EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Question 1

In a “standard anatomical position”, the palm of the hand faces _______ , and the thumb is _____ relative to the pinky

Answer 1

Anteriorly, Lateral.

Question 2

Which type of connective tissue would you expect to find joining muscle to bone?

Answer 2

Dense Regular

Question 3

Which of the following tissue types function to provide shape to the body?
a. Muscular
b. Connective
c. Epithelial
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above

Answer 3

Both A and B (Muscular and Connective)

Question 4

The matrix of the bone is in the form of concentric rings called ________. The fluid filled spaces present between are called ________ in which you can find the bone cells called _______ that communicate with each other by a network of fine canals called _______

Answer 4

Lamellae, lacunae, osteocytes, canaliculi.

Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding bone and cartilage is FALSE?

a. Both have structural and supportive roles
b. Both are mesenchyme derivatives
c. Both are composed of cells embedded within a protein-rich matrix
d. Both are vascularized
e. Both grow by apposition

Answer 5

d is FALSE because Bone is highly vascularized but cartilage is avascular and aneural

Question 6

Mature bone cells are located in spaces called ______; the bony matrix forms sheet-like rings called _______.

Answer 6

Lacunae, lamellae

Question 7

Which type of rib has a costochondral joint?

Answer 7

True rib and false rib

Question 8

Which of the following statements regarding a contracting sarcomere is INCORRECT

a. The A band decreases in size
b. The I-band decreases in size
c. The H-zone decreases in size
d. The zone of overlap increases in size
e. The Z- and M-lines become closer together

Answer 8

a. The A band decreases in size

It actually remains the same while everything else decreases in size.

Question 9

Cardiac muscle is unique because it

Answer 9

Is not innervated.

There are nerves that can influence things like the vasculature, but the myocardium is not directly innervated.

Question 10

Which of these muscles is part of the anterior muscle sling stabilizing the pectoral girdle?
a. Terres Minor
b. Levator Scapulae
c. Trapezius
d. Serratus anterior
e. Rhomboids

Answer 10

d. Serratus anterior

Question 11

Which of these muscles is the EXCLUSIVE flexor of the distal interphalangeal joint of digits 2-5?
a. Flexor digitorum superficialis
b. Flexor digitorum profundus
c. Flexor policis longus
d. Palmaris longus
e. Brachioradialis

Answer 11

b. Flexor digitorum profundus