BIO 252 PRACTICE SET 2026 PHYSIOLOGY
AND CELL BIOLOGY QUESTIONS HIGH
YIELD A+
◉ around what vertebrae does the spinal cord end
Answer: L1/L2
◉ what do the spinal nerves create below the conus medullaris
Answer: cauda equina
◉ where is the cauda equina
Answer: L2 and lower spinal nerves
◉ at the end of the spinal cord, what does the pia mater create
Answer: filum terminale and denticulate ligaments
◉ what are the filum terminale and denticulate ligaments made out
of
Answer: pia mater
, ◉ shape of denticulate ligaments
Answer: triangle
◉ function of denticulate ligaments
Answer: secure and stabilize the spinal cord and spinal column
◉ what is the name of the hole made between two vertebraes
Answer: intervertebral foramen
◉ what hole does the spinal cord go in
Answer: vertebral foramen
◉ what does the spinal canal run down through
Answer: vertebral canal
◉ what do the spinal nerves emerge through
Answer: intervertebral foramens
◉ how many cervical vertebrae
Answer: 7
◉ how many thoracic vertebrae
AND CELL BIOLOGY QUESTIONS HIGH
YIELD A+
◉ around what vertebrae does the spinal cord end
Answer: L1/L2
◉ what do the spinal nerves create below the conus medullaris
Answer: cauda equina
◉ where is the cauda equina
Answer: L2 and lower spinal nerves
◉ at the end of the spinal cord, what does the pia mater create
Answer: filum terminale and denticulate ligaments
◉ what are the filum terminale and denticulate ligaments made out
of
Answer: pia mater
, ◉ shape of denticulate ligaments
Answer: triangle
◉ function of denticulate ligaments
Answer: secure and stabilize the spinal cord and spinal column
◉ what is the name of the hole made between two vertebraes
Answer: intervertebral foramen
◉ what hole does the spinal cord go in
Answer: vertebral foramen
◉ what does the spinal canal run down through
Answer: vertebral canal
◉ what do the spinal nerves emerge through
Answer: intervertebral foramens
◉ how many cervical vertebrae
Answer: 7
◉ how many thoracic vertebrae
