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Advanced Human Anatomy Question Paper

Advanced Human Anatomy

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Nursing And Public Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH)

HNS 112:
ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY
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DATE: THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2009 TIME: 8.00 A.M. – 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consist of parts A, B and C.
Answer all the questions in part A and B
Answer ANY Two Questions in Section C.

SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions.

(20 marks)
Answer All the Quesitons on the question paper
Choose the most appropriate response to the stem question and indicate by putting a
circle against your choice

1.
Which of the following arteries does not supply the stomach?
a)
Left
gastric
artery

b)
Right gastric artery
c)
Inferior
epigastric
artery
d)
Splenic
artery

e)
Right gastroepiploic artery

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2.
Which of the following does not pass through the greater sciatic foramen?
a)
Piriformis
b)
Obturator
internus
c)
Obturator
nerve

d)
Superior gluteal nerve

e)
Inferior gluteal nerve

3.
Which of the following statements is true?

a)
The shoulder joint NEVER dislocates

b)
The shoulder joint is supplied by the axillary nerve

c)
The clavicle participates in the shoulder joint

d)
The radius participates in the shoulder joint

e)
The ulna participates in the shoulder joint

4. The
patella

a)
Is an intra-articular structure

b)
Commonly dislocates medially

c)
Is a sessamoid bone
d)
Has
no
muscular
attachment

e)
Has no articular surface

5.
Which of the following structures passes through the carpal tunnel?
a)
Radial
nerve
b)
Median
nerve
c)
Obturator
nerve
d)
Axillary
nerve
e)
Ulnar
nerve

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6. In
the
leg

a)
There are only two joints between tibia and fibula

b)
The fibula is the main weight bearing bone

c)
The common peroneal nerve is a branch of femoral nerve

d)
The plantaris is a vestigial muscle

e)
The ankle joint is a syndesmosis

7.
Which of the following muscles arises from the common flexor origin?
a)
Biceps
brachii
b)
Pronator
teres

c)
Extensor carpi radialis longus
d)
Coracobrachialis
e)
Opponens
pollicis

8.
Which of the following is found in the mediastinum?
a)
Radial
artery

b)
Cords of brachial plexus

c)
Trunks of brachial plexus

d)
Pectoral group of lymph nodes
e)
The
thymus

9.
Which structure is found in the anterior cranial fossa?
a)
Basilar
artery
b)
Frontal
lobe
c)
occipital
lobe
d)
Pons
e)
Cerebellum

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10.
Which is not a content of the femoral triangle?
a)
Femoral
vein
b)
Femoral
nerve
c)
Femoral
artery
d)
Sciatic
nerve
e)
Lymph
nodes

11.
Which of the following is not a tarsal bone?
a)
Cuboid
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Talus
d)
Navicular
e)
Hamate

12.
Which of the following is a floating rib?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
12th
d)
8th
e)
7th

13.
Which of the following is not a branch of the aorta
a)
Renal
artery
b) Ovarian artery
c) Testicular artery
d) Superior mesenteric – artery
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e) Internal iliac artery

14.
In the female genital system

a)
The clitoris bears the urethral meatus

b)
There is hair on the labia minora

c)
The cervix is lined by urothelium

d)
The vestibule has the openings of the Bartholin’s glands

e)
There are no nerves.

15.
Which of the following passes though the lesser sciatic foramen?

a)
Inferior gluteal nerve
b)
Sciatic
nerve

c)
Superior gluteal nerve
d)
pudendal nerve
e)
Common peroneal nerve

16.
Which is not a part of the large intestines
a)
jejunum
b)
Vermiform
appendix
c)
Caecum
d)
Sigmoid
colon
e)
Transverse
colon

17.
In the knee joint

a)
There is no synovial membrane

b)
The anterior cruciate ligament is weak
c)
Dislocation
is not possible

d0
The cruciate ligaments are strong
f)
The menisci strengthen the joint

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