The Human Body: An Orientation
The study of the function of the human body is termed:
a. gross anatomy
b. systemic anatomy
c. cytology
d. physiology
d. physiology
A group of similar cells that perform the same function is classified as a(n)__________.
a. tissue
b. organ
c. organ system
d. organism
a. tissue
Which of the following body systems is most involved in responsiveness?
a. Muscular system
b. Digestive system
c. Nervous system
d. Reproductive system
c. Nervous system
Which if the following is not a survival need?
a. normal body temperature
b. growth
c. appropriate atmospheric pressure
d. nutrients
b. growth
During exercise the body cools itself by sweating. Sweating in response to an elevated body temperature is an example of what process?
a. metabolism
b. movement
c. positive feedback
d. homeostasis
d. homeostasis
The nose is ______to the lips.
a. anterior
b. superior
c. medial
d. proximal
b. superior
The knee is ______to the ankle?
a. anterior
b. superior
c. medial
d. proximal
d. proximal
The eyes are ______to the ears?
a. deep
b. medial
c. superior
d. dorsal
b. medial
The sternum, or breastbone, protects the heart and is _______to the heart.
a. anterior
b. superior
c. medial
d. proximal
b. anterior
While performing a dissection, the students noticed that the veins were closer to the skin that the arteries. Therefore, the veins were_______to the arteries.
a. anterior
b. posterior
c. superficial
d. deep
c. superficial
The word cervical pertains to what region of your body?
a. neck
b. arm
c. elbow
d. knee
a. neck
The word orbital pertains to what region of your body?
a. mouth
b. knee
c. eye
d. ear
c. eye
If a patient complained of pain in the antebrachial area, what area would you examine?
a. arm
b. forearm
c. elbow
d. neck
b. forearm
When taking a popliteal pulse you would be feeling what region of the body?
a. front of the wrist
b. front of the elbow
c. behind the knee
d. side of the neck
c. behind the knee
A broken hallux refers specifically to a broken ________.
a. big toe
b. thumb
c. finger
d. vertebra
a. big toe
The ______plane divides the body onto equal right and left halves.
a. sagittal
b. midsagittal
c. frontal
d. transverse
b. midsagittal
The plane that divides the body into superior and inferior is the ___________.
a. sagittal
b. midsagittal
c. frontal
d. transverse
d. transverse
If a person had a toe amputated, the surgeon would make a ________cut to amputate the toe.
a. sagittal
b. midsagittal
c. frontal
d. transverse
c. frontal
A leg amputation would require a cut in which plane?
a. sagittal
b. midsagittal
c. frontal
d. transverse
d. transverse
To amputate an entire upper extremity, the surgeon would cut in which plane?
a. sagittal
b. midsagittal
c. frontal
d. transverse
a. sagittal
Which of the following are the two major closed body cavities?
a. ventral and dorsal
b. superior and inferior
c. thoracic and abdominal
d. cranial and spinal
a. ventral and dorsal
The body of a serous membrane that lines the body cavity is the _________layer.
a. visceral
b. parietal
c. mucous
d. pleural
b. parietal
What structure divides the anterior cavity into two sections?
a. spinal column
b. heart
c. mediastinum
d. diaphragm
d. diaphragm
Which membrane lines the abdomino-pelvic cavity?
a. pleural
b. peritoneal
c. pericardial
d. synovial
b. peritoneal
The liver is located in which abdominal region(s)?
a. right lumbar and left hypochondriac
b. left hypochondriac and hypogastric
c. right lumbar and right hypochondriac
d. right hypochondriac and epigastric
d. right hypochondriac and epigastric
Which type of MRI tracks blood flow into the brain in real time?
a. functional MRI
b. bloodless MRI
c. magnetic resonance spectroscopy
d. dynamic spatial reconstruction
a. functional MRI