OFA LEVEL 3 UPDATED EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Occipital bone - ✔✔Located posterior to the face, and inferior to the top of the head
✔✔Frontal bone - ✔✔Located on the anterior surface of the head, this plate
✔✔Thyroid cartilage (adam's apple) - ✔✔Forms part of the structural framework of the
voice box
✔✔Thyroid gland - ✔✔
✔✔Tracheal rings - ✔✔
✔✔Thorax - ✔✔Sternum, ribs
✔✔The thorax contains - ✔✔A heart, lungs, esophagus and the great vessels, all within
the thoracic cavity
✔✔Thoracic vertebrae - ✔✔12 pairs vertebrae on the posterior part of the body
✔✔Ribs - ✔✔12 pairs of ribs curve outwardly from the thoracic vertebrae
✔✔Sternum - ✔✔Breastbone
✔✔Clavicles - ✔✔collar bones. These connect the shoulders to the sternum
✔✔Scapulae - ✔✔The shoulder blades
✔✔Diaphragm - ✔✔The structure which separates the thoracic cavity from the
abdominal cavity
✔✔Xiphoid process - ✔✔The narrow projection at the inferior portion of the sternum
✔✔Suprasternal notch - ✔✔The superior portion of the sternum
✔✔Coastal margin - ✔✔The inferior border of the ribs
✔✔Clavicle - ✔✔Collar bone
✔✔Umbilicus - ✔✔The naval
✔✔Spleen - ✔✔B
,✔✔Pelvis - ✔✔
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔
✔✔Kidneys - ✔✔
✔✔Bladder - ✔✔
✔✔Large intestine - ✔✔
✔✔Inguinal ligaments - ✔✔
✔✔Iliac spines - ✔✔
✔✔Symphysis pubis - ✔✔
✔✔Femoral arteries - ✔✔
✔✔Appendix - ✔✔
✔✔Left upper quadrant - ✔✔Containing stomach, spleen, and pancreas
✔✔Left lower quadrant - ✔✔Contains the large intestine, and the small intestine
✔✔Right upper quadrant - ✔✔Contains the gall bladder and the liver
✔✔Right lower quadrant - ✔✔Contains the appendix, large and small intestine
✔✔Illiac crest - ✔✔The protruding portion of the pelvis
✔✔Illiac spine - ✔✔
✔✔Sacrum - ✔✔The tail bone
✔✔Humerus - ✔✔The bone of the upper arm
✔✔A-C joint - ✔✔The location where the clavical is joined to the acromion
✔✔Radius - ✔✔The bone within the forearm located medially to the ulna
✔✔Ulna - ✔✔The bone within the forearm located laterialy to radius
, ✔✔Medial epicondyle - ✔✔The protrusions from the distal end of the humerus on the
medial side
✔✔Lateral epicondyle - ✔✔The protrusions from the distal end of the humerus on the
lateral side
✔✔Olecranon process - ✔✔The protrusion from the posterior portion of the elbow
✔✔Branchial pulse - ✔✔The pulse that can be palpated along the anteromedial aspect
of the elbow
✔✔Carpal bone. - ✔✔Arranged in two rows of four, these bones connect the radius and
the ulna to the metacarpal bones of the hand.
