1) Which of the following muscles is supplied by axillary nerve?

a. Latissimus dorsi and teres major muscles

b. Supraspinatus and infraspinatus

c. Infraspinatus and teres major muscles

d. Deltoid and teres minor muscles

2) The absolute refractory period (ARP) of a nerve fiber:

a. Occurs during the time of increased permeability of the membrane to Nat

b. Occurs mainly during repolarization.

C. Lasts throughout the action potential.

d. Follows the relative refractory period.

3) All the following muscles are lateral rotators to the hip joint EXCEPT:

a. Obturator internus b. Gluteus medius

c. Piriformis d. Quadratus femoris

4) Athletes run marathons and bicycle for hours using type II muscle fibers

a. False b. True

5) Emerging from lesser sciatic foramen:

a. piriformis b. superior gluteal nerve

c. obturator internus d. obturator externus

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6) Concerning the velocity of impulse conduction in a nerve fiber

a. Is higher in myelinated than unmylinated nerve fiber.

b. Conduction in unmylinated nerve is called saltatory conduction

c. Is directly proportional to the length of nerve fiber.

d. Is maximum in type C fibers

7) Cancellous bone is characterized by:

a. Irregular bone trabeculae.

b. Regularly arranged bone lamellae

C.A large central bone marrow cavity

d. Well-developed Haversian systems.

8) Extensor pollicis longus is innervated by:

a. Ulnar nerve. b. Anterior interosseus nerve

C. Posterior interosseus nerve d. Median nerve

9) Knee joint is synovial, modified hinge.

a. True b. False

10) The......... are present in the central canal of the spinal cord

a. Astrocytes. b. Ependymal cells. c. Microglia. d.

Oligodendroglia.

11) Coracoclavicular ligament supports the sternoclavicular joint

a. True b. False
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12) Among the criteria of the myofilaments in smooth muscles is

a. Thin myofilaments are formed of actin, tropomyosin and troponin complexes

b. the proportion of actin to myosin is greater than in striated muscle.

C. The thin myofilaments are attached to z-line

d. The myofilaments are arranged in sarcomeres

13) All the hamstring muscles flex the hip joint

a. True b. False

14) Which of the following muscles is superficial to clavipectoral fascia?

a. Trapezius b. Pectoralis minor c. Subclavius d. Pectoralis

major

15) Which of the following bones gives an origin to extensor digitorum brevis?

a. Calcaneus b. Navicular c. Cuneiform d. Cuboid

16) Concerning the sciatic nerve, all are true EXCEPT

a. It is supplied by a branch from the inferior gluteal artery

b. Supplies the hamstring group of muscles

C. Divides into superficial and deep peroneal nerves

d. Leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen

17) The descending limb of the nerve action potential is due to:

a. Opening of voltage-gated slow calcium channels

b. Opening of leak channels.

c. Opening of voltage- gated potassium channels.

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d. Opening of voltage-gated sodium channels

18) About neuromuscular transmission and end plate potential (EPP), the:

a. EPP is associated with decreased excitability of the motor end plate

b. Neuromuscular transmission occurs only from the muscle to the nerve

C. EPP is a localized state of depolarization at the motor end plate

d. EPP is always maximal and rapidly conducted along the surface of the muscle

19) The following muscles belong to the second layer of muscles in the back
EXCEPT

a. Serratus anterior b. Rhomboideus minor

c. Levator scapulae d. Rhomboideus minor

20) Concerning the velocity of impulse conduction in a nerve fiber:

a. Is higher in myelinated than unmylinated nerve fiber.

b. Conduction in unmylinated nerve is called saltatory conduction.

C. Is directly proportional to the length of nerve fiber.

d. Is maximum in type C fibers.

