NLN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE SOLUTION GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

NLN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 EXAM
REVIEW PRACTICE SOLUTION GUIDE WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS

◉ synovial membranes. Answer: line the cavities at the bone joint


◉ cutaneous membrane. Answer: skin


◉ neurons. Answer: basic structural unit of the nervous system


◉ cell body (neuron). Answer: contains the nucleus


◉ dendrites. Answer: short extensions of the cell that feel stimuli


◉ axon. Answer: the long part that leaves the cell body at the axon
hillock and ends in the axon terminals that hold the
neurotransmitters


◉ neuroglia. Answer: provide support functions for the neurons


◉ skeletal muscle. Answer: made up of long cylindrical cells that
have many nuclei in each cell. voluntary muscle

, ◉ smooth muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Cells are
elongated with tapered ends. involuntary muscle


◉ cardiac muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Muscle
fibers branch often. Cells pulsate together in rhythm


◉ stratum corneum. Answer: outermost layer of epidermis,
avascular, contains keratin


◉ stratum lucidum. Answer: only found on the palms of hands and
soles of feet. Create fingerprints when we sweat


◉ stratum granulosum. Answer: several layers of cells held together
with desmosomes. provides storage for keratin granules


◉ stratum spinosum. Answer: The spiny layer just above the stratum
basale


◉ stratum basale. Answer: single layer of column cells produces live
cells by mitosis, the live cells migrate to the upper layers and collect
melanin pigments and keratin proteins. keratinocytes and
melanocytes in this layer