UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
superior - CORRECT ANSWER - top
inferior - CORRECT ANSWER - bottom
superficial - CORRECT ANSWER - layer above
deep - CORRECT ANSWER - layer below
hypo- - CORRECT ANSWER - low
hyper - CORRECT ANSWER - high
epi- - CORRECT ANSWER - above
sub- - CORRECT ANSWER - below
peri- - CORRECT ANSWER - around
lateral - CORRECT ANSWER - away from the midline, on the right or left
medial - CORRECT ANSWER - closest to the midline
cyto - CORRECT ANSWER - cell
,adipose - CORRECT ANSWER - fat, adipocytes - fat cells (store triglycerides)
chondro - CORRECT ANSWER - cartilage, chondrocytes - cartilage cells
osteo - CORRECT ANSWER - bone, osteocytes - bone cells
iso - CORRECT ANSWER - same
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER - normal internal environment
Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER - structures
Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER - functions
Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER - disease
Passive transport mechanism - CORRECT ANSWER - movement across membranes
without ATP, from HIGH to LOW
Osmosis - CORRECT ANSWER - movement of water only from high water to low water
(passive transport)
Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - movement of solute from high solute to low solute
(passive transport)
Facilitated diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - insulin helps glucose, diffusion with a
helper molecule (passive transport)
, Filtration - CORRECT ANSWER - movement based of size through a filtration membrane
due to high pressure to low pressure gradient (passive transport)
Active transport mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - movement across membranes with
ATP, from LOW to HIGH
Ion pumps - CORRECT ANSWER - like Na+/K+ pump
Exocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER - like Golgi (cell expelling something)
Endocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER - cell eating/drinking (engulfing something)
Meiosis - CORRECT ANSWER - we make ova (egg) and sperm - 23 chromosomes
Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER - we make all the body cells but egg and sperm - 46
chromosomes
Mitochondria - CORRECT ANSWER - makes ATP 'energy' (powerhouse of the cell)
Golgi apparatus - CORRECT ANSWER - does Exocytosis - ships proteins out of the cell
Nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER - has DNA (our genetic code molecule, DNA codes for
all the proteins in the body)
Ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER - make proteins
Endoplasmic reticulum - CORRECT ANSWER - rough enhances proteins, smooth -
glycogen, steroids and phospholipids synthesis