Question: Most skeletal muscles contain ________.

Answer Options:
a mixture of fiber types
a predominance of slow oxidative fibers
a predominance of fast oxidative fibers
muscle fibers of the same type

Answer: a mixture of fiber types

Question: Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called _______.

Answer Options:
a) ganglia
b) sulci
c) gyri
d) fissures

Answer: c) gyri

Question: What is moving a limb away from the median plane of the body along the frontal plane called?

Answer Options:
dorsiflexion
abduction
adduction
inversion

Answer: abduction

Question: Which of the following is a correct statement about development of joints?

Answer Options:
Joints develop in parallel with bones.
Joints develop independent of bone growth.
By the end of the fourth week, fetal synovial joints resemble adult joints.
All fibrous joints are in the adult form by the time of birth.

Answer: Joints develop in parallel with bones.

Question: The only movement allowed between the first two cervical vertebrae is flexion.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: False

Question: What is the structural unit of compact bone?

Answer Options:
osseous matrix
lamellar bone
the osteon
spongy bone

Answer: the osteon

Question: Which ligament of the knee initiates the knee-jerk reflex when tapped?

Answer Options:
the extracapsular ligament
the patellar ligament

Answer: the patellar ligament

Question: A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the _______.

Answer Options:
epiphysis
epiphyseal
diaphysis
articular cartilage

Answer: diaphysis

Question: What can a deficiency of growth hormone during bone formation cause?

Answer Options:
decreased proliferation of the epiphyseal plate cartilage
increased osteoclast activity
inadequate calcification of bone
decreased osteoclast activity

Answer: decreased proliferation of the epiphyseal plate cartilage

Question: Hematopoiesis refers to the formation of blood cells within the red marrow cavities of certain bones.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: Fibrous joints are classified as ________.

Answer Options:
sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses
synchondroses, symphyses, and articular
pivot, hinge, and ball and socket
hinge, saddle, and ellipsoidal

Answer: sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses

Question: The posterior side of the thigh, leg, and foot is served by the ________ nerve.

Answer Options:
A. femoral
B. tibial
C. obturator
D. common fibular

Answer Options:
A. femoral
B. tibial
C. obturator
D. common fibular

Answer: B. tibial

Question: The hip joint is a good example of a(n) ________ synovial joint.

Answer Options:
uniaxial
biaxial
triaxial
multiaxial

Answer: multiaxial

Question: Eccentric contractions are more forceful than concentric contractions.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the ________.

Answer Options:
diaphysis
metaphysis
articular cartilage
epiphysis

Answer: diaphysis

Question: A fibrous joint that is a peg-in-socket is called a _______ joint.

Answer Options:
a) gomphosis
b) synchondrosis
c) syndesmosis
d) suture

Answer: a) gomphosis

Question: A joint united by dense fibrocartilaginous tissue that usually permits a slight degree of movement is a ________.

Answer Options:
synchondrosis
syndesmosis
suture
symphysis

Answer: symphysis

Question: The patellar ‘knee jerk’ reflex is an example of a(n) _______.

Answer Options:
a) extensor thrust reflex
b) crossed-extensor reflex
c) stress reflex
d) stretch reflex

Answer: d) stretch reflex

Question: A fibrous joint that is a peg-in-socket is called a ________ joint.

Answer Options:
gomphosis
suture
syndesmosis
synchondrosis

Answer: gomphosis

Question: Extracapsular ligaments stabilizing the knee include ________.

Answer Options:
the patellar ligament extending from femur to patella
the oblique popliteal crossing the knee anteriorly
lateral and medial collateral ligaments preventing lateral or medial angular movements
cruciate ligaments, which help secure the articulating bones together

Answer: lateral and medial collateral ligaments preventing lateral or medial angular movements

Question: Movement at the hip joint does not have as wide a range of motion as at the shoulder joint.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: What can a deficiency of growth hormone during bone formation cause?

Answer: decreased bone density or stunted growth.

Question: Movement at the hip joint does not have as wide a range of motion as at the shoulder joint.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: Connective tissue sacs lined with synovial membranes that act as cushions in places where friction develops are called _______.

Answer Options:
bursae
menisci
tendons
ligaments

Answer: bursae