ANAT 260 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉the study of structures that cannot be seen without magnification .
Answer: What is microscopic anatomy?
◉the study of cells . Answer: What is cytology?
◉the study of tissues . Answer: What is histology?
◉chemical/molecular, cell tissue, organ, organ system, organism .
Answer: What are the levels of organization? (simple to complex)
◉standing with feet flat on the floor, arms at side, and palms facing
forward . Answer: What is anatomical position?
◉lying down, face up . Answer: What is supine position?
◉lying down, face down . Answer: What is prone position?
◉Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
,Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
Left lower quadrant (LLQ) . Answer: What are the 4 abdominopelvic
quadrants?
◉RUQ : gallbladder
LUQ: stomach
RLQ: appendix
LLQ: intestines . Answer: What are the main organs in each of the
abdominopelvic quadrants?
◉superior: closer to head
inferior: closer to feet
anterior: closer to front
posterior: closer to back
medial: closer to middle of the body
lateral: closer to sides of the body
superficial: closer to surface
deep: farther from surface
proximal: near
distal: far . Answer: What are the anatomical directions?
,◉sagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates left
and right?
◉midsagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
left and right equally?
◉parasagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
left and right unequally?
◉transverse cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
superior and inferior?
◉frontal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
anterior and posterior?
◉oblique cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
tissue at an angle?
◉the inner portion of the cell . Answer: What is cytoplasm?
◉the fluid inside the cell . Answer: What is cytosol?
◉the outer membrane of the cell . Answer: What is the
plasmalemma(cell membrane, phospholipid bilayer)?
, ◉nonmembranous and membranous organelles . Answer: What are
the two categories of organelles?
◉cytoskeleton, microvilli, cilia, flagella, and ribosomes . Answer:
What are the nonmembranous organelles?
◉mitochondria, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus,
lysosomes, and peroxisomes . Answer: What are the membranous
organelles?
◉physical isolation (separating outside and inside of the cell),
permeability (regulation of exchange with the environment), and
cell-to-cell communication . Answer: What are the functions of the
plasmalemma?
◉vesicles bringing solid particles(bacteria, viruses, foreign matter,
and cell debris) into the cell . Answer: What is phagocytosis?
◉fingerlike projections of the plasmalemma that absorb material
from the ECF and increases surface area . Answer: What are
microvilli and their function?
◉fluid outside the cell . Answer: What is extracellular fluid?
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉the study of structures that cannot be seen without magnification .
Answer: What is microscopic anatomy?
◉the study of cells . Answer: What is cytology?
◉the study of tissues . Answer: What is histology?
◉chemical/molecular, cell tissue, organ, organ system, organism .
Answer: What are the levels of organization? (simple to complex)
◉standing with feet flat on the floor, arms at side, and palms facing
forward . Answer: What is anatomical position?
◉lying down, face up . Answer: What is supine position?
◉lying down, face down . Answer: What is prone position?
◉Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
,Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
Left lower quadrant (LLQ) . Answer: What are the 4 abdominopelvic
quadrants?
◉RUQ : gallbladder
LUQ: stomach
RLQ: appendix
LLQ: intestines . Answer: What are the main organs in each of the
abdominopelvic quadrants?
◉superior: closer to head
inferior: closer to feet
anterior: closer to front
posterior: closer to back
medial: closer to middle of the body
lateral: closer to sides of the body
superficial: closer to surface
deep: farther from surface
proximal: near
distal: far . Answer: What are the anatomical directions?
,◉sagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates left
and right?
◉midsagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
left and right equally?
◉parasagittal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
left and right unequally?
◉transverse cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
superior and inferior?
◉frontal cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
anterior and posterior?
◉oblique cut . Answer: What cut in sectional anatomy separates
tissue at an angle?
◉the inner portion of the cell . Answer: What is cytoplasm?
◉the fluid inside the cell . Answer: What is cytosol?
◉the outer membrane of the cell . Answer: What is the
plasmalemma(cell membrane, phospholipid bilayer)?
, ◉nonmembranous and membranous organelles . Answer: What are
the two categories of organelles?
◉cytoskeleton, microvilli, cilia, flagella, and ribosomes . Answer:
What are the nonmembranous organelles?
◉mitochondria, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus,
lysosomes, and peroxisomes . Answer: What are the membranous
organelles?
◉physical isolation (separating outside and inside of the cell),
permeability (regulation of exchange with the environment), and
cell-to-cell communication . Answer: What are the functions of the
plasmalemma?
◉vesicles bringing solid particles(bacteria, viruses, foreign matter,
and cell debris) into the cell . Answer: What is phagocytosis?
◉fingerlike projections of the plasmalemma that absorb material
from the ECF and increases surface area . Answer: What are
microvilli and their function?
◉fluid outside the cell . Answer: What is extracellular fluid?
