Which gland is also called the neurohypophysis?

[Answer to ques. #1]  C
Explanation: A) The posterior pituitary gland, not the thyroid gland, is called the neurohypophysis.
B) The posterior pituitary gland, not the parathyroid gland, is called the neurohypophysis.
C) Correct The posterior pituitary gland secretes hormones when stimulated by a nerve impulse (neur/o-) from the hypothalamus.
D) The anterior pituitary gland is also called the adenohypophysis, not neurohypophysis.

[Answer to ques. #2]  D
Explanation: A) This does not describe a depressed fracture.
B) This does not describe an open fracture.
C) This does not describe a compression fracture.
D) Correct In a greenstick fracture, one side of the bone is broken while the other side is bent.

[Answer to ques. #3]  TRUE

[Answer to ques. #4]  B
Explanation: A) The mitochondria do not control all cell activities.
B) Correct
C) The ribosomes do not control all cell activities.
D) RNA does not control all cell activities.

[Answer to ques. #5]  A
Explanation: A) Correct
B) Proximally is moving toward the body.
C) Caudally is moving toward the tailbone.
D) Superiorly is moving in an upward direction on the trunk of the body, not on a limb.

[Answer to ques. #6]  FALSE
Explanation: They are produced by the pancreas.

[Answer to ques. #7]  A
Explanation: A) Correct
B) The vas deferens is a tube, but it is not tightly coiled.
C) The seminiferous tubules are tightly coiled but they are inside, not outside, the testis.
D) The spermatic cord is not tightly coiled.

[Answer to ques. #8]  B
Explanation: A) Tonsillectomy involves the tonsils, not the ears.
B) Correct Ot/o- means ear and -plasty means process of reshaping by surgery.
C) Tympanoplasty involves the tympanic membrane, while ear pinning is for the external ear.
D) Radical neck dissection is for advanced cancer of the head and neck. Ear pinning is for protruding ears.

[Answer to ques. #9]  D
Explanation: A) The abbreviation for glycohemoglobin is hemoglobin A1c.
B) There is no such medical phrase. Hyperglycemia during pregnancy is known as gestational diabetes mellitus.
C) There is no abbreviation for gonadotropins.
D) Correct

[Answer to ques. #10]  D
Explanation: A) This is a cell organelle.
B) This is a cell organelle.
C) This is a cell organelle.
D) Correct The cytoplasm is in the cell, but it is not a cell organelle.