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The movement of rotating a limb outward is called ________ rotation.
A) lateral
B) internal
C) medial
D) superficial
E) abductive
In a ________ fracture one side of the shaft is split and the other side is bent.
A) comminuted
B) greenstick
C) compression
D) transverse
E) spiral
Jane, a 79-year-old woman, has been diagnosed with a tumor in the brain. She has lost
some sensory and motor functions associated with the face, like control of facial
muscles for emotion and various sensory functions like taste. In addition, she has some
hearing loss and balance problems. The location of the tumor is likely to be the
A) cerebellum.
B) cerebrum.
C) medulla.
D) thalamus.
E) pons.
The term transudate describes fluid associated with
A) mucus membranes.
B) mammary glands.
C) cutaneous membranes.
D) serous membranes.
E) endocrine glands.
________ prevents damaging bone-to-bone contact within movable joints.
A) A synovial membrane
B) Elastic cartilage
C) A serous membrane
D) Articular cartilage
E) Serous fluid
Parasympathetic ganglia that are near the eyes and salivary glands are called ________
ganglia.
A) somatic
B) collateral
C) contralateral
D) intramural
E) terminal
A(n) ________ is a mutant of a regulatory gene that causes cancer.
A) neogene
B) plasmogene
C) toxogene
D) oncogene
E) monogene
When a skeletal muscle fiber contracts, the
A) H bands and I bands get larger.
B) zones of overlap get larger.
C) Z lines move further apart.
D) width of the A band increases.
E) All of the answers are correct.
The principle that increasing the end-diastolic volume results in a corresponding
increase in the stroke volume is known as
A) afterload.
B) cardiac capacity.
C) cardiac reserve.
D) Starling's law of the heart.
E) expandibility.
The action of the masseter muscle is to ________ the mandible.
A) depress
B) elevate
C) abduct
D) flex
E) open
Identify the muscle labeled "3."
Figure 11-2 Major Posterior Skeletal Muscles
A) rhomboid major
B) supraspinatus
C) infraspinatus
D) deltoid
E) teres minor
Which of the following is not a pharyngeal muscle involved in swallowing?
A) pharyngeal constrictor muscle
B) palatopharyngeus
C) stylopharyngeus
D) omohyoid
E) They are all pharyngeal muscles involved in swallowing.
In cells that are not dividing, chromosomes uncoil to form a tangle of fine fibers known
as
A) histones.
B) histiocytes.
C) chromatin.
D) chromaffin.
E) genes.
The primary pigments contained in the epidermis are
A) carotene, hemoglobin, and xanthophyll.
B) carotene, melanin, and hemoglobin.
C) melanin, chromatin, and chlorophyll.
D) xanthophyll, hemoglobin, and melanin.
E) melanin, carotene, and chromatin.
Pacemaker cells isolated from the SA node generate action potentials at ________ beats
per minute.
A) 20-40
B) 40-60
C) 80-100
D) 100-140
E) 140-180
Fine hairs (like "velvet") that lack pigment and cover much of the body surface are
called ________ hairs.
A) veneer
B) gossamer
C) lanugo
D) vellus
E) terminal
The most common neuron of the nervous system is the
A) interneuron.
B) externoceptor.
C) bipolar neuron.
D) unipolar neuron.
E) microglial cell.
