ANAT 100 CORE EXAMS SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION RATED A+
✔✔what are body cavities - ✔✔they are systems enclosed within spaces, that contain
and protect vital organs
✔✔name important body cavities - ✔✔1. cranial cavity
2. vertebral cavity
3, thoracic cavity
4. abdominal cavity
5. pelvic cavity
6. pelvic cavity
7. pericardial cavity
8. superium mediastium cavity
✔✔what is the anatomical position - ✔✔stand upright, feet parallel to floor, head level
and looking forward, arms at side of body, palms forward and thumbs pointing away
✔✔what are different directional terms - ✔✔1. superior/inferior (cranial/caudal (up or
down))
2. anterior/posterior (ventral/dorsal (front or back))
3. medial/lateral (closer or farther away from the midline)
4. proximal/distal (towards cranium, away from cranium)
5. superficial/deep
6. parietal/visceral (component of the body walls/lines outer surfaces of organs)
✔✔what are the different planes of the body - ✔✔1. sagittal
divides left and right, and passes through the middle of the body
2. coronal (frontal)
divides anterior and posterior
3. horizontal
divides superior and inferior
✔✔what are the body quadrants - ✔✔1. right upper
2. right lower
3. left upper
4. left lower
✔✔what are the four basic tissues - ✔✔1. epithelial
2. connective
3. nervous
4. muscle
✔✔what are epithelium tissues - ✔✔composed of closely opposed cells with very little
or no intervening substances
, ✔✔what are the different characteristics of epithelium - ✔✔1. cellularity
-adjacent cells are are joined by specialized surfaces (tight junctions, adhering
junctions, gap junctions and desmosomes)
2. polarity
-cell has exposed surface that faces exterior of body or internal space
-basal surface is underlying tissue
3. attachment
- cells that rest on the basal lamina
4. avascularity
-receive nutrients from blood vessels in underlying tissue (they have no direct blood
supply)
5. regeneration
-renewed continuously
✔✔what are the functions of epithelium tissue - ✔✔1. support and protection (against
injury, pathogens and dehydration)
2. permeability (allows substances to be absorbed)
3. sensory (some detect sensory stimuli)
4. secretion
✔✔how do you classify epithelium - ✔✔1. cell organization
- simple: one layer of cell
- stratified: 2+ cell layers
2. cell shape
- squamous: flat and wide
- cuboidal: cube, nucleus in middle
- columnar: tall, nucleus is oval and near basal region
✔✔how do you name epithelial tissue - ✔✔cell organization, cell shape
✔✔what is simple squamous - ✔✔-single layer of flattened cells
-can be found lining blood vessels
✔✔what is simple cuboidal - ✔✔-can be found lining some glands
✔✔what is simple columnar - ✔✔-can be found lining the GI tract. rapid secretion or
absorption
✔✔what is stratified squamous - ✔✔-makes up most of the superficial skin
✔✔what is stratified cuboidal - ✔✔located in some ducts of glands, and functions to
include secretion, protection and strengthening the walls of ducts of glands
SOLUTION RATED A+
✔✔what are body cavities - ✔✔they are systems enclosed within spaces, that contain
and protect vital organs
✔✔name important body cavities - ✔✔1. cranial cavity
2. vertebral cavity
3, thoracic cavity
4. abdominal cavity
5. pelvic cavity
6. pelvic cavity
7. pericardial cavity
8. superium mediastium cavity
✔✔what is the anatomical position - ✔✔stand upright, feet parallel to floor, head level
and looking forward, arms at side of body, palms forward and thumbs pointing away
✔✔what are different directional terms - ✔✔1. superior/inferior (cranial/caudal (up or
down))
2. anterior/posterior (ventral/dorsal (front or back))
3. medial/lateral (closer or farther away from the midline)
4. proximal/distal (towards cranium, away from cranium)
5. superficial/deep
6. parietal/visceral (component of the body walls/lines outer surfaces of organs)
✔✔what are the different planes of the body - ✔✔1. sagittal
divides left and right, and passes through the middle of the body
2. coronal (frontal)
divides anterior and posterior
3. horizontal
divides superior and inferior
✔✔what are the body quadrants - ✔✔1. right upper
2. right lower
3. left upper
4. left lower
✔✔what are the four basic tissues - ✔✔1. epithelial
2. connective
3. nervous
4. muscle
✔✔what are epithelium tissues - ✔✔composed of closely opposed cells with very little
or no intervening substances
, ✔✔what are the different characteristics of epithelium - ✔✔1. cellularity
-adjacent cells are are joined by specialized surfaces (tight junctions, adhering
junctions, gap junctions and desmosomes)
2. polarity
-cell has exposed surface that faces exterior of body or internal space
-basal surface is underlying tissue
3. attachment
- cells that rest on the basal lamina
4. avascularity
-receive nutrients from blood vessels in underlying tissue (they have no direct blood
supply)
5. regeneration
-renewed continuously
✔✔what are the functions of epithelium tissue - ✔✔1. support and protection (against
injury, pathogens and dehydration)
2. permeability (allows substances to be absorbed)
3. sensory (some detect sensory stimuli)
4. secretion
✔✔how do you classify epithelium - ✔✔1. cell organization
- simple: one layer of cell
- stratified: 2+ cell layers
2. cell shape
- squamous: flat and wide
- cuboidal: cube, nucleus in middle
- columnar: tall, nucleus is oval and near basal region
✔✔how do you name epithelial tissue - ✔✔cell organization, cell shape
✔✔what is simple squamous - ✔✔-single layer of flattened cells
-can be found lining blood vessels
✔✔what is simple cuboidal - ✔✔-can be found lining some glands
✔✔what is simple columnar - ✔✔-can be found lining the GI tract. rapid secretion or
absorption
✔✔what is stratified squamous - ✔✔-makes up most of the superficial skin
✔✔what is stratified cuboidal - ✔✔located in some ducts of glands, and functions to
include secretion, protection and strengthening the walls of ducts of glands