21) Which of the following is not correct as regard gluteus medius?

a. It is an abductor of the thigh

b. Right muscle contracts when standing on the left lower limb

C. It is essential for walking

d. It is attached to lateral side of the greater tronchanter

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22) The great saphenous vein:

a. joins the femoral vein above the inguinal ligament

b. begins as the upward continuation of the lateral marginal vein of the foot

C. enters the femoral vein on its anteromedial side

d. runs behind the medial malleolus

23) Cancellous bone is characterized by

a. A large central bone marrow cavity

b. Irregular bone trabeculae

c. Regularly arranged bone lamellae

d. Well-developed Haversian systems

24) Concerning the radial artery, all are false EXCEPT

a. Takes origin at the level of the neck of the radius

b. Gives the interosseous recurrent artery

C. Passes deep to pronator teres

d. Enters the hand by passing deep to the flexor retinaculum

25) Posterior cruciate ligament prevents posterior displacement of the femur on

the tibia.

a. True b. False

26) All of the followings are true about neuromuscular transmission Except

a. is caused by release of acetylcholine from the muscle side of the motor end plate

b. There is some delay about 0.5 msec. in neuromuscular transmission

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C. The first site in the neuromuscular system which suffers from fatigue is the motor
end plate

d. Shows permeability changes to Na+ at the réceptor side of the neuromuscular

junction

27) Tensor fascia latae

a. is supplied by the superior gluteal nerve

b. is supplied by the femoral nerve

C. is quadrangular in shape

d. extends the hip

28) The following muscles share in retraction of the scapula EXCEPT

a. Trapezius b. Rhomboideus major c. Subscapularis d. Rhomboideus

minor

29) Trapezius dives its nerve supply from all the following EXCEPT

a. Ventral ramus of C. 4 b. Accessory nerve

c. Ventral ramus of C.3 d. Dorsal scapular nerve

30) Bone resorption is the function of:

a. Osteoclasts b. Osteoprogenitor cells. c. Osteoblasts d.

Osteocytes

31) The all or none rule applies to all the following structures EXCEPT

a. Smooth muscles containing gap junctions

b. Cardiac muscle (atria alone and ventricles alone)

C. Single skeletal muscle fiber

d. Mixed nerve trunk

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32) Elbow joint does not communicate with proximal radioulnar joint

a. False b. True

33) A27 year old woman fell and fractured the olecranon process of the right ulna.
The line of fracture passed through Surface and disrupted the muscle attachment,
which of the following muscles is most likely affected:

a. Brachialis b. Triceps brachii

c. Flexor digitorum profundus d. Pronator teres

34) Each of the following statements describes the sarcomere of the skeletal
muscle EXCEPT

a. it extends from one Z-line till the next Z-line

b. it is Surrounded by two triads

C. It is the functional unit of the skeletal muscle fiber

d. it includes two dark A bands

35) ONE of the following muscles is NOT originated from the common extensor
origin

a. Extensor digitorum

b. Extensor carpi ulnaris

C. Extensor carpi radialis longus

d. Extensor carpi radialis brevis

36) Sternoclavicular joint is a synovial double-plane joint

a. True b. False

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37) Which of the following group of lymph node lies medial to the femoral vein

a. Medial group of horizontal group of superficial inguinal

b. Lateral group of horizontal group of superficial inguinal

c. Deep inguinal

d. Vertical group of superficial inguinal

38) The resting potential of a nerve membrane is primarily dependent on its

permeability to:

a. Sodium b. Chloride c. Calcium d. Potassium

39) Which of the following muscles is present in the first layer of the foot

a. Flexor digitorum brevis b. Flexor Hallucis Brevis

c. flexor digitorum accesorius d. the lumbricals

40) Motor unit refers to

a. All of the motor neurons supplying a single muscle

b. A. single motor neuron plus all the muscle fibers it innervates

c. All of the muscles that affect the movement of any given joint

d. A single muscle fiber plus all of the motor neurons that innervate it

41) Sciatic bed includes all of the following except

a. Tendon of obturator internus b. Quadratus femoris

C. The pubic part of the adductor magnus

d. The ischial part of the addouctor magnus

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42) The depolarization phase of action potential of a nerve is caused by

a. inhibition of Na+/K+ pump

b. Active transport of K+ out of the cell

C. An increased rate of entry of Na+ into the cell

d. A decreased rate of efflux of K+ from the cell

43) Loss of cutaneous sensation of the skin over the lower half of deltoid is due to
injury of which of the following

a. Radial nerve b. Musculocutaneous nerve

c. Axilary nerve d. Lower lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm

