Sample Questions to Prepare for your Anatomy and Physiology Exam

 

 

Our students are well prepared for their anatomy and physiology exam. Not only do we provide a first class anatomy and physiology course (ok we are a little biased!) but the online assessments and sample questions really get students ready for their ITEC Level 3 multiple choice exam.

Here are a few sample questions for the muscular system:

1)  Another name for skeletal muscle is:

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Voluntary muscle

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Involuntary muscle

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Smooth muscle

 

2)  Tissue which joins bone to bone is called:

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A tendon

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A ligament

?  May be called either tendon or ligament

 

3)  Peristalsis is a characteristic of:

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Cardiac muscle

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Skeletal muscle

?

Smooth muscle

 

4)  ‘Tone’ is:

?  The opposite of fatigue

?  Another word for tension

?  A state of contraction

 

5)  Muscle fatigue and cramp are the same thing:

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True

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False

 

6) Splenius capitis is:

?  A muscle of the back, parallel to the spleen

?  A muscle of the neck

?  A forearm muscle near the carpals of the wrist

 

7) Muscles which extend the hip are:

?  Gluteus maximus, medius and minimus

? Gluteus maximus only

? Hamstrings only

?  Gluteus maximus, medius and hamstrings

?  Medius and minimus only

?  Medius and minimus and hamstrings

 

8) Gluteus medius and minimus:

?  Laterally rotate the femur

?  Medially rotate the femur

?  May rotate the femur both laterally and medially

 

9) Muscles which abduct the arm are:

?Infraspinatus and supraspinatus

?Deltoid and infraspinatus

? Deltoid and supraspinatus

 

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