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Systemic Anatomy Exam I
Prepared especially for the trimester one class, Fall 2001
Please place the single best answer in the space provided (unless designated by the letters MACA, which in this
case mark all correct answers that apply) on your scantron sheet. The faculty will not answer any of your
questions (unless you find a typo) once the exam begins, as interpretation of the question is a part of the
examination. Good luck.
FORM A
1) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) apnea – cessation of breathing
b) anosmia – loss of the sense of smell
c) ambulate – to walk or move around
d) acedia – a sense of impending doom or depression
e) afebrile – an elevated body temperature
2) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) anabatic – increase in severity of a disease process
b) anisocoria – unequal pupillary diameter
c) arboreal – associated with trees, or to branch
d) atresia – increased diameter of a body opening
e) anaphylaxis – without protection
3) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) bifurcate – to split or divide into two
b) brontophobia – the fear of thunder
c) cicatrix – a scar
d) claudication – to ambulate or move around
e) blepharitis – inflammation of the eyelids
4) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) crepitation – popping or crackling sound
b) depurant – to cleanse or purify
c) diaphoresis – the movement of cells to an area of inflammation
d) cynophobia – the fear of dogs
e) edentulous – the loss of teeth
5) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) empirical – trail and error
b) glycosuria – the presence of glucose in the urine
c) dystocia – abnormal formation of a body part
d) heliotherapy – exposure to the sun for the purpose of healing
e) gynecomastia – the development of enlarged breasts in the male
6) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) hyperplasia – increase in cell size
b) hyperemia – excess blood circulation to a body part imparting a red color
c) hypoxemia – decreased oxygen levels in the blood
d) iatrogenic – caused by a physician
e) in situ – in it’s normal location
page 1, SA Exam I, Q.# 1-6
7) What is the email address to access the Systemic Anatomy web page off campus?
a) www.parkercollege.org
b) www.parkercc.chiropractic
c) access.parkercc.edu
d) parkercollege.edu.access
e) www.drgswebpage.edu
8) “A change in the state of the soul will produce a _________________________”, Aristotle said.
a) state of acedia
b) change in the innate of the person
c) change in the shape of the body
d) change in the curvatures of the spine
e) change in the mood of the person
9) Each exam in this class counts ______ of your overall grade.
a) 10%
b) 15%
c) 20&
d) 25%
e) none of the above
10) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) carcino – cancer
b) cephalo – head
c) adeno – gland
d) glosso – lips
e) oto – ear
11) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) –algia – pain
b) –dyne – pain
c) –cle – large
d) –lith – stone
e) –oid – to resemble
12) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) –penia – decreased
b) –stasis – a narrowing
c) –rrhage – abnormal flow
d) –trophy – nourishment
e) –phasia – speech
13) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) peri – around
b) epi – upon
c) contra – against
d) syn – to separate
e) tachy - fast
page 2, SA Exam I, Q.# 7-13
14) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) intercellular – inside of a cell
b) melanocyte – a cell producing black pigment
c) hypovolemia – decreased blood volume
d) encephalopathy – disease of the brain
e) gastroenteritis – inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
15) A _____ plane divides the body into inferior and superior parts.
a) coronal
b) sagittal
c) frontal
d) transverse
e) two of the above
16) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) afferent – to conduct away from a central structure
b) ipsilateral – on the same side
c) plantar – ventral surface of the foot
d) supine – to lay horizontal with the face up
e) parietal – to line the inside surface of a body cavity
17) The ______ region is lateral and superior to the umbilical region of the abdomen.
a) epigastric
b) iliac
c) hypochondriac
d) pubic
e) inguinal
18) Rotation of the forearm so that the palm moves in a medial and posterior direction would be called _____.
a) flexion
b) extension
c) pronation
d) supination
e) circumduction
19) Turning the foot so that the plantar surface faces medially is called _________.
a) dorsiflexion
b) plantar flexion
c) circumduction
d) inversion
e) eversion
20) To open the mouth is ____ of the mandible.
a) elevation
b) flexion
c) depression
d) protraction
e) retraction
21) A patient comes to your office complaining of a low backache. This is a ___ of a disease process.
a) sign
b) symptom
page 3, SA Exam I, Q.# 14-21
22) In the DAMNIT method of determining the diagnosis of a disease process, what does the M stand for?
