Final Exam Review Game

True or False: A negative feedback stimulus produces a response that amplifies or enhances the original stimulus.

• True

• False; positive

Answer explanation

False; positive

Negative = negates or opposes the original stimulus

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium lines the ....

• Trachea

• Urinary bladder

• Exposed skin

• Stomach

Answer explanation

- Urinary bladder- transitional epithelium

- Exposed skin- keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

- Stomach- simple columnar epithelium

Macrophages are a type of cell that ___

• Divide to assist in CT repair

• Engulf bacteria or cell debris within loose CT.

• Release histamine to stimulate inflammation.

Answer explanation

Mesenchymal cells- Divide to assist in CT repair

Mast-Release histamine to stimulate inflammation.

The stratum ____ contains stem cells that divide to renew the layers of the epidermis.

• Corneum

• Basal

• Lucidum

• Granusolum

Answer explanation

- Stratum corneum - the skin's outermost layer and is the barrier that prevents unwanted materials from entering and excessive loss of water from exiting the body

- The stratum lucidum layer is only present in the thicker skin of the palms and soles

- Stratum granusolum-heavy in keratinocytes; waterproof

True or False: The metaphysis is the proximal and distal ends of a long bone.

• True

• False; epiphyses

Answer explanation

- Diaphysis = shaft of long bones

-Metaphysis- wide portions of long bone where growth occurs

T or F: Osteoblasts free calcium from bone to maintain blood calcium levels

• True

• False; osteoclasts

Answer explanation

Osteoblasts- store calcium in bone in order to build the bony matrix

The epiphyseal plate being replaced by bone is an indicator of ____.

• Puberty beginning

• Bones becoming brittle

• Long bones reaching their adult length

The region of the vertebrae that allows for weight transfer along the vertebral column is the ____.

• Vertebral body

• Vertebral arch

• Intervertebral space

• Transverse process

Answer explanation

Protects and supports the spinal chord

____ is found between the ribs and the sternum

• Elastic cartilage

• Hyaline cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

Answer explanation

Elastic- primarily in the external ear (auricle or pinna) and epiglottis

Hyaline - in the articular surfaces of movable joints, in the walls of the respiratory tracts (nose, larynx, trachea, and bronchi), in the costal cartilages, and in the epiphyseal plates of long bones.

Fibrocartilage- The meniscus in your knee. In disks between the vertebrae in your spine. Supporting muscles, tendons and ligaments throughout your body.

The ____ bones give the hand a wide range of motion.

• Carpals

• Metacarpals

• Phalanges