Question: Which of the following is an abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column often seen in the thoracic region?

Answer Choices:
A. Kyphosis
B. Lordosis
C. Scoliosis

Answer: C. Scoliosis

Question: Which of the following describes the plasma membrane?

Answer Choices:
A. A double layer of water enclosing the cell
B. A phospholipid bilayer surrounding the cell
C. A single-layered membrane that surrounds the nucleus of the cell
D. A membrane composed of tiny shelves or cristae

Answer: B. A phospholipid bilayer surrounding the cell

Question: Another name for the subcutaneous layer is

Answer Choices:
Dermis
Epidermis
Stratum corneum
Stratum basale
Hypodermis

Answer: Hypodermis

Question: In endochondral ossification, the precursor connective tissue is hyaline cartilage, which is replaced by bone.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: The spinal nerves that make up the Brachial Plexus consist of the following.

Answer Choices:
A. C1-C4
B. C5-T1
C. C1-C2 & T2
D. C1-C5

Answer: B. C5-T1

Question: Which of the following types of membranes found in the human body does NOT contain epithelial tissue?

Answer Choices:
Mucous membrane
Serous membrane
Cutaneous membrane
Synovial membrane

Answer: Synovial membrane

Question: Which of the following is a skin sensory receptor for touch?

Answer: tactile corpuscle

Question: Which of the following surrounds the individual muscle cell?

Answer Choices:
A. endomysium
B. epimysium

Answer: A. endomysium

Question: Like other _____, bone tissue contains an abundant extracellular matrix that surrounds widely separated cells.

Answer Choices:
epithelial tissues
muscular tissues
nervous tissues
connective tissues
facial tissues

Answer: connective tissues

Question: Hormones secreted by the hypothalamus travel through the ____ from the hypothalamus to the ____. Select one: A. hypothalamohypophyseal portal system, anterior pituitary gland B. hypothalamohypophyseal tract, posterior pituitary gland C. hypothalamohypophyseal portal system, posterior pituitary gland D. hypothalamohypophyseal tract, anterior pituitary gland

Answer: A. hypothalamohypophyseal portal system, anterior pituitary gland

Question: Which of the following types of tissues is made up of spindle-shaped cells and is commonly found in the walls of hollow organs?

Answer Choices:
skeletal muscle
smooth muscle
cardiac muscle
transitional epithelium

Answer: smooth muscle

Question: Histology would be best defined as a study of _______.

Answer Choices:
A. cells
B. cell chemistry
C. the gross structures of the body
D. tissues

Answer: D. tissues

Question: Trabeculae are found in cancellous (spongy) bone.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the healing of a bone fracture?

Answer Choices:
Bone remodeling → soft callus formation → hard callus formation → hematoma formation
Bone remodeling → hard callus formation → soft callus formation → hematoma formation
Hematoma formation → soft callus formation → hard callus formation → bone remodeling
Hematoma formation → hard callus formation → soft callus formation → bone remodeling
Soft callus formation → hard callus formation → hematoma formation → bone remodeling

Answer: Hematoma formation → soft callus formation → hard callus formation → bone remodeling

Question: The calcified housing the cells are called _______.

Answer Choices:
A. osteon
B. trabeculae
C. lamellae
D. canaliculi

Answer: A. osteon