSIBLE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
stratum granulosum - Answer-granular layer of cells that is part of the epidermis

stratum spinosum - Answer-composed of prickle cells

stratum basale (germinativum) - Answer-deepest layer, made of basal cells

Stratum Papillare (dermis) - Answer-thin superficial layer interlocked with the epidermis

Stratum Reticulare (dermis) - Answer-thick layer of dense, irregular connective tissue

follicle and shaft - Answer-Two main parts of hair

root, bed, plate, cuticle, perionychium, hyponchium - Answer-Main parts of the nail

axial skeleton - Answer-skull, hyoid, ribs, sternum, vertebrae, and sacrum make up the

appendicular skeleton - Answer-shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, and extremities make up
the

skeletal muscle (striated muscle) - Answer-attached to the skeleton; contraction is under
voluntary control

cardiac muscle - Answer-makes up the walls of the heart

arteries - Answer-carry oxygenated blood away from the heart

veins - Answer-Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart

capillaries - Answer-tiny vessels, usually a single cell layer think; semi-permeable and
facilitate the exchange of fluids, oxygen, nutrients, and waste between local tissue and
the blood stream

left ventricle - Answer-the strongest chamber of the heart; pumps oxygen-rich blood to
the rest of the body

epicardium - Answer-outer layer of the heart

myocardium - Answer-main muscle of the heart; allows electrical impulses to pass
quickly across the muscle fibers

, endocardium - Answer-inner lining of the heart

spleen - Answer-filters and destroys red blood cells that are no longer efficient; serves
as a blood-forming organ early in life, and later as a storage unit for extra red blood cells
and platelets

thymus - Answer-bi-lobed organ located in the upper thorax and can extend into the
lower neck. Responsible for t-lymphocyte maturation, enabling them to function against
specific pathogens in the immune response

tonsils - Answer-Partially encapsulated lymph nodules located in the pharynx or back of
the throat

Peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Answer-communication that links all parts of the
body to the Central Nervous System (CNS); includes the cranial and spinal nerves

Central Nervous System (CNS) - Answer-command center; includes the brain and the
spinal cord

retina (inner most), choroid (middle), sclera (outer most) - Answer-three layers of the
eye

Adrenal glands - Answer-ductless, pyramid shaped glands that sit on the top of each
kidney; inner portion is called the medulla, and the outer portion is called the cortex

medulla - Answer-secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine

cortex - Answer-secretes several steroids (e.g., glucocorticoids, mineral corticoids, and
adrenal estrogens and androgens

carotid body - Answer-detects change in the pH, temperature, and partial pressure of
oxygen and carbon dioxide

parathyroid gland - Answer-regulates calcium and phosphorus metaboilsm

pituitary gland - Answer-single gland that has two separate parts located in the brain
under the hypothalamus: posterior __________/neurohypophysis and anterior
____________

posterior pituitary - Answer-a hormone responsible for uterine contractions and the "let
down" reflex of milk in response to a baby's suckling; and vasopressin an antidiuretic

anterior pituitary - Answer-manufactures the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH),
thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing