NBCE - PART 1 PRACTICE TEST 2025/2026) COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED & ELABORATED) ACTUAL EXAM 2026 TEST!!
Where is not a location of stratified cuboidal epithelium?
a. layer o f ovaries
b. layer of testes
c. ducts of sweat glands
d. Gallbladder
gallbladder
Which is not true of stratified squamous epithelium?
a. can be wet
b. can be dry
c. is located in the mouth, cornea and esophagus
d. is located in the anal mucus membrane
is located in the anal mucus membrane
Which breaks down nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and proteins?
a. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
c. ribosomes
d. golgi bodies
B. lysosomes
__________________ neurons are the most common type in the human body?
a. unipolar
b. bipolar
c. multipolar
d. axillary
C. Multipolar
Mycetoma
a. tumor of the brain
b. tumor of the striated muscle
c. tumor of the smooth muscle
d. fungus ball tumor
d. Fungus Ball tumor
The is about 25 micrometers in length making it the longest.
a. stereocilia
b. ciliac.
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c. flagella
d. microvilli
c. Flagella
The Islands of Langerhans are cells in the____ that____.
a. pancreas, regulate sugar metabolism
b. liver. make insulin
c. liver, regulate sugar metabolism
d. gallbladder, regulate sugar metabolism
a. pancreas, regulate sugar metabolism
Which is not a location of simple cuboidal epithelium?
a. Bowman's capsule of kidney
b. ducts of glands
c. surface of ovaries
d. thyroid
a. Bowman's capsule of kidney
A biceps curl would be an example of a(n) _ _ _ _ contraction.
a. eccentric
b. concentric
c. isometric
d. isotonic
b. concentric
Eccentric and concentric contractions are types of isotonic contractions. However, choice (b.) is
the most correct and specific answer.
Which muscle moves the mandible from side to side?
a. temporalis
b. masseter
c. medial pterygoid
d. lateral pterygoid
d. lateral pterygoid
The SCM is innervated by cranial nerve_ _ _
a. IV
b. VII
c. XI
d. IX
, 3
c. XI
Lambdoidal suture also known as the and the - - - - - suture is located between the frontal
and parietal bones.
a. coronal suture, coronal
b. occipital suture, coronal
c. squamous suture, sagittal
d. sagittal suture, occipital
b. occipital suture, coronal
The humeroulnar joint is characterized as a ______________type.
a. pivot
b. gliding
c. hinge
d. saddle
c. hinge
Costa is an anatomical term meaning
a. space
b. bone
c. rib
d. long
rib
the long thoracic nerve innervates the _________ muscle: damage to this nerve will cause
winging scapula
a. scapular notch
b. acromion
c. serratus anterior
d. rhomboid major
c. serratus anterior
Which is not found in the scapula?
a. scapular notch
b. acromion
c. coracoid process
d. conoid tubercle
d. conoid tubercle
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which is not located on the clavicle?
a. costal tuberosity
b. conoid tubercle
c. coracoid process
d. sternal extremity
c. coracoid process
the olecranon can found in the __________________
a. radius
b. humerus
c. ulna
d. capitulum
c. ulna
The ulna does not have a(n)
a. coronoid process
b. olecranon
c. nutrient foramina
d. intertubercular sulcus
d. intertubercular sulcus
The scaphoid is found directly distal to the _ _ _ _ , which is wider near the
a. radius, wrist
b. radius, elbow
c. ulnar, wrist
d. ulnar, elbow
a. radius, wrist
The main storage form of glucose in animals is
a. starch
b. glycogen
c. lipids
d. proteins.
b. glycogen
All of the following processes increase blood sugar levels except:
a. glycogenolysis
VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED & ELABORATED) ACTUAL EXAM 2026 TEST!!
Where is not a location of stratified cuboidal epithelium?
a. layer o f ovaries
b. layer of testes
c. ducts of sweat glands
d. Gallbladder
gallbladder
Which is not true of stratified squamous epithelium?
a. can be wet
b. can be dry
c. is located in the mouth, cornea and esophagus
d. is located in the anal mucus membrane
is located in the anal mucus membrane
Which breaks down nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and proteins?
a. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
c. ribosomes
d. golgi bodies
B. lysosomes
__________________ neurons are the most common type in the human body?
a. unipolar
b. bipolar
c. multipolar
d. axillary
C. Multipolar
Mycetoma
a. tumor of the brain
b. tumor of the striated muscle
c. tumor of the smooth muscle
d. fungus ball tumor
d. Fungus Ball tumor
The is about 25 micrometers in length making it the longest.
a. stereocilia
b. ciliac.
, 2
c. flagella
d. microvilli
c. Flagella
The Islands of Langerhans are cells in the____ that____.
a. pancreas, regulate sugar metabolism
b. liver. make insulin
c. liver, regulate sugar metabolism
d. gallbladder, regulate sugar metabolism
a. pancreas, regulate sugar metabolism
Which is not a location of simple cuboidal epithelium?
a. Bowman's capsule of kidney
b. ducts of glands
c. surface of ovaries
d. thyroid
a. Bowman's capsule of kidney
A biceps curl would be an example of a(n) _ _ _ _ contraction.
a. eccentric
b. concentric
c. isometric
d. isotonic
b. concentric
Eccentric and concentric contractions are types of isotonic contractions. However, choice (b.) is
the most correct and specific answer.
Which muscle moves the mandible from side to side?
a. temporalis
b. masseter
c. medial pterygoid
d. lateral pterygoid
d. lateral pterygoid
The SCM is innervated by cranial nerve_ _ _
a. IV
b. VII
c. XI
d. IX
, 3
c. XI
Lambdoidal suture also known as the and the - - - - - suture is located between the frontal
and parietal bones.
a. coronal suture, coronal
b. occipital suture, coronal
c. squamous suture, sagittal
d. sagittal suture, occipital
b. occipital suture, coronal
The humeroulnar joint is characterized as a ______________type.
a. pivot
b. gliding
c. hinge
d. saddle
c. hinge
Costa is an anatomical term meaning
a. space
b. bone
c. rib
d. long
rib
the long thoracic nerve innervates the _________ muscle: damage to this nerve will cause
winging scapula
a. scapular notch
b. acromion
c. serratus anterior
d. rhomboid major
c. serratus anterior
Which is not found in the scapula?
a. scapular notch
b. acromion
c. coracoid process
d. conoid tubercle
d. conoid tubercle
, 4
which is not located on the clavicle?
a. costal tuberosity
b. conoid tubercle
c. coracoid process
d. sternal extremity
c. coracoid process
the olecranon can found in the __________________
a. radius
b. humerus
c. ulna
d. capitulum
c. ulna
The ulna does not have a(n)
a. coronoid process
b. olecranon
c. nutrient foramina
d. intertubercular sulcus
d. intertubercular sulcus
The scaphoid is found directly distal to the _ _ _ _ , which is wider near the
a. radius, wrist
b. radius, elbow
c. ulnar, wrist
d. ulnar, elbow
a. radius, wrist
The main storage form of glucose in animals is
a. starch
b. glycogen
c. lipids
d. proteins.
b. glycogen
All of the following processes increase blood sugar levels except:
a. glycogenolysis
