What valve is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle?
D) Bicuspid
What is the function of the tibialis posterior?
D) Inverts and plantar flexes
Which of the muscles does not insert on the greater trochanter?
D) Gluteus maximus
Where does the gluteus maximus insert?
What is the connective tissue that covers the fascicle of a nerve
D) Perineurin
the nerve is surrounded by the Perineurim, then Endo, then Epr
Epinephrine is produced by stimulating which nervous system?
B) Sympathetic
Fight or flight
Epinephrine is another word for adrenaline (kidney)
What is the function of arachnoid matter?
B) Shock absorber
arachnoid matter:
a fine, delicate membrane, the middle one of the three membranes or meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord, situated between the dura mater and the pia mater.
In which condition is massage contraindicated?
C) Keloid Scars
firm, rubbery lesions or shiny and fibrous.
not contagious
accompanied by severe itchiness, pain
can affect movement of skin.
What are eccrine glands?
D) All of the options
Which one of the following best represents lymp flow from the interstitial spaces back to the blood?
D) Lymphati capillaries to lymphatic vessels to lymphatic ducts to junction of internal jugular and subclavian veins
Where do flexors of the wrist originate?
C) Medial epicondyle of the humerus
What is the name for cells of the nervous system that perform various functions for the nerve cells such as support, insulation, and protection ?
C) Neuoglia
What is a condition that is characterized by dry or wet lesions that are red, itchy and burn?
D) Eczema
"to boil over" chronic inflammation of the skin.
What is arteriosclerosis on the coronary arteries?
B) Coronary heart disease
arteriosclerosis: thickening and hardening ofarteries
Arrhythmia: irregular heart beat
Hepatitis and cirrhosis can be developed in which organ?
C) Liver
Hepa = liver
What would be the action caused by bilateral contraction of the neck flexors?
B) Lifting the head when supine
bilateral: having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides.
What enzyme is secreted by the pancreas for carbohydrate digestion?
C) Amylase
an enzyme, found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars.
For the acton of upward rotation of the scapula, which of the following muscles is a synergist?
A) Upper and lover fibers of the trapezius
Levator scapula is the agonist
What best describes the dermis layer of the skin?
A) It's elastic
Which of the following extends from the femur?
A) Gluteus maximus and gluteus minmus
The cisterna chyli receives lymph from all of the following except one. Which one?
A) Subclavian vein
cisterna chyli: dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flow
What is the direction of information flow in neurons?
C) Dendrite, cell body, and axon
Dendrite: a short branched extension of a nerve cell
What happens in Still disease?
C) Causes swelling on the nodes and spleen
Compact bone is primarily found in which part of a long bone?
D) Diaphysis
Which of the following describes diabetic mellitus?
B) Blood glucose is too hight, leading to excretion of glucose in urine
the most common form of diabetes, caused by a deficiency of the pancreatic hormone insulin, which results in a failure to metabolize sugars and starch. Sugars accumulate in the blood and urine, and the byproducts of alternative fat metabolism disturb the acid–base balance of the blood, causing a risk of convulsions and coma.
Where is the mentalis muscle located?
B) Chin
What is it called when there is a brief contraction of all muscles fibers in a motor unit in response to a single action potion in it's motor neuron?