Anatomy Final (125-150)
Muscle Cell
A muscle fiber is
A sheet of dense connective tissue
An aponeurosis
Vessels that carry blood toward the heart
By definition, veins are
Visceral Motor (autonomic) neurons
Damage to the lateral horn cells of the spinal cord leads to a loss of
Group of neuron cell bodies
Ganglia represent
Neural Crest
Sensory neurons arise primarily from the
Sympathetic Trunk
Short nerve branches that connect the ventral rami of spinal nerves to the sympathetic ganglia.
Skin covered cartilaginous structure encircling the external auditory canal
The auricles are
The Petrous
The bony labyrinth is located in which portion of the temporal bone?
Endocardium
The inner endothelial layer that lines the heart is the
Cortex
The most superficial layer of the kidney is the
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
The postcentral gyrus of the cerebrum is the location of the _____________________
Synapse
This is the site of communication between neurons.
Enteric Nervous System
Three -neuron reflex arcs that exist entirely within the walls of the digestive tract
Ventral and dorsal Rami
If one likens a spinal nerve to the trunk of a tree, then the two roots of this tree are the dorsal and ventral roots. What would represent the two large branches of this tree?
Cutting of an organ
Visceral pain results from all the following except
Increases, drops, into
When the diaphragm contracts, the size of the thoracic cavity ________, the pressure inside the thoracic cavity ________, and air flows ________ the lungs.
Mechanical Stress
Which factor will decrease the rate of bone resorption?
Parathyroid hormone
Which hormone is primarily responsible for bone matrix resorption rather than bone matrix deposition during puberty?
Receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector
Which of the following is the correct arrangement of a reflex arc?
Bone collar forms, cartilage calcifies in center of diaphysis, medullary cavity forms, epiphyses ossify
Which of the following most closely describes the progression of endochondral bone growth?
The great cardiac Veins
Which of the following veins does not deliver blood directly to the right atrium?
Bone ends attached by collagen
Which of these is not characteristic of a synchondrosis?
Hip joint
Which of these joints utilizes the acetabulum?
Upon contraction the origin is pulled toward the insertion
Which statement about muscle attachments is false?