BIO 152 ESSENTIALS OF ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY II LAB ASSESSMENTS 1 TO 8
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
◉ What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Answer:
Radiation from the Sun
◉ What is the dermis composed of? Answer: Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair
follicles, and glands.
◉ What are the 2 types of sweat glands? Answer: ecrine & apocrine
◉ What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
◉ What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that
produces body odor.
,◉ What do sebaceous glands secrete? Answer: They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
◉ What secretion produces oil? Answer: Holocrine secretion.
◉ What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? Answer:
Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
◉ What protein composes the hair and skin? Answer: Keratin
◉ What makes the body's framework? Answer: Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
◉ What are the functions of the skeletal system? Answer: Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs,
detoxification, muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME
BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY PONY"*
◉ How are bones classified? Answer: By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
, sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
◉ What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone?
Answer: Osteoblasts
◉ What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense
bone matrix? Answer: They stop dividing but continue to maintain
body tissues as osteocytes.
◉ How many bones make up the axial skeleton? Answer: 28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
◉ How many bones make the facial skeleton? Answer: 2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
◉ What are the bones of the cranium? Answer: single occipital
PHYSIOLOGY II LAB ASSESSMENTS 1 TO 8
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
◉ What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Answer:
Radiation from the Sun
◉ What is the dermis composed of? Answer: Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair
follicles, and glands.
◉ What are the 2 types of sweat glands? Answer: ecrine & apocrine
◉ What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
◉ What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that
produces body odor.
,◉ What do sebaceous glands secrete? Answer: They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
◉ What secretion produces oil? Answer: Holocrine secretion.
◉ What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? Answer:
Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
◉ What protein composes the hair and skin? Answer: Keratin
◉ What makes the body's framework? Answer: Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
◉ What are the functions of the skeletal system? Answer: Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs,
detoxification, muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME
BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY PONY"*
◉ How are bones classified? Answer: By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
, sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
◉ What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone?
Answer: Osteoblasts
◉ What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense
bone matrix? Answer: They stop dividing but continue to maintain
body tissues as osteocytes.
◉ How many bones make up the axial skeleton? Answer: 28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
◉ How many bones make the facial skeleton? Answer: 2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
◉ What are the bones of the cranium? Answer: single occipital
