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Anat 100 - Block Theory 1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers A+
In knee extension the patella sits anterior to the distal end of what bone?
a. tibia
b. fibula
c. femur
d. ulna - Answer✔c. femur
The lateral condyle of the femur is analogous to what bony feature of the humerus?
a. coronoid fossa
b. trochlea
c. radial fossa
d. capitulum - Answer✔d. capitulum
Which of the following muscles only compresses the abdomen?
a. Rectus abdominis
b. diaphragm
c. internal intercostal
d. transverse abdominis - Answer✔d. transverse abdominis
Which of the following defines "superficial"?
a. Toward the end of an appendage
b. close to the attachment of the appendage to the trunk
c. on the inside
d. on the outside - Answer✔d. on the outside
These muscles elevate the ribs, facilitate inhalation, and attach adjacent ribs:
a. internal intercostals
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b. transversus thoracis
c. external intercostals
d. diaphragm - Answer✔c. external intercostals
Which structure is located immediately lateral to the foramen magnum?
a. occipital condyles
b. styloid process
c. external ear
d. mastoid process - Answer✔a. occipital condyles
What is the smiling muscle?
a. zygomaticus
b. platysma
c. orbicularis iris
d. frontalis - Answer✔a. zygomaticus
What is the sacrolemma of a skeletal muscle fiber?
a. nucleus
b. endoplasmic reticulum
c. cell membrane
d. cytoplasma - Answer✔c. cell membrane
Which of the basic tissues is avascular (lacks blood vessels)?
a. muscle tissue
b. epithelial tissue
c. nervous tissue
d. connective tissue - Answer✔b. epithelial tissue
The external oblique muscle fibers run the same way as the
a. internal intercostals
b. external intercostals
c. transversus abdominis
d. innermost intercostals - Answer✔b. external intercostals
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Anat 100 - Block Theory 1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers A+
In knee extension the patella sits anterior to the distal end of what bone?
a. tibia
b. fibula
c. femur
d. ulna - Answer✔c. femur
The lateral condyle of the femur is analogous to what bony feature of the humerus?
a. coronoid fossa
b. trochlea
c. radial fossa
d. capitulum - Answer✔d. capitulum
Which of the following muscles only compresses the abdomen?
a. Rectus abdominis
b. diaphragm
c. internal intercostal
d. transverse abdominis - Answer✔d. transverse abdominis
Which of the following defines "superficial"?
a. Toward the end of an appendage
b. close to the attachment of the appendage to the trunk
c. on the inside
d. on the outside - Answer✔d. on the outside
These muscles elevate the ribs, facilitate inhalation, and attach adjacent ribs:
a. internal intercostals
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b. transversus thoracis
c. external intercostals
d. diaphragm - Answer✔c. external intercostals
Which structure is located immediately lateral to the foramen magnum?
a. occipital condyles
b. styloid process
c. external ear
d. mastoid process - Answer✔a. occipital condyles
What is the smiling muscle?
a. zygomaticus
b. platysma
c. orbicularis iris
d. frontalis - Answer✔a. zygomaticus
What is the sacrolemma of a skeletal muscle fiber?
a. nucleus
b. endoplasmic reticulum
c. cell membrane
d. cytoplasma - Answer✔c. cell membrane
Which of the basic tissues is avascular (lacks blood vessels)?
a. muscle tissue
b. epithelial tissue
c. nervous tissue
d. connective tissue - Answer✔b. epithelial tissue
The external oblique muscle fibers run the same way as the
a. internal intercostals
b. external intercostals
c. transversus abdominis
d. innermost intercostals - Answer✔b. external intercostals
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