Chapter 1. Essentials of Anatomy

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____	1.	Infections in the oral cavity may spread to other regions of the body, causing serious health problems.

____	2.	Pseudounipolar neurons carry information from the central nervous system to the periphery.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____	1.	Perikarya of the sympathetic nervous system can be found in which of the following regions of the spinal cord?
A.	White matter	
B.	Dorsal root ganglion	
C.	Ventral horn	
D.	Intermediolateral cell column	
E.	Dorsal horn	

____	2.	Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain sensory fibers from visceral organs?
A.	Dorsal primary rami	
B.	White communicating rami	
C.	Meningeal rami	
D.	Ventral primary rami	
E.	Gray communicating rami	

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.

____	1.	Structures innervated by the autonomic nervous system include (select all that apply)
A.	cardiac muscle.	
B.	glandular tissue.	
C.	skeletal muscle.	
D.	smooth muscle.	

____	2.	A person in the anatomical position would display which of the following characteristics? (Select all that apply.)
A.	Lying in the supine position	
B.	Head, eyes, and toes directed forward	
C.	Standing erect	
D.	Palms facing downward	
E.	Upper limbs hanging at sides	

____	3.	Nerve cell bodies may be found in which of the following locations of the spinal cord? (Select all that apply.)
A.	Intermediolateral cell column	
B.	White matter	
C.	Ventral horns	
D.	Ventral median fissure	
E.	Dorsal horns	

____	4.	Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain motor fibers that supply smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glandular tissue? (Select all that apply.)
A.	Dorsal primary rami	
B.	White communicating rami	
C.	Meningeal rami	
D.	Ventral primary rami	
E.	Gray communicating rami	

____	5.	Which of the following branches of a spinal nerve contain motor fibers that supply skeletal muscle? (Select all that apply.)
A.	Dorsal primary rami	
B.	White communicating rami	
C.	Meningeal rami	
D.	Ventral primary rami	
E.	Gray communicating rami	

Short Answer

	1.	What three fiber types innervate skeletal muscles?

	2.	Name four characteristics used to classify neurons.

	3.	Name the five types of rami associated with spinal nerves.

	4.	What types of nerve fibers are found in cutaneous branches of ventral and dorsal primary rami?

Completion
Complete each statement.

	1.	A plane separating the body into equal left and right halves is known as the ____________________.

	2.	A ____________________ plane divides the body into upper and lower parts.

	3.	The ____________________ is the basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system.

	4.	A collection of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system is known as a ____________________.

	5.	The term ____________________ is often used to refer to visceral organs.

	6.	A ____________________ plane divides the body into front and back parts.

	7.	The term ____________________ is often used to refer to the body wall.

Matching

Match the terms with their descriptions.
A.	ventral	
B.	prone	
C.	cranial	
D.	superficial	
E.	medial	
F.	splanchnic	
G.	distal	
H.	caudal	
I.	supine	
J.	somatic	
K.	dorsal	
L.	lateral	
M.	deep	
N.	proximal	

____	1.	Toward the head

____	2.	Near a fixed point

____	3.	Toward the feet

____	4.	Facing downward

____	5.	Toward the back

____	6.	Far from a fixed point

____	7.	Toward the front

____	8.	Facing upward

____	9.	Toward the median plane

____	10.	Away from the median plane

Chapter 1. Essentials of Anatomy
Answer Section

TRUE/FALSE

	1.	ANS:	T	PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1

MULTIPLE CHOICE

	1.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

MULTIPLE RESPONSE

	1.	ANS:	A, B, D	PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	B, C, E	PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	A, B, E	PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	A, B, D, E	PTS:	1

	5.	ANS:	A, D	PTS:	1

SHORT ANSWER

	1.	ANS:	
Efferent to skeletal muscle, afferent, efferent sympathetic fibers

PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	
Number of cell processes, cell size, conduction speed, modality

PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	
Meningeal rami, ventral primary rami, dorsal primary rami, gray communicating rami, white communicating rami

PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	
Afferent, efferent sympathetic fibers

PTS:	1

COMPLETION

	1.	ANS:	median plane

PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	
transverse
horizontal

PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	neuron

PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	ganglion

PTS:	1

	5.	ANS:	splanchnic

PTS:	1

	6.	ANS:	
frontal
coronal

PTS:	1

	7.	ANS:	
parietal
somatic

PTS:	1

MATCHING

	1.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	N	PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	5.	ANS:	K	PTS:	1

	6.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1

	7.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	8.	ANS:	I	PTS:	1

	9.	ANS:	E	PTS:	0

	10.	ANS:	L	PTS:	0