IPHY 3410

Instructor: Dr. Leif Saul
Fall 2023

Clicker questions from Exam 2 lectures

1. If a ligament is torn beyond repair, which of the following would be most suitable as a graft (i.e. replacement)?
a. Tendon
b. Periosteum
c. Fibrous capsule of a joint
d. Fibrocartilage
e. Fascia

2. After epiphyseal closure (i.e. after the bone stops growing longer), the epiphysis and diaphysis are joined by a(n):
a. Synchondrosis
b. Epiphyseal plate
c. Syndesmosis
d. Synostosis
e. Symphysis

3. In a healthy knee, the articular cartilage
a. Benefits from keeping the knee fixed in a bent position
b. Benefits from the knee bearing weight intermittently
c. Receives nourishment directly from the blood
d. a and c
e. b and c

4. If a bone moves around the anterior-posterior axis, then it is moving within the:
a. Sagittal plane
b. Frontal plane
c. Transverse plane
d. Posterior plane
e. Oblique plane

5. You are most likely to survive leaping out of a building if your hips are ____, your knees are ____, and your feet are ____.
a. Straight; straight; dorsiflexed
b. Flexed; straight; plantar flexed
c. Flexed; flexed; plantar flexed
d. Flexed; flexed; dorsiflexed
e. Straight; straight; plantar flexed

6. The main wrist joint is between the radius and the carpals. Experiment with your wrist joint, and decide what type of joint this is:
a. Ball-and-socket
b. Hinge
c. Saddle
d. Condylar
e. Pivot

7. Which movement occurs mainly within a sagittal plane?
A. Jumping jacks
B. Figure skater spinning
C. Skier doing a backflip
D. Pogo stick jumping
E. None of the above

8. In a skeletal muscle that is about 0.5 meters long, the muscle fibers within it are typically
a. About 0.5 meters long
b. About 1 centimeter long
c. About 20 micrometers long
d. About 20 nanometers long

9. X is a:
a. Fascicle
b. Muscle fiber
c. Thick filament
d. Thin filament
e. Myofibril

10. When the muscle contracts, which distance will decrease?
a. X to Y
b. X to Z
c. W to X
d. W to Y
e. None of the above

11. Which of the following are components of skeletal muscle tissue?
a. Myofibrils
b. Perimysium
c. Nerve cell branches
d. a and b
e. All of the above

12. If you lift the stomach out of the body, you are directly touching:
a. Simple columnar epithelium
b. Parietal peritoneum
c. Visceral serosa
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

13. Where do hormones go after they are secreted by epithelial cells of the GI tract?
a. Into the GI tract lumen
b. Into areolar connective tissue
c. Into the lamina propria
d. b and c
e. All of the above

14. Losing all your teeth would likely lead to:
a. Insufficient mechanical breakdown of food
b. Insufficient chemical digestion of food
c. Increased intestinal gas
d. a and b
e. All of the above

15. The worst heartburn in bed results when you:
A. Eat right before bedtime
B. Lie on your left side
C. Lie on your right side
D. Eat right before bedtime, and lie on your left side
E. Eat right before bedtime, and lie on your right side

16. Individual villi actually move around to increase contact with chyme. What enables them to do this?
a. Longitudinal layer of muscularis externa
b. Circular layer of muscularis externa
c. Oblique layer of muscularis externa
d. Muscularis mucosae
e. Cilia

17. Identify the layer of the stomach that is absent from the small intestine.


ANSWERS:
1. a
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. c
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. e
10. c
11. a
12. c
13. d
14. e
15. e
16. d
17. c

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