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A&P Practice Test 2
Chapters 4-7
Question | Answer |
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Nervous tissue is derived from which primary germ layer? | Ectoderm |
In comparing connective tissue to epithelial tissue: | Connective tissue has widely scattered cells |
Body cavities which open to the outside are covered by: | Mucous membranes |
Bone to bone connections are made by which tissue? | Connective |
Which tissue is not classified as connective tissue? | Smooth muscle |
Mucin is secreted by a: | Goblet cell |
The cell type that secretes the matrix in dense connective tissue: | Fibroblast |
Collagen provides: | Strength |
One or more cells that make and secrete a product through ducts is a/an: | Exocrine gland |
This gland type releases its product when the cell ruptures: | Holocrine |
This extracellular matrix protein gives connective tissue the ability to stretch and recoil: | Elastin |
Functioning cells of an organ make up the: | Parenchyma |
Chondroblasts: | Secrete new matrix in cartilage |
Each primary tissue type is given a single descriptive term. Which is correct? | Nervous:control and Muscular:movement |
The shape of the external ear is maintained by: | Elastic cartilage |
Tissue making up the brain and spinal cord is: | Nervous |
Organized groups of cells plus their extracellular substances that have a common purpose form a/an: | Tissue |
Which of the following would not be classified as a component of the extracellular matrix? | Fibroblast |
The cell that is not associated with connective tissue? | Muscle fiber |
The supporting region of a tissue or organ like the extracellular matrix is also called the: | Stroma |
The connective tissue that would absorb increases in tissue fluid, such as edema: | Areolar |
Which of the following would be repaired more easily? | Broken bone |
Cells in the epidermis produce this pigment, which determines the differences in skin coloring: | Melanin |
Cells in sebaceous glands: | Rupture the entire cell containing the oil into the duct entering the hair follicle |
The deeper layer of the dermis is the: | Reticular region |
The hair root is located within the: | Follicle |
The layer of the epidermis where the cells undergo mitosis is: | Stratum basale |
Sweat is the product of which type gland? | Suderiferous |
The most superficial cell layer of the epidermis is the: | Stratum corneum |
Cornified epithelia contains: | Keratin |
The epidermis is classified as: | Stratified squamous epithelium |
The shape of the external ear is maintained by: | Elastic cartilage |
A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the palm of the hand in which order? | Corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basale |
The hypodermis or subcutaneous layer contains: | Adipose |
Which of the following encapsulated nerve endings for touch is found nearest to the epidermis? | Meissner's corpuscles |
Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of: | Fat |
The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the: | Osteoblast |
An osteon or haversian system is composed of: | Circles of lamella surrounding a central canal |
All cranial bones develop from: | Fibrous membraes |
A fracture in the shift of a bone would be a break in the: | Diaphysis |
Very large bone process on femur: | Trochanter |
Shallow depression, may be an articular socket: | Fossa |
Round opening in a bone: | Foramen |
Large rounded process: | Condyle |
Canal or tube-like passageway: | Meatus |
Outer connective tissue layer: | Periosteum |
The end of a long bone: | Epiphysis |
Covers bone surfaces that articulate with other bones: | Articular cartilage |
Lining of the medullary cavity: | Endosteum |
Bone type that forms the epiphysis: | Spongy bone |
Bone type that forms the diaphysis: | Compact bone |
Lengthwise growth of the bone occurs here: | Epiphyseal plate |
The skull bone posterior to the foramen magnum is: | Occipital |
The membranous areas between the cranial bones of the fetal skull are called: | Fontanels |
The floating ribs are: | 11-12 |
The axial skeleton contains: | the skull, vertebral column and bony thorax |
One of the following sets of bones contains one bone that does not belong with the others: | frontal, parietal, sphenoid, zygomatic |
The wing-shaped bone that extends behind the eyes and forms the keystone of the cranium: | Sphenoid |
The fingers have three, but the thumb has only two: | Phalanges |
Location of the linea aspera: | Femur |
Weight bearing bone of the lower leg: | Tibia |
Articulates with phalanges in the feet: | Metatarsals |
Forearm bone that articulates with the carpals: | Radius |
Bones of the wrist: | Carpals |
Bones of the ankle: | Tarsals |
Articulates with the glenoid fossa: | Humerus |
Articulates with the trochlea: | Ulna |
The bone cell which is involved in breaking down bone is the: | Osteoclast |
The hyaline cartilage of the embryonic skeleton forms bone by: | Endochondral ossification |
Which cell is the mature bone cell? | Osteocyte |
The three coxal bones are fused together to form the: | Acetabulum |
How many thoracic vertebrae are there in the vertebral column? | 12 |
The primary curves in the vertebral column are the: | Thoracic and sacral |
The surface of bones is covered by: | Periosteum |