Top 50+ Solved General Principles MCQ Questions Answer

a. cartilage is very vascular

b. ligaments do not stretch

c. deep fascia is not sensitive

d. cardiac muscle is nonstriated

e. periosteum is not sensitive

a. distal tibiofibular joint

b. costochondral joint

c. sagittal suture

d. sternal angle joint

e. knee joint

a. renal artery

b. retinal artery

c. pulmonary artery

d. intercostal artery

e. splenic artery

a. is up to 20 nm in diameter

b. is myelinated

c. has motor function

d. is fusimotor to muscle spindles

e. is post-ganglionic autonomic

a. the transverse diameter of the thorax is thrice the AP diameter

b. the liver is relatively twice as big as that of the adult

c. the suprarenal gland is twice as big as the kidney

d. the spinal cord extends to L5

e. the rib cage is more vertically inclined than in the adult

a. the vertical height of the orbit is equal to the combined vertical heights of the maxilla and the mandible

b. the mandible is ossified at birth

c. the anterior fontanelle is closed at the end of the first year

d. the volume of the vault is equal to that of the face

e. the bones of the face and the vault ossify at six years

a. every spinal nerve receives a white ramus communicans

b. efferent post ganglionic fibres are myelinated

c. afferent sympathetic fibres synapse in the sympathetic trunk

d. preganglionic cell bodies lie within the lateral horn cells of the T1-L2 spinal segments

e. each cervical ganglion gives off one ramus communicans

a. L5 – plantar flexion of the foot

b. L2 – knee extension

c. C5 – abduction of the shoulder

d. C8 – abduction of the thumb

e. S1 – extension of the great toe

a. apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, breasts and urogenital region

b. dark skinned races possess greater numbers of melanocytes

c. sebaceous glands are abundant on the palms and soles

d. melanocytes predominate in the dermis

e. eccrine glands develop under the influence of the sex hormones

a. cancellous and compact bone show marked microscopic differences

b. the clavicle ossifies in membrane

c. the bones of the skull and face ossify in cartilage

d. the epiphyseal plates of growing bones are composed of fibrocartilage

e. sesamoid bones are only associated with flexor tendons

a. planar

b. ellipsoid

c. hinge

d. saddle

e. ball in socket

a. the palmar and dorsal interossei are supplied by the deep branch of the median nerve

b. the intrinsic muscles of the thumb are abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis , adductor pollicis, first palmar and first dorsal interossei

c. opponens pollicis acts only on the carpometacarpal joint

d. their motor supply is derived from segment T1 of the spinal cord

e. the thenar muscles are supplied by the recurrent branch of the median nerve

a. three synovial sheaths are found on the front of the wrist

b. a common synovial sheath envelops all the superficialis and profundus tendons

c. the sheath around flexor pollicis longus tendon extends almost to its insertion

d. the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon has a short sheath

e. the ring, middle and index fingers have digital sheaths that do not extend to the common sheath

a. opponens digiti minimi

b. first dorsal interosseous

c. adductor pollicis

d. first lumbrical

e. abductor pollicis brevis

a. is functionally important

b. origin = apex of acromion

c. insertion = lateral border of humerus

d. nerve supply = C4, C5

e. is pierced by the musculocutaneous nerve