2014 anatomy midterm

Question 1

What is the most proximal to the midline?

a. Arm
b. Shoulder
c. Hand
d. Elbow
e. Wrist

Answer 1

b. Shoulder

Question 2

What is the type of epithelium in the uterine tube?

a. Pseudostratified columnar
b. Simple columnar
c. Simple squamous
d. Simple cuboidal

Answer 2

b. Simple columnar

Question 3

Which rib is attached to the sternal angle?

a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 5th

Answer 3

b. 2nd

Question 4

What type of gland produces serous-mucus secretion?

a. Sublingual gland
b. Parotid gland
c. Pancreas
d. Goblet cells

Answer 4

a. Sublingual gland

Question 5

What are the characteristics of belt desmosomes?

a. Wraps around epithelial cells near the apical surface
b. Prevent molecules from passing between epithelium
c. Fuse near the plasma membrane
d. Interacts with actin filament

Answer 5

d. Interacts with actin filament

Question 6

By which mechanism does the secretion occur in the merocrine gland?

a. Exocytosis without cellular damage
b. Whole cells and their debris secreted
c. Cell parts are secreted

Answer 6

a. Exocytosis without cellular damage

Question 7

What causes limb deformities?

a. Tetracycline
b. Valproic acid
c. Thalidomide

Answer 7

c. Thalidomide

Question 8

In which condition does blistering and scarring of the skin due to lack of collagen type VII occur?

a. Osteogenesis imperfecta
b. Ehlers syndrome
c. Kindler’s syndrome
d. Patau syndrome

Answer 8

c. Kindler’s syndrome

Question 9

Which of the following structures prevent the exchange of substance between the apical and lateral surface of epithelial cells?

a. Hemi-desmosomes
b. Desmosomes
c. Tight junction
d. Gap junction

Answer 9

c. Tight junction

Question 10

Where is collagen type II most abundant?

a. Bone
b. Cartilage
c. Reticular

Answer 10

b. Cartilage

Question 11

After how long does the corpus luteum degenerate during pregnancy?

a. 1st month
b. 3rd month
c. 6th month
d. 9th month

Answer 11

b. 3rd month

Question 12

What types of tissue are present in the ureteral wall?

a. Loose connective tissue and transitional epithelium
b. Dense connective tissue and cuboidal epithelium
c. Dense connective tissue and columnar epithelium
d. Loose connective tissue and squamous epithelium

Answer 12

a. Loose connective tissue and transitional epithelium

Question 13

If a pregnant woman was a smoker, which congenital abnormality is going to develop?

a. Atrial septa defects
b. Liver abnormalities
c. Orofascial cleft
d. Spina befida
e. Sirenomelia

Answer 13

c. Orofascial cleft

Question 14

Which of the following white blood cells are responsible for phagocytosis?

a. Basophil
b. Eosinophil
c. Neutrophil
d. Lymphocyte

Answer 14

c. Neutrophil

Question 15

Which plane passes through the fundus of the gall bladder?

a. Transpyloric
b. Subcostal
c. Transumbilical
d. Transtuburcler

Answer 15

a. Transpyloric

Question 16

During which period does hCG peaks?

a. First trimester
b. Second trimester
c. Third trimester
d. First month

Answer 16

a. First trimester

Question 17

From where do the epiblast cells migrate to form the notochordal process?

a. Primitive node
b. Primitive streak

Answer 17

a. Primitive node

Question 18

Which type of CT can move from one location to another?

a. Macrophage
b. Fibroblast
c. Mast cell
d. Adipose

Answer 18

a. Macrophage

Question 19

At which lumber vertebrae is the subcostal plane located?

a. L1
b. L2
c. L3
d. L4
e. L5

Answer 19

c. L3

Question 20

If a person is standing in the anatomical position and his knee is flexed 90 degrees, where is his sole facing?

a. Anteriorly
b. Posteriorly
c. Superiorly
d. Inferiorly

Answer 20

b. Posteriorly

Question 21

When does the fetal period starts and ends?

a. 2 – 8 weeks
b. 8 – 36 weeks
c. 9 – 38 weeks
d. 8 – 37 weeks

Answer 21

c. 9 – 38 weeks

Question 22

Around which structure does the zona pellucida forms?

a. Oocyte
b. Theca interna
c. Corpus luteum
d. Cumulus oophorus

Answer 22

a. Oocyte

Question 23

Which plays an active role of invading endometrium and formation of the placenta?

a. Cytotrophoblast
b. Syncytiotrophoblast
c. Epiblast
d. Hypoblast

Answer 23

b. Syncytiotrophoblast

Question 24

What type of joint is free to move?

a. Synovial joint
b. Cartilaginous joint
c. Fibrous joint
d. Bony joint

Answer 24

a. Synovial joint

Question 25

Which type of epithelium has microvilli?

a. Simple cuboidal
b. Simple columnar
c. Simple squamous

Answer 25

b. Simple columnar

Question 26

What are the outcome gametes of non-disjunction in meiosis?

a. Monosomy, trisomy
b. Disomy, trisomy
c. Disomy, monosomy
d. Monosomy, monosomy

Answer 26

a. Monosomy, trisomy

Question 27

The esophagus is present in which region?

a. Anterior and posterior
b. Superior and posterior
c. Superior and anterior

Answer 27

b. Superior and posterior

Question 28

What is the joint between the ulna and radius?

a. Odonoblasts
b. Gomphosis
c. Syndesmoses

Answer 28

c. Syndesmoses

Question 29

Which of the following is an agranulocyte?

a. Neutrophil
b. Monocyte
c. Mast cell

Answer 29

b. Monocyte

Question 30

What is the characteristics of monozygotic twins that result from the splitting of inner cell mass?

a. Separate amniotic cavities
b. Separate chorionic cavities
c. Separate placentas

Answer 30

a. Separate amniotic cavities

Question 31

What analog thecal cells in males?

a. Leydig cells
b. Sertoli cells

Answer 31

a. Leydig cells