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Section A Practice Exam
Human Anatomy
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1. The pelvis includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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A. Pubis
B. Hip
C. Buttocks
D. Flank
1. The correct answer is: D
2. The knee is in what relation to the ankle?
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A. Proximal
B. Distal
C. Anterior
D. Superficial
2. The correct answer is: A
3. Which of the following body joints has the greatest range of motion?
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A. Elbow
B. Shoulder
C. Hip
D. Ankle
3. The correct answer is: B
4. From the anatomical position, which movement might cross the midline of the body?
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A. Abduction
B. Flexion
C. Adduction
D. Medial Rotation
4. The correct answer is: C
5. What is the name of the inferior bone of the pelvis?
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A. Pubis
B. Ilium
C. Ischium
D. Sacrum
5. The correct answer is: C
6. What is the name of the lateral bone in the forearm?
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A. Ulna
B. Radius
C. Tibia
D. Fibula
6. The correct answer is: B
7. Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a joint cavity.
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A. True
B. False
7. The correct answer is: A
8. What type of synovial joints are the elbow and knee joints?
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A. Ball & Socket
B. Pivot
C. Hinge
D. Condyloid
E. Saddle
F. Plane
8. The correct answer is: C
9. Voluntary responses are transmitted by what type of neuron?
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A. Somatic sensory neurons
B. Visceral sensory neurons
C. Somatic motor neurons
D. Autonomic motor neurons
9. The correct answer is: C
10. Most muscle fibers are innervated by multiple Motor Neurons.
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A. True
B. False
10. The correct answer is: B
11. Muscle fibers contain myofibrils composed of actin and myosin filaments.
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A. True
B. False
11. The correct answer is: A
12. What is the name of the non-oxygen dependent process to breakdown glucose for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
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A. Cross-Bridge Cycling
B. Aerobic Respiration
C. Active Transport
D. Anaerobic Glycolysis
12. The correct answer is: D
13. What is the specific name for a muscle contraction during which the muscle elongates?
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A. Concentric
B. Isometric
C. Eccentric
D. Isotonic
13. The correct answer is:C
14. How does contraction of the rectus abdominus cause the trunk to move?
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A. Rotation
B. Flexion
C. Extension
D. Lateral Flexion
14. The correct answer is: B
15. Into what bone does the triceps brachii insert?
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A. Ulna
B. Radius
C. Humerus
D. Scapula
15.The correct answer is: A
16. Into what bone does the psoas major insert?
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A. Lumbar vertebrae
B. Iliem
C. Pubis
D. Femur
16. The correct answer is: D
17. Into what chamber of the heart does de-oxygenated blood from the peripheral vascular system enter?
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A. Left Atrium
B. Left Ventricle
C. Right Atrium
D. Right Ventricle
17. The correct answer is: C
18. Which chamber of the heart has the thickest and strongest muscular walls for pumping into a high pressure system?
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A. Right Atrium
B. Right Ventricle
C. Left Atrium
D. Left Ventricle
18. The correct answer is: D
19. The specialized myocardial conducting (pacemaker) cells have very few of the myofibrils and filaments needed for contraction.
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A. True
B. False
19. The correct answer is: A
20. All of the following are part of the pulmonary conduction zone EXCEPT:
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A. Diaphram
B. Alveoli
C. Bronchia
D. Trachea
20. The correct answer is: B
21. All of the following are part of the respiratory membrane EXCEPT:
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A. Alveolar epithelial (Type I) cells
B. Elastic membrane
C. Alveolar pores
D. Capillary endothelial membrane
21. The correct answer is: C
22. What drives the need to breathe?
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A. Depletion of ATP
B. Afferent stretch receptors
C. Low blood levels of oxygen
D. High blood levels of carbon dioxide
22. The correct answer is: D
23. Which artery divides into the radial and ulnar arteries?
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A. Subclavian Artery
B. Axillary Artery
C. Brachial Artery
D. Palmer Artery
23. The correct answer is: C
24. What is the name of the artery in the thigh region that is the continuation of the external iliac artery in the pelvic region?
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A. Common Iliac Artery
B. Femoral Artery
C. Internal Iliac Artery
D. Deep Femoral Artery
24. The correct answer is: B
25. In changing from rest to maximal exercise, blood flow directed to skeletal muscle increases by a factor of more than how much?
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A. 4 (1200 to 5,000)
B. 6 (1200 to 7,500)
C. 8 (1200 to 10,000)
D. 10 (1200 to 12,500)
25. The correct answer is: D
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