Spinal anatomy Test Bank Flashcards
which of the following tracts are motor?
Lateral corticospinal Ventral corticospinal Olivospinal Reticulospinal Tectospinal Vestibulospinal
Which of the following tracts are sensory?
Posterior columns
Dorsal spinocerebellar
ventral spinocerebellar
Lateral spinothalamic
The extrinsic muscles of the eye are derived from which of the following?
Occipital somites
Which type of articulation is located between vertebral arches?
Symphysis
The cell bodies of the gustatory fibers from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue are located in which ganglion?
Geniculate
which suboccipital muscle rotates the atlas on the axis?
Obliques capitus inferior
The TVP forms the attachment for which of the following muscles?
Levator scapulae
Which of the following motor tracts is responsible for voluntary movement?
Lateral corticospinal
Which of the following motor tracts is responsible for voluntary movement to distal extremities?
Ventral corticospinal
Which of the following motor tracts medite equilibrium?
Olivospinal
Which of the following motor tracts controls posterior musculature above T6 & anterior musculature below T6?
Reticulospinal
Which of the following motor tracts is responsible for the flexorsof the proximal upper limbs?
Rubrospinal
which of the following motor tracts controls the reflexs from vision & hearing that turns the head?
Tectospinal
Which of the following motor tracts controls medial extensor muscles of the back?
Vestibulospinal
The pelvic diaphragm is primarily made up of what muscle?
Levator ani
The ocular motor nerve does not innervate which of the following muscles of the eye?
Superior oblique
A typical thoracic vertebra has how many zygopophyseal joints?
4
Which of the following are the posterior columns responsible for?
Conscious propriocepion
Position sense
Two point discrimination
Vibration
Which of the following sensory tracts is responsible for touch & pressure?
Ventral spinothalamic
Which of the following sensory tracts is responsible for pain & temperature?
Lateral spinothalamic
Which of the following sensory tracts is responsible for unconscious proprioception of the upper extremities?
Dorsal spinocerebellar
Which vertebral structure forms the superior & inferior borders of the IVF?
Pedicle
Vertebral formation is a result of which of the following?
Endochondral os
Which receptors are not sensory to the epidermis?
Merkel’s endings
The glabella is part of which of the following bones?
Frontal
The feature that is unique to the cervical spine is what?
Transverse foramina
Which of the following cells of the retina forms axons of the optic nerve?
Ganglion cells
The visual pathway does not include which of the following ?
Medial geniculate body
Flexion of the hip is the primary action of which of the following muscles?
Psoas
The spinal nerve from L4-S3 forms which of the following?
Sciatic
What structure is located between the articulating surfaces of theTMJ?
Articular disc
The carotid canal goes through which bone?
Temporal
Fast conducting axons are made of______fibers with a______diameter.
Myelinated, Large
Which of the following ligaments has attachments to the disc?
PLL
The embryological development of the extensor muscles is derived from which of the following ?
Epimeric mesoderm
Due to the positioning of the ligaments a disc herniation will go?
Posteroloateral
What is the name of the ligament that connects the external protuberance with the spinous process of C7?
Nuchai ligament
Which ligament separates the greater sciatic foramen from the lesser sciatic foramen?
Sacrospinous
The coupling action of lateral flexion with________ is due to the orientation of mid-cerical articular facets?
Contralateral rotation
Which of the following attaches to the coroniod process of the mandible?
Temporalis muscle
Which structure lies between the temporal & sphenoid bones?
Foramen lacerum
Which of the following are stimulated by preganglionic sympathetic fibers?
Adrenal medulla
Rods & cones of the retina synapse @ which of the following cells?
Bipolar
The dorsal funiculus supplies which of the following structures?
Fasciculus gracilis
The medullary pyramids contain which fibers?
Corticospinal
Which portion of the lumbar vertebra is between the superior & infrior articular process?
pars interarticularis
Which of the following peduncles connects the pons to the hindbrain?
Middle cerebellar
Which of the following nerves supplies the SCM?
Spinal accessory
Which of the following is derived from dura mater?
Scera
Which of the following comprise the white rami communicantes?
Preganglionic sympathetics
Which of the following supplies stimulation to the zygopophyseal joints?
Dorsal rami
Which of the following cranial nerves supply muscles derived from the 1st pharyngeal arch?
Trigeminal
The carotid tubercle is located on which vertebra?
C6
Which of the following is an auditory receptor?
Organ of corti
The cerebellum & pons are part of which primitive structure?
Rhombencephalon
Which of the following types of glial cells from myelin around the axons of the central nervous system?
oligodendrocytes
Which of the following bones undergoes intramembranous ossification?
parietal
The final synapse for the for the somesthetic sensory neurons is located in the _______.
thalamus
The dorsal root ganglion, autonomic ganglion, & schwan cells are derived from which of the following embryonic structures?
neural crest
The dorsol lateral fasciculus does not transmit sensation of?
pain
The limbric system is not responsible for which of the following?
initiation of muscle contraction
The long thoracic nerve innervates
Serratus Anterior
