Human Anatomy Exam test queries with answers graded A+

Human Anatomy Exam test queries
with answers graded A+
Cytoskeleton - ANS✅✅Skeleton of a cell



Microtubules - ANS✅✅Hollow tubes of tubulin protein



Microfilaments - ANS✅✅Actin filaments



Intermediate Filaments - ANS✅✅Protein fibers wound like a rope



Tight Junction - ANS✅✅A type of cell junction that is especially good to make seals between cells
(belt like seal).



Desmosome - ANS✅✅A type of cell junction that is especially good for strength. Made os linker
proteins, and intermediate filaments



Gap Junction - ANS✅✅A type of cell junction that is used for intracellular communication



Tissue - ANS✅✅A group of similar cells, and their binding extracellular matrix joined to perform a
specific function



Organ - ANS✅✅Two or more tissues coming together



4 Types of tissue - ANS✅✅Epithelial

Connective

Nervous

Muscle



Function of Epithelial tissue - ANS✅✅Covering, or lining an organ.



Function of Connective tissue - ANS✅✅Supportive ("glue" between other tissue types)

, Function of Nervous tissue - ANS✅✅Control (sending signals in the body)



Function of Muscle tissue - ANS✅✅Movement



Characteristics of Epithelial - ANS✅✅Little extracellular space

Distinct basal, and apical surfaces

Abundant cell junctions

Sits on basal membrane

Avascular

Innervated

High regeneration



Avascular - ANS✅✅No blood vessels running through them



Basal Lamina - ANS✅✅Non-cellular sheet of proteins. Provides the surface for new cells to build



Basement membrane - ANS✅✅Basal Lamina, and reticular fibers of the underlying connective
tissue



Microvilli - ANS✅✅Folds of plasma membrane of moist epithelial tissue.

(expands surface area)



Cilia - ANS✅✅Whiplike, motile extensions of the cells surface.

Used in movement



3 Types of epithelial cells - ANS✅✅Squamous

Cuboidal

Columnar



Stratified Epithelial - ANS✅✅2 or more cell layers