BIO 290 CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A.pdf

BIO 290 CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔Toward feet

✔✔Anterior/Ventral - ✔✔Front

✔✔Posterior/Dorsal - ✔✔Back

✔✔Medial - ✔✔Toward midline

✔✔Lateral - ✔✔Away from midline

✔✔Proximal - ✔✔Closer to point of origin

✔✔Distal - ✔✔Farther from point of origin

✔✔Superficial - ✔✔Closer to body surface

✔✔Deep - ✔✔Farther from body surface

✔✔Sagittal plane - ✔✔Divides left and right

, ✔✔Midsagittal plane - ✔✔Divides body into equal left and right halves

✔✔Frontal/coronal plane - ✔✔Divides anterior and posterior

✔✔Transverse/axial plane - ✔✔Divides superior and inferior

✔✔Oblique plane - ✔✔Diagonal section

✔✔Vertebral body - ✔✔Weight-bearing portion of vertebra

✔✔Pedicle - ✔✔Connects vertebral body to arch

✔✔Lamina - ✔✔Forms posterior vertebral arch

✔✔Vertebral arch - ✔✔Protective arch surrounding spinal cord

✔✔Vertebral foramen - ✔✔Opening containing spinal cord

✔✔Spinous process - ✔✔Posterior projection for muscle/ligament attachment

✔✔Transverse process - ✔✔Lateral projection for muscle attachment

✔✔Superior articular process - ✔✔Forms joint with vertebra above

✔✔Inferior articular process - ✔✔Forms joint with vertebra below

✔✔Zygapophyseal joints - ✔✔Joints between articular processes

✔✔Cervical vertebrae characteristics - ✔✔Small body, transverse foramina, bifid
spinous process, large vertebral foramen

✔✔Thoracic vertebrae characteristics - ✔✔Costal facets, heart-shaped body, long
spinous process

✔✔Lumbar vertebrae characteristics - ✔✔Large kidney-shaped body, thick spinous
process

✔✔Atlas - ✔✔C1 vertebra lacking body

✔✔Axis - ✔✔C2 vertebra containing dens

✔✔Dens - ✔✔Odontoid process of axis