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NBCE PART 1-GENERAL ANATOMY LATEST EXAM
2025 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A+
Mesoderm, what are the derivatives?
Paraxial
Intermediate
Head
Lateral plate .....ANSWER..... Paraxial - Somites (31)
Intermediate - Urogenital system and kidneys
Head - Skull, MM, CT of head, dentine
Lateral plate - Adrenal cortex, blood & lymph, spleen
spleen and adrenal cortex are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm
lateral plate
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Kidneys are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm intermediate
Anterior pituitary and lens of eye are from .....ANSWER.....
surface ectoderm
enamel is from .....ANSWER..... surface ectoderm
Neuroectoderm consists of .....ANSWER..... Neural tube and
neural crest cells
Post pituitary, retina, CNS and pineal body are from
.....ANSWER..... Neural tube
DRG, ANS, parafollicular cells of thyroid and adrenal medulla
are from .....ANSWER..... Neural crest
stomadium .....ANSWER..... mouth
Gubernaculum becomes what
In males:
In females: .....ANSWER..... Males: scrotal lig (gubernacular testis)
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Females: Suspensory lig of ovary, ovarian lig and round lig
Foramen cecum gives rise to the .....ANSWER..... Thyroid (seek the
thyroid)
Limb bud rotation .....ANSWER..... Arms: 90 lateral
Legs: 90 medial
Example of parasagittal .....ANSWER..... Elbow flexion/extension
Entire pulm tract: nasal mucosa to terminal bronchiole
.....ANSWER..... PSCC
4 CT types .....ANSWER..... Dense reg - tendons and lig
Dense irreg - dermis of skin
Elastic - blood vessels
Reticular - lymph nodes and spleen
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Epidermis from sup to deep .....ANSWER..... corneum, lucidum
(only on plantar surfaces), granulosum, spinosum, germinativum
(basal layer) "cows like green soft grass"
Dermis sup to deep .....ANSWER..... Papillary, reticular,
hypodermis (subcutaneous fascia)
Extrinsic MM of tongue and innervation .....ANSWER.....
Palatoglossus - CN10
Styloglossus - CN12
Hyoglossus - CN12
Genioglossus - CN12
All MM ending in glossus inn. by CN12 except palatoglossus
Intrinsic MM of tongue .....ANSWER..... Longitudinal, tansverse,
verticle and of the lingual septum
Tast buds of tongue (CAFFF) .....ANSWER..... Circumvallate -
largest & fewest (ant to sulcus terminalis)
NBCE PART 1-GENERAL ANATOMY LATEST EXAM
2025 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A+
Mesoderm, what are the derivatives?
Paraxial
Intermediate
Head
Lateral plate .....ANSWER..... Paraxial - Somites (31)
Intermediate - Urogenital system and kidneys
Head - Skull, MM, CT of head, dentine
Lateral plate - Adrenal cortex, blood & lymph, spleen
spleen and adrenal cortex are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm
lateral plate
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Kidneys are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm intermediate
Anterior pituitary and lens of eye are from .....ANSWER.....
surface ectoderm
enamel is from .....ANSWER..... surface ectoderm
Neuroectoderm consists of .....ANSWER..... Neural tube and
neural crest cells
Post pituitary, retina, CNS and pineal body are from
.....ANSWER..... Neural tube
DRG, ANS, parafollicular cells of thyroid and adrenal medulla
are from .....ANSWER..... Neural crest
stomadium .....ANSWER..... mouth
Gubernaculum becomes what
In males:
In females: .....ANSWER..... Males: scrotal lig (gubernacular testis)
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Females: Suspensory lig of ovary, ovarian lig and round lig
Foramen cecum gives rise to the .....ANSWER..... Thyroid (seek the
thyroid)
Limb bud rotation .....ANSWER..... Arms: 90 lateral
Legs: 90 medial
Example of parasagittal .....ANSWER..... Elbow flexion/extension
Entire pulm tract: nasal mucosa to terminal bronchiole
.....ANSWER..... PSCC
4 CT types .....ANSWER..... Dense reg - tendons and lig
Dense irreg - dermis of skin
Elastic - blood vessels
Reticular - lymph nodes and spleen
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Epidermis from sup to deep .....ANSWER..... corneum, lucidum
(only on plantar surfaces), granulosum, spinosum, germinativum
(basal layer) "cows like green soft grass"
Dermis sup to deep .....ANSWER..... Papillary, reticular,
hypodermis (subcutaneous fascia)
Extrinsic MM of tongue and innervation .....ANSWER.....
Palatoglossus - CN10
Styloglossus - CN12
Hyoglossus - CN12
Genioglossus - CN12
All MM ending in glossus inn. by CN12 except palatoglossus
Intrinsic MM of tongue .....ANSWER..... Longitudinal, tansverse,
verticle and of the lingual septum
Tast buds of tongue (CAFFF) .....ANSWER..... Circumvallate -
largest & fewest (ant to sulcus terminalis)
