Practice Exam 3

Question 1

Functional and structural unit of the kidney is:

Answer 1

Nephron

Question 2

Which if the following is a potent vasoconstrictor?

Answer 2

Histamine

Question 3

John is a 26 year old man who begins to notice a progressive enlargement of his feet, hands, cranium, nose, and Lower jaw bone. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 3

Acromegaly

Question 4

Which organ has both endocrine and exocrine function?

Answer 4

Pancreas

Question 5

The ingestion of a meal high in fat content would cause which of the following to occur?

Answer 5

Bile would be released from the gallbladder to emulsify the fat in the duodenum.

Question 6

From the esophagus to the anal canal, the walls of every organ of the alimentary canal are made up of the same 1/1
four basic layers. Arrange them in order from the lumen.

Answer 6

mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and serosa

Question 7

The repolarization of the ventricles is recorded as the

Answer 7

T wave

Question 8

Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the

Answer 8

Left atrium

Question 9

Functions of the lymphatic system include

Answer 9

Transport of excess tissue fluid to the blood vascular system

Question 10

Small organs associated with lymphatic vessels are termed:

Answer 10

Lymph nodes

Question 11

Quadratus lumborum is innervated by

Answer 11

Ventral rami of spinal nerves

Question 12

Patient performs abdominal curls with left shoulder to touch right knee in hooklying. Which muscles are working for this movement?

Answer 12

Left external oblique and right internal oblique

Question 13

Motor support for cremaster msucle is from:

Answer 13

Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve

Question 14

Patient complains of constipation due to lost hindgut parasympathetic innervation. Which of the following nerve is involved?

Answer 14

Pelvic splanchnic nerve

Question 15

Foregut sympathetic innervation is provided by

Answer 15

Greater splanchnic nerve

Question 16

Nerves supporting abdominal wall run between which layers of muscles?

Answer 16

Internal oblique and transversus abdominis

Question 17

Kidney has which of the following functions?

Answer 17

Improve red blood cell numbers

Question 18

Caudate lobe of liver is___to the inferior vena cava.

Answer 18

Medial

Question 19

Inferior mesenteric artery can provide blood supply to which of the following structures?

Answer 19

Transverse colon

Question 20

Which of the following internal organ is a secondary retroperitoneal organ?

Answer 20

Ascending colon

Question 21

Which of the following internal organ belong to the foregut?

Answer 21

Pancreas

Question 22

Superior gluteal artery runs between which structures?

Answer 22

Lumbosacral trunk and S1 ventral ramus

Question 23

Main branches in the arch of aorta including

Answer 23

Right brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery

Question 24

Left pulmonary artery is____ to the primary bronchus

Answer 24

Superior

Question 25

Which of the following arteries contains deoxygenated blood?

Answer 25

Pulmonary artery

Question 26

Thoracic vein drainage is mainly thru

Answer 26

Azygos vein

Question 27

Patient had heart attack with complete right anterior papillary muscle impaired. Which of the circulation will be 1/1
compromised directly?

Answer 27

Pulmonary circulation

Question 28

Where to auscultate the pulmonic valve?

Answer 28

Left 2nd intercostal space

Question 29

Base of the heart is mainly formed by which of the heart chamber?

Answer 29

Left Atrium

Question 30

When you breath in deeply, which of the following muscles contracting to expand the lungs

Answer 30

Diaphgram, external intercostal, intercondral internal intercostal

Question 31

The curve impression around medial right lung is formed by which of the following structures?

Answer 31

Azygos vein

Question 32

Which of the following muscles is not one compartment of levator ani?

Answer 32

Ischiococcygeus

Question 33

Patient fractured sacrum with right S2 ventral ramus severed, which of the following nerves will be 1/1
compromised?

Answer 33

Pudendal nerve

Question 34

Greater splanchnic nerve contains which of the following nerve roots?

Answer 34

T5-T9

Question 35

Patient complains of left shoulder/neck pain and difficulty with speaking due to hoarse voice. Which of the 1/1
following nerves is the most possibly impaired one to demonstrates these symptoms?

Answer 35

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 36

Patient has been diagnosed portal hypertension due to hepatic cirrhosis, which of the following veinous anastomoses can help the blood flow back to the right atrium?

Answer 36

Gastric and esophageal veins, inferior mesenteric vein and rectal veins, paraumblical vein and superficial epigastric vein

Question 37

Stomach secretes an important protein called intrinsic factor to transport which of the following vitamins in the digestive tract to facilitate its absorption in distal ilem?

Answer 37

Vitamin B12

Question 38

Anterior intercostal arteries are branches from which of the following arteries?

Answer 38

Internal thoracic artery

Question 39

Which of the following veins drain directly into right atrium?

Answer 39

SVC, IVC, coronary sinus, anterior cardiac vein

Question 40

What’s the function of the moderator band?

Answer 40

Shortcut of electrical signal to anterior papillary muscle

Question 41

Normal alignment of the 3 pulmonic valves in the thorax is

Answer 41

Anterior, left, right

Question 42

9 Patient has fractured right 3rd rib anterior to the mid-axillary line with the branch of intercostal nerve severed at 0/1
the inferior border of the rib. Which of the following signs and symptoms you expect to observe?

Answer 42

Numbness along T3 spinal nerve dermatome on the R anterior thorax with compromised sweating