Review Quiz

Question 1

Importance of chondrocytes in endochondral ossification

Answer 1

undergo hypertrophy to increase cartilage size

Question 2

Function of langerhans cells

Answer 2

for immune responses

Question 3

provides stability to the cell membrane

Answer 3

cholesterol

Question 4

changes an organism undergoes through time

Answer 4

development

Question 5

Anatomical term which means farther from the attachment of a limb

Answer 5

distal

Question 6

anatomical term for anterior part of elbow

Answer 6

antecubital

Question 7

Fontanel intermediate to parietal and Occipital bones

Answer 7

Posterior Fontanel

Question 8

Known as “little lake”

Answer 8

lacunae

Question 9

sesamoid bone in wrist

Answer 9

pisiform

Question 10

condition of the weakening of bones in adults

Answer 10

osteomalacia

Question 11

Fairly rare type of epithelium that has a mainly protective function

Answer 11

Stratified columnar and cuboidal epithelium

Question 12

Tendency of solutes to move from area of higher concentration to area of lower concentration

Answer 12

Diffusion

Question 13

Organelle which appears only in mitosis

Answer 13

Centrioles

Question 14

An example of non-carbohydrate source from which glucose is produced through the process of gluconeogenesis

Answer 14

Amino Acid

Question 15

Epiglottis and pinna is made of this kind of cartilage

Answer 15

Elastic cartilage

Question 16

Divides body into equal left and right portion

Answer 16

midsagittal

Question 17

Most abundant electrolyte in the interstitial space

Answer 17

sodium

Question 18

Function in ATP generation

Answer 18

mitochondria

Question 19

Which body system carries out the physical and chemical breakdown of food and absorption of nutrients

Answer 19

digestive system

Question 20

Anatomical term for hip

Answer 20

coxal

Question 21

Kind of response which reverses an original stimulus

Answer 21

Negative Feedback Mechanism

Question 22

Stage in mitosis where centromeres of chromatid pairs line up at the center of the mitotic spindle

Answer 22

metaphase

Question 23

only cell in the body with flagella

Answer 23

sperm

Question 24

process of bone formation

Answer 24

ossification

Question 25

tissue from which all other connective tissue eventually rise

Answer 25

mesenchyme

Question 26

Active form of vitamin D; raises blood calcium levels by increasing absorption of calcium from digestive tract

Answer 26

calcitriol

Question 27

A layer of hyaline cartilage in the area between the shaft and end of a growing bone

Answer 27

Epiphyseal plate

Question 28

Short microtubular structures extending from plasma membrane and involved in movement of materials along the cell’s suface

Answer 28

cilia

Question 29

Type of endocytosis in which large solid particles are taken in

Answer 29

Phagocytosis

Question 30

Superficial region of the dermis; composed of areolar connective tissue

Answer 30

papillary layer