HLTH 110 Final Exam – Questions And Full Solutions
When a muscle tears away from a tendon or a tendon tears away from a
bone it is known as a/an: ✔️Ans - avulsion
When your outstretched arm turns the palm down, this action is known as:
✔️Ans - pronation
The patient was in a coma for a long time in a nursing home. He eventually
developed ________ or abnormal, fixed positions in which his muscles were
permanently flexed. ✔️Ans - contractures
Which is a cordlike, nonelastic, white, fibrous band of connective tissue?
✔️Ans - tendon
The patient with cerebral palsy was described as having ataxia. This means
that the patient: ✔️Ans - walks with an uncoordinated gait
There are approximately how many skeletal muscles in the body? ✔️Ans
- 700
Inflammation of a cordlike band of connective tissue that attaches a muscle
to a bone is known as: ✔️Ans - tendinitis
Abnormally slow skeletal muscle movements associated with Parkinson's
disease are known as: ✔️Ans - bradykinesia
Torticollis is a condition that occurs in the muscles of the ✔️Ans - neck
The gastrocnemius muscle propels food through the stomach ✔️Ans -
false
fluid-filled sac that decreases friction where a tendon rubs against a bone
near a synovial joint is called a/an: ✔️Ans - bursa
All of the following are true about plantar fasciitis except ✔️Ans - it is a
genetic inherited disease.
, A small, involuntary, sometimes jerky, back-and-forth movement of the
hands, neck, jaw, or extremities is known as: ✔️Ans - tremor
Moving your head to indicate "yes" and then to indicate "no" would
correspond to which two movements ✔️Ans - flexion and rotation
Which of these neuroglia are star-shaped cells ✔️Ans - astrocytes
The empty spaces in the brain filled with cerebrospinal fluid are called the
✔️Ans - ventricles
When muscles completely lose their tone and firmness and have no control,
the spelling of this word is ✔️Ans - flaccid
What part of the brain receives information about muscle tone and
position, and helps to maintain balance ✔️Ans - cerebellum
The pairs of cranial nerves are numbered as follows ✔️Ans - I through
XII
Which nerves carry nerve impulses from the spinal cord to the body
✔️Ans - efferent nerves
The largest and most prominent part of the brain is the ✔️Ans -
cerebrum
Which of the following neurotransmitters is a neuromodulator and natural
pain reliever ✔️Ans - endorphins
A type of demyelinating disease, where axons lose the protective covering,
is ✔️Ans - multiple sclerosis
ich of the following is the meaning of the word part somat/o-? ✔️Ans -
body
In the spinal cord, there is an area between the meninges and the vertebrae
that has fatty tissue and blood vessels. This is the ✔️Ans - epidural
space
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