MAKO 101 EXAM TEST -OUT PRACTICE –
SET 1 (ANATOMY) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is the anatomical plane that separates the body into anterior and posterior?
- ANSWER Coronal Plane (frontal Plane)
What is the diaphysis of a long bone? - ANSWER The shaft
An imaging technology that uses several X-rays to generate 2D thin-section
images? - ANSWER CT scan
What imaging system employs a magnetic field to produce 2D and 3D images?
- ANSWER MRI scanner
Articular capsule is a sleeve-like structure around a synovial joint made up of a
fibrous layer and a synovial membrane.
Synovial membrane definition: ANSWER borders the capsule and secretes
synovial fluid
Articular cartilage is hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial
joints.
A joint cavity is the gap between two bones that is fille
d with synovial fluid.
Which bones make up the axial skeleton? - ANSWER: Skull and vertebral
column
,Which is not a feature of synovial joints? - Answer: Sympheses
What type of bone makes up the outer surface of a long bone? - ANSWER
Cortical bone or compact bone
What is the name of the law that governs how bones change shape and function
in response to mechanical forces and muscular tension? - ANSWER Wolff’s
Law
Term meaning "occurring on both sides of the body: - The answer is bilateral.
Term for occurring on the same side of the body: ANSWER ipsilateral.
Term that occurs on the opposite sides of the body: - ANSWER: contralateral.
Term meaning appearing on one side of the body. ANSWER unilateral.
How many bones comprise the appendicular skeleton? - Answer: 126.
What is the primary function of cortical bone? - Answer Strength
Where is the epiphysis in a long bone? - ANSWER The Ends
Dento - Answer: Teetch
, Encephalo - Answer Brain.
Gastro - Answer Stomach
Entero - Answer: Intestine.
Colo - Answer: Large Intestine
Hepato - Answer: Liver
Dermo - Answer Skin
Osteo - Answer Bones
Cardio - Answer Heart
Phlebo/Veno - Answer Veins
Pneumo/Pulmo - Answer Lung
Hemo/emia - Answer: Blood
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