MBLEX Questions Correctly Solved
Phagocytosis - ✅✅ the process by which specialized cells ingest harmful
microorganisms and cellular debris, break them down and expel the harmless
remains back into the body
Which of the following pertains to the back of a structure? - ✅✅ Posterior
Mucous - ✅✅ membrane which lies opening to the outside of the body
Superior - ✅✅ is located above or toward the head end
Sweating - ✅✅ one of the mechanisms that the skin uses in regulating body
temperature
Synovial fluid - ✅✅ the viscous fluid found in synovial joints, sheaths and
bursae
Hemopoeisis - ✅✅ used to describe blood cell formation
Diarthrotic - ✅✅ freely moveable joints
Circumduction - ✅✅ cone shaped range of motion that occurs when the distal
end moves in a circle and proximal end is fixed
Retinacula - ✅✅ a skeletal muscle's contractile unit
Pia mater, arachnoid, dura mater - ✅✅ the proper order of spinal cord meninges
from in to out
Respiratory diaphragm - ✅✅ is the main muscle of respiration
Cones - ✅✅ photoreceptors that produce color vision
Chronic fatigue syndrome - ✅✅ This is a disorder that is characterized by
general fatigue
The autonomic nervous system is divided into which of the following? - ✅✅
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
, What is the function of the Lymphatic system? - ✅✅ To provide immunity
against disease
What is a function of the Integumentary system? - ✅✅ Protection, waste
elimination, vitamin D
Knee flexion if performed by? - ✅✅ The hamstrings: biceps femoris;
semimembranosis; semitendionsis
A patient with rotator cuff syndrome may experience? - ✅✅ Frozen shoulder;
problems w/washing the back of their hair; shoulder pain and weakness
Forceful repeated contractions of the flexor carpi radialis, flexor capi ulnaris and
pronator teres may result in? - ✅✅ Golfers elbow
When reaching behind your head to comb your hair, what muscles are you likely to
use? - ✅✅ Middle deltoid and infraspinatus
What are smooth muscles? - ✅✅ Muscles that assist various organ functions
throughout the body
What is the common insertion point for the quadriceps muscles? - ✅✅ The tibial
tuberosity via the patellar tendon/ligament
With rheumatoid arthritis, Swan neck deformities are located in the? - ✅✅
Hands
Inflammation of the tendon - ✅✅ tendonitis
Injury to a muscle or tendon - ✅✅ a strain
Sternocleidomastoid - ✅✅ the superficial muscle on the anterior part of the neck
What muscle is part of the legs? - ✅✅ Biceps femoris
Where is the pectineus located? - ✅✅ Inguinal region
Which muscle is not part of the inner thigh muscles? - ✅✅Adductor pollicis
Phagocytosis - ✅✅ the process by which specialized cells ingest harmful
microorganisms and cellular debris, break them down and expel the harmless
remains back into the body
Which of the following pertains to the back of a structure? - ✅✅ Posterior
Mucous - ✅✅ membrane which lies opening to the outside of the body
Superior - ✅✅ is located above or toward the head end
Sweating - ✅✅ one of the mechanisms that the skin uses in regulating body
temperature
Synovial fluid - ✅✅ the viscous fluid found in synovial joints, sheaths and
bursae
Hemopoeisis - ✅✅ used to describe blood cell formation
Diarthrotic - ✅✅ freely moveable joints
Circumduction - ✅✅ cone shaped range of motion that occurs when the distal
end moves in a circle and proximal end is fixed
Retinacula - ✅✅ a skeletal muscle's contractile unit
Pia mater, arachnoid, dura mater - ✅✅ the proper order of spinal cord meninges
from in to out
Respiratory diaphragm - ✅✅ is the main muscle of respiration
Cones - ✅✅ photoreceptors that produce color vision
Chronic fatigue syndrome - ✅✅ This is a disorder that is characterized by
general fatigue
The autonomic nervous system is divided into which of the following? - ✅✅
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
, What is the function of the Lymphatic system? - ✅✅ To provide immunity
against disease
What is a function of the Integumentary system? - ✅✅ Protection, waste
elimination, vitamin D
Knee flexion if performed by? - ✅✅ The hamstrings: biceps femoris;
semimembranosis; semitendionsis
A patient with rotator cuff syndrome may experience? - ✅✅ Frozen shoulder;
problems w/washing the back of their hair; shoulder pain and weakness
Forceful repeated contractions of the flexor carpi radialis, flexor capi ulnaris and
pronator teres may result in? - ✅✅ Golfers elbow
When reaching behind your head to comb your hair, what muscles are you likely to
use? - ✅✅ Middle deltoid and infraspinatus
What are smooth muscles? - ✅✅ Muscles that assist various organ functions
throughout the body
What is the common insertion point for the quadriceps muscles? - ✅✅ The tibial
tuberosity via the patellar tendon/ligament
With rheumatoid arthritis, Swan neck deformities are located in the? - ✅✅
Hands
Inflammation of the tendon - ✅✅ tendonitis
Injury to a muscle or tendon - ✅✅ a strain
Sternocleidomastoid - ✅✅ the superficial muscle on the anterior part of the neck
What muscle is part of the legs? - ✅✅ Biceps femoris
Where is the pectineus located? - ✅✅ Inguinal region
Which muscle is not part of the inner thigh muscles? - ✅✅Adductor pollicis
