Answers.
What are the functions of synovial fluid? correct answers - nutrition for the cartilage within a
joint
- acts as a shock absorber
- lubrication of joint structure
How many pairs of floating ribs are there? correct answers 2
What structure is located immediatlye lateral to the foramen magnum?
a) mastoid process
b) external ear
c) styloid process
d) occipital condyles correct answers d) occipital condyles
Which of the following cells is not a fixed cell of connective tissue?
a) mast
b) adipocyte
c) fibroblast
d) menchymal correct answers a) mast cells
Which muscles help us in the initial breakdown of food?
a) muscles of the pharynx
b) muscles of mastication
c) muscles that move the tongue
d) muscles of facial expression correct answers b) muscles of mastication
The special movement of the thumb that permits a person to hold a pencil is:
a) depression
b) protraction
c) opposition
d) gliding correct answers c) opposition (opposable thumb)
Which best describes the anatomical position?
a) body is prone
b) palms are facing backward
c) feet are flat on floor
d) thumbs point away from body correct answers c) feet are flat on floor
Muscle fiber contraction results from:
a) the sarcomere relaxes and expands
b) inflation of the muscle fibers with blood
c) release of tension from the thick and thin filaments
, d) interaction of the thick and thin filaments in each sarcomere correct answers d) interaction of
thick and thin filaments in each sarcomere
Explain consequences of a sternocleidomastoid muscle injusry during difficult childbirth (tearing
of fibre)
*how does it affect movement? correct answers - bleeding and bruising
- infant may tilt head to one side
- a firm small mass may appear in the middle of the sternocleidomastoid
Which of the following muscles only compresses the abdoment?
a) rectus abdominis
b) internal intercostal
c) transverse abdominis
d) diaphram correct answers c) transverse abdominis
From outside to inside what is the correct order of the layers of connective tissuse surrounding a
muscle? correct answers epimysium, perimysium and endomysium
Which movement is most likely to cause an ankle sprain?
a) extension
b) inversion
c) flexion
d) eversion correct answers b) inversion
Muscle fibres do not cross the anterior middle region of the body wall because the presence of
the ____
a) rectus sheath
b) linear alba
c) skin
d) tendinous inscrptions correct answers b) linea alba
Which of the basic tissues in avascular (lacks blood vessles)?
a) epithelial tissue
b) mucles tissues
c) Nervous tissue
d) connective tissue correct answers a) epithelial tissue
A _____ plane cuts perpendicularly along the long axis of the body or organ.
a) coronal
b) frontal
c) transverse
d) sagittal correct answers c) transverse
What is the most common type of cartilage?
a) elastic
b) ligamentous