Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sagittal - CORRECT ANSWER - plane that divides the body into right and left sections
Intermediate - CORRECT ANSWER - the term means "between two structures"
Opposition - CORRECT ANSWER - the act of moving the thumb toward any other digit
Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER - diagnostic term used to describe a decrease in size due
to disuse (can be muscle or bone)
Condyloid - CORRECT ANSWER - synovial joint that allows all movements (flexion,
extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, circumduction)
Occipital Condyle - CORRECT ANSWER - bone structure where the base of the cranium
articulates with the first cervical vertebrae
Piriform Aperature - CORRECT ANSWER - pear-shaped anterior nasal opening in the
cranium
Aponeurosis - CORRECT ANSWER - tendinous heath that is the 3rd layer of the scalp
Ramus - CORRECT ANSWER - name for the vertical part of the mandible
Dura, Arachnoid, Pia - CORRECT ANSWER - names of the 3 cranial meninges
Hyoid - CORRECT ANSWER - mobile bone anterior to C3