a) metastatic
b) monoclonal
c) metabolic
d) mediated
e) mouse trap
23) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) 1 pint = 1 pound
b) 5 cc’s = 1 tablespoon
c) 1 ounce = 6 teaspoons
d) mg% = mg/100 ml
e) 5 grain aspirin tablet = 324m’s of aspirin
24) The head of the humerus is on the _______ end of the humerus.
a) proximal
b) distal
25) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) foramen – hole
b) meatus – a fissure
c) fossa – depression
d) facet – flat articular surface
e) alveolus – a socket
26) These are small canals that connect lacunae to the central canal of an osteon.
a) perforating canals
b) lamellae
c) canaliculi
d) Sharpey’s fibers
e) none of the above
27) The parietal bone of the skull develops by what means of ossification?
a) endochondral
b) intramembranous
c) intraarticular
d) intermembranous
e) interchondral
28) As arterial levels of carbon dioxide increase the level of OH ion will ______.
a) drop
b) rise
c) stay the same
29) Which fontanel typically closes first?
a) anterior
b) posterior
c) anterolateral
d) posterolateral
page 4, SA Exam I, Q.# 22-29
30) The ___ suture connects the asterion to the pterion.
a) sagittal
b) coronal
c) lambdoidal
d) squamous
31) The nerve that carries cutaneous sensory information from the skin of the forehead travels through the
supraorbital foramen along the roof of the orbit through the _______ to the trigeminal nerve.
a) foramen rotundum
b) foramen ovale
c) superior orbital fissure
d) inferior orbital fissure
e) optic canal
32) The junction of the sagittal suture with the coronal suture is called the _____.
a) asterion
b) bregma
c) pterion
d) lambda
e) glabella
33) The supraciliary ridge is ____ to the supraorbital arch.
a) superior
b) inferior
34) What structure is on the opposite side of the skull of the external occipital protuberance?
a) the foramen magnum
b) the glabella
c) the occipital crest
d) the external acoustic meatus
e) the jugular foramen
35) Which cranial nerves enter the internal acoustic meatus?
a) VII, VIII
b) VI, VII
c) IX, X, XI
d) III, IV, V1 and VI
e) none of the above
36) The hypoglossal canals are ____ to the occipital condyles.
a) inferior
b) superior
37) The nuchal lines are located on the _____ bone.
a) temporal
b) occipital
c) sphenoid
d) parietal
e) frontal
page 5, SA Exam I, Q.# 30-37
38) Which one of the following bones does NOT touch the sphenoid bone?
a) vomer
b) ethmoid
c) maxilla
d) lacrimal
e) occipital
39) If I asked you to trace the mental nerve back to the trigeminal nerve, which of the following represent the
correct order of structures it passes through?
a) mental foramen, infraorbital foramen, foramen ovale
b) mental foramen, mandibular foramen, inferior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum
c) mental foramen, mandibular foramen, foramen ovale
d) mental foramen, mandibular foramen, inferior orbital fissure, foramen ovale
e) mental foramen, mandibular foramen, foramen rotundum
For the next group of questions, match the structure on the left with the hole in the skull it travels through on the
right. Each answer may be used once, more than once or not at all and each question only has one answer.
40) olfactory nerve
a) foramen rotundum
41) oculomotor nerve
b) foramen ovale
42) mandibular div. of CN V
c) superior orbital fissure
43) maxillary div. of CN V
d) hypoglossal canal
44) CN II
e) jugular foramen
45) CN X
ab) cribriform plate
46) CN XII
ac) stylomastoid foramen
47) facial nerve
ad) optic canal
48) Thought + action = _______________.
a) innate
b) ambition
c) Mission, Talent and Destiny
d) feelings
e) desire
49) Which bone forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum?
a) ethmoid bone
b) sphenoid bone
c) vomer bone
d) inferior nasal conchae
e) middle nasal conchae
50) The coronoid process of the mandible is ___ to the condylar process.
a) anterior
b) posterior
page 6, SA Exam I, Q.# 38-50
51) Primary spinal curves are _____ curves.
a) lordotic
b) kyphotic
52) What are the components of the neural arch of a vertebra?
a) transverse process, pedicles, vertebral body
b) pedicles, laminae
c) vertebral body, pedicles, laminae
d) intervertebral foramen, vertebral body, pedicles, laminae
e) vertebral foramen, vertebral body, pedicles
53) Which vertebrae have a transverse foramen?
a) cervical vertebra
b) thoracic vertebra
c) lumbar vertebra
d) sacral vertebra
54) Which of the following is NOT a boundary of the vertebral foramen?
