ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR
EMERGENCY CARE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026
◉ Receptor that is sensitive to touch and pressure that are situated
between epidermal cells. Answer: free nerve endings
◉ Free nerve endings stimulated by hair displacement that monitor
distortions and movements across the body surface. Answer: the
root hair plexus
◉ receptors of fine touch and pressure. Answer: tactile discs
◉ large receptors sensitive to deep pressure and to pulsing or high-
frequency vibrations. Answer: lamellated corpuscles
◉ receptors sensitive to pressure and distortion of the skin but they
are located in the deepest layer of the dermis. Answer: ruffini
corpuscles
◉ receptors that provide information essential to the regulation of
autonomic activities by monitoring changes in pressure. Answer:
baroreceptors
,◉ receptors that monitor the position of joints, the tension in
tendons and ligaments and the state of muscular contractions.
Answer: proprioceptors
◉ receptors that respond only to water-soluble and lipid-soluble
substances that are dissolved in the surrounding fluid. Answer:
chemoreceptors
◉ name the 6 major regions of the brain. Answer: cerebrum
diencephalon
pons
midbrain
medulla oblongata
the cerebellum
◉ ____ insulating sheath around an axon consisting of multiple layers
of glial cell membrane" significantly increases conduction rate along
the axon. Answer: myelin
◉ receptors for painful stimuli common in superficial portions of the
skin, in joint capsules, within the periostea that cover bones and
around blood vessel walls. Answer: nociceptors
, ◉ receptors for temperature located in the dermis, in skeletal
muscles, in the liver and in the hypothalamus. Answer:
thermoreceptors
◉ receptors sensitive to stimuli such as stretching, compression or
twisting. Answer: mechanoreceptors
◉ ____ epithelia produces exocrine and endocrine secretions.
Answer: glandular epithelia
◉ ____ is produced by exocrine glands which discharge their
products through a duct onto some external or internal surface.
Answer: exocrine
◉ ____ is produced by ductless glands and released into blood or
tissue fluids. Answer: endocrine
◉ Name the three modes of secretion. Answer: merocrine
apocrine
holocrine
◉ ____ secretion is most common mode of secretion where the
product is released from secretory vesicles by exocytosis. Answer:
merocrine secretion
EMERGENCY CARE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026
◉ Receptor that is sensitive to touch and pressure that are situated
between epidermal cells. Answer: free nerve endings
◉ Free nerve endings stimulated by hair displacement that monitor
distortions and movements across the body surface. Answer: the
root hair plexus
◉ receptors of fine touch and pressure. Answer: tactile discs
◉ large receptors sensitive to deep pressure and to pulsing or high-
frequency vibrations. Answer: lamellated corpuscles
◉ receptors sensitive to pressure and distortion of the skin but they
are located in the deepest layer of the dermis. Answer: ruffini
corpuscles
◉ receptors that provide information essential to the regulation of
autonomic activities by monitoring changes in pressure. Answer:
baroreceptors
,◉ receptors that monitor the position of joints, the tension in
tendons and ligaments and the state of muscular contractions.
Answer: proprioceptors
◉ receptors that respond only to water-soluble and lipid-soluble
substances that are dissolved in the surrounding fluid. Answer:
chemoreceptors
◉ name the 6 major regions of the brain. Answer: cerebrum
diencephalon
pons
midbrain
medulla oblongata
the cerebellum
◉ ____ insulating sheath around an axon consisting of multiple layers
of glial cell membrane" significantly increases conduction rate along
the axon. Answer: myelin
◉ receptors for painful stimuli common in superficial portions of the
skin, in joint capsules, within the periostea that cover bones and
around blood vessel walls. Answer: nociceptors
, ◉ receptors for temperature located in the dermis, in skeletal
muscles, in the liver and in the hypothalamus. Answer:
thermoreceptors
◉ receptors sensitive to stimuli such as stretching, compression or
twisting. Answer: mechanoreceptors
◉ ____ epithelia produces exocrine and endocrine secretions.
Answer: glandular epithelia
◉ ____ is produced by exocrine glands which discharge their
products through a duct onto some external or internal surface.
Answer: exocrine
◉ ____ is produced by ductless glands and released into blood or
tissue fluids. Answer: endocrine
◉ Name the three modes of secretion. Answer: merocrine
apocrine
holocrine
◉ ____ secretion is most common mode of secretion where the
product is released from secretory vesicles by exocytosis. Answer:
merocrine secretion
