DPT 700 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What are somatic structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Everything that isn't visceral/ neural
What is found in the superficial fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅subcutaneous tissue (fat)
What is found in deep fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Varying thickness of dense, fibrous tissue
How do muscles attach to bone? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tendons (strains occur here)
What happens if pressure builds up in the tough fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reduced blood
flow, compressed nerves, swelling, numbness, and possibly a fasciotomy to relieve the pressure
What direction does blood run in arteries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Away from the heart
What do bones provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅support, protection, and supply of new blood
cells
Where will you find articular cartilage? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅on the surface of bones that
contact each other
Where can you find menisci? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅TMJ, Knee
What do ligaments connect? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bone to bone
What muscle is a "six-pack" associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Rectus Abdominis
What type of pain can an abdominal aortic aneurysm be associated with? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Low back pain
, What are the functions of the skeletal system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Support, movement,
protection, mineral storage, blood cell formation & energy storage, and energy metabolism
What does the axial portion of the skeleton do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Supports & protects the
organs of the head, neck, and trunk (includes cartilage)
what is included in the appendicular portion of the skeleton? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅limbs +
bones that anchor to the axial skeleton, pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle, and upper/lower limbs
What is a spool-like articular process or one acting like a
pulley? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Trochlea
What is a protuberance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅projection of bone
What is a malleolus? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rounded process
What is a notch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅indentation at the edge of a bone
What is the largest organ in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅skin
What makes the skin a composite organ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The 2 Regions are divided from
different germ layers. The epidermis (ectodermal) and dermis (mesodermal & mesenchyme)
What are the roles of the integument? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Barrier, Physiological Regulation
(osmoregulation, Thermoregulation), Shape/Containment, Sensory Systems, and the synthesis & Storage
of Vitamin D
Where is fat stored for most of the body, allowing for thermoregulation and padding? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅hypodermis
ANSWERS
What are somatic structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Everything that isn't visceral/ neural
What is found in the superficial fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅subcutaneous tissue (fat)
What is found in deep fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Varying thickness of dense, fibrous tissue
How do muscles attach to bone? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tendons (strains occur here)
What happens if pressure builds up in the tough fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reduced blood
flow, compressed nerves, swelling, numbness, and possibly a fasciotomy to relieve the pressure
What direction does blood run in arteries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Away from the heart
What do bones provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅support, protection, and supply of new blood
cells
Where will you find articular cartilage? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅on the surface of bones that
contact each other
Where can you find menisci? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅TMJ, Knee
What do ligaments connect? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bone to bone
What muscle is a "six-pack" associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Rectus Abdominis
What type of pain can an abdominal aortic aneurysm be associated with? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Low back pain
, What are the functions of the skeletal system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Support, movement,
protection, mineral storage, blood cell formation & energy storage, and energy metabolism
What does the axial portion of the skeleton do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Supports & protects the
organs of the head, neck, and trunk (includes cartilage)
what is included in the appendicular portion of the skeleton? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅limbs +
bones that anchor to the axial skeleton, pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle, and upper/lower limbs
What is a spool-like articular process or one acting like a
pulley? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Trochlea
What is a protuberance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅projection of bone
What is a malleolus? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rounded process
What is a notch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅indentation at the edge of a bone
What is the largest organ in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅skin
What makes the skin a composite organ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The 2 Regions are divided from
different germ layers. The epidermis (ectodermal) and dermis (mesodermal & mesenchyme)
What are the roles of the integument? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Barrier, Physiological Regulation
(osmoregulation, Thermoregulation), Shape/Containment, Sensory Systems, and the synthesis & Storage
of Vitamin D
Where is fat stored for most of the body, allowing for thermoregulation and padding? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅hypodermis
