ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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◉ What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system?
Answer: Blood
◉ What are platelets? Answer: Blood components that contribute to
the blood clotting process
◉ What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues?
Answer: Histology
◉ What is one reason etheticians should study body systems,
organs, and tissues? Answer: To understand the effect that services
have on the body
◉ What is protoplasm? Answer: A substance of which the cells of all
living things are composed
◉ What is the process of cell reproduction called? Answer: Mitosis
, ◉ What is the sternum? Answer: A flat bone that forms the ventral
support of the ribs
◉ What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions
to the cells and carbon dioxide from the cells? Answer: Plasma
◉ The origin part of a muscle is ____________________ to the skeleton.
Answer: Attached
◉ What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and
performing specific functions? Answer: Organs
◉ Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and
phosphorus levels? Answer: So the nervous and muscular system
can function properly
◉ The pituitary gland is the most complex organ of the
_____________________ system. Answer: Endocrine
◉ What organ in the endocrine system secretes enzyme-producing
cells that are responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and
fats? Answer: Pancreas