CMA Practice Exam
What term describes the body's ability to maintain its normal state - Answer
Homeostasis
What help prevent infection - Answer Hair in the nose, mucous membranes, saliva and
tears
What mature cells have a nucleus - Answer Lymphocyte, monocyte, basophil and
neutrophil
What is flexible connective tissue that is attached to bones at the joints - Answer
Cartilage
What is located in the mediastinum - Answer Aorta, esophagus, heart and trachea
What is the body cavity that contains the pituitary gland - Answer Cranial
What closes and seals off the lower airway during swallowing - Answer Epiglottis
What is located beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal
cavity - Answer Liver
What anatomical regions of abdomen lies just distal to the sternum - Answer Epigastric
What cavities are separated by the diaphragm - Answer Thoracic and abdominal
What terms describes the motion of bending the forearm toward the body - Answer
Flexion
What position does a patient lie face down - Answer Prone
If the foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction - Answer Outward
The anatomic location of the spinal canal is - Answer Dorsal
What is a structural, fibrous protein found in the dermis - Answer Collagen
A patient has a fracture in which the radius is bent but not displaced, and the skin is
intact. This type of fracture is known as ______ - Answer Closed, greenstick
What is the large bone found superior to the patella and inferior to the ischium - Answer
Femur
What term describes the body's ability to maintain its normal state - Answer
Homeostasis
What help prevent infection - Answer Hair in the nose, mucous membranes, saliva and
tears
What mature cells have a nucleus - Answer Lymphocyte, monocyte, basophil and
neutrophil
What is flexible connective tissue that is attached to bones at the joints - Answer
Cartilage
What is located in the mediastinum - Answer Aorta, esophagus, heart and trachea
What is the body cavity that contains the pituitary gland - Answer Cranial
What closes and seals off the lower airway during swallowing - Answer Epiglottis
What is located beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal
cavity - Answer Liver
What anatomical regions of abdomen lies just distal to the sternum - Answer Epigastric
What cavities are separated by the diaphragm - Answer Thoracic and abdominal
What terms describes the motion of bending the forearm toward the body - Answer
Flexion
What position does a patient lie face down - Answer Prone
If the foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction - Answer Outward
The anatomic location of the spinal canal is - Answer Dorsal
What is a structural, fibrous protein found in the dermis - Answer Collagen
A patient has a fracture in which the radius is bent but not displaced, and the skin is
intact. This type of fracture is known as ______ - Answer Closed, greenstick
What is the large bone found superior to the patella and inferior to the ischium - Answer
Femur
