ANAT315
FINAL EXAM
PREP
QUESTIONS
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ANAT315 FINAL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
First test: weeks 1-5 the upper limb.
Week 1
• Vertebral structure (know the parts of each vertebrae)
• Curvatures of the spine
• Ligaments of the vertebral column
• Intrinsic muscles of the spine
1. What are the sections of the vertebral column in order?
a. Thoracic, sacrum, lumbar, cervical.
b. Cervical, thoracic, sacrum, lumbar.
c. Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum.
d. Lumbar, cervical, thoracic, sacrum.
2. How can one differentiate between a cervical vertebra and a lumbar vertebra?
a. Lumbar vertebrae have a bifid spinous process.
b. Lumbar vertebrae and cervical vertebrae have large bodies.
c. Cervical vertebrae have kidney shaped bodies.
d. Cervical vertebrae have bifid spinous processes and a transverse foramen.
3. Where does the spinal cord pass through?
a. Transverse foramen.
b. Intervertebral foramen.
c. Vertebral foramen.
d. Interspinous foramen.
4. What is the outer cortex of the interverbal disc called?
a. Annulus fibrous.
b. Fibrous.
c. Nucleus pulpous.
d. Vertebrae.
5. What is a facet joint?
a. 2 superior articular processes articulating.
b. The inferior articular process of the superior vertebrae
articulating with the superior articular process of the inferior
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vertebrae.
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c. The body of one vertebra articulating with another.
d. The joint between the head and the first vertebra.
6. What forms the intervertebral notch?
a. Vertebral foramen.
b. Infravertebral notch.
c. Transverse foramen.
d. Spinous processes of the vertebra.
7. What is the name of the first vertebrae?
a. Atlas
b. Axis
c. Cervical vertebrae
d. Vertebral arch
8. What passes through the transverse foramen?
a. Nerves.
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