Midterm Study Checkllist
___1. Know the levels of organization in living things.
___2. Distinguish between negative and positive feedback mechanisms.
___3. Know the relationship between receptors, effectors and a control center in
homeostatic mechanisms.
___4. Know how the body responds to changes in blood glucose and body temperature and be
able to explain the homeostatic process involved.
___5. Know the major body cavities and which organ structures can be found in
each cavity.
___6. Distinguish between visceral and parietal membranes and the location of
the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal membranes.
___7. Know the anatomical terms which describe anatomical position in relation
to each other.
___8. Distinguish between the sagittal, transverse and frontal planes.
___9. Know the 11 organ systems and the major functions of each.
___10. Know the organs found in the 11 organ systems.
___11. Know the ten characteristics of living things and an explanation of each.
___12. Know the anatomical names for the different body regions.
___13. Identify the characteristics and functions of epithelial tissue.
___14. Know the characteristics, location and function of the epithelial tissue types.
___15. Distinguish between merocrine, apocrine and holocrine glands.
___16. Know the function of goblet cells, cilia and microvilli and in what tissue they can be found.
___17. Distinguish between simple, compound, tubular and alveolar glands.
___18. Identify the characteristics and functions of connective tissue.
___19. Distinguish between collagen, elastin and reticular fibers
___20. Know the characteristics, location and function of the connective tissue types.
___21. Distinguish between the different types of cells found in connective tissue (fibroblasts,
chondrocytes, osteocytes, mast cells and macrophages).
___22. Distinguish between skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle and the characteristics of each.
___23. Know the function of nerve cells and their relationship with neuroglia cells
___24. Be able to identify all of the different tissue examples from the slides in the class notes.
___25. Parts of a bone
___ 26. 2 types of ossification – intramembranous & endochondral
___27. Steps of ossification
___28. Factors that affect bone growth (chart on Directed Reading)
o Vit D
o Vit A
o Vit C
o Pituitary hormone
o Thyroid hormone
o Sex hormones
o Physical stress
___29. Types of fractures
___30. Steps in healing of a fracture
___31. Layers of cells in epiphyseal disk
___32. Curves of vertebral column
___33. Distinguishing features of:
a. Atlas
b. Axis
c. Cervical vertebrae
d. Thoracic vertebrae
e. Lumbar vertebrae
___34. Disorders of Skel. Sys tem
o Osteoporosis
o Lordosis
o Kyphosis
o Scoliosis
___35. Surface Markings on bone (example – facet, trochanter, process, etc.)
___36. Muscle anatomy
- Tendon
-Sarcoplasmic reticulum
-T-tubules
-Ca++
___37. Parts of a neuromuscular junction
-Synaptic vesicles
-Synapse
-Motor unit
-acetylcholinesterase
___38. Parts of a sarcomere
-A band
-I band
-H zone
-M line
-Z lines
___39. Steps of sliding filament theory
___40. Role of ATP & creatine phosphate
___41. Muscle fatigue & oxygen debt
___42. Parts of a muscle twitch
___43. Patterns of muscle contraction
-Staircase effect
-Summation
-Tetany
___44. All-or-none
___45. Origin vs. insertion
___46. Causes of rigor mortis
___47. Threshold
___48. Slow vs. fast twitch muscles
___49. Recruitment of fibers
___50. Antagonist vs. synergist
___50. Muscles & bones as levers
___51. Comparing smooth, skeletal & cardiac muscle
___52. Know the major skeletal muscles and their functions