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Possible Questions Flashcards

1
Q

Where are the fastest muscles?

A

the eyes

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2
Q

What runs through intervertebral notches?

A

spinal nerves

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3
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What basic tissue type makes all glands?

A

epithelium

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4
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what are the four basic types of tissues?

A

epithelium, connective, muscle, and nervous

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5
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What is the most prevalent cartilage in the body?

A

Hyaline cartilage

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6
Q

Why do we have fontanels?

A
  • allows for compression during child birth

- glial cells and myelin will continue to grow, so it allows for expansion

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7
Q

Which four structures allow hematopoiesis to take place?

A

yolk sac, liver, spleen, bone marrow

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8
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What are the first three bones to ossify?

A

stapes, incus, and malleus

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9
Q

Where are proprioceptors located?

A

muscles, tendons, and joints

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10
Q

How many bones are in the body?

A

206

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11
Q

Which bone does not articulate?

A

hyoid

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12
Q

How many vertebral bones does a newborn have?

A

33

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13
Q

Which tissue is avascular?

A

Hyaline cartilage

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14
Q

The lateral end of the clavicle articulate with the ____ of the scapula.

A

Acromion process

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15
Q

The inferior orbital fissures are located between sphenoid and ____?

A

maxillary

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16
Q

Periosteum is ____ to the medullary cavity.

A

superficial

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17
Q

The inside of the stomach is lined with simple _____ epithelium.

A

columnar

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18
Q

Which intercellular junction allows for exchange of cytoplasm between cells?

A

gap junction

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19
Q

Where is the infraorbital foramen located?

A

Maxillary

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20
Q

The trapezium is classified as a ____ bone?

A

short

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21
Q

Which opening is sometimes only a notch?

A

supraorbital foramen

22
Q

Lateral Ptyerygoid is controlled by what cranial nerve?

A

trygeminal nerve

23
Q

T/F Primary ossification centers are located at the epiphyses of long bones.

A

F

24
Q

What are the two cells of nervous tissue?

A

neurons and glia

25
Q

Where are lower motor neurons located?

A

brainstem and spinal cord

26
Q

What is the simplest reflex in the body?

A

patellar knee jerk reflex

27
Q

Muscles of facial expression are controlled by which cn?

A

7)facial

28
Q

muscles of mastication are controlled by which cn?

A

5)trygeminal

29
Q

which muscles does the spinal accessory nerve connect to?

A

sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

30
Q

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

A

31

31
Q

Which two muscles can flip origin and insertion?

A

sternocleidomastoid and pectorals minor

32
Q

what does not change length during a muscle contraction?

A

A bands

33
Q

Which muscle of mastication depresses and protracts

A

Lateral Ptyregoid

34
Q

Aerobic respiration occurs in what?

A

mitochondria

35
Q

What is the outer or external connective sheath of a muscle?

A

epimysium

36
Q

Which muscle is located in the groin area of the leg?

A

adductor longus

37
Q

Middle nasal conchae are located on which bone?

A

ethmoid

38
Q

What brain component lies in the sella turcica?

A

pituitary gland and optic nerves

39
Q

List a muscle of mastication?

A

temporalis, masseter

40
Q

Dense irregular connective tissue is located in what?

A

Dermis

41
Q

how many vertebrae does an adult have?

A

26

42
Q

where is the pseudostratified columnar epithelium located?

A

Trachea

43
Q

How many vertebrae compose the coccyx before fusion?

A

4

44
Q

What is the smallest ear bone?

A

stapes

45
Q

What is the largest ear bone?

A

malleus

46
Q

What is the smallest cranial nerve?

A

trochlear

47
Q

The jugular foramen is located on which two bones?

A

temporal and occipital

48
Q

Mast cells are found in what?

A

connective tissue

49
Q

The ribs of the seventh pair are classified as what?

A

vertebrosternal

50
Q

which layer of the meninges is the most superficial

A

dura mater

51
Q

What is the largest muscle in the body?

A

gluteus maximus

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