Deck 1: Essentials of Anatomy

Question 1

Infections in the oral cavity may spread to other regions of the body, causing serious health problems.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Pseudounipolar neurons carry information from the central nervous system to the periphery.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Perikarya of the sympathetic nervous system can be found in which of the following regions of the spinal cord?

A) White matter
B) Dorsal root ganglion
C) Ventral horn
D) Intermediolateral cell column
E) Dorsal horn

Answer 3

Intermediolateral cell column

Question 4

Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain sensory fibers from visceral organs?

A) Dorsal primary rami
B) White communicating rami
C) Meningeal rami
D) Ventral primary rami
E) Gray communicating rami

Question 5

Structures innervated by the autonomic nervous system include (select all that apply)

A) cardiac muscle.
B) glandular tissue.
C) skeletal muscle.
D) smooth muscle.

Question 6

A person in the anatomical position would display which of the following characteristics? (Select all that apply.)

A) Lying in the supine position
B) Head, eyes, and toes directed forward
C) Standing erect
D) Palms facing downward
E) Upper limbs hanging at sides

Question 7

Nerve cell bodies may be found in which of the following locations of the spinal cord? (Select all that apply.)

A) Intermediolateral cell column
B) White matter
C) Ventral horns
D) Ventral median fissure
E) Dorsal horns

Question 8

Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain motor fibers that supply smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glandular tissue? (Select all that apply.)

A) Dorsal primary rami
B) White communicating rami
C) Meningeal rami
D) Ventral primary rami
E) Gray communicating rami

Question 9

Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain motor fibers that supply skeletal muscle? (Select all that apply.)

A) Dorsal primary rami
B) White communicating rami
C) Meningeal rami
D) Ventral primary rami
E) Gray communicating rami

Question 10

What three fiber types innervate skeletal muscles?

Question 11

Name four characteristics used to classify neurons.

Question 12

Name the five types of rami associated with spinal nerves.

Question 13

What types of nerve fibers are found in cutaneous branches of ventral and dorsal primary rami?

Question 14

A ____________________ plane divides the body into upper and lower parts.

Question 15

The ____________________ is the basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system.

Question 16

A collection of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system is known as a ____________________.

Question 17

The term ____________________ is often used to refer to visceral organs.

Question 18

The term ____________________ is often used to refer to the body wall.

Question 19

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Toward the head

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 20

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Near a fixed point

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 21

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Toward the feet

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 22

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Facing downward

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 23

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Toward the back

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 24

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Far from a fixed point

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 25

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Toward the front

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 26

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Facing upward

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 27

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Toward the median plane

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal

Question 28

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Away from the median plane

A) ventral
B) prone
C) cranial
D) superficial
E) medial
F)Splanchnic
G) distal
H) caudal
I)supine
J) somatic
K) dorsal
L) lateral
M)deep
N)proximal