ANATOMY FINAL EXAM

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Anatomy

Study of the physical structure of the human body

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Physiology

Study of the functions of living organisms and their parts

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Morphology

Study of the form and shape of a structure

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Phagocytosis

Cell eating

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Pinocytosis

Cell drinking

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Lysosomes

Proteins with digestive enzymes (acid hydrolases) used for breaking down material in the cell

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Hyperplasia

tissue growth through cell multiplication

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Hypertrophy

the enlargement of preexisting cells

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Metaplasia

mature tissue changing to another type of mature tissue

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Dysplasia

An incr4easing degree of disordered growth of the tissue

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Vascularity

What is not a characteristic of epithelia

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extracellular matrix

Component of connective tissue that contains fibers

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keratinized(dead) stratified squamous epithelium

What cell type is the epidermis of the skin composed of

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Stratum corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum and basale

Layers of the epidermis and dermis from most superficial to most deep (Come Lets Get Sun Burnt)

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arrector pili

Bundles of smooth muscle cells associated with hair follicles

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Osseous tissue

Name of the tissue that makes up bones

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endochondral ossification

Process of bone growth where hyaline cartilage is replaced by bone

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Epiphyseal plate

Gap comprised of hyaline cartilage in bone during bone growth to allow for bone elongation during late teen development

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Epiphyseal line

Visible remnant of a epiphyseal(growth) plate left over from thee bone growth process

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206 bones

How many bones does an adult human have

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270

How many bones are children born with

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pelvis, mandible, and skull

bones that fuse together as we age into adults

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Costal cartilage

bar of hyaline cartilage that connects the anterior ends of the ribs to the sternum

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hyperkyphosis

abnormal superior posterior thoracic vertebral curvature

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hyperlordosis

What abnormal vertebral column curvature is closely associated with pregnancy

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Gomphosis

Fibrous joint that attaches a tooth to its socket

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Synarthrosis

Immovable joint

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All of these statements are true

20) Which of the following is true regarding synovial joints

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Synostosis

Joints between bones that ossify and become immovable (present in the skull)

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Skeletal muscle tissue

The only type of muscle tissue we have conscious control over

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M line

only zone in skeletal muscle tissue that contains both thick and thin fillaments

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

Stores and releases calcium for muscle contraction

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