General Anatomy Flashcards
In the adult, the umbilical artery becomes the…
A) Ligamentum Teres Hepatis
B) Fossa Ovalis
C) Medial umbilical Ligament
D) Ligamentum Arteriosum
medial umbilical ligament
When there is too little Ca++ in the blood, which cells cause resorption of the bone to add Ca++ to the blood?
A) Osteoclasts
B) Osteocytes
C) Osteoblasts
D) Osteogenic Cells
Osteoclasts
The AV node is located in which chamber of the heart? A) Left Atrium B) Right Atrium C) Left ventricle D) Right Ventricle
Right Atrium
The blood supply to the greater curvature of the stomach is via the…
A) L & R Gastric Arteries
B) L & R Gastroduodenal Arteries
C) Sup. and Inf. mesenteric Arteries
D) L & R Gastoepiploic Arteries
L/R Gastroepiploic
A pt. is bleeding from the post. aspect of the heart. Which vein is likely compromised?
A) Ant. Interventricular
B) Post. Interventricular
C) Middle Cardiac
D) Small Cardiac
Middle Cardiac ?
The inner folds of the large intestines form “humps” or sacculations on the external surface called…
A) Tenia Coli
B) Haustra
C) Plica Semilunaris
D) Hepatic and Splenic FIexures
Haustra
How may tertiary bronchi are associated with the right lung?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 10
10
Which is TRUE of the lungs?
A) The oblique fissure divides the inf. lobe from the sup. lobe of the left Lung
B) The Horizontal fissure divides the sup. lobe of the left lung from the other lobes
C) The oblique fissure divides the intermediate and inf. lobes of the left lung
D) The horizontal fissure divides the sup. and inf. lobes of the right lung
The oblique fissure divides the inferior lobe from the superior lobe of the left lung.
Which of the following is an erectile tissue that forms the bulb of both the penis and clitoris?
A) Corpus Cavernosum
B) Corpus Spongiosum
C) Ischiocavernosus
D) Bulbospongiosus
.Corpus Spongiosum
Which of the following is false concerning the blood supply to the adrenal glands?
A) 3 Arteries supply each gland
B) 2 veins drain each gland
C) The left suprarenal veins drains into the left renal vein
D) The superior adrenal artery arises from the inferior phrenic artery
False- 2 veins drian each gland
3 arteries supply each gland
The superior, middle, and inferior suprarenal arteries
The blood reaches the outer surface of the gland before entering and supplying each layer. When the blood reaches the adrenal’s center, it flows into the medullary vein. The medullary veins emerge from the hilum of each gland before forming the suprarenal veins, which join the inferior vena cava on the right side and the left renal vein on the left.
Which of the following joints is classified as a sydesmosis?
A) Calcaneonavicular
B) Subtalar
C) 5th Metatarsophalangeal
D) Distal Tibiofibular
Distal Tibiofibular
A pt. feeling pain and paresthesia on the lat. aspect of the dorm of the hand has an impingement of which cutaneous nerve?
A) Superficial branch of the radial
B) Dorsal Cutaneous branch of the ulnar
C) Superficial palmar branch of the median
D) Lateral Antebrachial cutaneous
Superficial branch of radial
Which ligament prevents ant. displacement of the tibia on the femur?
A) Arcuate Popliteal
B) Posterior Cruciate
C) Anterior Cruciate
D) Posterior Meniscofemoral
Anterior Cruciate.
Which is FALSE concerning the Latissimus Dorsi muscle?
A) It is innervated by branches arising from the ventral rami of C6, 7, and 8
B) It inserts on the intertuberular groove of the humerus
C) It extends, adducts, and medially rotates the humerus
D) It is classified as a rotator cuff muscle
.False- Classified as a rotator cuff muscle
The deep brachial (profound) artery…
A) Accompanies the axillary artery
B) Is found in the anterior compartment of the arm
C) Terminates as the radial and middle collateral arteries
D) Courses with the ulnar nerve to pierce the interosseous membrane
terminates as the radial and middle collateral arteries
Which bones make up the proximal row of carpal bones, forming the wrist joint?
A) tiqueture, lunate, pisiform
B) Scaphoid, trapezium, trapezoid
C) Lunate, capitate, hamate
D) Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum
Which thigh muscle does NOT insert on the tibial tuberosity via the patellar ligament?
A) Quadratus Femoris
B) Rectus Femoris
C) Vastus Intermedius
D) Vastus Medialis
Quadratus Femoris
Which nerve transmits sensory info. from the web between the great and second toes?
