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ECPI A&P FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
ECPI A&P FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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ECPI A&P FINAL EXAM QUESTIONSWITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Endocrine - answer-the body's "slow" chemical communication system; a set of glands
that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
Red bone marrow - answer-found in cancellous bone; site of hematopoiesis, produces
blood cells
Yellow bone marrow - answer-fatty tissue found in the medullary cavity of most adult
long bones
Covalent bond - answer-a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons
between atoms in a molecule
Ionic bond - answer-formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom
to another
Hydrogen bond - answer-weak attraction between a hydrogen atom and another atom
Polar - answer-molecule with partial charges. Mixes with water.having a pair of equal
and opposite charges
Nonpolar - answer-no partial charges. Do not mix with water.equal sharing of electrons
What is a genetic code - answer-is the set of rules used by living cells to translate
information encoded within genetic material into proteins.
Dna - answer-deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all
living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic
information.
Smooth muscle - answer-involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the
body
Cardiac muscle - answer-involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart.
Skeletal muscle - answer-a muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and
provides the force that moves the bones.
Nucleus - answer-a part of the cell containing dna and rna and responsible for growth
and reproduction
Myocyte - answer-muscle cell or muscle fiber
, Chondrocytes - answer-mature cartilage cells that reside in lacunae. A cell which has
secreted the matrix of cartilage and become embedded in it.
Osteocytes - answer-a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the
matrix it has secreted.
Adipocytes - answer-fat cells
Erythrocytes - answer-red blood cells (rbc); no nucleus, contain hemoglobin which
carries oxygen
Aponeurosis - answer-strong sheet of tissue that acts as a tendon to attach muscles to
bone
What is the matrix composed of? - answer-fibrous proteins and ground substance
What are the layers of the bone? - answer-periosteum, compact bone, spongy bone,
bone marrow
Interphase - answer-cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for division;
consists of g1, s, and g2 phases
Prophase - answer-chromosomes become visable, nuclear envelop dissolves, spindle
forms
Metaphase - answer-second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up
across the center of the cell
Anaphase - answer-the third phase of mitosis, during which the chromosome pairs
separate and move toward opposite poles
Telophase - answer-phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes
begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
Cytokinesis - answer-division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells
Muscle spindles - answer-receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the
rate of that change
Golgi tendon organs - answer-receptors that sense movement of the tendons, which
connect muscle to bone
Tectorial membrane - answer-a membrane located above the basilar membrane; serves
as a shelf against which the cilia of the auditory hair cells move
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