ANATOMY UNIT TEST LUMHS (2007)

1. Regarding the anatomical position:

A. Face and palms of the hands are directed forward
B. The person is standing erect
C. The upper limbs by the sides
D. A+B+C
E. None of the above

2. What is true regarding the skin:

A. It represents 60% of the total body weight
B. The dermis is the most outer layer of the skin
C. Epidermis is continuously shed and replaced
D. Sweat gland is a small, sack shaped gland
E. Sebaceous gland is an elongated tubular structure

3. What is true about muscle:

A. Insertion is the end of the muscle that remains fixed during its contraction
B. Tendon is its fleshy contractile part
C. Actin filaments are thick
D. Myosin filaments are thin
E. None of the above

4. What is true about bone:

A. Is a dead tissue
B. Femur is an example of a modified long bone
C. Clavicle is a miniature long bone
D. Patella is a sesamoid bone
E. All of the above

5. Regarding the joints:

A. Fibrous joints permits a great degree of movement
B. Wrist joint is hinge type
C. Gomphosis is a type of cartilaginous joint
D. Costochondral junction is an example of secondary cartilaginous joint
E. Pubic symphysis is an example of secondary cartilaginous joint

6. What is true about the synovial joints:

A. Synovial joints are least mobile type of joints
B. The articular surfaces are covered with elastic cartilage
C. Joint cavity is filled with protein rich fluid
D. The joint is surrounded by a fibrous capsule
E. The capsule is covered by synovial membrane

7. What is true about the vessels:

A. Veins are thicker than the arteries
B. The inner coat of arteries is called tunica media
C. End arteries do not anastomose with their neighbours
D. The true capillaries have smooth muscle cells
E. Sinusoids have narrow and regular lumen

8. What is true about nervous system:

A. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves
B. All spinal nerves are mixed nerves
 C. Cell bodies of motor neurons lie in the anterior horn of the gray matter
D. Cell bodies of primary sensory neurons lie in the posterior root ganglion
E. All of the above

9. All of the following statements are true, except:

A. Coronal plane divides the body into front and back halves
B. Abduction is the movement of the limb away from the midline
C. Keratinocytes are cells that make melanin
D. Arrector pilli is a smooth muscle
E. Apocrine glands are more developed in women

10. All the following statements are true, except:

A. Each smooth muscle fiber anastomoses with the neighbouring fibers at intercalated discs
B. Oblique fasciculi make the muscle more powerful
C. Motor point is the site where the motor nerve enters the nerve
D. Bone marrow manufactures the blood cells
E. Pneumatic bones act as air conditioning chambers for the inspired air