DAA ACTUAL FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔What are the more superior portions of the lateral masses of the sacrum sometimes
referred to as? - ✔✔Alae (ala).
✔✔Which parts are included in the sternum? - ✔✔Body, Manubrium, Xiphoid process.
✔✔How many total ribs articulate with the manubrium? - ✔✔2.
✔✔What is the site of rib 2's articulation with the sternum? - ✔✔Manubriosternal joint.
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebrosternal ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 1 through 7 (true ribs).
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebrochondral ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 8 through 10 (false ribs).
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebral ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 11 and 12 (floating ribs).
✔✔What are the articulations between the head of a rib and the costal facets on the
body of a vertebra known as? - ✔✔Costovertebral joints.
✔✔Does the head of a rib articulate with the transverse costal facets of a thoracic
vertebra? - ✔✔False.
✔✔Does the tubercle of a rib articulate with the costal facets on the body of a thoracic
vertebra? - ✔✔True.
✔✔Which joints are classified as secondary cartilaginous joints? - ✔✔Manubriosternal
joint, articulation between rib 1 and the manubrium, Xiphisternal joint.
✔✔What classification do the manubriosternal joint and xiphisternal joint fall under? -
✔✔Symphysis joints.
, ✔✔Which joints are classified as synovial joints? - ✔✔Costotransverse joints,
Costovertebral joints.
✔✔Are the sternocostal joints from ribs 2 through 7 classified as synovial joints? -
✔✔True.
✔✔What type of joints are defined for the sternocostal joints, except rib one's
articulation with the manubrium? - ✔✔Plane-gliding joints.
✔✔Which ribs do the interchondral joints occur between? - ✔✔Ribs 2 through 7.
✔✔What are the classifications of the intervertebral joints? - ✔✔Symphysis,
Amphiarthrosis.
✔✔What are the classifications of the sternoclavicular joints? - ✔✔Sellar, Multiaxial,
Synovial.
✔✔What are the classifications of the temporomandibular joints? - ✔✔Multiaxial,
Condyloid.
✔✔Which ligament is known as the 'check ligament'? - ✔✔Transverse ligament of the
atlas.
✔✔Which ligament helps to prevent anterior displacement of the atlas? - ✔✔Transverse
ligament of the atlas.
✔✔What is the direct continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament? - ✔✔Anterior
atlanto-occipital membrane.
✔✔What is the direct continuation of the posterior longitudinal ligament? - ✔✔Tectorial
membrane.
✔✔Which ligament attaches to the laminae from C2 to L5? - ✔✔Ligamentum flavum.
✔✔The nuchal ligament is the superior continuation of which ligament? -
✔✔Supraspinous ligament.
✔✔Which ligament forms the inferior border of the greater sciatic notch? -
✔✔Sacrotuberous.
✔✔Which ligament forms the inferior border of the lesser sciatic notch? -
✔✔Sacrospinous.
SET A+
✔✔What are the more superior portions of the lateral masses of the sacrum sometimes
referred to as? - ✔✔Alae (ala).
✔✔Which parts are included in the sternum? - ✔✔Body, Manubrium, Xiphoid process.
✔✔How many total ribs articulate with the manubrium? - ✔✔2.
✔✔What is the site of rib 2's articulation with the sternum? - ✔✔Manubriosternal joint.
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebrosternal ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 1 through 7 (true ribs).
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebrochondral ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 8 through 10 (false ribs).
✔✔Which ribs are considered vertebral ribs? - ✔✔Ribs 11 and 12 (floating ribs).
✔✔What are the articulations between the head of a rib and the costal facets on the
body of a vertebra known as? - ✔✔Costovertebral joints.
✔✔Does the head of a rib articulate with the transverse costal facets of a thoracic
vertebra? - ✔✔False.
✔✔Does the tubercle of a rib articulate with the costal facets on the body of a thoracic
vertebra? - ✔✔True.
✔✔Which joints are classified as secondary cartilaginous joints? - ✔✔Manubriosternal
joint, articulation between rib 1 and the manubrium, Xiphisternal joint.
✔✔What classification do the manubriosternal joint and xiphisternal joint fall under? -
✔✔Symphysis joints.
, ✔✔Which joints are classified as synovial joints? - ✔✔Costotransverse joints,
Costovertebral joints.
✔✔Are the sternocostal joints from ribs 2 through 7 classified as synovial joints? -
✔✔True.
✔✔What type of joints are defined for the sternocostal joints, except rib one's
articulation with the manubrium? - ✔✔Plane-gliding joints.
✔✔Which ribs do the interchondral joints occur between? - ✔✔Ribs 2 through 7.
✔✔What are the classifications of the intervertebral joints? - ✔✔Symphysis,
Amphiarthrosis.
✔✔What are the classifications of the sternoclavicular joints? - ✔✔Sellar, Multiaxial,
Synovial.
✔✔What are the classifications of the temporomandibular joints? - ✔✔Multiaxial,
Condyloid.
✔✔Which ligament is known as the 'check ligament'? - ✔✔Transverse ligament of the
atlas.
✔✔Which ligament helps to prevent anterior displacement of the atlas? - ✔✔Transverse
ligament of the atlas.
✔✔What is the direct continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament? - ✔✔Anterior
atlanto-occipital membrane.
✔✔What is the direct continuation of the posterior longitudinal ligament? - ✔✔Tectorial
membrane.
✔✔Which ligament attaches to the laminae from C2 to L5? - ✔✔Ligamentum flavum.
✔✔The nuchal ligament is the superior continuation of which ligament? -
✔✔Supraspinous ligament.
✔✔Which ligament forms the inferior border of the greater sciatic notch? -
✔✔Sacrotuberous.
✔✔Which ligament forms the inferior border of the lesser sciatic notch? -
✔✔Sacrospinous.