44) Concerning the veins of the upper limb, all the following are true EXCEPT

a. The cephalic vein lies in the roof of the anatomical snuff box

B. The medial end of the dorsal venous arch of the hand forms the basilic vein

c. The cephalic vein continues as the axillary vein

d. The deep veins are called venae comitantes

45) The blood vessels in cartilage are located

a. In the extracellular matrix

b. In the inner layer of perichondrium

c. Surrounding the capsule of chondrocytes

d. in the outer layer of perichondrium

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46) The following muscles are supplied by the obturator nerve EXCEPT:

a. Obturator externus b. Obturator internus

c. Gracilis d. Adductor magnus

47) Which of the following statements is true concerning osteocytes?

a. their secretory surface is directed towards the site of new bone.

b. they are found in small groups within lacunae.

c. they proliferate and differentiate into osteoblasts.

d. they are responsible for maintenance of the bone matrix

48) Regarding the cubital fossa:

a. The contents are biceps tendon, brachial artery, median nerve and ulnar nerve.

b. The roof is formed by the deep fascia of the forearm reinforced on the lateral side
by the biceps tendon

c. The floor is formed by the biceps muscle.

d. The brachial artery divides at the level of the radial neck.

49) Direction of the nerve impulse in the axon is:

a. Away from cell body (centripetal) b. Towards the cell body

(centrifugal)

c. Towards the cell body (centripetal) d. Away from cell body (centrifugal)

50) Concerning the sciatic nerve, all are true EXCEPT:

a. It is supplied by a branch from the inferior gluteal artery

b. Supplies the hamstring group of muscles

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C. Divides into superficial and deep peroneal nerves

d. Leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen

51) The main nerve supply of the anterior compartment (flexors) of the arm is:

a. Ulnar nerve b. Median nerve c. Radial nerve d.

Musculocutaneous nerve

52) Which of the following muscles is supplied by the superficial peroneal nerve

a. Tibialis posterior b. Short head of biceps femoris

C. Tibialis anterior d. Peroneus longus

53) In Klumpke palsy there is loss of sensation on the lateral side of the upper
limb.

a. True b. False

54) The LM picture of a transverse section of smooth muscle fibers is

characterized by:

a. Rounded fibers with different sizes b. Fibers that show faint cross
striations

c. Polyhedral fibers with peripheral nuclei d. Dense bodies scattered in the

sarcoplasm

55) The after-hyperpolarization phase of action potential is due to:

a. Increased excitability of the membrane

b. Slow return of the K+ channels to the closed state

c. Delayed closure of Na+ channels

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d. Inward movement of Na+ ions

56) Concerning the basilic vein, all the following are true EXCEPT:

a. It communicates with the cephalic vein in front of the elbow

b. It passes superficial to the extensor retinaculum

c. It continues as the axillary vein

d. It pierces the clavipectoral fascia

57) Gracilis muscle is innervated by

a. Tibial portion of the sciatic nerve b. Common peroneal nerve

c. Obturator nerve d. Femoral nerve

58) Flexion of the hip joint (with the knee extended) is limited by

a. Pubofemoral ligament b. Anterior abdominal wall

c. Anterior superior liac spine d. Ischiofemoral ligament

e. iofemoral ligament

59) About smooth muscles, all of the followings are true EXCEPT

a. The membrane resting potential is unstable in some of them

b. They are less excitable than skeletal muscle thus having a shorter chror axle

c. They contain actin and myosin

d. They are able to contract for a long time with little energy expenditure

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60) Which of the following muscles support the arches of the foot

a. Extensor digitorum longus b. Tibialis anterior

c. Poreneus tertius d. Extensor hallucis longus

61) In median nerve injury above the wrist there is loss of sensation from lateral
3.5 fingers only (Palmer surface)

a. True b. False

62) The trigger to initiate the contractile process in skeletal muscle is

a. Binding to the myosin cross bridges b. ATP breakdown by actin.

c. Calcium binding to tropomyosin. d. Calcium binding to troponin

63) Which ONE of the following is true regarding the dorsalis pedis artery?

a. Pierces 2nd dorsal interosseous muscle b. Joins the ends of the plantar
arch

c. Lies lateral to the deep peroneal nerve d. Gives the lateral plantar
artery

64) Conduction in unmyelinated nerve fibers occurs in the form of local circuits
of current flow

a. False b. True

65) Which of the following arteries gives origin to Axillary artery?

