Museum assignment

Question 1

What are the three trunks of the brachial plexus called?

Answer 1

upper, middle, lower

Question 2

How does the human upper limb compare with that of other higher primates?

Answer 2

it is weak and unspecialised

Question 3

which muscle is responsible for raising the scapula, i.e. shrugging the shoulders?

Answer 3

levantar scapuale

Question 4

Which muscles of the hand are involved in a precision grip?

Answer 4

Intrinsic

Question 5

On which bone is the lateral malleolus found?

Answer 5

Fibula

Question 6

What is the name of the bone that forms the heel of the foot?

Answer 6

Calcaneous

Question 7

Which bone is commonly broken in a “hip fracture”?

Answer 7

Proximal end of femur

Question 8

Which injuries maybe referred to as the “unhappy triad” of knee injuries?

Answer 8

Torn medial collateral ligament, torn medial meniscus and torn anterior cruciate ligament

Question 9

What name is given to the bones surrounding and supporting the orifices of the face, i.e. forming
the walls of the nasal cavity and roof of the mouth

Answer 9

Viscerocranium

Question 10

What movements occur at the atlanto-axial joints between the first and second cervical
vertebrae?

Answer 10

Side to side movements (saying no)

Question 11

What does the inner lining of the small intestine look like?

Answer 11

Ridged and folded

Question 12

What can a liver cast show?

Answer 12

Distribution of blood vessels and ducts

Question 13

In Bay 5 what type of sections of the chest and thorax are displayed and why are they useful?

Answer 13

Transverse. They show how the lungs and mediastinal organs are related to each other and the body surface.

Question 14

What important step in the development of the heart is completed by day 28?

Answer 14

The process of looping where the heart tube bends over to the right

Question 15

Which hormones produced by the fetal testis are responsible for the differentiation of the male genitalia?

Answer 15

Androgens

Question 16

What joint is cut at the front of the pelvis in the sagittal sections of the abdomens in Bay 6?

Answer 16

Pubic symphysis

Question 17

What is the first bone to ossify?

Answer 17

Clavicle

Question 18

When does the primary centre of ossification appear in the shaft of the humerus?

Answer 18

8 weeks intrauterine life

Question 19

By what type of ossification do the radius and ulna appear?

Answer 19

Endochondral

Question 20

When does the coracoid process normally fuse with the scapula?

Answer 20

During 15th year

Question 21

What do human embryos look like during their early embryonic period?

Answer 21

Fish embryos

Question 22

In which syndrome does the midline part of the cerebellum not develop and the IV ventricle merges with an enormous cisterna magna? The classical sign of this syndrome is hydrocephalus in infancy.

Answer 22

Dandy-Walker

Question 23

Which large blood vessel runs along the midline of the ventral surface of the brain?

Answer 23

Basilar artery

Question 24

What is the main connection between the two cerebral hemispheres (shown in sections labelled “Ventricular system of the brain”)?

Answer 24

Corpus callosum

Question 25

What substance did William Hunter use to study lymphatics in humans?

Answer 25

Mercury

Question 26

On the skull of an adult hydrocephalus, which two pairs of vault bones are particularly enlarged?

Answer 26

Frontals and parietals

Question 27

What might have caused the erosion of Robert the Bruce’s upper jaw?

Answer 27

Leprosy