DAA Lecture Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Graded A
T/F:
The verterbal artery passes through the transverse foramen of all the cervical vertebrae - Answers false
The first IVD is located between which of the following areas?
a. C1 and C2
b. C3 and C4
c. occipital bone and C1
d. C2 and C3 - Answers d. C2 and C3
The lateral masses of the sacrum can also be referred to as ______ or wings - Answers ala
How many total articular surfaces are present on a typical cervical vertebra? - Answers 10
Which of the following are considered typical thoracic vertebrae?
a. T2 through T8
b. T1
c. T9 and T10
d. T11 and T12 - Answers a. T2 through T8
Using directional terms, you would say that the spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae are angled
posteriorly and _____. - Answers inferiorly
Which of the bones fuse together to help form the pterion? - Answers frontal, parietal
Pulling the scapula forward (anteriorly) would be referred to as _____ of the scapula. - Answers
protraction (abduction)
Supination is defined as rotation of the forearm so that the palm is rotated in a lateral and _____
direction. - Answers anterior
which of the following pass through the jugular foramen?
a. CN IX
b. internal jugular vein
c. CN X
d. CN XI
, e. all of the above - Answers all of the above
T/F:
The head of a rib articulates with the transverse costal facets of a thoracic vertebra - Answers false
What ribs are vertebrochondral? - Answers 8-10 (false ribs)
Which of the following are parts of the sternum?
a. body
b. xiphoid process
c. manubrium
d. transverse process - Answers A, B, C
T/F:
The anterior clinoid processes protrude posteriorly off of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone. -
Answers true
the hypoglossal canal is located in which of the following bones?
a. occipital
b. parietal
c. temporal
d.sphenoid - Answers occipital
which of the following bones do not help form the asterion?
a.sphenoid
b. occipital
c.parietal
d. temporal - Answers sphenoid
The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is the ____ plane. - Answers
frontal/coronal
The directional term that means "above or higher than" is _____. - Answers superior
The directional term that means "away from the midline" is _____. - Answers lateral
T/F:
The verterbal artery passes through the transverse foramen of all the cervical vertebrae - Answers false
The first IVD is located between which of the following areas?
a. C1 and C2
b. C3 and C4
c. occipital bone and C1
d. C2 and C3 - Answers d. C2 and C3
The lateral masses of the sacrum can also be referred to as ______ or wings - Answers ala
How many total articular surfaces are present on a typical cervical vertebra? - Answers 10
Which of the following are considered typical thoracic vertebrae?
a. T2 through T8
b. T1
c. T9 and T10
d. T11 and T12 - Answers a. T2 through T8
Using directional terms, you would say that the spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae are angled
posteriorly and _____. - Answers inferiorly
Which of the bones fuse together to help form the pterion? - Answers frontal, parietal
Pulling the scapula forward (anteriorly) would be referred to as _____ of the scapula. - Answers
protraction (abduction)
Supination is defined as rotation of the forearm so that the palm is rotated in a lateral and _____
direction. - Answers anterior
which of the following pass through the jugular foramen?
a. CN IX
b. internal jugular vein
c. CN X
d. CN XI
, e. all of the above - Answers all of the above
T/F:
The head of a rib articulates with the transverse costal facets of a thoracic vertebra - Answers false
What ribs are vertebrochondral? - Answers 8-10 (false ribs)
Which of the following are parts of the sternum?
a. body
b. xiphoid process
c. manubrium
d. transverse process - Answers A, B, C
T/F:
The anterior clinoid processes protrude posteriorly off of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone. -
Answers true
the hypoglossal canal is located in which of the following bones?
a. occipital
b. parietal
c. temporal
d.sphenoid - Answers occipital
which of the following bones do not help form the asterion?
a.sphenoid
b. occipital
c.parietal
d. temporal - Answers sphenoid
The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is the ____ plane. - Answers
frontal/coronal
The directional term that means "above or higher than" is _____. - Answers superior
The directional term that means "away from the midline" is _____. - Answers lateral
