Sectional Anatomy

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1. Which of the following is illustrated A) 2

by #3? (Fig. 5-42) B) 3
A) maxillary sinus C) 4
B) vomer D) 5
C) septal cartilage 4. Which of the following is illustrated
D) perpendicular plate of ethmoid by #5? (Fig. 5-42)
bone A) maxillary sinus
2. What number illustrates the cornea? B) vomer
(Fig. 5-42) C) perpendicular plate of ethmoid
A) 5 D) ethmoid sinus
B) 6 5. What number illustrates the maxilla?
C) 7 (Fig. 5-42)
D) 8 A) 4
3. What number illustrates the B) 8
perpendicular plate of ethmoid? (Fig. C) 2
5-42) D) 1

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6. Which illustrates the cerebral B) 13

peduncles? (Fig. 5-25) C) 2
A) 10 D) 14
B) 9 9. Which number illustrates the
C) 8 sphenoid sinus? (Fig. 5-25)
D) 6 A) 10
7. Which of the following is illustrated B) 9
by #3? (Fig. 5-25) C) 8
A) medulla oblongata D) 7
B) pons 10. Which of the following is illustrated
C) sphenoid sinus by #1? (Fig. 5-25)
D) fourth ventricle A) head of caudate nucleus
8. What number illustrates the splenium B) anterior commissure
of corpus callosum? (Fig. 5-25) C) intermediate mass
A) 1 D) splenium of corpus callosum

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11. Which of the following is illustrated B) third ventricle

by #3? (Fig. 5-33) C) pons
A) hippocampal formation D) cerebral aqueduct
B) Sylvian fissure 14. Which of the following is illustrated
C) head of caudate nucleus by #6? (Fig. 5-33)
D) quadrigeminal plate A) Sylvian fissure
12. What number illustrates the insula? B) thalamus
(Fig. 5-33) C) insula
A) 6 D) lenticular nuclei
B) 5 15. What number illustrates the cerebral
C) 7 peduncles? (Fig. 5-33)
D) 1 A) 3
13. Which of the following is illustrated B) 6
by #2? (Fig. 5-33) C) 1
A) pineal gland D) 5

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16. Which of the following is illustrated B) 3

by #8? (Fig. 5-39) C) 2
A) internal capsule D) 9
B) head of caudate nucleus 19. What number illustrates the internal
C) globus pallidus carotid artery? (Fig. 5-39)
D) septum pellucidum A) 7
17. Which of the following is illustrated B) 3
by #3? (Fig. 5-39) C) 2
A) head of caudate nucleus D) 4
B) septum pellucidum 20. Which of the following is illustrated
C) lenticular nuclei by #6? (Fig. 5-39)
D) internal carotid artery A) sphenoid sinus
18. What number illustrates the septum B) nasopharynx
pellucidum? (Fig. 5-39) C) mastoid sinus
A) 8 D) oropharynx

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21. What number illustrates the B) 4

cribriform plate of the ethmoid C) 5
bone? (Fig. 5-49) D) 9
A) 2 24. Which of the following is illustrated
B) 11 by #9? (Fig. 5-49)
C) 4 A) fourth ventricle
D) 1 B) basilar artery
22. Which of the following is illustrated C) superior cistern
by #6? (Fig. 5-49) D) inferior sagittal sinus
A) pons 25. Which of the following is illustrated
B) medulla oblongata by #4? (Fig. 5-49)
C) cerebellar vermis A) ethmoid air cells
D) cerebral peduncles B) mastoid air cells
23. What number illustrates the basilar C) sigmoid sinus
artery? (Fig. 5-49) D) sphenoid sinus
A) 6

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26. What number illustrates the B) cerebral aqueduct

quadrigeminal plate? (Fig. 5-53) C) third ventricle
A) 6 D) superior cistern
B) 2 29. What number illustrates the
C) 7 hippocampal formation? (Fig. 5-53)
D) 3 A) 3
27. What number illustrates the cerebral B) 6
peduncles? (Fig. 5-53) C) 11
A) 6 D) 10
B) 11 30. What number illustrates the posterior
C) 10 cerebral artery? (Fig. 5-53)
D) 12 A) 7
28. Which of the following is illustrated B) 4
by #4? (Fig. 5-53) C) 8
A) fourth ventricle D) 5

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31. Which of the following is illustrated by #3? (Fig. 5-60)

by #2? (Fig. 5-60) A) central sulcus
A) scalp B) corona radiata
B) frontal bone C) gray matter
C) parietal bone D) none of the above
32. Which of the following is illustrated 34. Which of the following is illustrated
by #4? (Fig. 5-60) by #6? (Fig. 5-60)
A) corona radiata A) anterior cerebral artery
B) Sylvian fissure B) falx cerebri
C) central sulcus C) tentorium cerebelli
D) tentorium cerebelli D) superior sagittal sinus
33. Which of the following is illustrated

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35. Which of the following is illustrated B) insula

by #4? (Fig. 5-22) C) posterior horn of the lateral
A) posterior horn of the lateral ventricle
ventricle D) inferior horn of the lateral
B) body of caudate nucleus ventricle
C) thalamus 38. Which of the following is illustrated
D) inferior horn of the lateral by #9? (Fig. 5-22)
ventricle A) superior rectus muscle
36. What number illustrates the inferior B) inferior rectus muscle
horn of the lateral ventricle? (Fig. 5- C) optic nerve
22) D) fat in bony orbit
A) 6 39. What number illustrates the superior
B) 4 rectus muscle? (Fig. 5-22)
C) 1 A) 9
D) 7 B) 6
37. Which of the following is illustrated C) 8
by #1? (Fig. 5-22) D) 10
A) body of caudate nucleus

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40. Which of the following is illustrated C) 12

by #10? (Fig. 5-45) D) 1
A) sphenoid sinus 43. What number illustrates the
B) ethmoid sinus mandible? (Fig. 5-45)
C) frontal sinus A) 4
D) none of the above B) 5
41.What number illustrates the middle C) 6
concha? (Fig. 5-45) D) 7
A) 7 44. Which of the following is illustrated
B) 8 by #1? (Fig. 5-45)
C) 9 A) crista galli
D) 10 B) perpendicular plate of ethmoid
42. What number illustrates the C) vomer
cribriform plate? (Fig. 5-45) D) cribriform plate
A) 10
B) 11

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