NBSTSA- CST Exam Prep with complete solutions

the vein where blood is drawn from inside the elbow - Answer- median cubital vein the glomerulus is - Answer- a cluster of capillaries at one end of the nephron the kidney directly controls blood pressure due to its regulation of fluid in the body the gastrocnemius is the chief muscle of the - Answer- stomach coverings of the brain from outside to inside - Answer- dura matter, arachnoid space, pia matter portion of the male urethra that passes through the pelvic floor - Answer- membranous the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries supply blood to what? - Answer- intestines the two bones that form the side walls and roof of the cranium are - Answer- parietal bones food and air go into - Answer- pharynx tubes or cup-like extensions that project from the renal pelvis - Answer- calyces the head of the pancreas is located - Answer- in the curve of the duodenum heart conduction system - Answer- sa to av to bundle of his to purkinje fibers "you need saav for his fibers" sinoatrial node - pacemaker AV node - contacts the ventricles the AV node causes - Answer- ventricular contraction where do sperm mature - Answer- epididymis adenoids are what - Answer- pharyngeal tonsils the common bile duct is the union of the - Answer- cystic duct and the hepatic duct the mesentery is - Answer- double layered peritoneal structure shaped like a fan shape of the omentum - Answer- omentum is the lacey apron the membranes that line open cavities are - Answer- mucous membranes serous is another epithelial membrane but it lines body cavities not open to the outside cross matching of blood - Answer- determines the suitability of the donor blood by mixing RBCs with recipient serum disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) happens if the wrong blood type is given (agglutination) vertebrae numbers??? - Answer- 7 (cervical) is breakfast, 12 (thoracic) is lunch, 5 (lumbar) is dinner, sacrum (5), coccyx 26 in adult spinal column what type of bone are the ribs - Answer- flat glisson's capsule encapsulates what - Answer- liver joints! - Answer- Fibrous synarthrotic amphiarthrotic freely moveable diarthrotic a ganglion is - Answer- collection of nerve endings bone cells - Answer- forming - osteoblasts break down - osteoclasts the ligament that attaches the ovaries to the pelvic wall is - Answer- suspensory the area of the brain that controls the respiratory center - Answer- medulla oblongata cranial nerves - Answer- I. olfactory II. optic III. occulomotor IV. trochlear V. trigeminal VI. abducens VII. facial VIII. auditory IX. glossopharyngeal X. vagus XI. spinal accessory XII. hypoglossal what radiographic procedure can make images in multiple planes - Answer- MRI circulation established by anastomoses of two vessels supplying or draining two adjacent structures - Answer- collateral the spleen filters - Answer- blood sphincter between the small and large intestine - Answer- ileocecal the absence of a normal duct opening or canal is - Answer- atresia where is growth in the bone for children and adolescents - Answer- epiphyseal plate why would a foreign body be more likely to enter the right bronchus than the left - Answer- right bronchus is vertical shorter and wider than the left how many pairs of spinal nerves are there - Answer- 31 abbreviation for left eye - Answer- OS right-OD a cicatrix is - Answer- a scar healing - Answer- first intention-suture/clean closure second intention-granulation third intention-delayed closure fourth-they pack it the substance that unites with thrombin to form fibrin, the basic structural material of blood clots - Answer- fibrinogen gangrene - Answer- clostridium perfingens malaria - Answer- mosquito born virus