a. Radius b. Subclavian c. Brachial d. Ulnar

66) Concerning pectoralis minor, all are true EXCEPT

a. Attached to the coracoid process b. Retracts the scapula

c. Enveloped by the clavipectoral fascia d. Penetrated by the medial pectoral nerve

e. It is an accessory muscle of respiration

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67) The sural nerve is a branch from which of the following nerves

a. Common peroneal b. Deep peroneal c. Posterior tiblal d. Tibial

68) Radialis indicis is a branch from the brachial artery

a. True b. False

69) After damage of the ulnar nerve at the elbow joint, all the following are true
EXCEPT:

a. Partial claw hand

b. Loss of abduction of the index finger

c. Loss of flexion of the distal phalanx of the little finger

d. Anesthesia (loss of sensations) over the skin of hypothenar eminence

70) Which of the following muscles Support the transvers arch of the foot

a. Peroneus longus b. Tiblalis posterior c. Peroneus brevis d. Peroneus

tertitus

71) Which ONE of the following is true regarding the dorsalis pedis artery?

a. Pierces 2nd dorsal interosseous muscle

b. Joins the ends of the plantar arch

c. Lies lateral to the deep peroneal nerve

d. Gives the lateral plantar artery

72) Which of the following nerves is NOT a branch from posterior tibial nerve?

a. Muscular branch to soleus b. Recurrant genicular

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c. Medial plantar d. Medial calcaneal

73) Bone remodeling is.

a. Intracartilagenous ossification. b. Bone formation at the epiphysis of long

bone

c. found only in fetuses d. Alternating bone formation and bone

resorption.

74) What happens in the cubital fossa?

a. Radial nerve leaves fossa between heads of supinator

b. Radial nerve and interosseous branch lies beneath the bradhialis

c. Median nerve lies medial to the biceps tendon.

d. Radial artery passes between heads of pronator teres

75) All of the followings are tributaries to the femoral vein EXCEPT:

a. Short saphenus vein. b. Lateral circumflex femoral vein

c. Profunda femoris vein. d. Deep external pudendal.

76) The resting potential of a nerve membrane is primarily dependent on its

permeability to

a. Sodium. b. Potassium. c. Calcium. d. Chloride

77) All of the following are true about neuromuscular transmission Except

a. Is caused by release of acetylcholine from the muscle side of the motor end plate

b. There is some delay about 0.5 msec. in neuromuscular transmission

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c. The first site in the neuromuscular system which suffers from fatigue is the motor
end plate

d. shows permeability changes to Na+ at the receptor side of the neuromuscular

junction

78) Conduction in unmyelinated nerve fibers occurs in the form of local circuits
of current flow

a. False b. True

79) Decreasing the Na+ concentration around a nerve:

a. Increases the chronaxie b. Decreases the resting potential

C. Decreases the excitability of the nerve fiber d. Increase the overshoot

80) Which of the following muscles produce dorsiflexion of the ankle?

a. Tibilalis posterior b. Fiexor haltucis longus

C. Extensor digitorum longus d. Soleus

81) Concerning the popliteal fossa, all are correct EXCEPT

a. The deepest structure is the popliteal artery

b. The common peroneal nerve is parallel to the tendon of biceps muscle

c. It is roof is pierced by the saphenous nerve

d. It is roof contains the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh

82) The trigger to initiate the contractile process in skeletal muscle is

a. Binding to the myosin cross bridges b. ATP breakdown by actin.

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c. Calcium binding to tropomyosin d. Calcium binding to troponin

83) The head of biceps muscle that has its tendon inside the capsule of elbow
joint is

a. long head b. Short Head c. Both a and b d. None of the above

84) Microglia are characterized by

a. Phagocytic function b. Nutritive function

c. Formation of myelin in CNS d. Secretion of CSF

85) Paralysis of iliopsoas would prevent

a. hip adduction b. ankle inversion c. hip flexion d. knee

flexion

86) Action of Brachialis is one of the following

a. Flexion of wrist b. Protract shoulder

c. Elevate scapula d. Flexion of forearm

87) After damage of the ulnar nerve at the elbow joint, all the following are true
EXCEPT

a. Partial claw hand

b. Loss of abduction of the index finger

c. Loss of flexion of the distal phalanx of the little finger

d. Anesthesia (loss of sensations) over the skin of hypothenar eminence

88) Radialis indicis is a branch from the brachial artery

a. True b. False
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89) Which description is true for intramembranous bone formation?