A) Deep peroneal
B) Superficial Peroneal
C) Sural
D) Saphenous
Deep peroneal.
Which artery courses around the medial malleolus before branching into the medial and lateral plantar arteries to supply the plantar aspect of the foot?
A) Great Saphenous
B) Fibular
C) Posterior Tibial
D) Anterior Tibial
Posterior Tibial
All of the muscles that move the tongue are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve except..
A) Genioglossus
B) Hyoglossus
C) Styloglossus
D) Palatoglossus
Palatoglossus
Which muscle is innervated by fibers arising from C1 ventral Rami?
A) Mylohyoid
B) Inf. Omohyoid
C) Thyrohyoid
D) Stylohyoid
Thyrohyoid and Geniohyoid
A # of the shaft of a long bone would be a break in the…
A) Epiphysis
B) Metaphysis
C) Epiphyseal Plate
D) Diaphysis
Diaphysis
The peroneus (fibulas) brevis muscle inserts on which bone?
A) Lateral Cuneiform
B) Calcaneus
C) Talus
D) 5th Metatarsal
5th metatarsal
The sustantaculum tali is on which bone?
A) Talus
B) Fibula
C) Calcaneus
D) Tibia
Calcaneous
Which of the following is an example of a synchondrosis?
A) Interosseal Membrane
B) Growth Plate
C) Suture
D) Symphisis
Growth plate
Which ligament is the main restraint to valgus stress when the elbow is in extension?
A) Annular Ligament
B) Ulnar Collateral Ligament
C) Radial Collateral Ligament
D) Coronoid Ligament
MCL
Which bone is immediately distal to the lunate in the wrist?
A) Trapezoid
B) Triquetrum
C) Pisiform
D) Hamate
hamate (or capitate)
What is the primary action of the triceps sure muscles?
A) Plantarflexion of foot
B) Extension of forearm
C) Flexion of the knee
D) Abduction of the hip
Plantar flexion of the foot
The muscle that adducts the thumb is supplied by the ___ nerve
A) Radial
B) Median
C) Ulnar
D) Musculocutaneous
ulnar (deep branch(
All of the following are characteristics of skeletal muscle tissue fibers EXCEPT
A) Autorhythmic
B) Striated
C) Voluntary
D) Multinucleate
Autoarythmic
The transverse facial vein and the superficial temporal vein drain into which vein?
A) Internal Jugular
B) Retromandibular Vein
C) External Jugular
D) Subclavian
external jugular
Which structure prevents mitral valve prolapse?
A) Papillary muscles
B) Crista Terminalis
C) Pectinate Muscle
D) Moderator Band
Papillary muscles (via the chorda tendinae)
Which artery is NOT a branch off the inferior mesenteric artery?
A) Left Colic Artery
B) Superior Rectal Artery
C) Sigmoid Colic Artery
D) Right Colic Artery
Right colic
Which artery is the main contributor to the deep palmar arch?
A) Axillary
B) Brachial
C) Ulnar
D) Radial
radial
superficial is ULNAR
Which cells secrete intrinsic factor?
A) Parietal Cells
B) Sertoli cells
C) Isles of Langerhans
D) Chief Cells
Parietal cells
Which laryngeal muscle is innervated by the external laryngeal branch of the Vagus nerve?
A) Post. Cricoarytenoid
B) Transverse Arytenoids
C) Thyroarytenoid
D) Cricothyroid
Cricothyroid
The groove for the azygous vein is located…
A) On the anterior surface of the right lung
B) On the medial surface of the left lung
C) On the medial surface of the right lung
D) On the posterior surface of the left lung
Medial surface of right lung
HEMI Azygous would be left
Which structure is at the base of the renal pyramid?
A) Renal papilla
B) Renal Column
C) Renal Capsule
D) Adrenal Gland
Renal Papilla
The seminal vesicle is located…
A) Within the testes
B) In the spermatic cord
C) Posterior to the urinary bladder
D) In the corpus spongiosus
Posterior to the urinary bladder
Which hormone stimulates the production of bone and decreases blood calcium?
A) Calcitonin
B) Parathyroid Hormone
C) Growth Hormone
D) Estrogen
Calcitonin
A fracture of the shaft of a long bone would be a break in the:
A) Epiphysis
B) Metaphysis
C) Epiphyseal Plate
D) Diaphysis
Diaphysis
