HS 2211 HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
◉ Which of the following is a molecule, but not a compound?
a. H2O
b. 2H
c. H2
d. H+ . Answer: H2
◉ Which of the following is not a type of tissue?
a. muscle
b. nervous
c. embryonic
d. epithelial . Answer: embryonic (it's the reproductive tissue that
grows into a human)
◉ Striations, cylindrical cells, and multiple nuclei are observed in
________.
,a. skeletal muscle only
b. cardiac muscle only
c. smooth muscle only
d. skeletal and cardiac muscles . Answer: skeletal muscle only
◉ Together, just four elements make up more than 95 percent of the
body's mass. These include ________.
a. calcium, magnesium, iron, and carbon
b. oxygen, calcium, iron, and nitrogen
c. sodium, chlorine, carbon, and hydrogen
d. oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen . Answer: oxygen, carbon,
hydrogen, and nitrogen
◉ Which of the following processes is not a cardinal sign of
inflammation?
a. redness
b. heat
c. fever
d. swelling . Answer: fever
,◉ The cells responsible for the transmission of the nerve impulse are
________.
a. neurons
b. oligodendrocytes
c. astrocytes
d. microglia . Answer: neurons
◉ In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are
arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow, and the nucleus is
located close to the basal side of the cell. The specimen is what type of
epithelial tissue?
a. columnar
b. stratified
c. squamous
d. transitional . Answer: columnar
◉ During endochondral ossification of a long bone, ________.
a. a primary ossification center will develop within the epiphysis
b. mesenchyme will differentiate directly into bone tissue
c. growth of the epiphyseal plate will produce bone lengthening
, d. all epiphyseal plates will disappear before birth . Answer: growth of
the epiphyseal plate will produce bone-lengthening
(it is the growth plate made up of chondrocytes, cartilage-making cells,
they make cells in the UP direction, and that's what makes the bone
grow)
for the bone to keep growing these cells need to be active, secondary
ossification is last step before it stops
◉ + What does ossification mean? . Answer: bone formation by
osteoblasts
◉ Which of these joints is classified as synarthrosis?
(an immobile or nearly immobile joint)
a. the pubic symphysis
b. the manubriosternal joint
c. an intervertebral disc
d. the shoulder joint . Answer: the manubriosternal joint
◉ + Where synarthrosis joints can be found? . Answer: At locations
where the bones provide protection for internal organs.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
◉ Which of the following is a molecule, but not a compound?
a. H2O
b. 2H
c. H2
d. H+ . Answer: H2
◉ Which of the following is not a type of tissue?
a. muscle
b. nervous
c. embryonic
d. epithelial . Answer: embryonic (it's the reproductive tissue that
grows into a human)
◉ Striations, cylindrical cells, and multiple nuclei are observed in
________.
,a. skeletal muscle only
b. cardiac muscle only
c. smooth muscle only
d. skeletal and cardiac muscles . Answer: skeletal muscle only
◉ Together, just four elements make up more than 95 percent of the
body's mass. These include ________.
a. calcium, magnesium, iron, and carbon
b. oxygen, calcium, iron, and nitrogen
c. sodium, chlorine, carbon, and hydrogen
d. oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen . Answer: oxygen, carbon,
hydrogen, and nitrogen
◉ Which of the following processes is not a cardinal sign of
inflammation?
a. redness
b. heat
c. fever
d. swelling . Answer: fever
,◉ The cells responsible for the transmission of the nerve impulse are
________.
a. neurons
b. oligodendrocytes
c. astrocytes
d. microglia . Answer: neurons
◉ In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are
arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow, and the nucleus is
located close to the basal side of the cell. The specimen is what type of
epithelial tissue?
a. columnar
b. stratified
c. squamous
d. transitional . Answer: columnar
◉ During endochondral ossification of a long bone, ________.
a. a primary ossification center will develop within the epiphysis
b. mesenchyme will differentiate directly into bone tissue
c. growth of the epiphyseal plate will produce bone lengthening
, d. all epiphyseal plates will disappear before birth . Answer: growth of
the epiphyseal plate will produce bone-lengthening
(it is the growth plate made up of chondrocytes, cartilage-making cells,
they make cells in the UP direction, and that's what makes the bone
grow)
for the bone to keep growing these cells need to be active, secondary
ossification is last step before it stops
◉ + What does ossification mean? . Answer: bone formation by
osteoblasts
◉ Which of these joints is classified as synarthrosis?
(an immobile or nearly immobile joint)
a. the pubic symphysis
b. the manubriosternal joint
c. an intervertebral disc
d. the shoulder joint . Answer: the manubriosternal joint
◉ + Where synarthrosis joints can be found? . Answer: At locations
where the bones provide protection for internal organs.
