BYU CELL 220 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● microscopic anatomy
Answer: deals with structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
●● integumentary system
Answer: encloses internal body structures; site of many sensory
receptors
●● skeletal system
Answer: supports the body and enables movement
●● muscular system
Answer: enables movement and helps maintain body temperature
●● nervous system
Answer: detects and processes sensory information and activates bodily
responses
●● endocrine system
,Answer: secretes hormones and regulates bodily processes
●● cardiovascular system
Answer: delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues and equalizes
temperature in the body
●● lymphatic system
Answer: returns fluid to blood and defends against pathogens
●● respiratory system
Answer: removes carbon dioxide from the body and delivers oxygen to
blood
●● digestive system
Answer: processes food for use by the body and removes wastes from
undigested food
●● urinary system
Answer: controls water balance in the body and removes wastes from
blood and excretes them
●● male reproductive system
,Answer: produces sex hormones and gametes and delivers gametes to
female
●● female reproductive system
Answer: produces sex hormones and gametes, supports embryo/fetus
until birth, and produces milk for infant
●● ventral
Answer: towards the front
●● dorsal
Answer: towards the back
●● rostal
Answer: towards the head
●● cranial
Answer: towards the head
●● cephalic
Answer: towards the head
●● caudal
, Answer: below
●● lateral
Answer: away from middle
●● medial
Answer: towards middle
●● proximal
Answer: towards torso (appendages)
●● distal
Answer: away from torso (appendages)
●● superficial
Answer: close to surface
●● deep
Answer: deep to surface
●● midsagittal (median) plane
Answer: divides the body into an equal left and right side
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● microscopic anatomy
Answer: deals with structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
●● integumentary system
Answer: encloses internal body structures; site of many sensory
receptors
●● skeletal system
Answer: supports the body and enables movement
●● muscular system
Answer: enables movement and helps maintain body temperature
●● nervous system
Answer: detects and processes sensory information and activates bodily
responses
●● endocrine system
,Answer: secretes hormones and regulates bodily processes
●● cardiovascular system
Answer: delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues and equalizes
temperature in the body
●● lymphatic system
Answer: returns fluid to blood and defends against pathogens
●● respiratory system
Answer: removes carbon dioxide from the body and delivers oxygen to
blood
●● digestive system
Answer: processes food for use by the body and removes wastes from
undigested food
●● urinary system
Answer: controls water balance in the body and removes wastes from
blood and excretes them
●● male reproductive system
,Answer: produces sex hormones and gametes and delivers gametes to
female
●● female reproductive system
Answer: produces sex hormones and gametes, supports embryo/fetus
until birth, and produces milk for infant
●● ventral
Answer: towards the front
●● dorsal
Answer: towards the back
●● rostal
Answer: towards the head
●● cranial
Answer: towards the head
●● cephalic
Answer: towards the head
●● caudal
, Answer: below
●● lateral
Answer: away from middle
●● medial
Answer: towards middle
●● proximal
Answer: towards torso (appendages)
●● distal
Answer: away from torso (appendages)
●● superficial
Answer: close to surface
●● deep
Answer: deep to surface
●● midsagittal (median) plane
Answer: divides the body into an equal left and right side
