NBCE Part 1 Exam 2025 | National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Study Guide & Practice Test

Page 1 of 96


NBCE PART 1-GENERAL ANATOMY LATEST EXAM

2025 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS

WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY

GRADED A+

Mesoderm, what are the derivatives?

Paraxial

Intermediate

Head

Lateral plate .....ANSWER..... Paraxial - Somites (31)

Intermediate - Urogenital system and kidneys

Head - Skull, MM, CT of head, dentine

Lateral plate - Adrenal cortex, blood & lymph, spleen

spleen and adrenal cortex are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm

lateral plate

,Page 2 of 96


Kidneys are from .....ANSWER..... mesoderm intermediate

Anterior pituitary and lens of eye are from .....ANSWER.....

surface ectoderm

enamel is from .....ANSWER..... surface ectoderm

Neuroectoderm consists of .....ANSWER..... Neural tube and

neural crest cells

Post pituitary, retina, CNS and pineal body are from

.....ANSWER..... Neural tube

DRG, ANS, parafollicular cells of thyroid and adrenal medulla

are from .....ANSWER..... Neural crest

stomadium .....ANSWER..... mouth

Gubernaculum becomes what

In males:

In females: .....ANSWER..... Males: scrotal lig (gubernacular testis)

,Page 3 of 96


Females: Suspensory lig of ovary, ovarian lig and round lig

Foramen cecum gives rise to the .....ANSWER..... Thyroid (seek the

thyroid)

Limb bud rotation .....ANSWER..... Arms: 90 lateral

Legs: 90 medial

Example of parasagittal .....ANSWER..... Elbow flexion/extension

Entire pulm tract: nasal mucosa to terminal bronchiole

.....ANSWER..... PSCC

4 CT types .....ANSWER..... Dense reg - tendons and lig

Dense irreg - dermis of skin

Elastic - blood vessels

Reticular - lymph nodes and spleen

, Page 4 of 96


Epidermis from sup to deep .....ANSWER..... corneum, lucidum

(only on plantar surfaces), granulosum, spinosum, germinativum

(basal layer) "cows like green soft grass"

Dermis sup to deep .....ANSWER..... Papillary, reticular,

hypodermis (subcutaneous fascia)

Extrinsic MM of tongue and innervation .....ANSWER.....

Palatoglossus - CN10

Styloglossus - CN12

Hyoglossus - CN12

Genioglossus - CN12

All MM ending in glossus inn. by CN12 except palatoglossus

Intrinsic MM of tongue .....ANSWER..... Longitudinal, tansverse,

verticle and of the lingual septum

Tast buds of tongue (CAFFF) .....ANSWER..... Circumvallate -

largest & fewest (ant to sulcus terminalis)