WGU D312 Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide Set Exam 2026

WGU D312 Anatomy and Physiology
Study Guide Set Exam 2026
• LIGAMENTS . Answer: CONNECT BONE TO BONE


• TENDONS . Answer: CONNECT MUSCLE TO BONE


• ETHMOID BONE . Answer: PART OF FLOOR OF CRANIAL CAVITY,
SEPARATES NASAL CAVITY FROM THE BRAIN


• SPHENOID BONE . Answer: ROOF OF NASAL CAVITY


• MAXILLAE . Answer: FORMS UPPER JAW


• MANDIBLE . Answer: FORMS LOWER JAW


• PALATINE BONES . Answer: POSTERIOR HARD PALATE


• ZYGOMATIC BONE . Answer: CHEEK STRUCTURE


• ANTAGONIST OF PECTORALIS MAJOR . Answer: DELTOID (SHOULDER
FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• ANTAGONIST OF BICEPS BRACHII . Answer: TRICEPS BRACHII
(ELBOW FLEXION/EXTENSION)

, • ANTAGONIST OF FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS . Answer: EXTENSOR
CARPI RADIALIS (WRIST FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• ANTAGONIST OF FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS . Answer:
EXTENSOR DIGITORUM (FINGER FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• ANTAGONIST OF ILLIOPSOAS . Answer: GLUTEUS MAXIMUS (HIP
FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• ANTAGONIST OF HAMSTRING . Answer: QUADRICEPS (KNEE
FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• ANTAGONIST OF TIBIALIS ANTERIOR . Answer:
GASTOCNEMIUS/SOLEUS (ANKLE FLEXION/EXTENSION)


• MICROGLIA . Answer: IMMUNE CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM,
TAG FOREIGN INVADERS AND LABEL THEM FOR DESTRUCTION


• ASTROCYTES . Answer: SUPPORT CELLS OF CNS, ALLOW SELECTIVE
PERMEABILITY AT THE BBB. SOURCE OF NEURAL STEM CELLS.


• EPENDYMAL CELLS . Answer: LINE VENTRICLES, CREATE BARRIERS
BETWEEN COMPARTMENTS


• OLIGODENDROCYTES . Answer: FORMS MYELIN SHEATH IN CNS TO
INCREASE SPEED OF CONDUCTION


• SATELLITE CELLS . Answer: PROTECTION/SUPPORT OF PNS CELLS