Pathology is the study of __________.
a. the nature of living things
b. disease
c. paths
d. tissue
b. disease
Which term means pertaining to body organs enclosed within a cavity, especially the abdominal organs?
a. ventral
b. peritoneal
c. visceral
d. inguinal
c. visceral
The word part referring to liver is
a. carp/o
b. or/o
c. hepat/o
d. crur/o
c. hepat/o
What is the top or highest point called?
a. vertex
b. caudal
c. cortex
d. cephalad
a. vertex
The word part referring to ankle is
a. brach/i
b. tars/o
c. poster/o
d. abdomin/o
b. tars/o
Which term means toward the back?
a. ventral
b. anterior
c. distal
d. posterior
d. posterior
A/An _________ is a grouping of similar cells that together perform specialized functions.
a. organ
b. tissue
c. organelle
d. system
b. tissue
The term cytology means
a. study of the cranium
b. study of cells
c. study of organs
d. study of blood
b. study of cells
In the anatomical position, the palms are:
a. to the middle
b. to the back
c. to the front
d. to the side
c. to the front
Hairlike processes that project from epithelial cells are called:
a. villi
b. cillia
c. centrioles
d. cilia
d. cilia
Which term means pertaining to the front side of the body, abdomen, and belly surface?
a. ventral
b. posterior
c. distal
d. dorsal
a. ventral
The two properties of nervous tissue are:
a. excitability/conductivity
b. sensitivity/excitability
c. conductivity/sensibility
d. sensibility/motility
a. excitability/conductivity
In the term topical, the suffix -al means:
a. pertaining to
b. action
c. pretaining to
d. related to
a. pertaining to
Karyogenesis is a term used to describe:
a. physical appearance of an individual
b. complete set of genes
c. formation of a cell's nucleus
d. a syrup product
c. formation of a cell's nucleus
The word part for arm is:
a. brach/i
b. to/o
c. buc/o
d. or/o
a. brach/i
The __________ plane vertically divides the body, as it passes through the midline, to form a right and left half.
a. horizontal
b. coronal
c. transverse
d. midsagittal
d. midsagittal
Which term means pertaining to one side?
a. unilateral
b. medial
c. lateral
d. bilateral
a. unilateral
The protective portion of the cell is known as the:
a. golgi apparatus
b. cytoplasm
c. ribosome
d. cell membrane
d. cell membrane
The combining form for foot is:
a. opt/o
b. chir/o
c. pod/o
d. tars/o
c. pod/o
The term dorsal refers to which side of the body?
a. front
b. left
c. back
d. right
c. back
In the term systemic, the root system means:
a. composite whole
b. a group of tissues
c. a group of cells
d. a group of organs
a. composite whole
A _________ is a hollow space containing body organs.
a. system
b. cavity
c. organ
d. tissue
b. cavity
The term inguinal means
a. pertaining to the groin, of or near the groin
b. pertaining to within or the inside
c. pertaining to body organs enclosed within a cavitiy
d. pertaining to below or in a downward direction
a. pertaining to the groin, of or near the groin
The __________ plane vertically divides the body, as it passes through the midline, to form a right and left half.
a. coronal
b. horizontal
c. transverse
d. midsagittal
d. midsagittal
A/An _________ is a grouping of similar cells that together perform specialized functions.
a. organ
b. organelle
c. system
d. tissue
d. tissue
The most important constituent of all body fluid is:
a. all of these
b. blood
c. water
d. mucus
c. water
Which of the following is not a cavity located in the ventral cavity?
a. pelvic
b. abdominal
c. coronal
d. thoracic
c. coronal