ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A
◉ What is Anatomy? Answer: The Study of the structures of the
human body and the substances these structures are made of.
◉ What is Physiology? Answer: The Study of the functions and
activities performed by the body structures, including physical and
chemical processes.
◉ What is Histology? Answer: A.k.a Microscopic Anatomy, is the
study of the structure and composition of tissue.
◉ What are Cells? Answer: The basic unit of all living things.
◉ What is Protoplasm? Answer: A colorless, jellylike substance.
◉ What is the Nucleus? Answer: The dense, active protoplasm found
in the center of the cell.
◉ What important parts does the Nucleus play? Answer: In Cell
Reproduction and Metabolism.
,◉ What does DNA determine? Answer: Our genetic makeup,
including the color of our eyes, skin, and hair.
◉ What is a Mitochondria? Answer: They take in nutrients, break
them down and create energy for the cell.
◉ Muscle cells need a lot of ________________, so they have many
mitochondria. Answer: Energy.
◉ What are Neurons? Answer: Nerve Cells.
◉ What is the Cell Membrane? Answer: The part of the cell that
encloses the protoplasm and permits soluble.
◉ What is a Soluble? Answer: Substances to enter and leave.
◉ What is Mitosis? Answer: The normal process of cell reproduction
in human tissues that occurs when the cell divides into two identical
cells called daughter cells.
◉ What are one of the functions of cell reproduction? Answer: The
ability to eliminate waste products.
, ◉ What is Metabolism and what does it do? Answer: A chemical
process that takes place in living organisms.
It converts nutrients to energy so the cell can function and also
elimantes waste.
◉ What is Tissue? Answer: A collection of similar cells that perform
a particular function.
◉ What is Connective Tissue? Answer: Supports, Protects and binds
together other tissues of the body.
◉ What does Adipose Tissue do? Answer: Stores energy.
◉ What is Epithelial Tissue? Answer: Is a Protective lining in cavities
of the body and surfaces of organs. An example is Skin.
◉ What is Muscle Tissue? Answer: It contracts and moves the
various parts of the body.
◉ What is Nerve Tissue? Answer: Carries Messages. It is composed
of special cells known as neurons.
◉ What are Organs? Answer: A collection of tissues that have an
identifiable structure and that perform specific functions .