Review Questions

Question 1

This refers to an anatomical movement that moves the body toward the median plane

Answer 1

Adduction

Question 2

An anatomical movement used to describe the movement of a structure dorsally

Answer 2

Elevation

Question 3

A type of tissue that specialized in contracting

Answer 3

Muscle tissue

Question 4

A classification of gland in which the whole gland cell discharges to the lumen of the gland to constitute the secretion.

Answer 4

Holocrine gland

Question 5

Where can we find stratified columnar epithelia?

Answer 5

Salivary ducts

Question 6

This type of epithelial tissue lines the portion of the urinary system that are subjected to stretching

Answer 6

Transitional epithelium

Question 7

This type of fat generates heat to protect young mammals and hibernating animals

Answer 7

Brown fat

Question 8

Laminated cylinders closely packed together and make up the compact bone.

Answer 8

Haversian system
Osteonal system

Question 9

This is the fluid component of the blood that remains after a clot forms

Answer 9

Serum

Question 10

A serous membrane that surrounds the abdominal viscera and part of the pelvic viscera

Answer 10

Peritoneum

Question 11

A granulocyte that stains red in common blood stains

Answer 11

Eosinophils

Question 12

A nerve process that conducts impulses TOWARD the cell body

Answer 12

Dendrite

Question 13

Part of the serous membrane that lines the body cavities

Answer 13

Parietal serous membrane

Question 14

The type of cartilage found in the intervertebral discs between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae

Answer 14

Fibrocartilage

Question 15

This is a thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the articular surface of a bone

Answer 15

articular cartilage

Question 16

Fibrous membrane that lines the marrow cavity and osteonal canals of a bone

Answer 16

endosteum

Question 17

Bones that are relatively thin and expanded in two dimensions

Answer 17

Flat bones

Question 18

The cylindrical shaft of a long bone between the two epiphysis

Answer 18

Diaphysis

Question 19

Articulation that permits only limited motion

Answer 19

Amphiarthrosis

Question 20

A tube-like canal through a bone

Answer 20

Meatus

Question 21

A tunnel through one or more bones

Answer 21

Canal

Question 22

A component of diarthrosis that entirely surrounds the joint cavity

Answer 22

joint capsule

Question 23

The region of the long bone where most of bone growth happens

Answer 23

Epiphyseal cartilage

Question 24

The orbit is surrounded by portions of the frontal bone and two other bones, which are?

Answer 24

Lacrimal and Zygomatic

Question 25

This is the rostral opening of the mandibular canal

Answer 25

Mental foramen

Question 26

This process is the dorsal projection of the vertebral arch

Answer 26

Spinous process

Question 27

The "yes" joint

Answer 27

Atlanto-occipital joint

Question 28

This is the depression in the floor of the cranial cavity that houses the pituitary gland

Answer 28

Hypophyseal fossa

Question 29

The large opening caudal to the zygomatic arch where the external ear attaches

Answer 29

External acoustic meatus

Question 30

The largest and only mobile bone of the mammalian skull

Answer 30

mandible

Question 31

These are modified transverse processes found in the cervical vertebrae

Answer 31

Wings

Question 32

The canine vertebral formula

Answer 32

C7 T13 L7 S3 CaN

Question 33

synovial joints that have only a slight gliding movement between relatively flat apposed surfaces

Answer 33

Plane joints

Question 34

synovial joints that has an articular surface that is expanded more in one direction than another

Answer 34

Ellipsoidal joints

Question 35

the only bony connection between axial and appendicular skeleton

Answer 35

Sacroiliac joint

Question 36

this connects the head of the femur with a nonarticular area within the acetabulum

Answer 36

Round ligament

Question 37

the joint between the distal row of carpal bones and the metacarpus that allows only limited gliding movements

Answer 37

Carpometacarpal joint

Question 38

the coxofemoral joint is the best example of this type of synovial joint

Answer 38

Spheroid joint

Question 39

the common insertional tendon of the extensor muscles of the hock

Answer 39

Achilles tendon

Question 40

the atlantoaxial joint allows which movement of the head

Answer 40

The atlantoaxial joint allows rotation of the head.

Question 41

these two ligaments form an X as they cross from the tibia to the femur in the middle of the joint

Answer 41

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL).

Question 42

the type of joint where there is no true bony connection rather held in place by a number of muscles and ligaments

Answer 42

Synsarcosis