Example Questions from Lecture Flashcards
The inferior suprarenal arteries are branches of which fo the following arteries?
A. Inferior phrenic
B. Common hepatic
C. Left gastric
D. Abdominal aorta
E. Renal
E. Renal
The heart is located in which of the following locations?
A. Anterior superior mediastinum
B. Middle superior mediastinum
C. Anterior inferior mediastinum
D. Middle inferior mediastinum
E. Posterior inferior mediastinum
D. Middle inferior mediastinum
Which of the following parts of the GI tract is not suspended by a mesentery?
A. Transverse colon
B. Sigmoid colon
C. Ileum
D. Jejunum
E. Duodenum
E. Duodenum
The infuriation of the abdominal aorta into the common iliac is assocaited with which of the following landmarks?
A. L3
B. L4
C. L5
D. S1
E. S2
B. L4
The medial arcuate ligaments of the diaphragm form the lumbocostal arches and anteriorly cross which of the following muscles?
A. Latissimus dorsi
B. Quadratus laborum
C. Psoas major
D. Transversals thoracis
C. Psoas major
A typical thoracic vertebra includes all of the following component except:
A. A heart-shaped body
B. Inferior articular factes
C. Superior costal demifacets
D. Transverse foramina
D. Transverse foramina
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Which level of the tracheobroncial tree branching supply bronchopulmonary segments?
A. Primary bronchi
B. Secondary bronchi
C. Tertiary bronchi
D. Respiratory bronchioles
E. Terminal bronchioles
C. Tertiary bronchi
Splanchnic nerves are composed of preganglionic fibers and visceral sensory fibers. They supply abdominal viscera. The greater splanchic nerve synapses in which of the following regions?
A. Wall of the upper GI tract
B. Aorticorenal ganglion
C. Celiac ganglion
D. Superior mesenteric ganglion
C. Celiac ganglion
Anterior sacral foramina allow the passage of which of the following?
A. Dorsal rami of sacral spinal nerves
B. Ventral rami of sacral spinal nerves
C. The lower thoracic nerves via the cauda equina
D. The upper lumbar nerves via the cauda equina
B. Ventral rami of sacral spinal nerves
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The superior suprarenal arteries are branches of which of the following vessels?
A. Inferior phrenic
B. Abdominal aorta
C. Renal
D. Superior mesenteric
E. Inferior mesenteric
A. Inferior phrenic
In aspirating material from the right costodiaphragmatic recess, care must be taken to not penetrate which of the following?
A. Spleen
B. The lower lobe of the right lung
C. The middle lobe of the right lung
D. The liver
E. The right ventricle of the heart
D. The liver
Which of the following ligaments extends along the roof of the neural canal?
A. Anterior longitudinal ligament
B. Posterior longitundinal ligament
C. Ligamentum flavum
D. Supraspinous ligament
C. Ligamentum flavum
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Which of the following spaces or membranes around the spinal cord is superficial to all the others listed?
A. Dura mater
B. Pia mater
C. Epidural space
D. Arachnoid layer
C. Epidural space
The deep inguinal ring is formed by an evaginatoin of the fascia of which of the following muscles?
A. Transversus
B. Internal oblique
C. External oblique
D. Sartorius
E. Recurs femoris
A. Transversus
The short gastric arteries are branches of the left gastric artery.
A. TURE
B. FALSE
B. FALSE
The inguinal ligament is attached to the ASIS and the pubic tubercle and is the inferior border of the aponeurosis of which of the following muscles?
A. Transversus
B. Internal oblique
C. External oblique
D. Sartorius
E. Rectify femoris
C. External oblique
Which of the following is the largest visceral organ in the body?
A. Liver
B. Spleen
C. Stomach
D. Kidney
A. Liver
The lesser omentum separates which two lobes of the liver?
A. Right and left
B. Right and caudate
C. Quadrate and caudate
D. Left and caudate
D. Left and caudate
The ascending colon is supplied by which of the following?
A. Celiac trunk
B. Superior mesenteric artery
C. Inferior mesenteric artery
D. Middle colic artery
E. Median sacral artery
B. Superior mesenteric artery
Which of the following is normally NOT a direct branch off the aortic arch?
A. Brachiocephalic
B. Left common carotid
C. Left subclavian
D. Right subclavian
D. Right subclavian
The parasympathetic supply to the thoracic cavity is via which of the following?
A. Paravertebral chain ganglion pairs T1-T5
B. Splanchnic nerves
C. Vagus nerves
D. Stellate ganglion
C. Vagus nerves
The sacral promontory is formed by which of the following structures?
A. The centrum of L1
B. The spinous process of L1
C. The centrum of S1
D. The spinous process of S1
C. The centrum of S1
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Cell bodies of the alpha motor neurons originate from which of the following regions of the spinal cord?
A. Posterior colummns
B. Lateral columns
C. Lateral horns
D. Anterior horns
D. Anterior horns
The proximal end of the duodenum begins at which of the following levels?
A. T11
B. L1
C. L2
D. L3
E. L4
B. L1
The ligamentum teres hepatis is enclosed within which of the following ligaments?
A. Gastrosplenic ligament
B. Gastrohepatic ligament
C. Hepatoduodenal ligament
D. Falciform ligament
E. Coronary ligament
D. Falciform ligament
The greater splancic nerve passes through the diaphragm at which vertebral level?
A. T6
B. T8
C. T10
D. T12
D. T12
The vagus nerve passes through the diaphragm at which of the following levels?
A. T6
B. T8
C. T10
D. T12
C. T10
The paired diaphragmatic crura are connected superiorly by which of the following structures?
A. Pyloric sphincter
B. Median arcuate ligament
C. Medial arcuate ligament
D. Lateral arcuate ligament
B. Median arcuate ligament
Which of the following is a correct statement regarding vertebrae?
A. Transverse processes arise from the vertebrae at the intersection of the lamina and pedicle.
B. The spinous process of a vertebra arises from the intersection of the two pedicles.
C. Mammillary bodies are assocaited with the anterior articulating processes of the lower thoracic vertebrae.
D. The articular facets of the typical thoracic vertebrae are organized in a sagital plane.
A. Transverse processes arise from the vertebrae at the intersection of the lamina and pedicle.
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Lateral horns of the spinal cord are found in which of the following regions?
A. Cervical through upper sacral
B. Lower cervical through the upper lumbar
C. Upper cervical through the lower thoracic
D. Thoracic through the upper lumbar
D. Thoracic through the upper lumbar