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Anatomy Weeks 6-12

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The muscle(s) assisting in rotating the arm outward is (are) the: teres minor.
Which of the following muscles has fibers on a transverse plane? Transverse abdominis
Which of the following is not a muscle that moves the thigh? Sacrospinalis
Which of the following statements about the muscles of the head is incorrect? The splenius capitis muscle is sometimes called the prayer muscle because it causes the head to bow.
Which of the following is not a muscle that moves the foot? Sartorius
The origin of a muscle is on the femur, and the insertion is on the tibia. When it contracts, it bends the knee. Which of the following is true? The knee is acting as a fulcrum.
The muscle that flexes the semipronated or semisupinated forearm is the: brachioradialis.
The covering of individual muscle fibers is the: endomysium.
The soleus muscle is an example of a _____ muscle. pennate
The muscle that allows the thumb to be drawn across the palm to touch the tip of any finger is the: opponens pollicis.
There are more than 600 muscles in the body. True
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.
The largest and most numerous types of neuroglia are the: astrocytes
The afferent pathways of the autonomic nervous system: carry feedback information to integrating centers in the brain.
Most unipolar neurons are usually: sensory neurons.
Astrocytes attach to: neurons & blood vessels
Nerves that contain mostly afferent fibers are called _____ nerves. sensory
Multipolar neurons have: multiple dendrites and one axon.
Which of the following is the deepest connective tissue layer of a nerve? Endoneurium
Gray matter in the brain and spinal cord consists primarily of: cell bodies.
Which is not true of the myelin sheath? It covers cell bodies in the brain and spinal cord.
Regeneration of nerve fibers will take place only if the cell body is intact and the fibers have: neurilemma
Which is true of a reflex arc? It always consists of an afferent neuron and an efferent neuron.
In the human nervous system: there are almost equal numbers of glia cells and neurons.
Which part of the brain releases the hormone melatonin? Pineal gland
Spinal nerves are _____ fibers. motor and sensory
The innermost layer of the meninges is the: mater
Which of the following is not true? The spinal cord has anterior and posterior grooves that almost divide the cord into symmetrical halves.
The type of membranous tissue that lines the heart and blood vessels is the endothelium.
In _____, blood moves from veins to other veins or arteries to other arteries without passing through an intervening capillary network. vascular anastomoses
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