PEARSON MASTERING CH 1

If you had appendicitis, in what area of your abdomen would you feel pain?

LRQ- lower right quadrant

The upper limb includes which of the following?

carpus, brachium, manus

If we were to dissect a tissue such as the stomach lining, we would find it is made up of multiple __________.

cells

Which of the following is NOT part of the trunk?

cephalon

Which of the following terms is used to identify the neck?

cervicis

If you were in a gross anatomy class and were dissecting a human cadaver, what structure would you have to cut through in order to move from the inferior of the thoracic cavity to the superior abdominal cavity?

diaphragm

A patient is brought into the ER with an aneurysm in the brain. At which body cavity/subdivision will the doctors look?

dorsal and cranial

Which of the following statements about the urinary system is FALSE?

it contains the uterus and the vagina

Drag the images to arrange the levels of organization from least to most complex, in order from left to right.

least complex: chemical or molecular level next: cellular level next: tissue level next: organ level next: organ system level most complex: organism level

Which of the following organs would NOT likely be found in the abdominal cavity?

lung

One difference between macroscopic and microscopic anatomy would be that __________.

macroscopic anatomy would include a study of a whole organ system, while microscopic anatomy would include a study of just one tissue of one organ of the system

Which of the following descriptions matches the term homeostasis?

maintaining a stable internal environment suitable for survival

Which of the following are NOT correctly matched?

mentis: nose

While playing football, Yohan sustains an injury to the back of his head. After this, he has trouble seeing. Which system would you expect has been damaged?

nervous system

If Jennifer is studying the functional relationship between the heart, arteries, veins and blood, then she is studying anatomy at the __________ level of organization.

organ-system

In the anatomical position, the _____.

plantar region is inferior to the tarsus

If a detective arrives at a homicide scene and finds the victim lying face down, the victim is in what position?

prone position

It is correct to say that the left brachial area is __________ to the left wrist.

proximal

Drag the labels to the appropriate location in the figure.

purple: frontal coronal plane blue: sagittal plane green: transverse horizontal plane

The integumentary system is __________ to the muscular system.

superficial

Cytology is the term given to describe __________.

the study of cells

Which plane of section divides the body into upper and lower portions, or perpendicular to a longitudinal plane?

transverse

John is a 75-year-old male who has an enlarged prostate and has difficulty urinating. Which system used to eliminate wastes from the body has been primarily affected?

urinary

Which of the following is NOT found in the ventral thoracic cavity?

stomach

If you take a course that studies only the digestive system, then what form of anatomy are you investigating?

systemic anatomy

Which number represents medial?

10

Which of the following is true?

The brachium is proximal to the antebrachium.