Unit 1 Practice Exam Questions

Question 1

What nerve runs with femoral artery and vein toward the adductor canal, but does not pass through the canal?

Answer 1

Saphenous nerve

Question 2

What muscles make up the rotator cuff?

Answer 2

Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis

Question 3

What happens when there is damage to the recurrent branch of median nerve?

Answer 3

Loss of function to thumb

Question 4

What is the function of the Brachialis?

Answer 4

Flexes the forearm

Question 5

Damage to CN XI (Spinal Accessory Nerve) impacts function of which muscles?

Answer 5

sternacoidmasoid and trapezius

Question 6

What nerve innervates the Piriformis?

Answer 6

Anterior sacral spinal rami

Question 7

Damage to which muscle causes fingers to loose ability to flex at DIP?

Answer 7

Flexor digitorum profundus

Question 8

what is the vein that arises from/drains to spinal cord, epidural space, vertabrae?

Answer 8

Internal vertebral venous plexus

Question 9

What root nerves make up the median nerve?

Answer 9

C5-C8, T1

Question 10

What root nerves make up the axially nerve?

Answer 10

C5, C6

Question 11

What muscles get innervated by the superior Gluteal Nerve?

Answer 11

Gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fasciae latae

Question 12

Damage to the adductor longus would result in the loss of which function?

Answer 12

Inability to adduct thigh

Question 13

Is the saphenous nerve motor or sensory?

Answer 13

Sensory only

Question 14

What are 3 muscles that extend the leg at the knee and are innervated by the femoral nerve?

Answer 14

Vastus medialis, vastus intermedialis, vastus lateralis

Question 15

What are the two muscles that can pronate the forearm?

Answer 15

pronator teres, pronator quadratus

Question 16

The sciatic nerve will bifurcate distally into what to nerves?

Answer 16

Common fibular and tibial nerves

Question 17

The deep branch of the radial nerve innervate a muscle that supinates the forearm at the elbow. What is that muscle called?

Answer 17

Supinator

Question 18

What muscle can abduct digits 2-4 away from the midline of the hand?

Answer 18

Dorsal interossei

Question 19

What three muscles make up the erector spinae?

Answer 19

Iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis

Question 20

What muscle can flex the thumb?

Answer 20

Flexor policis brevis

Question 21

Which muscle extends digit 1 and dorsiflexes foot at ankle?

Answer 21

Extensor hallucis longus

Question 22

Function of the Soleus:
A) Extends foot at ankle
B) Flexes foot at ankle
C) Everts foot at ankle
E) Innverts foot at ankle

Answer 22

B) Flexes foot at ankle

Question 23

Is the biceps brachii able to pronate forearm? True or False

Answer 23

False. It supinates and flexes forearm at elbow and stabilizes shoulder

Question 24

The coracobrachialis is innervated by the median nerve. True or False

Answer 24

False. It is innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve

Question 25

The triceps brachii is innervated by the radial nerve. True or False

Answer 25

True

Question 26

The flexor digitorum longus will flex which digits?

Answer 26

digits 2-5

Question 27

What is the function of the abductor digit minimi? A) abducts thumb B) abducts big toe C) abducts digit 5 D) abducts digits 2-5

Answer 27

C) abducts digit 5 (the pinky)

Question 28

The tibialis posterior can: A) extend foot B) invert foot C) plantar flex D) extend leg E) B and C

Answer 28

E) B and C

Question 29

The dorsal scapular nerve comes off what root?

Answer 29

Root C5

Question 30

The lateral pectoral nerve innervate both the pectoralis major and minor? Yes or No

Answer 30

No. It only innervates the pectoralis major

Question 31

Which muscle gets innervated by the long thoracic nerve?

Answer 31

Serratus anterior

Question 32

The outer layer of the spinal cord is called?

Answer 32

dura matter

Question 33

What is the name of the C1 vertebrae?

Answer 33

Atlas

Question 34

How many vertebrae are there for the thoracic vertebrae? A) 5 B) 7 C) 9 D) 12

Answer 34

D) 12

Question 35

What is the name of the process of the axis vertebrae?

Answer 35

Odontoid process (dens)

Question 36

What is name of the most superior portion of the sternum?

Answer 36

manubrium

Question 37

What is the name of the most inferior portion of the sternum?

Answer 37

xiphoid

Question 38

What is the name of the space between the arachnoid and Pia matter?

Answer 38

subarachnoid

Question 39

The subclavian artery drains into?

Answer 39

Vertebral artery

Question 40

How many ribs do we have? including the floating ribs.

Answer 40

12