A decrease in the mass of the muscle most commonly experienced when persons suffer temporary disabling circumstances is called as:
1. hypertrophy
2. atrophy
3. dystrophy
4. peristalsis
Exposure to Sarin, a nerve gas will cause all the following except:
1. Failure to release acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction
2. Prolonged depolarization of the motor end plate
3. Paralysis eventually leading to death
4. Inability to break down acetylcholine
The vitamin required for collagen synthesis that holds teeth in their sockets is the vitamin:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
A dense outer layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints is the:
1. epiphysis
2. diaphysis
3. articular cartilage
4. periosteum
When a bone bends and cracks, instead of breaking completely into separate pieces, the fracture is called as:
1. greenstick
2. incomplete
3. compound
4. simple
Given these types of joints:
a. gomphosis
b. suture
c. symphysis
d. synchondrosis
e. syndesmosis
Choose the types that are held together by fibrous connective tissue.
1. a, b, c
2. a, b, e
3. b, c, e
4. c, d, e
Given these types of joints:
1 gomphosis
2 suture
3 symphysis
4 synchondrosis
5 syndesmosis
Choose the types that are held together by cartilage.
1. 1,2
2. 1,4
3. 2,3
4. 3,4
The primary cartilaginous joints and the secondary cartilaginous joints are respectively called:
1. sutures; synchondroses
2. syndesmoses; symphyses
3. symphyses; syndesmoses
4. synchondroses; symphyses
A space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed is called a:
1. synchondrosis.
2. syndesmosis.
3. symphysis.
4. fontanel.
The articulating bone surfaces at a synovial joint are not directly connected to each other with fibrous connective tissue or cartilage but their stability is due to the presence of:
1. fascia.
2. joint capsule.
3. tendon sheath.
4. aponeurosis.