med term ch.2 test

Which medical term is misspelled?

A: bracheal

The cranial cavity contains the?

A: brain

The fundamental unit of all living things is:

A: cells

Which medical term is misspelled?

A: crainial

Which type of tissue plays a role in absorbing nutrients?

A: epithelial

Which of the following is not one of the basic types of tissue found in the body?

A: epithelium

Which directional term is the opposite of medial?

A: lateral

What organ is located inside the pleural cavity?

A: lungs

Which branch of medicine treats conditions of the eye?

A: ophthalmology

In considering the two-layer sac that encases internal organs, the outer layer of this membrane in the thoracic cavity is called the ?

A: parietal pleura

Which directional term means lying face down?

A: prone

Which type of muscle tissue is found attached to bone?

A: skeletal

In the abdominopelvic cavity, which organ is not a midline organ?

A: stomach

organs come together to form

A: systems

A term meaning pertaining to the chest is?

A: thoracic

Which medical term is misspelled?

A: thorasic

A person having repeated bladder infections would see a specialist in?

A: urology

Which directional term specifically refers to the belly side of the body?

A: ventral

Which term means pertaining to internal organs?

A: visceral

Which medical term is misspelled?

A: viseral

Which abbreviation stands for the body system containing the heart?

B: CV

The arms are the ? region of the body

B: brachial

The neck is the ? region of the body

B: cervical

Which directional term means farther away from the point of attachment to the body?

B: distal

Which system is responsible for regulating metabolic activities of the body?

B: endocrine

Which of the following is not one of the basic types of tissue found in the body?

B: histogenic

Which medical term is misspelled?

B: hypogastriac

Which type of tissue is designed to produce body movement?

B: muscle

Which of the following is not part of the anatomical position?

B: palms facing forward

Which cavity contains the heart?

B: pericardial

The organs of which system are not found in the abdominopelvic cavity?

B: respiratory

Which of the following cavities is not a ventral cavity?

B: spinal

Which is not an organ found in the digestive system?

B: spleen

Which directional term means toward the surface of the body?

B: superficial

Which term means lying face up?

B: supine

Which plane is the only horizontal plane?

B: transverse

Another name for the torso is the ? region of the body

B: trunk

In the anatomical divisions of the abdomen, the center square of the middle row is the ? region

B: umbilical

A term interchangeable with anterior is:

B: ventral

Which abbreviation stands for the medical specialty that treats conditions of the female productive system?

C: GYND

Which is not a function of the blood?

C: absorbs nutrients

Which directional term is interchangeable with inferior?

C: caudal

Which one of the following is the correct order for the organization of the body?

C: cells to tissue to organ to system to whole body

The knee is ? to the hip

C: distal

Which directional term is the opposite of anterior?

C: dorsal

Which term means pertaining to the spinal cord side of the body?

C: dorsal

Which of the following is not one of the anterior regions of the trunk?

C: dorsum

The thyroid, thymus, and adrenal glands are found in the?

C: endocrine system

In the anatomical divisions of the abdomen, the upper row contains which of the following regions?

C: epigastric

Which organ is found in the urinary system?

C: kidneys

The spleen and stomach are located in the ? quadrant

C: left upper

The crural region of the body is the?

C: legs

Which type of tissue is designed to conduct electrical impulses?

C: nervous

Which directional term is the opposite of distal?

C: proximal

Which direction term means more toward the head or above another structure?

C: superior

Which abbreviation stands for the body system containing the stomach?

D: GI

In which quadrant would you find the colon?

D: all of the above

Which sectional view of the body is produced by a slice perpendicular to the long axis?

D: cross-section

The cephalic region of the body is the?

D: head

Which body system forms a protective two-way barrier for the body?

D: integumentary

Which body system receives sensory information and coordinates body's response?

D: nervous

Which directional term means more to the back side of the body?

D: posterior

The gallbladder and majority of the liver are located in the ? quadrant

D: right upper

Which plane divides the body into left and right portions?

D: sagittal

Which sectional view of the body is produced by a slice along the medial plane?

D: sagittal

Which of the following body cavities is a dorsal cavity?

D: spinal

A gastroenterologist would treat diseases of which of the following organs?

D: stomach

Which is not a function of epithelial tissue?

D: support body structures

Which plane divides the body into front and back portions?

A frontal

Which abbreviations stands for the digestive system?

A: GI

Which abbreviation stands for the arm?

A: UE

Which directional term refers to the tip or summit of an organ?

A: apex

The hematic system is commonly called?

A: blood

Which structure is not located in the mediastinum?

D: lungs

Which term means pertaining the skull?

cranial