2015 anatomy midterm Flashcards
What is true about belt desmosomes?
a. Membrane proteins are fused
b. Interacts with actin filaments
c. Tightly surrounds cells at the apical pole
b. Interacts with actin filaments
What is the name of the joint between teeth and the jaw?
a. Sutures
b. Syndesmoses
c. Gomphoses
c. Gomphoses
Which of the following is the most distal?
a. Foot
b. Ankle
c. Shoulder
d. Elbow
a. Foot
Which of the following joints have a capsule around it?
a. Syndesmosis
b. Amphiarthrosis
c. Synovial
d. Synarthrosis
c. Synovial
When a person is standing erect, and their arms are semi-pronated, what side are his palms facing?
a. Superiorly
b. Posteriorly
c. Medially
d. Anteriorly
c. Medially
Gastrulation and formation of the 3 germ layers is initiated by?
a. Primitive streak
b. Endoderm
c. Notochord
d. Mesenchyme
a. Primitive streak
Which of the following is considered the first response to infection?
a. Lymphocyte
b. Neutrophil
c. Macrophage
d. Basophil
b. Neutrophil
Which is the first part of spermatogenesis that results in haploid cells?
a. Primary spermatocyte
b. Secondary spermatocyte
c. Spermatid
b. Secondary spermatocyte
Which of these is a feature of secondary villi?
a. Cytotrophoblast with mesenchymal core
b. Syncytiotrophoblast into the myometrium
c. Cytotrophoblast with blood vessels in its core
a. Cytotrophoblast with mesenchymal core
Which of these is present in the arterial wall?
a. Loose CT and transitional epithelium
b. Reticular fibers and dense CT
c. Elastic fibers and simple squamous endothelium
c. Elastic fibers and simple squamous endothelium
What structure is surrounded by zona pellucida?
a. Oocyte
b. Cumulus oophorus
c. Membrane Granulosa
d. corpus loteum
a. Oocyte
What determines the severity of the damage to the fetus/embryo when a mother gets the rubella virus?
a. Duration of the virus
b. Frequency of the infection
c. The time it occurs during development
c. The time it occurs during development
Which plane passes through the intervertebral disk between lumbar vertebra 3 and 4 (L3-L4)?
a. Transtubercular plane
b. Transpyloric plane
c. Transumbilical plane
d. Interspinous plane
c. Transumbilical plane
Which plane transects the fundus of the gall bladder (or the distal part of the stomach)?
a. Transulnar plane
b. Transpyloric plane
c. Transumbilical plane
b. Transpyloric plane
Where is the arch of the aorta located?
a. Inferior mediastinum
b. Superior mediastinum
c. Posterior mediastinum
d. Anterior mediastinum
b. Superior mediastinum