250 Most Asked NBCE Pt 1

Which of the following is a gomphosis?

Teeth

The spiral groove is located on which bone?

humerus

Which type of cells line the upper respiratory tract?

pseudostratified ciliated columnar

What is the fxn of kupffer cell?

Phagocyte of the liver

Alveolar type 2 cells, found in the lungs, secrete what?

Surfactant

Which nerve is interrupted when flexion of the thumb can no longer occur?

Median

EX of Syndesmosis

Distal ulnar/radius

Which of the following processes is located on the ulna and the mandible?

Coronoid

What does HCG maintain?

corpus luteum

What is the primary muscle of hip abduction?

Glute Med

Which of the following plantar flexes the foot?

peroneus longus

Which is located in the middle mediastinum?

pericardium

Where is the origin of coracobrachialis?

Coracoid- scap

Which of the following covers the entire fiber surface of a muscle fiber?

Endomysium

What bone forms the squamous suture?

parietal and temporal

The linea aspera is located on

posterior femur

What is the nerve supply to the medial thigh?

Obturator

Which muscle borders the anatomical snuff box?

Extensor Pollicis Longus

What do the major calyces empty into?

Renal Pelvis

Which of the planes is parallel to the floor?

Transverse

All of the following are considered rotator cuff muscles except:

teres major

The supraglenoid tubercle is found on which of the following?

Scapula

Which nerve innervates the teres minor muscle?

Axillary

Which rotator cuff muscle externally rotates the arm?

Infraspinatus

What nerve innervates serratus anterior?

Long thoracic

What is pronator teres innervated by what nerve?

Median N

Pronator teres is supplied by what artery?

Ulnar A

Which muscle is inervated by a branch of the pudendal nerve?

Sphincter ani externus

Skeletal Muscles are

Multinucleated

What is the shortest muscle in the body?

stapedius

What muscle inserts on the calcaneus?

Gastrocnemius

What is the nerve supply to the popliteus muscle?

Tibial

Thumb flexion affected by radial nerve?

Extension

Atlanto axial joint is an example of which diarthrosis

Trochoid

Which joint has the least movement

Synarthrosis

The hip and the shoulder joint are classified as

ball and socket

What is not part of the unhappy triad?

Posterior Cruciate

The ACL

resists anterior translation in relation to the femur

Where can we find stratified squamous cells

Oral cavity

Which ligament protects the elbow from twisting forces generated by pitching?

Medial collateral

The ductus arterious becomes

ligamentum arteriosum

the umbilical vein becomes

round ligament of the liver

esophagus is derived from the?

foregut

duodenum is derived from the

midgut

the sacral sympathetic chain is derived from the

neural crest

which of the following is not derived from the neural plate

neurons of the PNS

Muscled of mastication involve which pharyngeal arch

1

Where do we find pseudostratified ciliated columnar

trachea

Which cells form myelin in the CNS

Ogliodendrocytes

Which cells from myelin in the PNS

Schwann

which cells are the most numerous in the central nervous system

astrocyte

most neurons in the central nervous system are

multipolar

which neurons connect within the lower centers to the cerebral cortex

projection

umbilical artery becomes

medial umbilical ligament

what secondary vesicle is associated with thallus formation

diencephalon

what structure develops from the mesencephalon

midbrain

what structure develops from the metencephalon

pons

which part of the brain is responsible for striatal lesions or tremors

basal ganglia

What cranial nerve includes the myelencephalon

9,10,11,12

The lateral ventricles are located in the

diencephalon

the 4th ventricles are located in the

metencephalon

damage in _ can cause striatal lesions

basal ganglia

Mention the meningeal order from outside to inside

dura, arachnoid, pia

what cells produce CSF

choroid plexus

the spinal cord terminates in

L1-L2

the cauda equina terminates at

pia mater

the horse tail that terminates after the spinal cord is called

cauda equina

which is the primary motor cortex

precentral gyrus

what is the main pathway bethween the thalamus and cortex

thalamocortical radiations

the thalamus is in charge of

intergrations in relay center

post cental gyrus

sensory

a lower motor neuron lesion will cause

fasciculations

an upper motor neuron lesion wil cause

decrease in superficial reflexes

what nerve innervates the diaphragm

phrenic

peripheral nerve has

myelinated axons

bipolar cells are found in

retina and vestibular nerves

what is an ascending unconscious tract

posterior spinocerebellar

dorsal columns deal with

vibration

the spinothalamic tract deals with

pain and temperature

what is the correct order for the anterior spinothalamic pathway

post root ganglion, substantia gelatinosa, post lateral nucleus

Which of the following is the region of the eye containing the most color sensitive cells?

Foveal Region

Opening of voltage gated potassium channels cause which of the following?

Repolarization

The principal function of rods is in

dim light vision

Which of the following characterizes a relative refractory period?

Absence of excitability

An upper motor neuron lesion involves which of the following

cerebral cortex to anterior horn

Vital capacity of the lung can be described as all of the following EXCEPT

TV + IRV

Cyanosis is NOT caused by

Increases arterial pressure

The most commonly represented neuronal type in humans is which of the following

Pseudounipolar neuron

Storage of most of the calcium used in excitation of skeletal muscle is a function of which of the following structures?

sarcoplasmic reticulum

A bands contain which of the following

Actin and Myosin

With respect to skeletal muscle, the physiologist would expect to find an inverse relationship between the:

load on the muscle and velocity of contraction

Calcitonin is secreted by which of the following

thyroid gland

a muscle contraction with no joint movement might be best described as an

isometric contraction

indicate the function of a sodium pump

Pumps sodium out of the intercellular spaces to the interstitial fluid

Uracil is only found in

RNA

S2 heart sounds denote which of the following

closing of semilunar valves

universal blood recipient group is which of the following

AB

The loop of henle is least permeable to which of the following

water

In EKG tracing, which represents the maximum ventricular repolarization potential

T Wave

The adrenal cortex is responsible for the secretion of all of the following EXCEPT

catecholamines