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
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