NURSING DEPARTMENT

ANATOMY 1
SPECIAL EXAMINATION
PART 1: TRUE OR FALSE (10 MARKS)
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---Trapezius and serratus anterior muscles are supplied by brachial plexus.

---The axillary nerve is related to the anatomical neck of the humerus.
---The dorsal interossei muscles abduct the fingers.
---All the palmar surface of the hand has cutaneous supply from the median nerve.
---The biceps brachii muscle is a powerful supinator for the flexed forearm.
--- The pudendal nerve, internal pudendal vessels and the obturator nerve pass through

both the greater sciatic and lesser sciatic foramina.

7. ---Ankle sprain commonly occurs with the foot in inversion, causing injury of the lateral
ligament of the ankle joint.
8. ---The weight of the body that is transmitted to the talus from the tibia is transmitted
posteroinferiorly to the calcaneus and anteroinferiorly to the heads of the 2 nd to the 5th
metatarsal bones and the sesamoids of the 1st digit.
9. ---The reflected attachment of the tendon of the semitendinosus muscle to the lateral
condyle of the femur forms the oblique popliteal ligament.
10. ---The long and short heads of the biceps femoris muscle insert by a common tendon on
the lateral condyle of the tibia.

PART 2: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (5 MARKS EACH)

1.

Outline the process of spermatogenesis and oogenesis

2.

List the functions of the placenta and mention its important structures.

3.

Discuss the different types and functions of epithelia and where they are found in the
human body

4.

Name the groups into which the intrinsic muscles of the hand are divided
What is the nerve supply to these muscles?

5.

Describe in details the superficial and deep lymphatic drainage of the female breast

6.

Name the walls of the axilla and the structures making those walls

7.

Name the ligaments of the hip joint and write the main action of each ligament.

8.

Describe the blood supply to the head of the femur

Part 3: label the diagrams in the box provided bellow (20 marks)

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Plate 2
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