CANDIDATE NUMBER……………………………………………………….

TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN CLINICAL MEDICINE

TANDABUI INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT ONE “A” (NTA LEVEL 4 SEMESTER I)

MODULE CODE: CMT 04102

MODULENAME: ANATOMY
(a) This examination consists of FIVE (05) sections A, B, C D&E.
(b) Candidates will be required to answer ALL questions.
(c) Cellular phones are NOT allowed in the examination room.
(d) Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet.
(e) Read all the instructions carefully at the beginning of each section.

DATE: …………………………………
SECTION MARKS ALLOCATED MARKS SCORED

A: MULTIPLE CHOICE 10
QUESTION.

B: MULTIPLE TRUE AND 10

FALSE QUESTION.

C: MATCHING ITEM 10
QUESTIONS.
D: SHORT ANSWER 40
QUESTIONS.
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D: ESSAY QUESTIONS
TOTAL 100

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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. (10 MARKS)
Encircle the letter of the most correct option on the question paper. 1mark each
1. The type epithelial tissue that is formed due chronic irritation, mostly found in urinary
tract is known as the:
a. Keratinizes
b. Non keratinizes
c. Transitional.
d. Squamous.
e. Cuboidal.

2. Human being is proved to have several body system those function together to
sustain life; human being is the:
a. Prokaryote.
b. Eukaryote.
c. Unicellular organism.
d. Multicellular and unicellular.
e. Having no nuclear membrane.
3. Connective tissues are found in different body parts, which type of fat is
predominantly found in infants.
a. Red fat.
b. Brown fat
c. White fat
d. Brown and white fat
e. Only white fat.
4. Cell organelles are small cellular structures which are found suspended in the cell
cytoplasm, what cell organelle is responsible for transportation of materials?
a. Golgi apparatus.
b. Endoplasmic reticulum.
c. Endoskeleton.
d. Ribosome
e. Cytoskeleton.
5. Muscle is one of the body tissues which shorten when excited;What is the name of
the action towards shortening upon excitement of the muscle?
a. Origin
b. Insertion.
c. Relaxation.
d. Contraction.

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 e. Pectinate.

6. What is the name of the layer enclosing a bundle of muscle fibres?

a. Periosteum.
b. Perimysium.
c. Epimyseum.
d. Endomyseum.
e. Endomyseum
7. How many articulating surface does the true rib has with the vertebra?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 2
e. 5
8. What is the name of the joint formed by the cartilagenious part of the rib with the
sternum?
a. Costoclavicular joint.
b. Sternoclavicular joint.
c. Costoclavicular joint.
d. Costosternal joint.
e. Manubriosternal joint.
9. There are normaly twelve ribs in human being, 7 true ribs and 5 false ribs of which
two are floating ribs,these floating ribs articulates with what thoracic vertebrae?
a. T5/T6
b. T7/T8
c. T11/T12
d. T9/T10
e. T10/T11
10. In what rib border does the grove for vasculature found?
a. Superior.
b. Posterior.
c. Anterior.
d. Inferior.
e. Medial.

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SECTION B: MULTIPLE TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS. (20 MARKS)
INSTRUCTIONS:
 Write the word TRUE for the correct statement and the word FALSE for incorrect
statement
 Each response weighs ½ marks
 Write answer to the blank space provided.
 This section has FOUR (04) questions:

1. Concerning epithelial tissues:

a. …………………….simple squamous is modified for protection.

b. …………………….simple columnar is modified for absorption
c. …………………….stratified epithelium is modified for protection.
d. …………………….non-keratinized contains no keratin and may be found in tissues like
nail and hair.
e. …………………….keratinized epithelium contains elastin protein.

2. Concerning muscle tissue:

a. ………………contracts when excited.

b. ………………relaxes when excited.
c. …………….smooth muscles may be found in tissues like heart and urinary bladder.
d. …………...skeletal muscles are attached to bony skeleton.
e. ……………cardiac muscles accumulates blood when contract.

3. Regarding to Fibroblasts:
a. .................Are flat, spindle shaped cells with branching of cytoplasmic processes with
elliptical and have elongated nucleus
b. ..................Fibroblasts are found in nearly all types of tissues
c. .................... Fibroblasts secrete connective tissue elements which help in
remodelling the extracellular matrix, which is important in wound healing and tissue
repair.
d. .................. Active fibroblasts have scant cytoplasm.
e. ...................Inactive fibroblasts (fibrocytes) are smaller and have diminished
cytoplasm.

4. Concerning the vertebral column:

a. …………………….. There are twelve cervical vertebrae
b. ……………………..There are 12 thoracic vertebrae
c. ……………………..tail bone is not fused in adults.
d. ……………………..sacrum is fused in adults and has four vertebrae.

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 e. ……………………..Atlas is the first cervical vertebra.

SECTION C; MATCHING ITEMS QUESTIONS: 10MARKS.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Match the items in column A with the corresponding statement from column B.

Match the bone components in column A against the corresponding functions in column
B.
Qn COLUMN A ANS COLUMN B
1 Osteoprogenitor cell A. Important in bone remodelling
2 Osteoclast B. Lines the medullary space
3 Osteoblast C. Outer covering of the bone.
4 Osteocyte D. Devide to produce osteoblast cells.
5 Endosteum E. Responsible with osteogenesis
F. G. H. I. Maintains the bone matrix
J. K. L. M. Important in appositional bone growth

Qn 2. Match the common terms of movement in column A against the corresponding

description in column B.

Qn COLUMN A ANS COLUMN B

1 Extension A. Moving toward the median plane of the body in the
frontal (coronal) plane When referring to the digits
(fingers and toes), abduction means spreading them,
and adduction means drawing them together.
2 Adduction B. Bending of a part or decreasing the angle between
body parts
3 Flexion C. Straightening a part or increasing the angle between
body parts. Except for the thumb, flexion and
extension movements are in the sagittal plane
4 Abduction D. Moving away from the median plane of the body in
the frontal plane.
5 Supination E. Medial rotation of the forearm and hand so that the
palm faces posteriorly.
F. G. H. I. Lateral rotation of the forearm and hand so that the
palm faces anteriorly, as in the anatomical position.
J. K. L. M. Circular movement of the limbs, or parts of them,
combining in sequence the movements of flexion,
extension, abduction, and adduction.

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SECTION D: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (40 MARKS).
 There are eight question answer all of them.
 Each question carries 5 marks and all weighs the same.
 Write the answers on the blank space provided.

1. Connective tissues are tissues which surround and support other tissues, answer the questions
below concerning connective tissue.

a. What three components make the connective tissues?

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b. What one major difference exists between bone as a connective tissue from other
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2. Each tissue has cells which perform related functions.

a. List two examples of resident cells.

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b. What are the classifications of cartilages based on the fibres it contains?
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3. What two major differences you can make between the brown adipose tissue from the white
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4. Concerning bone tissue , fill on the blank space provided.

I. What is Periosteum?
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5. Skeleton is is divided into axial and appendicular;
I. What difference do you make between axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton
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II. What is the name of the joint does the scapular form with the clavicle?
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6. Thoracic cage is made from different bones which articulate to form different joints, List five
joints of the thoracic cage.
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8. Why the vertebrae of the vertebral column are 33 in number in infants as distinguished to 26
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SECTION E: ESSAY QUESTIONS. (30 marks)

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answer all questions.
 Each question carries 15 marks.
 Answer each of the questios on the answer sheets provided.

1. Discuss on the functions of the vertebral column.

2. Discuss on the functions of the epithelium.

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