BIOS 256 EXAM PREP VERIFIED ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY COMPLETED 2024.

BIOS 256 EXAM PREP
VERIFIED

ANATOMY &
PHYSIOLOGY


COMPLETED
2024

, # Question 1

What are the three types of muscle tissue and where are they found in the body?



- **Skeletal muscle**: attached to bones and responsible for voluntary movements

- **Cardiac muscle**: found in the heart and responsible for pumping blood

- **Smooth muscle**: found in the walls of hollow organs such as blood vessels, stomach,
intestines, bladder, uterus and responsible for involuntary movements




# Question 2

What are the two main divisions of the nervous system and what are their functions?



- **Central nervous system (CNS)**: consists of the brain and spinal cord and processes sensory and
motor information

- **Peripheral nervous system (PNS)**: consists of the cranial and spinal nerves and connects the
CNS to the rest of the body




# Question 3

What are the five special senses and what are their receptors?



- **Vision**: photoreceptors in the retina of the eye

- **Hearing**: mechanoreceptors in the cochlea of the inner ear

- **Balance**: mechanoreceptors in the vestibule and semicircular canals of the inner ear

- **Smell**: chemoreceptors in the olfactory epithelium of the nose

- **Taste**: chemoreceptors in the taste buds of the tongue