MCPHS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers
2026 | Updated Exam Prep Pack | Grade
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• Anatomy: CORRECT ANSWER: scientific discipline that investigates
the body's structure.
• Physiology: CORRECT ANSWER: scientific investigation of the
processes or functions of living things.
• gross: CORRECT ANSWER: structures examined without a
microscope
• regional. CORRECT ANSWER: studied area by area
• systemic. CORRECT ANSWER: studied system by system
• surface. CORRECT ANSWER: external form and relation to deeper
structures as x-ray in anatomic imaging
• cytology. CORRECT ANSWER: cellular anatomy
• histology. CORRECT ANSWER: study of tissues
, • cell physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: examines the processes
occurring in cells
• systemic physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: functions of an organ
system
• neurophysiology. CORRECT ANSWER: focuses on the nervous
system
• cardiovascular physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: heart and blood
vessels
• pathology. CORRECT ANSWER: structural and functional changes
caused by disease
• exercise physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: changes in structure and
function caused by exercise
• integumentary system function. CORRECT ANSWER: provides
protection, regulates temperature, prevents water loss, and helps produce
vitamin D
• integumentary system structures. CORRECT ANSWER: skin, hair,
nails, and sweat glands
Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers
2026 | Updated Exam Prep Pack | Grade
A+
• Anatomy: CORRECT ANSWER: scientific discipline that investigates
the body's structure.
• Physiology: CORRECT ANSWER: scientific investigation of the
processes or functions of living things.
• gross: CORRECT ANSWER: structures examined without a
microscope
• regional. CORRECT ANSWER: studied area by area
• systemic. CORRECT ANSWER: studied system by system
• surface. CORRECT ANSWER: external form and relation to deeper
structures as x-ray in anatomic imaging
• cytology. CORRECT ANSWER: cellular anatomy
• histology. CORRECT ANSWER: study of tissues
, • cell physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: examines the processes
occurring in cells
• systemic physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: functions of an organ
system
• neurophysiology. CORRECT ANSWER: focuses on the nervous
system
• cardiovascular physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: heart and blood
vessels
• pathology. CORRECT ANSWER: structural and functional changes
caused by disease
• exercise physiology. CORRECT ANSWER: changes in structure and
function caused by exercise
• integumentary system function. CORRECT ANSWER: provides
protection, regulates temperature, prevents water loss, and helps produce
vitamin D
• integumentary system structures. CORRECT ANSWER: skin, hair,
nails, and sweat glands
