BIOL 2255 Unit 4 Exam - Anatomy Questions and Answers 100%
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1. What is the peritoneum? - ✔✔serous membrane lining the
abdominal cavity
10.What is the mesentery proper? - ✔✔Mesentery of small intestine;
attaches small intestine to post abd wall
101-4. Can you live without spleen? - ✔✔Yes- liver takes over fxns
101-5. What system is spleen apart of? - ✔✔Lymphatic system
101. What are the functions of the spleen? - ✔✔Fight
infection/immune response, reservoir for RBCs and platelets,
eliminate damaged RBCs & platelets
102. What system are the adrenal glands from? - ✔✔Endocrine
system
103. What does the cortex produce? - ✔✔corticosteroids
104. What does the medulla produce? - ✔✔Epinephrine and
norepinephrine
,105. What are the functions of the bony pelvis? - ✔✔Transfer weight
of axial skeleton to part of appendicular skeleton; resist compression
forces (wt bear, jump, run), attach site for MM, protect organs
107. What are the 4 boundaries of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Sup pelvic
aperture, inf pelvic aperture, greater pelvis (false), and lesser pelvis
(true)
108. What is the superior pelvic aperture? - ✔✔Pelvic inlet, enclosed
by pelvic brim
109. What is the inferior pelvic aperture? - ✔✔Pelvic outlet, closed by
pelvic diaphragm
11. What is the mesocolon? - ✔✔Mesentery of colon (large intestine);
anchors colon to posterior body wall
110. What is the greater pelvis? - ✔✔Space between iliac crest and
pelvic brim
111. What is the lesser pelvis? - ✔✔Space between arcuate lie to
pelvic diaphragm
,114. What bones make up the walls of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Pubis
bones, hip bones, sacrum, coccyx
115. What are the contents of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Urinary bladder,
ureters (distal part), genital organs, rectum
116. List some differences between the male and female pelvis? -
✔✔Basic: M thick/heavy, Fthin/light ; Less pelv: M narrow/deep, F
wide/shallow; Pelv out: Msmall, F large; Pubic angle: M narrow, F
wide
117. Where are the lumbosacral joints located? - ✔✔Where lumbar
verts meet sacrum
118. What are the 2 lumbosacral joints? - ✔✔Intervertebral (where
body's meet) and facet (where articular processes meet)
119. What is the iliolumbar ligament? - ✔✔Locks in and stabilizes
lumbar verts with ilium
12.What are the peritoneal ligaments? - ✔✔Folds of peritoneum that
connect organ w/ another or abd wall
, 120. What are the 2 sacrococcygeal joints? - ✔✔Ant and post
sacrococcygeal lig's
122. What are the 3 sacroiliac joints? - ✔✔Ant & post sacroiliac ligs,
interosseous sacroiliac lig
123. What is the pubic symphysis? - ✔✔connection between R/L
pubic bones (thicker in females than males)
125. Where does the sacrotuberous ligament run? - ✔✔From sacrum
to iliac spine
126. Where does the sacrospinous ligament run? - ✔✔From sacrum to
ischial spine
127. What is the perineum? - ✔✔Diamond-shaped area between
thighs (weak in F after birth)
128. What is the urogenital triangle? - ✔✔Anterior perineum
129. What is the anal triangle? - ✔✔Posterior perineum
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1. What is the peritoneum? - ✔✔serous membrane lining the
abdominal cavity
10.What is the mesentery proper? - ✔✔Mesentery of small intestine;
attaches small intestine to post abd wall
101-4. Can you live without spleen? - ✔✔Yes- liver takes over fxns
101-5. What system is spleen apart of? - ✔✔Lymphatic system
101. What are the functions of the spleen? - ✔✔Fight
infection/immune response, reservoir for RBCs and platelets,
eliminate damaged RBCs & platelets
102. What system are the adrenal glands from? - ✔✔Endocrine
system
103. What does the cortex produce? - ✔✔corticosteroids
104. What does the medulla produce? - ✔✔Epinephrine and
norepinephrine
,105. What are the functions of the bony pelvis? - ✔✔Transfer weight
of axial skeleton to part of appendicular skeleton; resist compression
forces (wt bear, jump, run), attach site for MM, protect organs
107. What are the 4 boundaries of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Sup pelvic
aperture, inf pelvic aperture, greater pelvis (false), and lesser pelvis
(true)
108. What is the superior pelvic aperture? - ✔✔Pelvic inlet, enclosed
by pelvic brim
109. What is the inferior pelvic aperture? - ✔✔Pelvic outlet, closed by
pelvic diaphragm
11. What is the mesocolon? - ✔✔Mesentery of colon (large intestine);
anchors colon to posterior body wall
110. What is the greater pelvis? - ✔✔Space between iliac crest and
pelvic brim
111. What is the lesser pelvis? - ✔✔Space between arcuate lie to
pelvic diaphragm
,114. What bones make up the walls of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Pubis
bones, hip bones, sacrum, coccyx
115. What are the contents of the pelvic cavity? - ✔✔Urinary bladder,
ureters (distal part), genital organs, rectum
116. List some differences between the male and female pelvis? -
✔✔Basic: M thick/heavy, Fthin/light ; Less pelv: M narrow/deep, F
wide/shallow; Pelv out: Msmall, F large; Pubic angle: M narrow, F
wide
117. Where are the lumbosacral joints located? - ✔✔Where lumbar
verts meet sacrum
118. What are the 2 lumbosacral joints? - ✔✔Intervertebral (where
body's meet) and facet (where articular processes meet)
119. What is the iliolumbar ligament? - ✔✔Locks in and stabilizes
lumbar verts with ilium
12.What are the peritoneal ligaments? - ✔✔Folds of peritoneum that
connect organ w/ another or abd wall
, 120. What are the 2 sacrococcygeal joints? - ✔✔Ant and post
sacrococcygeal lig's
122. What are the 3 sacroiliac joints? - ✔✔Ant & post sacroiliac ligs,
interosseous sacroiliac lig
123. What is the pubic symphysis? - ✔✔connection between R/L
pubic bones (thicker in females than males)
125. Where does the sacrotuberous ligament run? - ✔✔From sacrum
to iliac spine
126. Where does the sacrospinous ligament run? - ✔✔From sacrum to
ischial spine
127. What is the perineum? - ✔✔Diamond-shaped area between
thighs (weak in F after birth)
128. What is the urogenital triangle? - ✔✔Anterior perineum
129. What is the anal triangle? - ✔✔Posterior perineum