a) posterior portion of the vertebral body
b) pedicle of the vertebra
c) laminae of the vertebra
d) intervertebral disc
55) The neural ring is largest and ___ shaped in the ___ region and smallest and ___ shaped in the ___ region.
a) circular, cervical; triangular, thoracic
b) triangular, cervical; circular, thoracic
c) triangular, sacral; circular, cervical
d) circular, cervical; triangular, sacral
e) triangular, thoracic; circular, cervical
56) There are _______ intervertebral disc in the adult human.
a) 12
b) 18
c) 23
d) 26
e) 31
57) The groove for the vertebral artery is located on the ___ aspect of the ____ of the atlas.
a) superior, posterior arch
b) superior, anterior arch
c) inferior, posterior arch
d) inferior, anterior arch
e) none of the above as it is not on the atlas
58) What connects the anterior and posterior tubercles located on the transverse process of cervical vertebra?
a) the lamina
b) the costotransverse bar
c) the intertubercular groove
d) the posterior arch
e) the anterior arch
page 7, SA Exam I, Q.# 51-58
59) Why is there no IV disc between the atlas and the axis?
a) the atlas has a dens
b) there is no movement between these two vertebra
c) the atlas has no body
d) the axis has no body
e) there is a disc there so this question makes no sense
60) Flexion of the lumbar spine will ___ the diameter of the IVF.
a) increase
b) decrease
61) Which vertebra is called the epistropheus?
a) L5
b) C7
c) the fused sacral vertebrae
d) C2
e) C1
62) What structure can you palpate on the posterior side of an adult’s neck, 2 inches inferior to the inion?
a) the nuchal crest
b) the vertebral prominens
c) the spinous process of the axis
d) the spinous process of the atlas
e) the uncinate process
63) Which of the following vertebrae are considered atypical?
a) C1,2,7
b) T1,9,10
c) T11,12
d) L5
e) all of the above
64) What goes through the transverse foramen of C7?
a) the vertebral artery
b) spinal nerve C7
c) the spinal accessory nerve
d) the jugular vein
e) none of the above
65) All mammals have 7 cervical vertebra, except which one of the following?
a) whale
b) giraffe
c) mouse
d) duck billed platypus
e) Arabian horse
66) How many articular surfaces are present on the first thoracic vertebra?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
e) 14
page 8, SA Exam I, Q.# 59-66
67) The superior articular facets of T4 face in a ___ direction.
a) anterior
b) posterior
c) anterolateral
d) posterolateral
e) none of the above
68) How many ribs articulate with T10 vertebra?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
69) Which one of the following ligaments is found within the confines of the neural ring?
a) anterior longitudinal ligament
b) posterior longitudinal ligament
c) supraspinous ligament
d) infraspinous ligament
e) interspinous ligament
70) Which of the following ligaments attaches the inion to the spinous process of C7?
a) ligamentum flavum
b) tectorial membrane
c) interspinous ligament
d) occipitocervical ligament
e) nuchal ligament
71) The angle of Louis is located between the _________.
a) humerus and the scapula
b) head of the rib and the body of the vertebra
c) manubrium and body of the sternum
d) sternal end of the clavicle and the manubrium
e) tubercle of the rib and the transverse process of the vertebra
72) T11 and T12 have no transverse costal facets because _________________.
a) no ribs articulate with T11 or T12
b) ribs 11 and 12 are floating ribs
c) ribs 11 and 12 have no tubercles
d) rib 12 is absent in most females
e) there are only 7 costal notches on the sternum
73) The subscapular fossa is on the ___ side of the scapula.
a) anterior
b) posterior
74) Which of the following bones does NOT have a styloid process?
a) temporal bone
b) scapula
c) radius
d) ulna
page 9, SA Exam I, Q.# 67-74
75) The radial notch is located on the ____ aspect of the radius.
a) proximal medial
b) proximal lateral
c) distal medial
d) distal lateral
e) none of the above as it is not located on the radius
76) The ___ epicondyle of the humerus is typically larger that the ___ epicondyle.
a) medial; lateral
b) lateral; medial
77) Which carpal bones articulate with the radius?
a) lunate, capitate
b) scaphoid, hamate
c) capitate, hamate
d) scaphoid, lunate
e) none of the above do
78) Which of the following bones contribute to the formation of the acetabulum?
a) ileum, ischium, pubis
b) pubis, ischium, femur
c) ischium, ileum, femur
d) pubis, ileum, ischium, femur
e) none of the above
79) The popliteal fossa is located on the ___ surface of the femur.
