Muscles
Which type of muscle fibers lack striations?
Smooth Muscles
In what part of the body can you find the stapedium?
The ear
The "nephron" is the basic unit that makes up what organ?
The Kidney
What are the narrow blood vessels which form a network between arteries and veins?
Capillaries
What sense is CN I responsible for?
Smell
What group of muscles allows you to chew?
Masseter muscles
The only bone in the human body not connected to other bones
The hyoid bone
The occipital and parietal bones are part of the structure that protects what bodily organ?
Brain
What artery supplies the appendix
The appendicular artery
Sciatic Nerve
What are the basic contractile unit of muscle fibers called?
Sacromere
What is the name for the bone that covers the front of the joint connecting the femur with the tibia
Patella
The islets of Langerhans are groups of cells that produce insulin and glucagon located in what organ of the body?
Pancreas
Which artery is the main source of blood for the arm?
Brachial Artery
What nerve enables hip adduction?
What is the main hip flexor muscles (2 muscles)
Iliacus and Psoas major
What are the three bones that make up the pelvis?
What is the cartilage found at the inferior walls of the larynx
The cricoid cartilage
Blood drains from the liver to the inferior vena cava through which veins?
Hepatic Vein
Interruption of cranial nerve XI would paralyze which muscles.
What is Trapezius
What lower extremity muscle is absent in about 40% of adults and often confused for a nerve?
Psoas minor
What is the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder called?
Glenohumeral Joint
Name the outer layer of the intestine
The Serosa
From which artery does superior and inferior gluteal artery arise?
Internal Iliac a.
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