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Anatomy Weeks 6-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The origin of a muscle is on the femur, and the insertion is on the tibia. When it contracts, it bends the knee. Its fibers run parallel to the body. Which of the following terms might be part of its name? | Flexor |
| A muscle is attached to the femur and tibia. Its function or action is to bend the knee. When it contracts, it is acting as the: | prime mover |
| Fascicles are held together by a connective tissue layer called the: | perineurium |
| Regeneration of nerve fibers will take place only if the cell body is intact and the fibers have | a neurilemma. |
| The main divisions of the central nervous system are the: | brain and spinal cord. |
| A patient complains of numbness in the skin of the buttocks and the posterior surface of the thigh and leg. The spinal nerve or peripheral branch most likely involved with this condition is the _____ plexus. | coccygeal |
| Which of the following endocrine glands develops primarily from the endoderm of the pharynx? | thyroid and parathyroids |
| Region of the hypophysis that contains secretory endocrine cells derived from the oral ectoderm. | adenohypophysis |
| The molecule that makes up 95% of the dry weight of each red blood cell and is responsible for the red pigment is | hemoglobin. |
| During fetal circulation, what opening in the septum, between the right and left atria, directs most of the blood so that it bypasses the fetal lungs? | foramen ovale |
| A type of blood cell produced by lymph nodes is called a(n) | monocyte. |
| The internal environment of the human body is protected by the _____, which is(are) referred to as the first line of defense. | skin |
| All of the following are true regarding the structure of Surfactant except: | produced in the main stem bronchus |
| The respiratory portion of the nasal passage is lined with a mucous membrane made up of _____ epithelium. | pseudostratified columnar |