ANAT 100 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which bones are separated by the coronal suture?
Select one:
a. occipital and temporal
b. frontal and parietal
c. parietal and parietal
d. occipital and parietal - Answer-b. frontal and parietal
Which best describes the anatomical position?
Select one:
a. Palms are facing backward
b. Body is prone
c. Feet are flat on the floor
d. Thumbs point towards the body - Answer-c. Feet are flat on the floor
When a sarcomere contracts, which of the following bands gets smaller?
M
I
Z
A - Answer-M
I
Z
A
What is the most common type of cartilage?
Select one:
a. Ligamentous
b. Elastic
c. Hyaline
d. Fibrocartilage - Answer-c. Hyaline
Muscle fibers do not cross the anterior middle region of the body wall because of the
presence of the
Select one:
a. Skin
b. Tendinous inscriptions
, c. Rectus sheath
d. Linea alba - Answer-d. Linea alba
What connective tissue component forms the structural framework of the spleen and
liver?
Select one:
a. Ground substance
b. Elastic fibers
c. Reticular fibers
d. Collagen fibers - Answer-c. Reticular fibers
Pads between the spinal vertebrae consist of what kind of structural material?
Select one:
a. Dense regular connective tissue
b. Elastic cartilage
c. Dense irregular connective tissue
d. Fibrocartilage - Answer-d. Fibrocartilage
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
Which of the following muscles only compresses the abdomen?
Select one:
a. Rectus abdominis
b. Diaphragm
c. Internal intercostal
d. Transverse abdominis - Answer-d. Transverse abdominis
The lateral condyle of the femur is analogous to what bony feature of the humerus?
Select one:
a. coronoid fossa
b. trochlea
c. radial fossa
d. Capitulum - Answer-d. Capitulum
These muscles elevate the ribs, facilitate inhalation,and attach adjacent ribs:
Select one:
a. Internal intercostals
b. Transversus thoracis
c. External intercostals
d. Diaphragm - Answer-Select one:
a. Internal intercostals
b. Transversus thoracis
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which bones are separated by the coronal suture?
Select one:
a. occipital and temporal
b. frontal and parietal
c. parietal and parietal
d. occipital and parietal - Answer-b. frontal and parietal
Which best describes the anatomical position?
Select one:
a. Palms are facing backward
b. Body is prone
c. Feet are flat on the floor
d. Thumbs point towards the body - Answer-c. Feet are flat on the floor
When a sarcomere contracts, which of the following bands gets smaller?
M
I
Z
A - Answer-M
I
Z
A
What is the most common type of cartilage?
Select one:
a. Ligamentous
b. Elastic
c. Hyaline
d. Fibrocartilage - Answer-c. Hyaline
Muscle fibers do not cross the anterior middle region of the body wall because of the
presence of the
Select one:
a. Skin
b. Tendinous inscriptions
, c. Rectus sheath
d. Linea alba - Answer-d. Linea alba
What connective tissue component forms the structural framework of the spleen and
liver?
Select one:
a. Ground substance
b. Elastic fibers
c. Reticular fibers
d. Collagen fibers - Answer-c. Reticular fibers
Pads between the spinal vertebrae consist of what kind of structural material?
Select one:
a. Dense regular connective tissue
b. Elastic cartilage
c. Dense irregular connective tissue
d. Fibrocartilage - Answer-d. Fibrocartilage
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
Which of the following muscles only compresses the abdomen?
Select one:
a. Rectus abdominis
b. Diaphragm
c. Internal intercostal
d. Transverse abdominis - Answer-d. Transverse abdominis
The lateral condyle of the femur is analogous to what bony feature of the humerus?
Select one:
a. coronoid fossa
b. trochlea
c. radial fossa
d. Capitulum - Answer-d. Capitulum
These muscles elevate the ribs, facilitate inhalation,and attach adjacent ribs:
Select one:
a. Internal intercostals
b. Transversus thoracis
c. External intercostals
d. Diaphragm - Answer-Select one:
a. Internal intercostals
b. Transversus thoracis
