ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LECTURE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
DISTINCTION GUARANTEED
Connective, Muscular, Epithelial, Skeletal - CORRECT ANSWER -[Review question] What are the
four major classes of tissues?
Connects structures
Protection and Support
Acts as a filler material
Transportation gases
Stores Energy - CORRECT ANSWER -2. What are the major functions of connective tissue?
Downside to increased mobility - dislocations of the shoulder. - CORRECT ANSWER -6. What is a
disadvantage of the greater mobility of the pectoral girdle?
2 Coxae
Sacrum
Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWER -7. What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Pubic symphysis - CORRECT ANSWER -8. What is the joint called that joins the left and right
pubic bones?
Ilium / Ishium / Pubis - CORRECT ANSWER -9. What three bones make up each os coxa?
*where the head of the femur articulates . Transmits weight down the body.
,Hold in the femur - CORRECT ANSWER -10. Where is the acetabulum found? What is its
function?
attaches legs to axial skeleton
Transmits the weight of the body to the legs via hip joint
supports/ protect the lower viscera - badder, reproductive/digestive organs/fetus - CORRECT
ANSWER -11. What are three functions of the pelvic girdle?
Pubic arch is wider in females
Coccyx is less sharply angled in females and its more flexible
Actabulum are farther apart in females - CORRECT ANSWER -12. What are a few anatomical
differences between the male and female pelvic girdles?
Baby must twist his head to fit the inlet of pelvis - left and right
Then exit by twisting his head to fit the outlet front to back.
Head then shoulder pass. - CORRECT ANSWER -13. Describe how a baby typically moves
through the pelvis during birth.
Diaphysis - long shaft / Epiphyses - ends - CORRECT ANSWER -10. The shaft of a long bone is
called what? What are the ends of the bone called?
periosteum - covers the outside of bone
endosteum - covers inside of bone - CORRECT ANSWER -11. What's the difference between the
endosteum and periosteum?
adult yellow marrow
child red marrow - CORRECT ANSWER -12. What's found in the medullary cavity of an adult
bone versus a young child's bone?
, - collagen fibers - CORRECT ANSWER -13. Give two reasons why tendons are so firmly attached
to bone.
found within the epiphyses - CORRECT ANSWER -14. Blood cells are produced in what part of a
typical long bone?
caps the epiphysis / provides a smooth surface to decrease friction within the joint / hyaline
cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -15. Where is articular cartilage found, what is it made of, and
what is its function?
plate - a thin area of hyaline cartlilage that separates the diaphysis from the epiphyses in
children
line - ossification of cartilage in adults turns it into a line. - CORRECT ANSWER -16. What's the
difference between the epiphyseal plate and the epiphyseal line?
osteons - CORRECT ANSWER -17. What is the fundamental building block of compact bone?
central canal - blood vessels, middle of lamellae, canalculi connects lamellae, osteon is a whole
set of lamellae - CORRECT ANSWER -18. Describe the relationships among the following terms:
central canal, canaliculi, lamellae, osteon, osteocytes
variable vascularized, bone are, cartilage is not. - CORRECT ANSWER -3. Is connective tissue
richly or poorly vascularized?
composed of mostly of non-living extracellular matrix - cells are separate - CORRECT ANSWER -
4. EPI tissue is characterized by tightly packed cells. What's the key characteristic of connective
tissue?
A blast is the young unspecialized cells
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
DISTINCTION GUARANTEED
Connective, Muscular, Epithelial, Skeletal - CORRECT ANSWER -[Review question] What are the
four major classes of tissues?
Connects structures
Protection and Support
Acts as a filler material
Transportation gases
Stores Energy - CORRECT ANSWER -2. What are the major functions of connective tissue?
Downside to increased mobility - dislocations of the shoulder. - CORRECT ANSWER -6. What is a
disadvantage of the greater mobility of the pectoral girdle?
2 Coxae
Sacrum
Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWER -7. What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Pubic symphysis - CORRECT ANSWER -8. What is the joint called that joins the left and right
pubic bones?
Ilium / Ishium / Pubis - CORRECT ANSWER -9. What three bones make up each os coxa?
*where the head of the femur articulates . Transmits weight down the body.
,Hold in the femur - CORRECT ANSWER -10. Where is the acetabulum found? What is its
function?
attaches legs to axial skeleton
Transmits the weight of the body to the legs via hip joint
supports/ protect the lower viscera - badder, reproductive/digestive organs/fetus - CORRECT
ANSWER -11. What are three functions of the pelvic girdle?
Pubic arch is wider in females
Coccyx is less sharply angled in females and its more flexible
Actabulum are farther apart in females - CORRECT ANSWER -12. What are a few anatomical
differences between the male and female pelvic girdles?
Baby must twist his head to fit the inlet of pelvis - left and right
Then exit by twisting his head to fit the outlet front to back.
Head then shoulder pass. - CORRECT ANSWER -13. Describe how a baby typically moves
through the pelvis during birth.
Diaphysis - long shaft / Epiphyses - ends - CORRECT ANSWER -10. The shaft of a long bone is
called what? What are the ends of the bone called?
periosteum - covers the outside of bone
endosteum - covers inside of bone - CORRECT ANSWER -11. What's the difference between the
endosteum and periosteum?
adult yellow marrow
child red marrow - CORRECT ANSWER -12. What's found in the medullary cavity of an adult
bone versus a young child's bone?
, - collagen fibers - CORRECT ANSWER -13. Give two reasons why tendons are so firmly attached
to bone.
found within the epiphyses - CORRECT ANSWER -14. Blood cells are produced in what part of a
typical long bone?
caps the epiphysis / provides a smooth surface to decrease friction within the joint / hyaline
cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -15. Where is articular cartilage found, what is it made of, and
what is its function?
plate - a thin area of hyaline cartlilage that separates the diaphysis from the epiphyses in
children
line - ossification of cartilage in adults turns it into a line. - CORRECT ANSWER -16. What's the
difference between the epiphyseal plate and the epiphyseal line?
osteons - CORRECT ANSWER -17. What is the fundamental building block of compact bone?
central canal - blood vessels, middle of lamellae, canalculi connects lamellae, osteon is a whole
set of lamellae - CORRECT ANSWER -18. Describe the relationships among the following terms:
central canal, canaliculi, lamellae, osteon, osteocytes
variable vascularized, bone are, cartilage is not. - CORRECT ANSWER -3. Is connective tissue
richly or poorly vascularized?
composed of mostly of non-living extracellular matrix - cells are separate - CORRECT ANSWER -
4. EPI tissue is characterized by tightly packed cells. What's the key characteristic of connective
tissue?
A blast is the young unspecialized cells
