PAX PREP VOCAB NLN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE
SOLUTION GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ synovial membranes. Answer: line the cavities at the bone joint
◉ cutaneous membrane. Answer: skin
◉ neurons. Answer: basic structural unit of the nervous system
◉ cell body (neuron). Answer: contains the nucleus
◉ dendrites. Answer: short extensions of the cell that feel stimuli
◉ axon. Answer: the long part that leaves the cell body at the axon
hillock and ends in the axon terminals that hold the
neurotransmitters
◉ neuroglia. Answer: provide support functions for the neurons
, ◉ skeletal muscle. Answer: made up of long cylindrical cells that
have many nuclei in each cell. voluntary muscle
◉ smooth muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Cells are
elongated with tapered ends. involuntary muscle
◉ cardiac muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Muscle
fibers branch often. Cells pulsate together in rhythm
◉ stratum corneum. Answer: outermost layer of epidermis,
avascular, contains keratin
◉ stratum lucidum. Answer: only found on the palms of hands and
soles of feet. Create fingerprints when we sweat
◉ stratum granulosum. Answer: several layers of cells held together
with desmosomes. provides storage for keratin granules
◉ stratum spinosum. Answer: The spiny layer just above the stratum
basale
◉ stratum basale. Answer: single layer of column cells produces live
cells by mitosis, the live cells migrate to the upper layers and collect
ANSWERS 2026 EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE
SOLUTION GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ synovial membranes. Answer: line the cavities at the bone joint
◉ cutaneous membrane. Answer: skin
◉ neurons. Answer: basic structural unit of the nervous system
◉ cell body (neuron). Answer: contains the nucleus
◉ dendrites. Answer: short extensions of the cell that feel stimuli
◉ axon. Answer: the long part that leaves the cell body at the axon
hillock and ends in the axon terminals that hold the
neurotransmitters
◉ neuroglia. Answer: provide support functions for the neurons
, ◉ skeletal muscle. Answer: made up of long cylindrical cells that
have many nuclei in each cell. voluntary muscle
◉ smooth muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Cells are
elongated with tapered ends. involuntary muscle
◉ cardiac muscle. Answer: single, centrally located nucleus. Muscle
fibers branch often. Cells pulsate together in rhythm
◉ stratum corneum. Answer: outermost layer of epidermis,
avascular, contains keratin
◉ stratum lucidum. Answer: only found on the palms of hands and
soles of feet. Create fingerprints when we sweat
◉ stratum granulosum. Answer: several layers of cells held together
with desmosomes. provides storage for keratin granules
◉ stratum spinosum. Answer: The spiny layer just above the stratum
basale
◉ stratum basale. Answer: single layer of column cells produces live
cells by mitosis, the live cells migrate to the upper layers and collect
