AAMI ANATOMY III COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Exocrine glands:
Answer: Secrete their substances into ducts that empty onto the surface
of the body or into a cavity or hollow organ.
●● Examples of exocrine glands:
Answer: Sweat, salivary, and mammary glands.
●● Endocrine glands:
Answer: Secrete their products directly into the bloodstream; are
considered ductless glands.
●● Examples of endocrine glands:
Answer: Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal gland.
●● Heterocrine glands:
Answer: Glands that have both an endocrine and exocrine portion.
●● Example of a heterocrine gland:
,Answer: The pancreas.
●● Name the three types of serous membranes:
Answer: Pleura, pericardium and peritoneum.
●● Pleura:
Answer: Lining the thoracic cavity and covering the lungs.
●● Parietal Pleura:
Answer: Layer that is attached to the cavity wall.
●● Visceral Pleura:
Answer: Layer that covers the lungs.
●● Pleura cavity:
Answer: Space between parietal and visceral pleura filled with pleural
fluid.
●● Pericardium:
Answer: Lining the heart cavity and covering the heart.
●● Parietal Pericardium:
,Answer: Layer that is attached to the cavity wall.
●● Visceral Pericardium:
Answer: *AKA Epicardium;* Layer that covers the heart itself.
●● Pericardial cavity:
Answer: Space between the parietal and visceral pericardium filled with
pericardial fluid.
●● Peritoneum:
Answer: Lining the abdominal cavity and covering the abdominal
organs.
●● Parietal Peritoneum:
Answer: Lines the wall of the abdominopelvic cavity.
●● Visceral Peritoneum:
Answer: Covers some of the organs in the abdominal cavity as well as
some in the pelvic cavity.
●● Peritoneal cavity:
Answer: Slim space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum filled
with peritoneal fluid.
, ●● Name the four primary tissues:
Answer: Epithelial, Connective, Muscle and Nervous.
●● Epithelial Tissue:
Answer: Covers the body surface, lines hollow organs, mosaic shaped
pattern.
●● Endothelium:
Answer: *AKA Endothelial Tissue;* When epithelial tissue lines the
inside of blood vessels.
●● Glandular Epithelium:
Answer: When epithelial tissues help in the formation of glands; These
cells are specialized to secrete substances like digestive enzymes,
hormones, perspiration and wax.
●● Connective Tissue:
Answer: Connects, binds, protects and supports the body and its organs;
Is the most abundant tissue in the body; Found almost everywhere
within the body; bones, cartilage, mucous membranes, muscles, skin and
all internal organs; It consists of relatively few cells in a generous
matrix.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Exocrine glands:
Answer: Secrete their substances into ducts that empty onto the surface
of the body or into a cavity or hollow organ.
●● Examples of exocrine glands:
Answer: Sweat, salivary, and mammary glands.
●● Endocrine glands:
Answer: Secrete their products directly into the bloodstream; are
considered ductless glands.
●● Examples of endocrine glands:
Answer: Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal gland.
●● Heterocrine glands:
Answer: Glands that have both an endocrine and exocrine portion.
●● Example of a heterocrine gland:
,Answer: The pancreas.
●● Name the three types of serous membranes:
Answer: Pleura, pericardium and peritoneum.
●● Pleura:
Answer: Lining the thoracic cavity and covering the lungs.
●● Parietal Pleura:
Answer: Layer that is attached to the cavity wall.
●● Visceral Pleura:
Answer: Layer that covers the lungs.
●● Pleura cavity:
Answer: Space between parietal and visceral pleura filled with pleural
fluid.
●● Pericardium:
Answer: Lining the heart cavity and covering the heart.
●● Parietal Pericardium:
,Answer: Layer that is attached to the cavity wall.
●● Visceral Pericardium:
Answer: *AKA Epicardium;* Layer that covers the heart itself.
●● Pericardial cavity:
Answer: Space between the parietal and visceral pericardium filled with
pericardial fluid.
●● Peritoneum:
Answer: Lining the abdominal cavity and covering the abdominal
organs.
●● Parietal Peritoneum:
Answer: Lines the wall of the abdominopelvic cavity.
●● Visceral Peritoneum:
Answer: Covers some of the organs in the abdominal cavity as well as
some in the pelvic cavity.
●● Peritoneal cavity:
Answer: Slim space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum filled
with peritoneal fluid.
, ●● Name the four primary tissues:
Answer: Epithelial, Connective, Muscle and Nervous.
●● Epithelial Tissue:
Answer: Covers the body surface, lines hollow organs, mosaic shaped
pattern.
●● Endothelium:
Answer: *AKA Endothelial Tissue;* When epithelial tissue lines the
inside of blood vessels.
●● Glandular Epithelium:
Answer: When epithelial tissues help in the formation of glands; These
cells are specialized to secrete substances like digestive enzymes,
hormones, perspiration and wax.
●● Connective Tissue:
Answer: Connects, binds, protects and supports the body and its organs;
Is the most abundant tissue in the body; Found almost everywhere
within the body; bones, cartilage, mucous membranes, muscles, skin and
all internal organs; It consists of relatively few cells in a generous
matrix.