a. It involves formation of ossification centers by condensed mesenchymal cells.

b. It involves zone of proliferation, hypertrophy and calcification

90) Concerning the radial artery, all are false EXCEPT:

a. Gives the interosseous recurrent artery

b. Takes origin at the level of the neck of the radius

c .Enters the hand by passing deep to the flexor retinaculum

d. Passes deep to pronator teres

91) Concerning the radial artery, all are false EXCEPT:

a. Gives the interosseous recurrent artery

b. Takes origin at the level of the neck of the radius

c. Enters the hand by passing deep to the flexor retinaculum

d. Passes deep to pronator teres

92) Each of the following statements describes the sarcomere of the skeletal
muscle EXCEPT

a. t extends from one Z-line till the next Z-line.

b. It is surrounded by two triads.

c. It is the functional unit of the skeletal muscle fiber

d. It includes two dark A bands

93) The all or none rule applies to all the following structures EXCEPT

a. Smooth muscles containing gap junctions

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b. Cardiac muscle (atria alone and ventricles alone)

c. Single skeletal muscle fiber.

d. Mixed nerve trunk

94) Which of the following is suitable to axillary artery

a. Arrives at the lateral border of scalenus anterior

b. Has 3 branches from its 3rd part

c. Becomes the brachial artery at the inferior border of teres minor

d. is divided into 3 parts by its relationship to pectoralis major

95) Regarding action of upper limb muscles, the following statements are true
EXCEPT:

a. Biceps brachii is a powerful supinator of the flexed forearm

b. Serratus anterior muscle retracts the scapula

c. Flexor carpi ulnaris is flexor and adductor of the wrist

d. Pectoralis major muscle flexes shoulder joint

96) Which of following veins receives veins from the superficial veins of the back
of the thigh?

a. Popliteal b. Small saphenous c. Great saphenous d. Femoral

97) which of following veins receives from the superficial veins of the back of the
thigh?

a. Popliteal b. Small saphenous c. Great saphenous d. Femoral

^^‫بقيت االجابات مكنتش ظاهر‬

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98) Which of the following muscles produces unlocking of knee joint?

a. Soleus b. Popliteus c. Gastrocenemius d. Plantans

99) Which of the following is suitable to axillary artery

a. Arrives at the lateral border of scalenus anterior

b. Has 3 branches from its 3rd part

C. Becomes the brachial artery at the inferior border of teres minor

d. Is divided into 3 parts by its relationship to pectoralis major

100) Which of the following muscles is supplied by direct branches from the
tibial nerve

a. Flexor digitorum longus b. Flexor hallucis longus

C. soleus d. Tibilis posterior

101) The medial border of the anatomical snuff box is formed by the tendon of
extensor pollicis longus.

a. True b. False

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 ‫صا لوجهك الكريم ❤‬
‫❤اللهم اجعل هذا العمل خال ً‬
‫ما كان من توفيق فمن هللا وما كان من خطأ أو ذلل أو نسيان فمنا ومن الشيطان وهللا‬
‫ورسوله منه براء‪.‬‬

‫علَ ْي ِه‬
‫صلُّوا َ‬ ‫علَى النَّ ِبي ِ َيا أَيُّ َها الَّذ َ‬
‫ِين آ َمنُوا َ‬ ‫صلُّ َ‬
‫ون َ‬ ‫َّللاَ َو َمال ِئ َكتَهُ يُ َ‬
‫يقول المولى عز وجل‪ِ ﴿ :‬إ َّن َّ‬
‫س ِلي ًما﴾ (األحزاب‪.)56:‬‬‫س ِل ُموا ت َ ْ‬
‫َو َ‬

‫نصيحة أخوية ال تدع الدراسة تنسيك ما ُخلقت ألجله وهو عبادة هللا قال تعالى‪َ { :‬و َما َخلَ ْقتُ‬
‫س إِ َّال ِليَ ْعبُد ِ‬
‫ُون } [الذاريات‪.]56 :‬‬ ‫ا ْل ِج َّن َو ْ ِ‬
‫اْل ْن َ‬

‫واخيرا ً ال تنسونا من صالح دعائكم ^^‬

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