FREC 4 REVISION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. What is the function of the Muscloskeletal system?: Mechanical support, posture and
locomotion
2. What is the function of the Cardiovascular System?: Transportation of oxygen, nutrients
and hormones throughout the body and elimination of cellular metabolic waste
3. What is the function of the Respiratory System?: Exchange of oxygen and carbon-dioxide
between the body and air, acid-base balance regulation, phonation.
4. What is the function of the Nervous System?: Initiation and regulation of vital body functions,
sensation and body movements.
5. What is the function of the Digestive System?: Mechanical and chemical degradation of food
with purpose of absorbing into the body and using as energy
6. What is the function of the Urinary system?: Filtration of blood and eliminating unnecessary
compounds and waste by producing and excreting urine.
7. What is the function of the Endocrine System?: Production of hormones in order to regulate
a wide variety of bodily functions (e.g. menstrual cycle, sugar levels, etc)
8. What is the function of the Lymphatic System?: Draining of excess tissue fluid, immune
defense of the body.
9. What is the Function of the Reproductive system?: Production of reproductive cells and
contribution towards the reproduction process.
10. What is the function of the Integumentary system?: Physical protection of the body
surface, sensory reception, vitamin synthesis.
11. What are the two parts of the Skeleton?: axial and appendicular
12. What part of the body does the Axial Skeleton consist of?: Head and trunk
13. The appendicular skeleton consists of the bones within the......?: Limbs. It also
supports the pectoral and pelvic Girdles
14. How many bones are within the human body?: 206
15. What is the Space where two bones meet named?: Joint or Articulation
16. What are the three types of muscle?: smooth, cardiac, skeletal
17. Where is smooth muscle found?: Within the walls of blood vessels and hollow organs such as the
stomach or the intestines
18. Where is Skeletal muscle found?: Attached to the bones of the skeletal system
19. Where is cardiac Muscle found?: The heart
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, FREC 4 REVISION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 RATED A+
20. What makes skeletal muscle unique?: It is the only muscle in the body that can be controlled
consciously.
21. How are Skeletal and cardiac muscle fibres arranged?: In a repetitive fashion, giving a
striped appearance. Hence why its called a striated muscle.
22. Which muscles are striated?: skeletal and cardiac
23. Ligaments connect?: bone to bone and stabilise organs
24. Tendons connect?: muscle to bone
25. Fasciae connect?: muscle to muscle
26. What are the 4 layers of Cartilage?: 1. The tidemark at the Subchondral Bone.
2. The basal layer.
3. The intermediate zone.
4. The tangenital zone.
27. What is the most superficial layer of Articulate cartilage?: The Tangential zone.
28. What makes up the Cardiovascular System?: The heart and the Circulating System.
29. Where is the heart found?: middle mediastinum
30. What is the Pericardium?: A two layer Serous sack, that surrounds the heart.
31. What are the 5 surfaces of the Heart?: - Base/posterior
- Anterior/sternocostal
- Diaphragmatic
- Left/right pulmonary
32. What nerve controls the heart cycle?: Cardiac Plexus
33. What oxygenates the myocardium?: The left and right Coronary arteries.
34. Where to the Coronary arteries arise from?: the aortic sinuses at the beginning of the
ascending aorta
35. What are the parts of the cardiac cycle?: Ventricular Diastole, Atrial Systole
Ventricular systole, Atrial diastole:
Cardiac Diastole
36. What are the 4 valves in the heart?: tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, aortic
37. What separates the ventricles?: Interventricular and Interatrial septum
38. What are the two types of artery?: Muscular and Elastic
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2025/2026 RATED A+
1. What is the function of the Muscloskeletal system?: Mechanical support, posture and
locomotion
2. What is the function of the Cardiovascular System?: Transportation of oxygen, nutrients
and hormones throughout the body and elimination of cellular metabolic waste
3. What is the function of the Respiratory System?: Exchange of oxygen and carbon-dioxide
between the body and air, acid-base balance regulation, phonation.
4. What is the function of the Nervous System?: Initiation and regulation of vital body functions,
sensation and body movements.
5. What is the function of the Digestive System?: Mechanical and chemical degradation of food
with purpose of absorbing into the body and using as energy
6. What is the function of the Urinary system?: Filtration of blood and eliminating unnecessary
compounds and waste by producing and excreting urine.
7. What is the function of the Endocrine System?: Production of hormones in order to regulate
a wide variety of bodily functions (e.g. menstrual cycle, sugar levels, etc)
8. What is the function of the Lymphatic System?: Draining of excess tissue fluid, immune
defense of the body.
9. What is the Function of the Reproductive system?: Production of reproductive cells and
contribution towards the reproduction process.
10. What is the function of the Integumentary system?: Physical protection of the body
surface, sensory reception, vitamin synthesis.
11. What are the two parts of the Skeleton?: axial and appendicular
12. What part of the body does the Axial Skeleton consist of?: Head and trunk
13. The appendicular skeleton consists of the bones within the......?: Limbs. It also
supports the pectoral and pelvic Girdles
14. How many bones are within the human body?: 206
15. What is the Space where two bones meet named?: Joint or Articulation
16. What are the three types of muscle?: smooth, cardiac, skeletal
17. Where is smooth muscle found?: Within the walls of blood vessels and hollow organs such as the
stomach or the intestines
18. Where is Skeletal muscle found?: Attached to the bones of the skeletal system
19. Where is cardiac Muscle found?: The heart
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, FREC 4 REVISION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 RATED A+
20. What makes skeletal muscle unique?: It is the only muscle in the body that can be controlled
consciously.
21. How are Skeletal and cardiac muscle fibres arranged?: In a repetitive fashion, giving a
striped appearance. Hence why its called a striated muscle.
22. Which muscles are striated?: skeletal and cardiac
23. Ligaments connect?: bone to bone and stabilise organs
24. Tendons connect?: muscle to bone
25. Fasciae connect?: muscle to muscle
26. What are the 4 layers of Cartilage?: 1. The tidemark at the Subchondral Bone.
2. The basal layer.
3. The intermediate zone.
4. The tangenital zone.
27. What is the most superficial layer of Articulate cartilage?: The Tangential zone.
28. What makes up the Cardiovascular System?: The heart and the Circulating System.
29. Where is the heart found?: middle mediastinum
30. What is the Pericardium?: A two layer Serous sack, that surrounds the heart.
31. What are the 5 surfaces of the Heart?: - Base/posterior
- Anterior/sternocostal
- Diaphragmatic
- Left/right pulmonary
32. What nerve controls the heart cycle?: Cardiac Plexus
33. What oxygenates the myocardium?: The left and right Coronary arteries.
34. Where to the Coronary arteries arise from?: the aortic sinuses at the beginning of the
ascending aorta
35. What are the parts of the cardiac cycle?: Ventricular Diastole, Atrial Systole
Ventricular systole, Atrial diastole:
Cardiac Diastole
36. What are the 4 valves in the heart?: tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, aortic
37. What separates the ventricles?: Interventricular and Interatrial septum
38. What are the two types of artery?: Muscular and Elastic
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