Anat 100: Modules 1-5 || with Complete Solutions.
dorsal cavity correct answers Includes the cranial and vertebral cavities
ventral cavity correct answers Includes the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
4 Areas of Anatomy correct answers Histology, Gross Anatomy, Neurology, Embryology
Endocrine System correct answers Consists of organs, glands, hormones
Lymphatic System correct answers Consists of lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, and
lymphatic tissue (immune response)
Longitudinal Plane correct answers Any plane that is perpendicular to the horizontal plane
Parietal correct answers Pertaining to the outer walls of a body cavity
Visceral correct answers Pertaining to the walls of internal organs
2 Types of Epithelial Tissue correct answers Covering epithelium and glandular epithelium
Covering Epithelium correct answers cells that cover external or internal surfaces
Glandular Epithelium correct answers Cells that produce/secrete stuff
Cellularity of Epithelial tissue correct answers joined by junctions (tight junctions, adhering
junctions, desmosomes, gap junctions)
Avascularity correct answers No direct contact with blood vessels, relies on underlying tissues
for nutrients
Cell shapes correct answers squamous, cuboidal, columnar
Simple Epithelium correct answers single layer of cells
Stratified Epithelium correct answers 2 or more cell layers
Transitional Epithelium correct answers multiple layers that allow for stretching (dome shaped
when relaxed, flattened when stretched)
Pseudostratified Epithelium correct answers Single layer with short cilia on surface
Components of Connective Tissue correct answers Cells, fibres, ground tissue
Functions of Connective Tissue correct answers Support, protect, structural framework, medium
for nutrient and waste exchange, storage, repair, defence
, Squamous cell correct answers flat and thin, wide, irregular, central nucleus
Cuboidal cell correct answers same size on all sides, central nucleus
Columnar cell correct answers taller than it is wide, oval nucleus located in basal region of cell
Loose connective tissue correct answers has more ground substance with fewer fibres
Dense connective tissue correct answers has less ground substance and more fibres
Types of supporting connective tissue correct answers bone and cartilage
Specialized connective tissue correct answers blood and lymph
Cartilage correct answers firm connective tissue which is more flexible than bone
Fibres correct answers secreted by fibroblasts
Types of Fibres correct answers collagen, reticular, elastic
Collagen fibres correct answers flexible with high tensile strength, woven like rope
Reticular fibres correct answers thin, branching, and interwoven with no common alignment
Elastic fibres correct answers thin, wavy, stretchy, very rubber-like
Chondrocytes correct answers primary cells found in cartilage
Lacunae correct answers small spaces that house one or more chondrocytes
Perichondrium correct answers dense and irregular connective tissue that covers cartilage and
provides nutrients
3 Types of cartilage correct answers Hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic
Hyaline Cartilage correct answers Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long
bones, ribs, and nose. Designed to bear and distribute weight, strong and rubbery
Fibrocartilage correct answers Tough and inflexible cartilage, resistant to compression. Forms
intervertebral discs and symphis pubis
Elastic Cartilage correct answers Most flexible cartilage. Found in ears.
Functions of Bone correct answers support, locomotion, protection, blood cell production, and
mineral metabolism