✔✔Metacarpal bones - ✔✔These are the bones within the palm of the hand
✔✔Radial pulse - ✔✔Palpable at the anterior surface of the wrist on its lateral aspect
✔✔Phalanges - ✔✔The small bones that make up the fingers. Fingers have three were
the thumb only has two
✔✔Lower extremity - ✔✔Femur, patella, tibia, fibula, lateral malleolus, tarsals,
metatarsals, phalanges, medial malleoli, calcaneus
✔✔Femur - ✔✔The largest bone within the lower extremity
✔✔The greater trochanter - ✔✔A projection from the femur that is palpable from the
lateral aspect of the hip
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔Shin bone
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔The thinner leg bone located posteriorly to the tibia
✔✔Patella - ✔✔The knee cap
✔✔Talus - ✔✔This bone articulate with the tibia and fibula to form the ankle joint
✔✔Posterior tibial arterial pulse - ✔✔Posterior to the medial prominence of the ankle
✔✔Tarsal bones - ✔✔
✔✔Metatarsal bone - ✔✔
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Occipital bone - ✔✔Located posterior to the face, and inferior to the top of the head
✔✔Frontal bone - ✔✔Located on the anterior surface of the head, this plate
✔✔Thyroid cartilage (adam's apple) - ✔✔Forms part of the structural framework of the
voice box
✔✔Thyroid gland - ✔✔
✔✔Tracheal rings - ✔✔
✔✔Thorax - ✔✔Sternum, ribs
✔✔The thorax contains - ✔✔A heart, lungs, esophagus and the great vessels, all within
the thoracic cavity
✔✔Thoracic vertebrae - ✔✔12 pairs vertebrae on the posterior part of the body
✔✔Ribs - ✔✔12 pairs of ribs curve outwardly from the thoracic vertebrae
✔✔Sternum - ✔✔Breastbone
✔✔Clavicles - ✔✔collar bones. These connect the shoulders to the sternum
✔✔Scapulae - ✔✔The shoulder blades
✔✔Diaphragm - ✔✔The structure which separates the thoracic cavity from the
abdominal cavity
✔✔Xiphoid process - ✔✔The narrow projection at the inferior portion of the sternum
✔✔Suprasternal notch - ✔✔The superior portion of the sternum
✔✔Coastal margin - ✔✔The inferior border of the ribs
✔✔Clavicle - ✔✔Collar bone
✔✔Umbilicus - ✔✔The naval
✔✔Spleen - ✔✔B
,✔✔Pelvis - ✔✔
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔
✔✔Kidneys - ✔✔
✔✔Bladder - ✔✔
✔✔Large intestine - ✔✔
✔✔Inguinal ligaments - ✔✔
✔✔Iliac spines - ✔✔
✔✔Symphysis pubis - ✔✔
✔✔Femoral arteries - ✔✔
✔✔Appendix - ✔✔
✔✔Left upper quadrant - ✔✔Containing stomach, spleen, and pancreas
✔✔Left lower quadrant - ✔✔Contains the large intestine, and the small intestine
✔✔Right upper quadrant - ✔✔Contains the gall bladder and the liver
✔✔Right lower quadrant - ✔✔Contains the appendix, large and small intestine
✔✔Illiac crest - ✔✔The protruding portion of the pelvis
✔✔Illiac spine - ✔✔
✔✔Sacrum - ✔✔The tail bone
✔✔Humerus - ✔✔The bone of the upper arm
✔✔A-C joint - ✔✔The location where the clavical is joined to the acromion
✔✔Radius - ✔✔The bone within the forearm located medially to the ulna
✔✔Ulna - ✔✔The bone within the forearm located laterialy to radius
, ✔✔Medial epicondyle - ✔✔The protrusions from the distal end of the humerus on the
medial side
✔✔Lateral epicondyle - ✔✔The protrusions from the distal end of the humerus on the
lateral side
✔✔Olecranon process - ✔✔The protrusion from the posterior portion of the elbow
✔✔Branchial pulse - ✔✔The pulse that can be palpated along the anteromedial aspect
of the elbow
✔✔Carpal bone. - ✔✔Arranged in two rows of four, these bones connect the radius and
the ulna to the metacarpal bones of the hand.
✔✔Metacarpal bones - ✔✔These are the bones within the palm of the hand
✔✔Radial pulse - ✔✔Palpable at the anterior surface of the wrist on its lateral aspect
✔✔Phalanges - ✔✔The small bones that make up the fingers. Fingers have three were
the thumb only has two
✔✔Lower extremity - ✔✔Femur, patella, tibia, fibula, lateral malleolus, tarsals,
metatarsals, phalanges, medial malleoli, calcaneus
✔✔Femur - ✔✔The largest bone within the lower extremity
✔✔The greater trochanter - ✔✔A projection from the femur that is palpable from the
lateral aspect of the hip
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔Shin bone
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔The thinner leg bone located posteriorly to the tibia
✔✔Patella - ✔✔The knee cap
✔✔Talus - ✔✔This bone articulate with the tibia and fibula to form the ankle joint
✔✔Posterior tibial arterial pulse - ✔✔Posterior to the medial prominence of the ankle
✔✔Tarsal bones - ✔✔
✔✔Metatarsal bone - ✔✔