a) proximal, posterior
b) proximal, anterior
c) distal, posterior
d) distal, anterior
80) The apex of the patella is located on the _______ aspect.
a) inferior
b) superior
81) Gerdy’s tubercle is located on the ___ aspect of the femur.
a) distal, anterior and lateral
b) distal, anterior and medial
c) distal, posterior and lateral
d) distal, posterior and medial
e) none of the above as it is not located on the femur
82) How many phalanges are there in the adult human body?
a) 14
b) 28
c) 30
d) 56
e) 60
page 10, SA Exam I, Q.# 75-82
83) The sagittal suture is an example of a _________. (MACA)
a) serrate suture
b) squamous suture
c) fibrous joint
d) cartilaginous joint
e) syndesmosis
84) Which of the following classifications apply to the intervertebral joint? (MACA)
a) primary cartilaginous joint
b) secondary cartilaginous joint
c) diarthrosis
d) amphiarthrosis
e) multiaxial
85) Which of the following classifications apply to the zypapophyseal joint? (MACA)
a) synovial
b) symphysis
c) diarthrodial
d) plane
e) gliding
86) Which of the following classifications apply to the temporomandibular joint? (MACA)
a) synovial
b) hinge
c) gliding
d) symphysis
e) primary cartilaginous
87) Which one of the following terms best describes primary cartilaginous joints?
a) symphysis
b) synchondrosis
c) uniaxial
d) diarthrosis
e) amphiarthrosis
88) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) ginglymus – hinge
b) saddle – biaxial
c) trochoid – uniaxial
d) spheroid – biaxial
e) knee joint – biaxial
89) Which ligament holds the dens tight against the anterior arch of the atlas?
a) posterior longitudinal ligament
b) anterior longitudinal ligament
c) transverse ligament of the atlas
d) ligamentum flavum
e) accessory ligaments
page 11, SA Exam I, Q.# 83-89
90) Which direction does the head of the humerus typically end up with complete dislocation of the
glenohumeral joint?
a) superior and lateral
b) superior and medial
c) inferior and lateral
d) inferior and medial
91) What is the function of the transverse humeral retinaculum?
a) to attach the coracoid process of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus
b) to hold the bicipital tendon in place
c) to attach the greater tubercle to the anatomic neck of the scapula
d) to hold the subacromial bursa in place
e) none of the above
92) The trochlea of the humerus articulates with the ___ .
a) head of the radius
b) annular ligament of the radius
c) semilunar notch of the ulna
d) olecranon of the ulna
e) styloid process of the ulna
93) The ligamentum teres attaches ___ to ___.
a) the fovea capitis, the transverse acetabular ligament
b) Gerdy’s tubercle, the tibial tuberosity
c) the pubis, the intertrochanteric line
d) the anterior superior iliac spine, the intertrochanteric line
e) the acetabular notch, the greater trochanter of the femur
94) When the foot is planted on the ground and the knee is hyperextended, the ____ rotates in a ____ direction.
a) femur, lateral
b) femur, medial
c) tibia, lateral
d) tibia, medial
95) The anterior cruciate ligament attaches to the ____ aspect of the ___ condyle of the femur.
a) medial, lateral
b) lateral, medial
c) medial, medial
d) lateral, lateral
96) The patellar ligament attaches the ___ to the ___.
a) belly of the rectus femoris muscle, base of the patella
b) base of the patella, apex of the patella
c) belly of the rectus femoris muscle, apex of the patella
d) apex of the patella, tibial tuberosity
e) base of the patella, tibial tuberosity
97) Most ACL injuries occur when the knee is ______.
a) flexed
b) extended
page 12, SA Exam I, Q.# 90-97
98) What structure is typically involved in the condition known as “housemaid’s knees”?
a) the patellar ligament
b) the patellar tendon
c) the prepatellar bursa
d) the suprapatellar bursa
e) the popliteal bursa
99) The iliofemoral ligament, prevents __ of the hip joint.
a) hyperextension
b) hyperflexion
c) medial rotation
d) lateral rotation
e) adduction
100) Choose the INCORRECT match.
a) synarthrosis – fibrous joints
b) syndesmosis – joined with cartilage
c) symphysis – a growing together
d) synostosis – joined with bone
e) synovial – literally means joined with egg
page 13, SA Exam, I., Q.# 98-100
The end of the first systemic anatomy exam. Grades will be posted by the end of the day. Please hold your
questions concerning the exam until we go over the exam in class. Thanks and have a super great day.