Exam 1: Human Anatomy
Which of the following is false when discussing the vertebrae ?
All vertebrae have costal facets
Choose which technique is commonly used to examine the heart.
Auscultation
Which term defines the rising body temperature due to the invasion of pathogens?
Irritability
Choose the correct match for the type of rib and the number of ribs that belong to each category.
Vertebralsternal; 7
High levels of blood calcium stimulate the release of ________ by the ________ gland, which in turn inhibits ________ (cells).
Calcitonin; thyroid; osteoclasts
Which type of vertebrae has a transverse costal facet?
Thoracic
The leg is said to be distal to the _______ but proximal to the ________.
Femur; talus
Which connective tissue cell will secrete the ground substance?
Fibroblasts
The pelvis includes which bone of the axial skeleton?
Sacrum
Which of the following in incorrect?
Saddle joints are biaxial, can be found in the wrist, and can perform abduction and abduction movements
Which of the following describes a central canal of a bone?
Contains nerves and blood vessels
The distal end of the tibia:
Forms the medial malleolus
Which section is produced if the boys is separated into anterior and posterior portions?
Frontal
Which bone feature does the inferior costal facet of the vertebrae articulate with?
Head of the rib
A doctor diagnoses a tumor in an organ within the abdominopelvic cavity. Which of the following organ cannot contain the tumor?
Heart
In which layer(s) of the skin of the forearm would you find melanocytes. Make sure to place them in order from the most superficial to the most deep.
Stratum basale only
Which of the following is a classification of a cartilaginous joint?
Synchodrosis
Which layer below belongs to the integumentary system, but is not part of the skin?
Hypodermis
Which of the following statements about epithelial tissue is true?
The apical surface of the epithelial faces the lumen
Which cell junction is formed by the presence of a plaque of proteins and microfilaments between two transmembrane proteins holding adjacent plasma membranes together?
Adherens junctions
Which of the following type of exocrine gland accumulate their secretory product closer to the lumen of the tissue ?
Apocrine
Which of the following bone markings are present in the articulation between two bones ?
Condyles, facets, and heads
Which of the following methods is responsible for they formation of the skull's flat bones ?
Intramembranous ossification
Which of the following cell type is found in the epidermis?
Langerhan cells
When pedaling your bike, which of the movements are NOT being performed?
Lateral rotation at the hip
The mandibular fossa articulates with the ________ located in the ________ bone.
Mandibular condyle; mandible
Choose the bone features that belong to the bone of your arm and are located medially.
Medial epicondyle, head of humerus, Trochlea, coronoid fossa
Melanie has darker skin than Michael. What is likely the explanation for this difference?
Melanie spends more time in the sun than Michael
The squamous suture is a boundary between which bones?
Parietal and temporal
Which organ is shared by the respiratory and the digestive organ systems?
Pharynx
Stuart has a viral infection. What cell type is most likely to show abnormal concentrations after a couple of weeks ?
Plasma Cells
The first location of bone formation begins in an area called (the):
Primary ossification
The function of an osteoprogenitor cell in osseous tissue is to:
Produce new osteoblasts
Julia explains to her friend that the integument is composed of the epidermis. That the skin is formed by the epidermis and dermis. She describes that the epidermis as having four layers in thin skin and the dermis ad having a papillary and reticular region. She asserts that the dermis is located above the subcutaneous layer. What makes Julia's statement incorrect?
She inaccurately describes the integument.
Which of the following bone supports some of the weight of the brain?
Sphenoid
Which of the answers below include the correct bone and its bone feature?
Sphenoid and superior orbital fissure
At the elbow joint, which of the following statements is correct?
The head of the radius articulated with the radial fossa when the elbow is felxed
An accident report submitted by an officer who is a former anatomy student contains the following statement: "The victim suffered a severe blow to the cervical region." This means
The victim was stuck on the neck region
Spongy bone is made up of a network of bony spines called:
Trabeculae
In regards to the abdominopelvic regions, which of the following is correctly matched ?
Upper right quadrant; most of liver
Which of the following are examples of irregular bones ?
Vertebrae, coxal bone, and calcaneus
Which bone forms the inferior-lateral portion of the orbit?
Zygomatic
